An Act to authorize a career education program for elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
PL 95-207 (H.R.7), enacted 12/13/1977

91 STAT. 1464 
PUBLIC LAW 95-207—DEC. 13, 1977 
Public Law 95-207 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Uec. id, 1977 
rp^ authorize a career education program for elementary and secondary schools, 
[H.R. 7] 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Career Education 
United States of America in Congress asseTnbled^ That this Act may 
Incentive Act. 
be cited as the "Career Education Incentive Act". 
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DECLARATIONS 
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SEC. 2. The Congress declares that— 
(1) a major purpose of education is to prepare every individual 
for a career suitable to that individual's preference, 
(2) career education should be an integral part of the Nation's 
educational process which serves as preparation for work, 
(3) career education holds promise of improving the quality of 
education and opening career opportunities for all students by 
relating education to their life aspirations, and 
(4) educational agencies and institutions (including agencies 
and institutions of elementary and secondary education, higher 
education, adult education, employment training and retraining, 
and vocational education) should make every effort to fulfill that 
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purpose. 
PURPOSE 
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SEC. 3. In recognition of the prime importance of work in our society 
and in recognition of the rolo that the schools play in the lives of all 
Americans, it is the purpose of this Act to assist States and local edu-
cational agencies and institutions of postsecondary education, includ-
ing collaborative arrangements with the appropriate agencies and 
organizations, in making education as preparation for work, and as a 
means of relating work values to other life roles and choices (such as 
family life), a major goal of all who teach and all who learn by 
increasing the emphasis they place on career awareness, exploration, 
decisionmaking, and planning, and to do so in a manner which will 
promote equal opportunity in making career choices through the elimi-
nation of bias and stereotyping in such activities, including bias and 
stereotyping on account of race, sex, age, economic status, or handicap. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
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SEC. 4. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c), 
there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
1979, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1983 to 
carry out the provisions of this Act, other than section 11 of this Act. 
(b) No funds are authorized to be appropriated pursuant to sub-
section (a) for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1979, 
unless an appropriation was made for the immediately preceding fiscal 
year. 
(c) No funds are authorized to be appropriated pursuant to sub-
section (a) for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1979, 
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unless such funds are appropriated in the fiscal year prior to the fiscal 
year in which such funds will be obligated, and unless such funds are 
made available for expenditure to the States prior to the beginning of 
such fiscal year. 
ALLOTMENTS 
State allotments, 
minimum. 
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SEC. 5. (a) (1) From the funds appropriated pursuant to section 4 
for each fiscal year which are not reserved under paragraph (2) of 
this subsection, the Commissioner shall allot to each State an amount 
which bears the same ratio to such funds as such State's population 
aged five to eighteen, inclusive, bears to the total population, aged five 
to eighteen, inclusive, of all the States, except that no State shall be 
allotted from such funds for each fiscal year an amount less than 
$125,000. 
(2) From the remainder of the funds appropriated pursuant to sec- Reserves, 
tion 4 for each fiscal year, the Commissioner may reserve.— 
(A) an amount not to exceed 5 per centum each year for the 
administration of this Act and for making model program grants 
pursuant to section 10, 
(B) an amount not to exceed 1 per centum each year for the 
purpose of carrying out the information program pursuant to 
section 12 of this Act, 
(C) an amount not to exceed one-half of one per centum each 
year for the purpose of carrying out a national evaluation of the 
effectiveness of programs assisted under this Act in carrying out 
the purposes of this Act, and 
(D) an amount equal to 1 per centum for the purpose of making 
payments to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in furtherance of the pur-
poses of this Act. 
(b) (1) Any funds allotted to a State under paragraph (1) of sub- Reallotment. 
section (a) for which a State has not applied or for which a State 
application has not been approved shall be reallotted by ratably 
increasing the allocations of each of the States which have approved 
applications. 
(2) If the sums appropriated for any fiscal year are not sufficient to 
make the allotments of the minimum amounts specified in paragraph 
(1) of subsection (a), such minimum amounts shall be ratably reduced. 
If additional sums become available during a fiscal year for which 
such allotments were reduced, such allotments shall be increased on the 
same basis as they were reduced. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any State 
which receives, in any fiscal year, the minimum allotment prescribed 
under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section does not have to 
comply with the provisions of section 6(6) relating to staff employed at 
the State level. 
APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 6. Every State desiring to receive funds appropriated under Contents, 
section 4 for fiscal year 1979 shall submit to the Commissioner an 20 U
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application containing assurances that— 
(1) the State educational agency will be the agency responsible 
for planning the use, and administering the expenditure, of funds 
received under this Act, other than funds made available under 
sections 10,11, and 12; 
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Non-Federal 
share costs, 
payment. 
Review. 
(2) the State legislature and the Governor have been notified 
of the State's application for such funds; 
(3) (A) the State will expend, from its own sources, for any 
fiscal year for which funds are received under this Act, an amount 
equal to or exceeding the amount which such State expended for 
career education during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for 
which the determination is made; 
(B) the State will pay from non-Federal sources the non-Fed-
eral share of the costs of carrying out the State plan for fiscal 
year 1980 and for each of the three succeeding fiscal years; 
(4) the State will make every possible effort to integrate career 
education into the regular education programs offered in elemen-
tary and secondary schools in the State; 
(5) (A) the State educational agency will require that j)rograms 
of career education assisted under this Act will be administered 
by State and local educational agencies in such a manner as to 
affect all instructional programs in elementary and secondary 
education, and will not be administered solely as a part of the 
vocational education program; 
(B) the State educational agency will require that programs 
of career education will be coordinated by an individual having 
prior experience in the field of career education (who shall be 
designated as a State coordinator of career education); 
(6) such agency will employ such staff as are necessary to pro-
vide for the administration of this Act and programs of career 
education funded under this Act, including a person or persons 
experienced with respect to problems of discrimination in the labor 
market and stereotyping affecting career education, including bias 
and stereotyping on account of race, sex, age, economic status, or 
handicap, and including at least one professional trained in guid-
ance and counseling who shall work jointly in the office of the 
principal staff person responsible for such administration and 
coordination and in the office of the State educational agency 
responsible for guidance and counseling, if any such office exists; 
(7) such agency will continuously review the plan submitted 
under section 7 and will submit such amendments thereto as may 
be deemed appropriate in response to such agency's experience 
with the program ; 
(8) the State educational agency will comply with the provi-
sions of section 9(b) with respect to the distribution of funds to 
local educational agencies within the State ; 
(9) the State educational agency will not allocate payments 
under this Act among local educational agencies within the State 
on the basis of per capita enrollment or through matching of local 
expenditures on a uniform percentage basis, or deny funds to any 
local educational agency if the applicable jurisdiction in which 
such agency is located is making a reasonable tax effort solely 
because such agency is unable to pay the non-Federal share of the 
costs of programs assisted under this Act; 
(10) not less than 15 per centum of that portion of a State's 
grant for any fiscal year which is not reserved pursuant to section 
9(b) will be used for programs described in section 8(a)(3)(B); 
and 
(11) the funds received under this Act will be used in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 8. 
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STATE PLAN'S 
SEC. 7. Every State desiring to receive funds appropriated pursuant Contents, 
to section 4 shall submit to the Commissioner by July 1,1979, a State 20 USC 2606. 
plan which shall— 
(1) set out explicitly the objectives the State will seek to achieve 
by the end of each of the fiscal years for which funds are made 
available under this Act in implementing the goal of providing 
career education for students in elementary and secondary schools 
within the State, with special emphasis on overcoming sex bias 
and stereotyping, and set out the methods by which the State will 
seek each year to achieve such objectives with all resources avail-
able; 
(2) describe the methods by which the funds received under 
this Act will be used, in accordance with section 8, to implement 
the overall objectives in each of the fiscal years for which funds 
are made available under this Act; 
(3) set forth policies and procedures which the State will fol-
low to assure equal access of all students (including the handi-
capped and members of both sexes) to career education programs 
carried out under the State plan; 
(4) provide adequate assurance that the requirements of sec-
tion 6 will be met in each fiscal year after fiscal year 1979; and 
(5) provide proposed criteria to the Commissioner for the 
evaluation of the extent to which the State will achieve the objec-
tives set out in the State plan. 
USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 8. (a) Subject to the provisions of sections 9(b) and 10, funds Federal share 
received under this Act may be used only to pay the Federal share payments, 
of the total costs of— 
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(1) employing such additional State educational agency per-
sonnel as may be required for the administration and coordination 
of programs assisted under this Act; 
(2) providing State leadership for career education, either 
directly or through arrangements with public agencies and pri-
vate organizations (including institutions of higher education), 
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(A) conducting inservice institutes for educational per-
sonnel ; 
(B) training local career education coordinators;, 
(C) collecting, evaluating, and disseminating career edu-
cation materials on an intrastate and interstate basis with 
special emphasis on overcoming sex bias and stereotyping; 
(D) conducting statewide needs assessment and evalua-
tion studies; 
(E) conducting statewide career education leadership 
conferences; 
(F) engaging in collaborative relationships with other 
agencies of State government and with public agencies and 
private organizations representing business, labor, industry 
and the professions and organizations representing the handi-
capped, minority groups, women, and older Americans; and 
(G) promoting the adaptation of teacher-training curric-
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ula to the concept of career education by institutions of higher 
education located in the State; 
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(3) making payments to local educational agencies for com-
' ' ' prehensive programs including— 
(A) instilling career education concepts and approaches 
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in the classroom; 
(B) developing and implementing comprehensive career 
guidance, counseling, placement, and foUowup services uti-
lizing counselors, teachers, parents, and community resource 
personnel; 
(C) developing and implementing collaborative relation-
ships with organizations representing the handicapped, 
minority groups, and women and with all other elements of 
the community, including the use of personnel from such 
organizations and the community as resource persons in 
schools and for student field trips into that community; 
(D) developing and implementing work experiences for 
students whose primary purpose is career exploration, if such 
work experiences are related to existing or potential career 
opportunities and do not displace other workers who perform 
such work; 
(E) employing coordinators of career education in local 
educational agencies or in combinations of such agencies (but 
not the individual school building level); 
(F) training of local career education coordinators; 
(G) providing inservice education for educational person-
nel, especially teachers, counselors, and school administrators, 
designed to help such personnel to understand career educa-
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tion, to acquire competencies in the field of career education 
and to acquaint such personnel with the changing work pat-
terns of men and women, ways of overcoming sex stereo-
typing in career education, and ways of assisting women 
and men to broaden their career horizons; 
(H) conducting institutes for members of boards of local 
educational agencies, community leaders, and parents con-
, , 
cerning the nature and goals of career education; 
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(I) purchasing instructional materials and supplies for 
career education activities; 
(J) establishing and operating community career education 
councils; 
(K) establishing and operating career education resource 
centers serving both students and the general public; 
(L) adopting, reviewing, and revising local plans for coor-
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dinating the implementation of the comprehensive program; 
(M) conducting needs assessments and evaluations; and 
(4) reviewing and revising the State plan, 
(b) The State shall make payments to local educational agencies 
for the purposes described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) from 
funds received under this Act upon applications approved by the 
State educational agency. Such payments shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, be made on an equitable basis in accordance with criteria estab-
lished by the State educational agency, consistent with section 6(9), 
having due regard for the special needs of local educational agencies 
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Private nonprofit 
elementary and 
secondary 
schools, 
participation. 
serving areas of high incidence and prevalence of youth and adult 
unemployment, serving sparsely populated areas or serving relatively 
few students. 
(c) (1) To the extent consistent with the number of children enrolled 
in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools within the 
State, with respect to services described under paragraph (2) of sub-
section (a), and within the school district, with respect to payments 
made to a local educational agency for the purposes described in 
paragraph (3) of such subsection, after consultation with appropri-
ate private school officials, provision shall be made for the effective 
participation on an equitable basis of such children and the teachers 
of such children in such services and in programs assisted with such 
payments. 
(2) (A) The control of funds provided under this Act and title to Funds, control 
materials and equipment therewith shall be in a public agency for the 
uses and purposes provided in this Act, and a public agency shall 
administer such funds and property. 
(B) The provisions of services pursuant to this paragraph shall be Contracts for 
provided by employees of a public agency or through contract by such services, 
public agency with a person, an association, agency, or corporation 
who or which in the provision of such services is independent of such 
private school and of any religious organization, and such employ-
ment or contract shall be under the control and supervision of such 
public agency, and the funds provided under this Act to accommodate 
students and teachers in nonprofit public schools shall not be com-
mingled with State or local funds. 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 9. (a)(1) The Commissioner, upon receipt of an application 20 USC 2608. 
of assurances for fiscal year 1979 which the Commissioner finds to be 
in compliance with section 6, and upon finding the State to be in com-
pliance with sections 7 and 8 for fiscal years 1980 and 1981, shall pay 
to the State the amount which it is entitled to receive for each such 
year under this Act. 
(2) The Commissioner, upon finding the State to be in compliance 
with sections 7 and 8 for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 hy reviewing the 
report required to be submitted by the State under section 14 for fiscal 
years 1980 and 1981, respectively, shall pay to the State the amount 
which it is entitled to receive for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 
1983 under this Act reduced in proportion to the extent to which the 
Commissioner determines that such State has substantially failed to 
achieve the objectives for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 set forth in its 
State plan. 
(b) Any State receiving funds appropriated under section 4 of this 
Act may reserve (1) not more than 10 per centum of such funds for 
State leadership purposes described in paragraph (2) of section 8(a), 
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and (2) not more than 10 per centum of such funds appropriated for 
the fiscal year 1979, and not more than 5 per centum of the funds appro-
priated for succeeding fiscal years, for the purposes described in para-
graphs (1) and (4) of section 8(a). The remainder of such funds shall 
be distributed by the State to local educational agencies within that 
State for the purposes described in paragraph (3) of section 8(a). 
(c) (1) For the purposes of paying the cost of employing State 
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Waiver. 
Waiver. 
career education coordinators and staff described in paragraph (1) 
of section 8(a), the Federal share of the payments made under this 
Act from a State's allotment shall be not more than 100 per centum 
for the fiscal year 1979, not more than 75 per centum for the fiscal 
year 1980 and not more than 50 per centum for the fiscal years 1981, 
1982, and 1983. 
(2) For the purposes described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of sec-
tion 8(a), the Federal share of the payments made under this Act 
from a State's allotment shall be not more than 100 per centum for 
the fiscal years 1979 and 1980, not more than 75 per centum for the 
fiscal year 1981, not more than 50 per centum for the fiscal year 1982, 
and not more than 25 per centum for the fiscal year 1983. 
(d) (1) If a State is prohibited by law from providing for the par-
ticipation in programs of children enrolled in private nonprofit 
elementary and secondary schools, as required by section 8 (c), the Com-
missioner may waive such requirement and shall arrange for the 
provision of services to such children through arrangements which 
shall be subject to the requirements of that section. 
(2) If the Commissioner determines that a State or a local educa-
tional agency has substantially failed to provide for the participation 
on an equitable basis of children enrolled in private nonprofit elemen-
tary and secondary schools as required by section 8(c), the Commis-
sioner may waive such requirement and shall arrange for the provision 
of services to such children through arrangements which shall be 
subject to the requirements of that section. 
Grants. 
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MODEL PROGRAMS 
SEC. 10. (a) From funds reserved under section 5(a) (2) (A) of this 
Act, the Commissioner is authorized to make grants directly to State 
and local educational agencies, institutions of postsecondary educa-
tion, and other nonprofit agencies and organizations to support proj-
ects, including projects of proven effectiveness, to demonstrate the most 
effective methods and techniques in career education and to develop 
exemplary career education models particularly projects designed to 
eliminate bias and stereotyping on account of race, sex, age, economic 
status, or handicap. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be 
made available under the provisions of section 406(f) (1) of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1974 for grants or contracts with local educa-
tional agencies for any fiscal year in which funds are appropriated 
under this Act and reserved for the purposes of this section under 
section 5(a) (2) (A). 
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
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SEC. 11. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to arrange by way of 
grant, contract, or other arrangement with institutions of higher edu-
cation, public agencies and nonprofit private organizations for the 
conduct of postsecondary educational career demonstration projects 
which— 
(1) may have national significance or be of special value in 
promoting the field of career education in postsecondary 
educational programs, 
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(2) have unusual promise of promoting postsecondary career 
guidance and counseling programs, particularly postsecondary 
guidance and counseling programs designed to overcome bias and 
stereotyping on account of race, sex, age, economic status, or handi-
cap, or 
(3) show promise of strengthening career guidance, counseling, 
placement, and followup services. 
(b) The Commissioner shall approve arrangements under subsection Approval, 
(a) of this section if he finds— 
(1) that the funds for which assistance is sought will be used 
for one of the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section, 
and 
(2) that effective procedures, including objective measurements, 
will be adopted for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness 
of tlie project. 
(c) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section Appropriation 
there is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal year authorization. 
1979 and for each fiscal year ending prior to October 1,1983. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be 
made available under the provisions of section 406(f) (1) of the Edu-
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of higher education for any fiscal year in which funds are appropri-
ated pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 
CAREER EDUCATION INFORMATION 
SEC. 12. (a) In consultation with members of the National Oocupa- Examination, 
tional Information Coordinating Committee, the Commissioner shall 20 USC 2611. 
examine the occupational information needs of individuals and organi-
zations eligible for participation in programs assisted by this Act. 
The examination shall consider the present activities of the National 
Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, the State Occu-
pational Information Coordinating Committees, and other occupa-
tional information activities of the Office of Education, the National 
Institute of Education, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Employ-
ment and Training Administration, and such other Federal agencies 
as the Commissioner deems appropriate. Upon the conclusion of the 
examination, the Commissioner shall, either directly or by way of 
grant, contract or other arrangement, furnish information to interested 
parties on Federal programs which gather, analyze and disseminate 
occupational and career information. 
(b) The Commissioner shall, either directly or by way of grant. Dissemination, 
contract or other arrangement, disseminate information to interested 
parties on exemplary career education programs, including but not 
limited to programs assisted under this Act. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 13. (a) (1) The Office of Career Education created pursuant to 20 U
S
C 2612. 
section 406 of the Education Amendments of 1974 shall be the admin-
istering agency within the Office of Education .for the review of 
the State plans, applications, and reports submitted pursuant to this 
Act. In addition, the Office of Career Education shall perform a 
national leadership role in furthering the purposes of this Act. 
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Technical 
assistance. 
Infra. 
Cooperation 
between the 
Office of 
Education and 
Institute. 
Staff and 
resources. 
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Contents. 
(2) The Office of Career Education shall, upon request, provide 
technical assistance to all participating State educational agencies and 
to Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Terri-
tory of the Pacific Islands. 
(b) The National Advisory Council on Career Education created 
pursuant to section 406 of the Education Amendments of 1974 shall 
perform the same functions with respect to the programs authorized 
under this Act as the Council is authorized to perform with respect to 
the programs authorized under that section. 
(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the National 
Institute of Education from continuing to carry out its functions in 
the field of career education. The Assistant Secretary o,f Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare for Education shall assure such cooperation as 
the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate between the Office of Edu-
cation and the Institute to identify research and development priori-
ties and, either directly or through arrangements with public agencies 
and private organizations (including institutions of higher educa-
tion), to disseminate the results of the research and development 
undertaken by the Institute. 
(d) The Office of Education shall provide the Office of Career Edu-
cation and the National Advisory Council on Career Education with 
sufficient staff and resources required to carry out their responsibili-
ties under this Act and under section 406 of the Education Amend-
ments of 1974. 
(e) Section 406(g) (1) (B) of the Education Amendments of 1974 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(B) not less than fifteen public members broadly representa-
tive of the fields of education, guidance, and counseling, the arts, 
the humanities, the sciences, community services, business and 
industry, and the general public, including (i) members of orga-
nizations of handicapped persons, minority groups knowledgeable 
with respect to discrimination in employment and stereotyping 
affecting career choices, and women who are knowledgeable with 
i 
respect to sex discrimination and stereotyping, and (ii) not less 
than two members who shall be representative of labor and of 
business, respectively.". 
REPORTS 
SEC. 14. (a) Unless the Commissioner finds the requirements of this 
subsection unnecessary, not later than December 31 of each fiscal year 
each State receiving funds under this Act shall submit to the Commis-
sioner a report evaluating the programs assisted with funds provided 
under this Act for the preceding fiscal year. Such report shall include— 
(1) an analysis of the extent to which the objectives set out in 
the State plan submitted pursuant to section 6 have been fulfilled 
during that preceding fiscal year; 
(2) a description of the extent to which the State and local 
educational agencies within the State are using State and local 
resources to implement these objectives and a description of the 
extent to which funds received under this Act have been used to 
achieve these objectives; and 
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(3) a description of the exemplary programs funded within 
the State, including an analysis of the reasons for their success, 
and a description of the programs which were not successful 
.;, 
within the State, including an analysis of the reasons for their 
failure. 
(b) The Commissioner, through the Office of Career Education, 
shall analyze each one of the State reports submitted pursuant to sub-
section (a) and shall provide to the State no later than three months 
after the date of such submission an analysis of the report and recom-
mendations for improvement in the operation and administration of 
programs being provided by the State with funds made available 
under this Act. 
(c) The Commissioner shall conduct a comprehensive review of a 
random sample of the State programs funded under this Act and 
shall submit a report on such review to the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Eepresentatives and the Committee on 
Human Resources of the Senate by no later than September 30, 1982. 
Analysis and 
recommenda-
tions. 
Review; report to 
congressional 
committees. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 15. For purposes of this Act the term— 
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(1) (A) "career education", for the purposes of this Act, except 
for paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 8(a), and sections 8(b), 
8(c), 9, 10, and 11, means the totality of experiences, which are 
designed to be free of bias and stereotyping (including bias or 
stereotyping on account of race, sex, age, economic status, or handi-
cap), through which one learns about, and prepares to engage in, 
work as part of his or her way of living, and through which he or 
she relates work values to other life roles and choices (such as 
family life); 
(B) "career education", for purposes of paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of section 8(a), and sections 8(b), 8(c), 9,10, and 11, shall be 
limited to activities involving career awareness, exploration, deci-
sionmaking, and planning, which activities are free of or are 
designed to eliminate bias and stereotyping (including bias or 
stereotyping on account of race, sex, age, economic status, or 
handicap), and shall not include any activities carried out by such 
agencies involving specific job skill training; 
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education; 
(3) "handicapped" means mentally retarded, hard of hearing, 
deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotion-
ally disturbed, orthopedically impaired, or other health impaired 
persons, or persons with specific learning disabilities who by rea-
son thereof require special education and related services; 
(4) "local educational agency" has the meaning given such term 
by section 801(f) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965; 
20 USC 881. 
(5) "State" means the several States, the District of Columbia, 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and 
(6) "State educational agency" has the meaning given such 
term by section 801 (k) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965. 
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AMENDMENT TO THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OP 1076 
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SEC. 16. Section 332 of the Education Amendments of 1976 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b) (2), by striking out "3 per centum" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "1 per centum", and by striking out "the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,"; and 
(2) in subsection (b) (3) (B), by striking out "and the District 
of Columbia" and inserting in lieu thereof ", the District of 
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico". 
Approved December 13, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-150 (Comm. on Education and Labor) and No. 95-816 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 95-498 accompanying S. 1328 and 95-513 (both from Comm. 
on Human Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
Apr. 5, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1328. 
Nov. 22, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Nov. 29, House agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, VoL 13, No. 51: 
Dec. 13, Presidential statement.