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108 STAT. 578 PUBLIC LAW 103-239—MAY 4, 1994 (B) training teachers, workplace mentors, school site mentors, and counselors; (4) providing assistance to schools and employers to integrate school-based and work-based learning and integrate academic and occupational learning into the program; (5) encouraging the active participation of employers, in cooperation with local education officials, in the implementation of local activities described in section 102, section 103, or this section; (6)(A) providing assistance to participants who have completed the program in finding an appropriate job, continuing their education, or entering into an aaditional training program; and (B) linking the participants with other community services that may be necessary to assure a successful transition from school to work; (7) collecting and analyzing information regarding postprogram outcomes of participants in the School-to-Work Opportunities program, to the extent practicable, on the basis of socioeconomic status, race, gender, ethnicity, culture, and disability, and on the basis of whether the participants are students with limited-English proficiency, school dropouts, disadvantaged students, or academically talented students; and (8) linking youth development activities under this Act with employer and industry strategies for upgrading the skills of their workers. TITLE II—SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTU- NITIES SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS TO STATES Subtitle A—State Development Grants 20 USC 6121. SEC. 201. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subtitle is to assist States in planning and developing comprehensive statewide School-to-Work Opportunities systems. 20 USC 6122. SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION. (a) GRANTS TO STATES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—On the application of the Grovernor on behalf of a State in accordance with section 203, the Secretaries may provide a development grant to the State in such amounts as the Secretaries determine to be necessary to enable such State to complete planning and development of a comprehensive statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system. (2) AMOUNT. — The amount of a development grant under this section may not exceed $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. (3) COMPLETION. — The Secretaries may provide such grant to complete development of a statewide School-to-Work Opportunities systems initiated with funds received under the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the