PUBLIC LAW 98-524—OCT. 19, 1984
98 STAT. 2445
which emphasize the use of business concerns and labor organizations; "(6) assess the distribution of financial assistance furnished under this Act, particularly with the analysis of the distribution Ante, p. 2435. of financial assistance between secondary vocational education programs and postsecondary vocational education programs; "(7) recommend procedures to the State board to ensure and enhance the participation of the public in the provision of vocational education at the local level within the State, particularly the participation of local employers and local labor organizations; "(8) report to the State board on the extent to which the individuals described in section 201(b) are provided with equal Post, p. 2450. access to quality vocational education programs; and "(9)(A) evaluate at least once every two years (i) the vocational education program delivery systems assisted under this Act, and under the Job Training Partnership Act, in terms of 29 USC 1501 their adequacy and effectiveness in achieving the purposes of note. each of the two Acts and (ii) make recommendations to the State board on the adequacy and effectiveness of the coordination that takes place between vocational education and the Job Training Partnership Act and (B) advise the Governor, the State board, the State job training coordinating council, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Labor of these findings and recommendations. "(e) Each State council is authorized to obtain the services of such Contracts with professional, technical, and clerical, personnel as may be necessary U.S. to enable it to carry out its functions under this Act and to contract for such services as may be necessary to enable the Council to carry out its evaluation functions, independent of programmatic and administrative control by other State boards, agencies, and individuals. "(f)(1)(A) From the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) Grants. the Secretary shall make grants to State councils from amounts ^"^«' P- 2437. allotted to State councils in accordance with the method for allotment contained in section 101(a)(2), without regard to paragraph (3), Ante, p. 2438. except that no State council shall be allotted less than $120,000 nor more than $225,000 for each fiscal year. "(B) For the purpose of subparagraph (A), the term 'State' shall not include the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. "(2) The expenditure of the funds paid pursuant to this subsection is to be determined solely by the State council for carrying out its functions under this Act, and may not be diverted or reprogramed for any other purpose by any State board, agency, or individual. Each State council shall designate an appropriate State agency or other public agency, eligible to receive funds under this Act, to act as its fiscal agent for purposes of disbursement, accounting, and auditing. "STATE PLANS
"SEC. 113. (a)(1)(A) Any State desiring to receive funds from its 20 USC 2328. allotment for any fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary a State plan for a three-year period in the case of the initial plan and a 2-year period thereafter, together with such annual revisions as the State board determines to be necessary.
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