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(A) representatives of business and industry
who have expertise in the area of workforce skill re-
quirements, including representatives of large and
small employers, recommended by national business
organizations and trade associations representing
employers in the occupation or industry for which a
standard is being developed, and representatives of
trade associations that have received demonstration
grants from the Department of Labor or the De-
partment of Education to establish skill standards
prior to the enactment of this title;
(B) employee representatives who have exper-
tise in the area of workforce skill requirements and
who shall be—
(i) individuals recommended by recognized
national labor organizations representing em-
ployees in the occupation or industry for which
a standard is being developed; and
(ii) 
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other 
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nonmanagerial employees with significant expe-
rience and tenure in such occupation or indus-
try as are appropriate given the nature and
structure of employment in the occupation or
industry; and
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(C) representatives of educational institutions,
including representatives of high schools, technical
and trade schools, junior and community colleges,
and four-year postsecondary institutions, and rep-
resentatives of technical associations, community-
based organizations, State governments, State agen-
cies with jurisdiction over education, employment
and training, and other policy development organiza-
tions with expertise in the area of workforce skill re-
quirements.
(2) The National Board may supplement the invita-
tions and participation provided for in paragraph (1) by
inviting and soliciting the participation of such other indi-
viduals as the National Board deems to be independent,
qualified experts in their fields.
(d) ENDORSEMENT OF STANDARDS.—The National
Board shall endorse those skill standards, assessment and
certification systems and systems for evaluating, dissemi-
nating and updating such standards and assessment and
certification systems described in subsection (b), that the
National Board determines, after public review and com-
ment, meet the requirements of this section and are appro-
priate for the industry or occupation.
(e) LIMITATIONS.—The National Board shall not
carry out the requirements of subsections (b), (c) or (d)
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with respect to any occupation or trade within the con-
struction industry for which recognized apprenticeship
standards have been jointly developed by labor and man-
agement representatives and are being actively used for
training workers in such occupation or trade unless labor
and management representatives of such occupation or
trade and representatives of certified apprenticeship pro-
grams within such occupation or trade jointly request the
assistance of the National Board.
(f) COORDINATION.—The National Board shall es-
tablish cooperative arrangements with the National Edu-
cation Standards and Improvement Council to promote
the coordination of the development of skill standards
under this title with the development of content and per-
formance standards under title II of this Act.
(g) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In order to support the
activities described in subsection (b), the National Board
shall—
(1) conduct workforce research relating to skill
standards and make such research available to the
public, including the representatives described in
subsection (c);
(2) identify and maintain a catalog of skill
standards used by other countries and by States and
leading firms and industries in the United States;
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(3) serve as a clearinghouse to facilitate the
sharing of information on the development of skill
standards and other relevant information among
representatives of occupations and industries identi-
fied pursuant to subsection (a);
(4) develop a common nomenclature relating to
skill standards;
(5) encourage the development and adoption, in
accordance with the participation requirements of
subsection (c), of curricula and training materials,
for attaining the skill standards developed pursuant
to subsection (b), that include structured work expe-
riences and related study programs leading to pro-
gressive levels of professional and technical certifi-
cation;
(6) provide appropriate technical assistance;
and
(7) develop long-term strategic plans relating to
the development and utilization of skill standards.
(h) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—From funds appro-
priated pursuant to section 406, the Secretary of Labor
may award grants and enter into contracts and coopera-
tive arrangements that are requested by the National
Board for the purposes of carrying out this title.
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DEADLINES
SEC. 404. No later than December 31, 1995, the Na-
tional Board shall—
(1) identify occupational clusters pursuant to
section 403(a) representing a substantial portion of
the workforce; and
(2) ensure the development of an initial set of
skill standards in accordance with section 403(b) for
such clusters, to be updated as appropriate.
REPORTS
SEC. 405. The National Board shall submit to the
President and the Congress in each fiscal year a report
on the activities conducted under this title, including the
extent to which skill standards have been adopted by em-
ployers, training providers, and other entities and the ef-
fectiveness of such standards in accomplishing the pur-
poses described in section 401.
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 406. (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized
to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
1995 through 1999 to carry out this title.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
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TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
DEFINITIONS
SEC. 501. As used in this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘content standards’’ means broad
descriptions of the knowledge and skills students
should acquire in a particular subject area;
(2) the term ‘‘Governor’’ means the chief execu-
tive of the State;
(3) the terms ‘‘local educational agency’’ and
‘‘State educational agency’’ have the meaning given
those terms in section 1471 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965;
(4) the term ‘‘outlying areas’’ means Guam,
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau
(until the effective date of the Compact of Free As-
sociation with the Government of Palau);
(5) the term ‘‘performance standards’’ means
concrete examples and explicit definitions of what
students have to know and be able to do to dem-
onstrate that they are proficient in the skills and
knowledge framed by content standards;
(6) the term ‘‘school’’ means a school that is
under the authority of the State educational agency
and a local educational agency or, for the purpose of
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carrying out section 313(b), a school that is oper-
ated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(7) the term ‘‘Secretary’’, except where used in
title IV, means the Secretary of Education; and
(8) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the fifty
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico.
LIMITATION
SEC. 502. No funds provided under titles II or III
of this Act shall be used to undertake assessments that
will be used to make decisions regarding the graduation,
grade promotion, or retention of students for five years
from the date of enactment of this Act.
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