PUBLIC LAW 94-4«2—OCT. 12, 1976
90 STAT. 2195
ments for preserving employment and retirement status and other employment benefits during the period of exchange), and the development and operation of cooperative programs involving periods of teaching in schools providing vocational education and of experience in commercial, industrial, or other public or private employment related to the subject matter taught in such school; " (4) to prepare journeymen in the skilled trades or occupations for teaching positions; " (5) to train and to provide in-service training for teachers and supervisors and trainers of teachers in vocational education to improve the quality of instruction, supervision, and administration of vocational education for persons with limited Englishspeaking ability and to train or retrain counseling and guidance personnel to meet the special needs of persons with limited English-speaking ability; and "(6) which provide short-term or regular-session institutes designed to improve the qualifications of persons entering or reentering the field of vocational education in new and emerging occupational areas in which there is a need for such personnel. "(b) A State may include in the terms of any grant or contract under this section provisions authorizing the payment, to persons participating in the training programs supported under this section, of such stipends (including allowances for subsistence and other expenses for such persons and their dependents) as the Commissioner may determine, pursuant to regulations, consistent with prevailing practices under comparable programs. uGRANTS TO ASSIST I N OVERCOMING SEX BIAS
"SEC. 136. Funds available to the States under section 130(a) may 20 USC 2356. be used to support activities which show promise of overcoming sex stereotyping and bias in vocational education. "Subpart 4—Special Programs for the Disadvantaged "SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
"SEC. 140. (a) From the sums made available for grants under 20 USC 2370. this subpart pursuant to sections 102 and 103, the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to States to assist them in conducting special programs for the disadvantaged (as defined in section 195(16)) in accordance with the requirements of this subpart. "(b)(1) Grants to States under this subpart shall be used, in accordance with five-year State plans and annual program plans approved pursuant to section 109, for allocation within the State to areas of high concentrations of youth unemployment and school dropouts, and shall be used to pay the full cost of vocational education for disadvantaged persons. "(2) Such funds may be granted to eligible recipients only if (A) to the extent consistent with the number of students enrolled in nonprofit private schools in the area to be served whose educational needs are of the type which the program or project involved is to meet, provision has been made for the participation of such students, and (B) effective policies and procedures have been adopted which assure that Federal funds made available under this subpart to accommodate students in nonprofit private schools will not be commingled with State or local funds.
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