(C) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘rigorous and’’ after 
‘‘taught to the same’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(10) as paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively, 
and inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) describe how comprehensive professional 
development (including initial teacher preparation) 
for vocational and technical, academic, guidance, 
and administrative personnel will be provided that 
promotes the integration of rigorous and challenging 
academic and technical education (including cur-
riculum development);’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘academic and vocational 
and technical’’ after ‘‘students,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including the eligible re-
cipients that offer elements of the model se-
quence of courses)’’ after ‘‘such individuals and 
entities’’ ; and 
(5) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) will provide activities to prepare spe-
cial populations, including single parents and 
displaced homemakers, for high skill, high wage 
occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency;’’. 
SEC. 18. LOCAL USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 135 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to en-
sure learning in the core academic’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as established in the State-developed 
model sequences of courses described in section 
122(c)(1)(A) to ensure learning in the core aca-
demic subjects (as defined by section 9101(11) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(11)))’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (8); 
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re-
spectively, and inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) link secondary vocational and technical 
education and postsecondary vocational and tech-
nical education, including offering model sequences
of courses and implementing tech-prep programs 
consistent with the activities described in paragraph 
(3); 
‘‘(3) support tech-prep programs (if the eligible 
recipient receives the funds from the eligible agency 
under section 112(a)(1)) that—
‘‘(A) are carried out under an articulation 
agreement between the participants in a consor-
tium, which shall include—
‘‘(i) a local educational agency, an in-
termediate educational agency or area vo-
cational and technical education school 
serving secondary school students, or a 
secondary school funded by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) a nonprofit institution of high-
er education that offers—
‘‘(aa) a 2- or 4-year degree 
program, or a 2-year certificate 
program, and is qualified as an 
institution of higher education 
pursuant to section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002) (except those 
institutions described in section
102(a)(1)(C) of such Act), in-
cluding an institution receiving 
assistance under the Tribally 
Controlled College or University 
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and a trib-
ally controlled postsecondary vo-
cational and technical institution; 
or 
‘‘(bb) a 2-year apprentice-
ship program that follows sec-
ondary instruction, if such non-
profit institution of higher edu-
cation is not prohibited from re-
ceiving assistance under part B 
of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1071 et seq.) pursuant to the 
provisions of section 435(a)(3) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1083(a)); or 
‘‘(II) a proprietary institution of high-
er education that offers a 2-year associate 
degree program and is qualified as an in-
stitution of higher education pursuant to 
section 102 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), if such propri-
etary institution of higher education is not 
subject to a default management plan re-
quired by the Secretary, 
and may include nonprofit organizations that 
provide eligible recipients with technology and 
programs to enhance math and science skills, 
employers, and labor organizations; 
‘‘(B) consist of a minimum of 2 years of 
secondary school preceding graduation and a 
minimum of 2 years of higher education, or an 
apprenticeship program of at least 2 years, fol-
lowing secondary instruction; 
‘‘(C) meet academic standards developed 
by the State, including standards developed 
under section 1111 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311) for secondary students, and support pro-
ficiency in mathematics, science, reading, writ-
ing, communications, and technologies; 
‘‘(D) are comprised of model sequences of 
courses that integrate rigorous and challenging 
academics and vocational and technical edu-
cation;
‘‘(E) provide technical preparation in a ca-
reer field such as engineering technology; ap-
plied science; a mechanical, industrial, or prac-
tical art or trade; agriculture; health occupa-
tions; business; applied economics; advanced 
manufacturing; or other high-demand occupa-
tions as determined by the State; 
‘‘(F) use, if appropriate and available, 
work-based or worksite learning in conjunction 
with academic and vocational and technical edu-
cation; 
‘‘(G) use educational technology and dis-
tance learning, as appropriate, to involve all the 
consortium partners more fully in the develop-
ment and operation of programs; 
‘‘(H) facilitate and promote close working 
relationships among eligible recipients to ensure 
that programs within a geographic area are 
closely integrated with tech-prep program ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(I) are sustainable and use performance 
indicator data, described in section 113, to in-
form program quality; 
‘‘(J) include academic and career coun-
seling for participants that provides information
to students (and parents, as appropriate) re-
garding tech-prep programs and supports stu-
dent progress in completing tech-prep pro-
grams; 
‘‘(K) include in-service training for teach-
ers that—
‘‘(i) provides for joint training for 
teachers in tech-prep programs; and 
‘‘(ii) is designed to ensure that teach-
ers and administrators stay current with 
the needs, expectations, and methods of 
business and all aspects of an industry; 
and 
‘‘(L) provide students with transferable 
credit between the consortium members, as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), and may include 
programs that allow secondary programs to be 
co-located on postsecondary campuses;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesig-
nated)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, and the related 
math and science education’’ after ‘‘use of 
technology in vocational and technical edu-
cation’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘(including the 
math and science knowledge that pro-
vides a strong basis for such skills)’’ 
after ‘‘technical skills’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘and 
tele-
communications field’’ and inserting 
‘‘fields’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)—
(I) by striking ‘‘work’’ and in-
serting ‘‘collaborate’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘that improve 
the math and science knowledge of 
students’’ 
after 
‘‘mentoring 
pro-
grams’’; 
(E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesig-
nated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘teachers,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘secondary and postsecondary teach-
ers, instructors,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘in effective teaching skills based on re-
search’’ and inserting ‘‘in effective integra-
tion of rigorous and challenging academic 
and vocational and technical education, in
effective teaching skills based on scientif-
ically based research’’; and 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(10) provide activities to prepare special popu-
lations, including single parents and displaced home-
makers, for high skill, high wage occupations that 
will lead to self sufficiency.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, re-
garding the range of postsecondary options 
available, including for adult students who are 
changing careers or updating skills’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the establishment and operation of spe-
cial arrangements with industry partners that 
allow qualified industry professionals to serve as 
faculty in postsecondary programs’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘aides’’ 
and inserting ‘‘aids’’; 
(D) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘that 
address the integration of academic and voca-
tional and technical education and’’ after 
‘‘teacher preparation programs’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
through (14) as paragraphs (12) through (16), 
and paragraph (15) as paragraph (19), respec-
tively, and inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) to develop and expand postsecondary pro-
gram offerings that are accessible by students, in-
cluding the use of distance education; 
‘‘(11) to provide activities to support entrepre-
neurship education and training;’’; 
(F) in paragraph (12) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘, including development of 
new proposed model sequences of courses for 
consideration by the eligible agency and courses 
that prepare individuals academically and tech-
nically for current and emerging occupations 
that are in demand’’ before the semicolon; 
(G) by amending paragraph (16) (as so re-
designated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(16) to support training in nontraditional 
fields; ’’; and 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (16) (as 
so redesignated) the following:
‘‘(17) to provide accurate information relating 
to the availability of supportive services available in 
an area served by the eligible recipient, and referral 
to such services, as appropriate; 
‘‘(18) to support the activities described in sub-
section (b)(3); and’’. 
SEC. 19. REPEAL OF TECH-PREP EDUCATION ACT. 
Title II (20 U.S.C. 2071 et seq.) is repealed. 
SEC. 20. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF TITLE III.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—Title III of the Carl D. 
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 
1998 (20 U.S.C. 2391 et seq.) is amended by redes-
ignating such title as title II of such Act. Such title 
is further amended by redesignating sections 311 
through 318 as section 211 through 218, respec-
tively, and sections 321 through 325 as sections 221 
through 225, respectively. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 
table of contents of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
and Technical Education Act of 1998 is amended—
(A) by striking the items relating to title 
III; and 
(B) by amending the items relating to title 
II to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘PART A—FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 211. Fiscal requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 212. Authority to make payments. 
‘‘Sec. 213. Construction. 
‘‘Sec 214. Voluntary selection and participation. 
‘‘Sec. 215. Limitation for certain students. 
‘‘Sec. 216. Federal laws guaranteeing civil rights. 
‘‘Sec. 217. Participation of private school children. 
‘‘Sec. 218. Participation of private school personnel. 
‘‘PART B—STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 221. Joint funding. 
‘‘Sec. 222. Prohibition on use of funds to induce out-of-State relocation of busi-
nesses. 
‘‘Sec. 223. State administrative costs. 
‘‘Sec. 224. Limitation on Federal regulations. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Student assistance and other Federal programs.’’.
(b) FISCAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 211(b) (20 
U.S.C. 2391(b)) (as so redesignated) is amended by in-
serting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘preceding fiscal year’ means the 
Federal fiscal year or the 12-month fiscal period 
used by a State for official reporting purposes, prior 
to the beginning of the Federal fiscal year in which 
funds are available for obligation by the Secretary.’’. 
(c) PARTICIPATION
OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHIL-
DREN.—Section 217 (as so redesignated) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 217. PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHIL-
DREN. 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION ON EQUITABLE BASIS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the extent consistent 
with the number of children in the school district of 
a local educational agency that is eligible to receive 
funds under this Act, or that serves the area in 
which a program assisted under this Act is located, 
who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary 
schools and secondary schools, or, with respect to in-
structional or personnel training programs funded 
by an eligible agency, the local educational agency, 
after consultation with appropriate private school of-
ficials—
‘‘(A) shall provide, on an equitable basis 
and as may be necessary, for the benefit of 
such children in such schools, secular, neutral, 
and nonideological services (or other benefits), 
materials, and equipment, including the partici-
pation of the teachers of such children (and 
other educational personnel serving such chil-
dren) in training programs; or 
‘‘(B) if such services, materials, and equip-
ment are not feasible or necessary in one or 
more such private schools (as determined by the 
local educational agency after consultation with 
the appropriate private school officials), shall 
provide such other arrangements as will assure
equitable participation of such children in the 
purposes and benefits of this Act. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
requirements of this section relating to the participa-
tion of children, teachers, and other personnel serv-
ing such children shall apply to programs carried 
out under this Act by an eligible agency or local edu-
cational agency, whether directly or through grants 
to, or contracts with, other public or private agen-
cies, institutions, or organizations. 
‘‘(b) EQUAL EXPENDITURES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Expenditures for programs 
under subsection (a) shall be equal (consistent with 
the number of children to be served) to expenditures 
for programs under this Act for children enrolled in 
the public schools of the local educational agency. 
‘‘(2) CONCENTRATED PROGRAMS.—When funds 
available to a local educational agency under this 
Act are used to concentrate programs on a par-
ticular group, attendance area, or grade or age level, 
the local educational agency shall, after consultation 
with the appropriate private school officials, assure 
the equitable participation in both the purposes and 
benefits of such programs for children enrolled in 
private schools who are included within the group,
attendance area, or grade or age level selected for 
such concentration shall, taking into account the 
needs of the individual children and other factors 
that relate to the expenditures referred to in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) FUNDS, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT.—
‘‘(A) FUNDS.—The control of funds ex-
pended under this section shall be administered 
by a public agency. 
‘‘(B) MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT.—The 
title to materials and equipment provided under 
this section, shall remain with a public agency 
for the uses and purposes provided in this Act 
‘‘(2) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—Services pro-
vided under this Act shall be provided by employees 
of a public agency or through contract by such a 
public agency with a person, association, agency, or-
ganization, institution or corporation that, in the 
provision of such services, is independent of the pri-
vate school and of any religious organizations, and 
such employment or contract shall be under the con-
trol and supervision of such a public agency. The 
funds utilized under this section shall not be com-
mingled with State or local funds.
‘‘(3) TIMING
AND
CONTENT
OF
CONSULTA-
TION.—The consultation required under this section 
shall include meetings of agency and private school 
officials and shall occur before the eligible agency 
and local educational agency makes any decision 
that affects the opportunities of eligible private 
school children to participate in programs under this 
Act. Such meetings shall include a discussion of 
service delivery mechanisms (including third party 
contractors) and shall continue throughout imple-
mentation and assessment of services under this Act. 
‘‘(d) WAIVER AND BYPASS PROCEDURES.—
‘‘(1) STATE PROHIBITION.—If an eligible agen-
cy or local educational agency is prohibited, by rea-
son of any provision of law, from providing for the 
participation in programs of children enrolled in pri-
vate elementary schools and secondary schools as re-
quired by subsections (a) through (c), the Secretary 
shall waive such requirements for the agency in-
volved and shall arrange for the provision of services 
to such children through arrangements that shall be 
subject to the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If the Secretary 
determines that an eligible agency or a local edu-
cational agency has substantially failed, or is unwill-
ing, to provide for the participation on an equitable 
basis of children enrolled in private elementary 
schools and secondary schools as required by sub-
sections (a) through (c), the Secretary may waive 
such requirements and shall arrange for the provi-
sion of services to such children through arrange-
ments that shall be subject to the requirements of 
this section. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENT
FROM
STATE
ALLOTMENT.—
When the Secretary arranges for services under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall, after consultation 
with the appropriate public school and private school 
officials, pay the cost of such services, including the 
administrative costs of arranging for those services, 
from the appropriate allotment of the eligible agency 
under this Act. 
‘‘(4) DURATION OF DETERMINATION.—Any de-
termination by the Secretary under this section shall 
continue in effect until the Secretary determines 
that there will no longer be any failure or inability 
on the Act of the eligible agency or local educational 
agency to meet the requirements of subsections (a) 
through (c). 
‘‘(5) REVIEW OF DETERMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall not take any final action under this sec-
tion until the eligible agency and the local edu-
cational agency affected by such action have had an 
opportunity, for not less than 45 days after receiving 
written notice thereof, to submit written objections 
and to appear before the Secretary or the Sec-
retary’s designee to show cause why that action 
should not be taken. 
‘‘(e) WITHHOLDING
OF ALLOTMENT
OR ALLOCA-
TION.—Pending final resolution of any investigation or 
complaint that could result in a waiver under subsection 
(d)(1) or (d)(2), the Secretary may withhold from the al-
lotment or allocation of the affected eligible agency or local 
educational agency the amount estimated by the Secretary 
to be necessary to pay the cost of services to be provided 
by the Secretary under such subsection. 
‘‘(f) PRIOR DETERMINATION.—Any bypass deter-
mination by the Secretary under Title I or Title IX of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
shall, to the extent consistent with the purposes of this 
Act, apply to programs under this Act until such deter-
minations terminate or expire.’’.
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