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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

91 STAT. 14f72 Technical assistance.

Infra.

Cooperation between the Office of Education and Institute.

Staff and resources.

20 USC 1865.

PUBLIC LAW 95-207—DEC. 13, 1977 (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 Territory 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, Education, and Welfare for Education shall assure such cooperation as the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate between the Office of Education and the Institute to identify research and development priorities and, either directly or through arrangements with public agencies and private organizations (including institutions of higher education), to disseminate the results of the research and development undertaken by the Institute. (d) The Office of Education shall provide the Office of Career Education and the National Advisory Council on Career Education with sufficient staff and resources required to carry out their responsibilities under this Act and under section 406 of the Education Amendments 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 representative 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 organizations 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

20 USC 2613.

Contents.

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 Commissioner 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