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(A) consists of employers, representatives
of local educational agencies and local post-
secondary educational institutions (including
representatives of area vocational education
schools, where applicable), local educators (such
as teachers, counselors, or administrators), rep-
resentatives of organized labor, other represent-
atives of non-managerial employees, and stu-
dents; and
(B) may include other entities, such as—
(i) employer organizations;
(ii) community-based organizations;
(iii) national trade associations work-
ing at the local levels;
(iv) industrial extension centers;
(v) rehabilitation agencies and organi-
zations;
(vi) registered apprenticeship agen-
cies;
(vii) local vocational education enti-
ties;
(viii) proprietary institutions of higher
education (as defined in section 481(b) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1088(b)) which continue to meet
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the eligibility and certification require-
ments under section 498 of such Act;
(ix) local government agencies;
(x) parent organizations;
(xi) teacher organizations;
(xii) vocational student organizations;
(xiii) private industry councils estab-
lished under section 102 of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512);
(xiv) 
federally 
recognized 
Indian
tribes, Indian organizations, and Alaska
Native villages; and
(xv) Native Hawaiians.
(11) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary education institu-
tion’’ means an institution of higher education (as
such term is defined in section 481 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088)) which
continues to meet the eligibility and certification re-
quirements under section 498 of such Act.
(12) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY.—
The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship agency’’ means
either—
(A) the Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training in the Department of Labor; or
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(B) a State apprenticeship agency recog-
nized and approved by the Bureau of Appren-
ticeship and Training as the appropriate body
for State registration or approval of local ap-
prenticeship programs and agreements for Fed-
eral purposes.
(13) 
REGISTERED
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro-
gram’’ means a program registered by a registered
apprenticeship agency.
(14) RELATED SERVICES.—The term ‘‘related
services’’ includes the types of services described in
section 602(17) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(17)).
(15) SCHOOL
DROPOUT.—The term ‘‘school
dropout’’ means an individual who is no longer at-
tending any school, is subject to a compulsory at-
tendance law, and who has not received a secondary
school diploma or a certificate from a program of
equivalency for such a diploma.
(16) SCHOOL SITE MENTOR.—The term ‘‘school
site mentor’’ means a professional employed at the
school who is designated as the advocate for a par-
ticular student, and who works in consultation with
classroom teachers, counselors, and the employer to
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design and monitor the progress of the student’s
school-to-work program.
(17) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’
means the Secretary of Education and the Secretary
of Labor.
(18) SKILL CERTIFICATE.—The term ‘‘skill cer-
tificate’’ means a portable, industry-recognized cre-
dential issued by a School-to-Work Opportunities
program under an approved plan, that certifies that
a student has mastered skills at levels that are at
least as challenging as skill standards endorsed by
the National Skill Standards Board established
under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, except
that until such skill standards are developed, the
term ‘‘skill certificate’’ means a credential issued
under a process described in a State’s approved
plan.
(19) STATE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘State’’ means
each of the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(B) TITLES IV AND V.—For purposes of ti-
tles IV and V, the term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and Palau.
(20) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘‘State educational agency’’ means the officer or
agency primarily responsible for the State super-
vision of public elementary and secondary schools.
(21) WORKPLACE MENTOR.—The term ‘‘work-
place mentor’’ means an employee at the workplace
who possesses the skills and knowledge to be mas-
tered by a student, and who instructs the student,
critiques the student’s performance, challenges the
student to perform well, and works in consultation
with classroom teachers and the employer.
SEC. 5. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
(a) JOINT ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Depart-
ment of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C.
3401 et seq.), the General Education Provisions Act
(20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.), the statutory provisions
relating to the establishment of the Department of
Labor (29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.), and section 166 of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1576),
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the Secretaries shall jointly provide for the adminis-
tration of this Act, and may issue whatever proce-
dures, guidelines, and regulations, in accordance
with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, they
deem necessary and appropriate to administer and
enforce the provisions of this Act.
(2) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretaries shall develop and submit a plan for the
joint administration of this Act to the Committee on
Education and Labor of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources of the Senate for review and comment on
such plan by such committees.
(b) TERMINATION
OR
SUSPENSION
OF
ASSIST-
ANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may termi-
nate or suspend any financial assistance under this
Act, in whole or in part, or not extend payments
under an existing grant under this Act, if the Sec-
retaries determine that a recipient has failed to meet
any requirements of this Act, including—
(A) reporting requirements under section
402(c);
(B) regulations under this Act; or
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(C) an approved plan submitted pursuant
to this Act.
(2) NOTICE
AND
OPPORTUNITY
FOR
HEAR-
ING.—If the Secretaries terminate or suspend finan-
cial assistance, or do not extend payments under an
existing grant under paragraph (1), with respect to
recipient or proposed recipient, then the Secretaries
shall provide—
(A) prompt notice to such recipient or pro-
posed recipient; and
(B) the opportunity for a hearing to such
recipient or proposed recipient not later than 30
days after the date on which such notice is
provided.
(3) NONDELEGATION.—The Secretaries shall
not delegate any of the functions or authority speci-
fied under this subsection, other than to an officer
whose appointment was required to be made by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.—The Secretaries are au-
thorized, in carrying out this Act, to accept, purchase, or
lease in the name of the Department of Labor or the De-
partment of Education, and employ or dispose of in fur-
therance of the purposes of this Act, any money or prop-
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erty, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, re-
ceived by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise.
(d) USE
OF VOLUNTARY
AND UNCOMPENSATED
SERVICES.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31,
United States Code, the Secretaries are authorized to ac-
cept voluntary and uncompensated services in furtherance
of the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretaries to carry out this Act
$300,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through
2002.
(b) RESERVATIONS.—From amounts appropriated
under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Secretaries—
(1) shall reserve an amount equal to not more
than one half of 1 percent of such amounts for such
fiscal year to provide grants under sections 202(b)
and 212(b) to the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Vir-
gin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau;
(2) shall reserve an amount equal to not more
than one half of 1 percent of such amounts for such
fiscal year to provide grants under subtitle C of title
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II to establish and carry out School-to-Work Oppor-
tunities programs for Indian youths that involve Bu-
reau funded schools (as defined in section 1139(3)
of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
2019(3)));
(3) shall reserve an amount equal to 10 percent
of such amounts for such fiscal year to provide
grants under section 302(b) to local partnerships lo-
cated in high poverty areas; and
(4) may reserve an amount equal to not more
than 5 percent of such amounts for such fiscal year
to carry out title IV.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized
to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
TITLE I—SCHOOL-TO-WORK OP-
PORTUNITIES 
BASIC 
PRO-
GRAM COMPONENTS
SEC. 101. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
A School-to-Work Opportunities program under this
Act shall—
(1) integrate work-based learning and school-
based learning, as provided for in sections 102 and
103, integrate academic and occupational learning,
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and build effective linkages between secondary and
postsecondary education;
(2) provide all students opportunities to com-
plete a career major; and
(3) incorporate the basic program components
provided in sections 102 through 104.
SEC. 102. WORK-BASED LEARNING COMPONENT.
The work-based learning component of a School-to-
Work Opportunities program shall include—
(1) a planned program of job training and work
experiences, including pre-employment and employ-
ment skills to be mastered at progressively higher
levels, that are relevant to a student’s career major
and lead to the award of a skill certificate;
(2) paid work experience;
(3) workplace mentoring;
(4) instruction in general workplace com-
petencies; and
(5) broad instruction in a variety of elements of
an industry.
SEC. 103. SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING COMPONENT.
The school-based learning component of a School-to-
Work Opportunities program shall include—
(1) career awareness and career exploration and
counseling (beginning at the earliest possible age,
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but beginning no later than the middle school
grades) in order to help students who may be inter-
ested to identify, and select or reconsider, their in-
terests, goals, and career majors, including those op-
tions that may not be traditional for their gender,
race, or ethnicity;
(2) initial selection by interested students of a
career major not later than the beginning of the
11th grade;
(3) a program of study designed to meet the
same academic content standards the State has es-
tablished for all students, including, where applica-
ble, standards established under the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act, and to meet the requirements
necessary for a student to earn a skill certificate;
(4) a program of instruction and curriculum
that integrates academic and vocational learning (in-
cluding applied methodologies and team-teaching
strategies), and incorporates instruction in a variety
of elements of an industry, appropriately tied to a
participant’s career major;
(5) regularly scheduled evaluations involving on-
going consultation with students and school dropouts
to identify their academic strengths and weaknesses,
academic progress, workplace knowledge, goals, and
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the need for additional learning opportunities to
master core academic and vocational skills; and
(6) mechanisms which allow students partici-
pating in a school-to-work program to transfer to a
post-secondary program.
SEC. 104. CONNECTING ACTIVITIES COMPONENT.
The connecting activities component of a School-to-
Work Opportunities program shall include—
(1) matching students with employers’ work-
based learning opportunities;
(2) serving as a liaison among the employer,
school, teacher, parent, student, and, if appropriate,
other community partners;
(3) providing technical assistance and services
to employers, including small and medium sized
businesses, and others in designing work-based and
school-based learning components, counseling and
case management services, and in the training of
teachers, workplace mentors, school site mentors,
and counselors;
(4) providing assistance to schools and employ-
ers to integrate school-based and work-based learn-
ing and integrate academic and occupational learn-
ing;
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TITLE II—SCHOOL-TO-WORK OP-
PORTUNITIES 
SYSTEM 
DE-
VELOPMENT AND IMPLEMEN-
TATION GRANTS TO STATES
Subtitle A—State Development
Grants
SEC. 201. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to assist States and
the territories in planning and developing comprehensive,
statewide systems for school-to-work opportunities.
SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may provide de-
velopment grants to States in such amounts as the Sec-
retaries determine is necessary to enable such States to
complete development of comprehensive, statewide School-
to-Work Opportunities systems that may have begun with
funds provided under the Job Training Partnership Act
(29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
tional and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.).
(b) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES.—From amounts re-
served under section 6(b)(1), the Secretaries shall provide
grants in accordance with this subtitle to the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States
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of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and
Palau, to complete development of comprehensive School-
to-Work Opportunities systems in those territories.
SEC. 203. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may not provide
a development grant under section 202 to a State unless
the State submits to the Secretaries an application in such
form and containing such information as the Secretaries
may reasonably require.
(b) COORDINATION WITH GOALS 2000: EDUCATE
AMERICA ACT.—A State seeking assistance under both
this Act and the Goals 2000: Educate America Act may—
(1) submit a single application containing plans
that meet the requirements of both Acts and ensure
that both plans are coordinated and not duplicative;
or
(2) if such State has already submitted its ap-
plication for funds under the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act, submit its application under this Act
as an amendment to the Goals 2000: Educate Amer-
ica Act application so long as such amendment
meets the requirements of this Act and is coordi-
nated with and not duplicative of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act application.
(c) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
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(1) a timetable and an estimate of the amount
of funding needed to complete the planning and de-
velopment necessary to implement a comprehensive,
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system for
all students;
(2) a description of how the Governor, the State
educational agency, the State agency officials re-
sponsible for vocational education, job training, and
employment, economic development, and postsecond-
ary education, the State sex equity coordinator as-
signed under section 111(b)(1) of the Carl D. Per-
kins Vocational and Applied Technology Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 2321(b)(1)), and other appropriate
officials will collaborate in the planning and develop-
ment of the State School-to-Work Opportunities sys-
tem;
(3) a description of how the State has enlisted
and will continue to enlist the active and continued
participation in the planning and development of the
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system of
employers and other interested parties such as lo-
cally elected officials, secondary and postsecondary
educational institutions or agencies, business asso-
ciations, industrial extension centers, employees, or-
ganized labor, teachers, related services personnel,
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students, parents, community-based organizations,
Indian tribes, rehabilitation agencies and organiza-
tions, registered apprenticeship agencies, and voca-
tional educational agencies;
(4) a description of how the State will coordi-
nate its planning activities with each local partner-
ship within the State that has received a grant
under title III, if any;
(5) a designation of a fiscal agent to receive
and be accountable for funds provided from a grant
under section 202; and
(6) a description of how the State will provide
opportunities for students from low-income families,
low achieving students, students with limited Eng-
lish proficiency, and school dropouts to participate in
school-to-work programs.
SEC. 204. USE OF AMOUNTS.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant
under section 202 to a State unless the State agrees that
it will use all amounts received from such grant to develop
a statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system, which
may include—
(1) identifying or establishing an appropriate
State structure to administer the School-to-Work
Opportunities system;
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(2) identifying existing secondary and post-
secondary school-to-work programs which might be
incorporated into the State system;
(3) identifying or establishing broad-based part-
nerships among employers, labor, education, govern-
ment, and other community-based organizations and
parent organizations to participate in the design, de-
velopment, and administration of School-to-Work
Opportunities programs;
(4) developing a marketing plan to build con-
sensus and support for School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties programs;
(5) promoting the active involvement of busi-
ness (including small and medium sized businesses)
in planning, developing, and implementing local
School-to-Work Opportunities programs, and in es-
tablishing partnerships with elementary, middle, and
secondary schools;
(6) identifying ways that existing local school-
to-work programs could be coordinated with the
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
(7) supporting local School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties planning and development activities to provide
guidance, training and technical assistance for
teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, adminis-
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trators, and others, in the development of School-to-
Work Opportunities programs;
(8) developing training programs for teachers,
counselors, mentors, and others on counseling and
training women, minorities, and individuals with dis-
abilities for high-skill, high-wage careers in non-tra-
ditional occupations;
(9) initiating pilot programs for testing key
components of State program design;
(10) developing a State process for issuing skill
certificates that is consistent with the work of the
National Skill Standards Board and the criteria es-
tablished under Goals 2000: Educate America Act;
(11) designing challenging curricula in coopera-
tion with representatives of local partnerships;
(12) developing a system for labor market anal-
ysis and strategic planning for local targeting of in-
dustry sectors or broad occupational clusters;
(13) analyzing the post high school employment
experiences of recent high school graduates and
dropouts;
(14) preparing the plan required for submission
of an application for an implementation grant under
subtitle B;
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(15) working with localities to develop strate-
gies to recruit and retain all students in programs
under this Act, including those from a broad range
of backgrounds and circumstances, through collabo-
rations with community-based organizations, where
appropriate, and other entities with expertise in
working with these students; and
(16) coordinating recruitment of out-of-school,
at-risk, and disadvantaged youths with those organi-
zations and institutions who have a successful his-
tory of working with such youths.
SEC. 205. ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant
under section 202 to any State in an amount exceeding
$1,000,000 in any fiscal year.
SEC. 206. REPORTS.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant
under section 202 to a State unless the State agrees that
it will submit to the Secretaries such periodic reports as
the Secretaries may reasonably require relating to the use
of amounts from such grant.
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nated with and not duplicative of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act application.
(c) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
(1) a plan for a comprehensive, statewide
School-to-Work Opportunities system under a State
plan that meets the requirements described in sub-
section (d);
(2) a description of how the State will allocate
funds under this Act to local partnerships; and
(3) a request, if the State decides to submit
such a request, for 1 or more waivers of certain stat-
utory or regulatory requirements, as provided for
under title V.
(d) STATE PLAN.—A State plan shall—
(1) designate the geographical areas to be
served by local partnerships, which shall, to the ex-
tent feasible, reflect local labor market areas;
(2) describe how the State will stimulate and
support local School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
grams that meet the requirements of this Act, and
how the State’s system will be expanded over time
to cover all geographic areas in the State, including
urban and rural areas;
(3) describe the procedure by which the Gov-
ernor, the State educational agency, the State agen-
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cy officials responsible for vocational education, job
training and employment, economic development,
and postsecondary education, the State sex equity
coordinator assigned under section 111(b)(1) of the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2321(b)(1)), and other
appropriate officials will collaborate in the imple-
mentation of the School-to-Work Opportunities sys-
tem;
(4) describe how the State has obtained and
will continue to obtain the active involvement in the
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system of
employers and other interested parties such as lo-
cally elected officials, secondary and postsecondary
educational institutions or agencies, business asso-
ciations, industrial extension centers, employees, or-
ganized labor, teachers, related services personnel,
students, parents, community-based organizations,
rehabilitation agencies and organizations, registered
apprenticeship agencies, local vocational educational
agencies, vocational student organizations, and State
or regional cooperative education associations;
(5) describe how the School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties system will coordinate with or integrate existing
local school-to-work programs and other appropriate
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programs, including those financed from State and
private sources, with funds available from related
programs under other provisions of Federal law,
such as—
(A) the Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1201 et seq.);
(B) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.);
(C) the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(D) the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(E) the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
Training Program authorized under part F of
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
681 et seq.);
(F) the Goals 2000: Educate America Act;
(G) the Individuals With Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);
(H) the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.);
(I) the National Apprenticeship Act (29
U.S.C. 50 et seq.);
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(J) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 701 et seq.); and
(K) the National and Community Service
Trust Act of 1993;
(6) describe the State’s strategy for providing
training for teachers, employers, mentors, coun-
selors, and others, including programs which focus
on the counseling and training of women, minorities,
and individuals with disabilities for high-skill, high-
wage careers in non-traditional occupations, and
provide assurance of coordination with such activi-
ties in other Acts;
(7) describe how the State will adopt, develop,
or assist local partnerships in the development of
model curricula and innovative instructional meth-
odologies, to be used in the secondary, and where
possible, the elementary grades, that integrate aca-
demic and vocational learning and promote career
awareness, and that are consistent with academic
and skill standards established pursuant to the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act;
(8) describe how the State will expand and im-
prove career and academic counseling in the elemen-
tary and secondary grades, which may include link-
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ages to career counseling and labor market informa-
tion services outside of the school system;
(9) describe the resources, including private sec-
tor resources, the State intends to employ in main-
taining the School-to-Work Opportunities system
when funds under this Act are no longer available;
(10) describe how the State will ensure effective
and meaningful opportunities for all students to par-
ticipate in School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
(11) describe the State’s goals and the methods
it will use, such as awareness and outreach, to en-
sure opportunities for young women to participate in
School-to-Work Opportunities programs in a manner
that leads to employment in high-performance, high-
paying jobs, including non-traditional employment,
and goals to ensure an environment free from racial
and sexual harassment;
(12) describe how the State will ensure oppor-
tunities for low achieving students, students with
disabilities, and school dropouts to participate in
School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
(13) describe the State’s process for assessing
the skills and knowledge required in career majors
and awarding skill certificates that is consistent with
the work of the National Skill Standards Board and
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the criteria established under Goals 2000: Educate
America Act;
(14) describe the manner in which the State
will, to the extent feasible, continue programs fund-
ed under title III in the State School-to-Work Op-
portunities system;
(15) describe how local school-to-work pro-
grams, including those funded under title III, if any,
will be integrated into the State School-to-Work Op-
portunities system;
(16) describe the performance standards that
the State intends to meet in establishing and carry-
ing out the School-to-Work Opportunities system, in-
cluding how the standards developed under section
115 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.)
have been incorporated into such performance stand-
ards or are used in coordination with such stand-
ards;
(17) designate a fiscal agent to receive and be
accountable for funds provided from a grant under
section 212; and
(18) describe the means by which students who
are involved in a school-to-work program may trans-
fer to a post-secondary program.