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PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 104 STAT. 827 "(B) if the amount remaining after carrying out paragraph (1) is insufficient to provide the amount described in subparagraph (A), such remaining amount.". SEC. 409. INFORMATION BASE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM. Section 423 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 20 USC 2423. "SEC. 423. INFORMATION BASE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM. "(a) INFORMATION RELATING TO STUDENTS WITH HANDICAPS.—(1) The Secretary shall ensure that adequate information on access to vocational education by secondary school students with handicaps is maintained in the data system established under section 421. "(2) The system shall include detailed information obtained through scientific sample surveys concerning— "(A) t3T)es of programs available; and "(B) enrollment of students with handicaps by— "(i) t3npe of program; "(ii) type of instructional setting; and "(iii) tj^e of handicap. "(3)(A) The General Accounting Office shall conduct a 3-year study, using representative samples, of the effects of the amendments made by title II of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1990 on the access to and participation in vocational education of disadvantaged students, students with handicaps, students of limited English proficiency, and, to the extent practicable, foster children. "(B) The study shall include consideration of issues such as— "(i) the proportion of students described in paragraph (1) who are enrolled in vocational education programs during the first 3 program years to which the amendments made by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments Act of 1990 apply compared to the program year preceding such years;

  • (ii) the number of such students who enroll in vocational

education programs for the first time during the period of study; "(iii) the number of such students who participate in vocational education programs that lead to an occupational skill or job placement; "(iv) the extent to which academics are incorporated with vocational education courses; "(v) the manner in which vocational education programs have addressed special needs of such students for supportive services, material, and equipment; "(vi) the comparability of vocational education services provided to such students with vocational education services provided to students who are not members of special populations; and "(vii) in the case of students with handicaps— "(I) the types and severity of handicaps of such students who enroll in vocational education programs; "(II) the extent to which such students participate in the same vocational education programs as students who do not have handicaps; "(III) the number of such students with individualized education programs developed under section 614(a)(5) of the