able and which are designed to serve persons who can benefit from such programs; (2) necessary procedures are established for cooperation with employment agencies, labor groups, employers, and other community agencies in identifying suitable jobs for persons who enroll in cooperative work-study programs; (3) provision is made for reimbursement of added costs to employers for on-the-job training of students enrolled in cooperative programs, provided such on-the-job training is related to existing carrier opportunities susceptible of promotion and advancement and does not displace other workers who perform such work; (4) ancillary services and activities to assure quality in cooperative work-study programs are provided for, such as preservice and inservice training for teacher coordinates, super vision, curriculum materials, and evaluation; (5) priority for funding cooperative work-study programs through local educational agencies, is given to areas that have high rates of school dropouts and youth unemployment; (6) 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; (7) Federal funds made available under this part will not be commingled with State or local funds; and (8) such accounting, evaluation, and follow-up procedures as the Commissioner deems necessary will be provided. (b) The Commissioner shall approve such part of its State plan which fulfills the conditions specified above, and the provisions of part B (relating to the disapproval of State plans) shall apply to this section. (20 U.S.C. 1353) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1087. USE OF FUNDS SEC. 174. Funds allocated under this part for cooperative workstudy programs shall be available for paying all or part of the State's expenditures under its State plan for this part for any fiscal year, but not in excess of its allotment under section 172. (20 U.S.C. 1354) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1087. DEFINITION SEC. 175. For purposes of this part, the term "cooperative workstudy program" means a program of vocational education for persons who, through a cooperative arrangement between the school and employers, receive instruction, including required academic courses and related vocational instruction by alternation of study in school with a job in any occupational field, but these two experiences must be planned and supervised by the school and employers so that each contributes to the student's education and to his employability. Work periods and school attendance may be on alternate half-days, full-days, weeks, or other periods of time in fulfilling the cooperative workstudy program. (20 U.S.C. 1355) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1087. PART H-WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOTMENT SEC. 181. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1969 and June 30, 1970 for the purposes of this part. (b)(1) From the sums appropriated pursuant to this section for each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums for such year as the population aged fifteen to twenty, inclusive, of the State, in the preceding fiscal year bears to the population aged fifteen to twenty, inclusive, of all the States in such preceding year. (2) The amount of any State's allotment under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year which the Commissioner determines will not be required for such fiscal year for carrying out the part of the State's plan approved pursuant to section 182 shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates during such year as the Commissioner may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to such States under paragraph (1) for such year, but with such proportionate amount for any such other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Commissioner estimates such State needs and will be able to use for such year and the total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States not suffering such a reduction. Any amount reallotted to a State under this paragraph during such year shall be deemed part of its allotment for such year. (20 U.S.C. 1371) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90–576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1088. PLAN REQUIREMENT SEC. 182. (a) To be eligible to participate in the program authorized by this part, a State shall submit as a part of its State plan through its State board to the Commissioner a plan, in such detail as the Commissioner determines necessary, which (1) designates the State board as the sole agency for administration of the plan, or for supervision of the administration thereof by local educational agencies; (2) sets forth the policies and procedures to be followed by the State in approving work-study programs, under which policies and procedures funds paid to the State from its allotment under section 181 will be expended solely for the payment of compensation of students employed pursuant to work-study programs which meet the requirements of subsection (b), except that not to exceed 1 per centum of any such allotment, or $10,000, whichever is the greater, may be used to pay the cost of developing the plan required by this section and the cost of administer ing such plan after its approval under this section; (3) sets forth principles for determining the priority to be accorded applications from local educational agencies for workstudy programs, which principles shall give preference to applications submitted by local educational agencies serving communities having substantial numbers of youths who have dropped out of school or who are unemployed, and provides for undertaking such programs, insofar as financial resources available therefor make possible in the order determined by the application of such principles; (4) sets forth such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State (including such funds paid by the State to local educational agencies) under this part; and (5) provides for making such reports in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require to carry out his functions under this part, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. (b) For the purposes of this section, a work-study program shall— (1) be administered by the local educational agency and made reasonably available (to the extent of available funds) to all youths in the area served by such agency who are able to meet the requirements of paragraph (2); (2) provide that employment under such work-study program shall be furnished only to a student who (A) has been accepted for enrollment as a full-time student in a vocational education program which meets the standards prescribed by the State board and the local educational agency for vocational education programs assisted under this title, or in the case of a student already enrolled in such a program, is in good standing and in full-time attendance, (B) is in need of the earnings from such employment to commence or continue his vocational education program, and (C) is at least fifteen years of age and less than twenty-one years of age at the commencement of his employment, and is capable, in the opinion of the appropriate school authorities, of maintaining good standing in his vocational education program while employed under the work-study program; (3) provide that no student shall be employed under such work-study program for more than fifteen hours in any week in which classes in which he is enrolled are in session, or for compensation which exceeds $45 in any month or $350 in any academic year or its equivalent, unless the student is attending a school which is not within reasonable commuting distance from his home, in which case his compension may not exceed $60 in any month or $500 in any academic year or its equivalent; (4) provide that employment under such work-study program shall be for the local educational agency or for some other public agency or institution; and (5) provide that, in each fiscal year during which such program remains in effect, such agency shall expend (from sources other than payments from Federal funds under this section) for the employment of its students (whether or not in employment eligible for assistance under this section) an amount that is not less than its average annual expenditure for work-study programs of a similar character during the three fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which its work-study program under this section is approved. (c) The provisions of part B shall be applicable to the Commissioner's actions with respect to plans submitted under this section. (20 U.S.C. 1373) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1088. PAYMENTS SEC. 183. (a) From a State's allotment under this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, the Commissioner shall pay to such State an amount equal to 80 per centum of (1) the amount expended for compensation of students employed pursuant to work-study programs under the part of the State's plan approved under section 182, plus (2) an amount, not to exceed 1 per centum of such allotment, or $10,000, whichever is the greater, expended for the development of such plan and for the administration of such plan after its approval by the Commissioner. No State shall receive payments under this section for any fiscal year in excess of its allotment under section 181 for such fiscal year. (b) Such payments (adjusted on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made) shall be made by the Commissioner in advance on the basis of such estimates, in such installments, and at such times, as may be reasonably required for expenditures by the States of the funds alloted under section 181. (20 U.S.C. 1374) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1089. STATUS OF PARTICIPANTS SEC. 184. Students employed in work-study programs under this part shall not by reason of such employment be deemed employees of the United States, or their service Federal service, for any purpose. (20 U.S.C. 1375) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1090. PART I-CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AUTHORIZATION SEC. 191. (a) The Congress finds that curriculum development in vocational education is complicated by the diversity of occupational objectives; variations due to geography; differences in educational levels and types of programs; and by the wide range of occupations which includes, but is not limited to, agriculture, food processing and preparation, trades and industry, distribution and marketing, technical, public service, health services, business, and office occupations. It is therefore the purpose of this section to enable the Commissioner to provide appropriate assistance to State and local educational agencies in the development of curriculums for new and changing occupations, and to coordinate improvements in, and dissemination of, existing curriculum materials. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, for the purposes set forth in this section. (c)(1) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (b) shall be used by the Commissioner, after consultation with the appropriate State agencies and the National Council, to make grants to or contracts with colleges or universities, State boards, and other public or nonprofit private agencies and institutions, or contracts with public or private agencies, organizations, or institutions (A) to promote the development and dissemination of vocational education curriculum materials for use in teaching occupational subjects, including curriculums for new and changing occupational fields; (B) to develop standards for curriculum development in all occupational fields; (C) to coordinate efforts of the States in the preparation of curriculum materials and prepare current lists of curriculum materials available in all occupational fields; (D) to survey curriculum materials produced by other agencies of Government, including the Department of Defense; (E) to evaluate vocational-technical education curriculum materials and their uses; and (F) to train personnel in curriculum development. (2) For purposes of this subsection "curriculum materials" means materials consisting of a series of courses to cover instruction in any occupational field in vocational education which are designed to prepare persons for employment at the entry level or to upgrade occupational competencies of those previously or presently employed in any occupational field. (20 U.S.C. 1391) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1090. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY (P.L. 88-210) House Reports: No. 393 (Committee on Education and Labor), No. 1025 (Committee of conference). Senate Report No. 553 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 109 (1963): August 6: Considered and passed House. October 3, 7: Considered in Senate. October 8: Considered and passed Senate, amended. October 29: House agreed to conference. December 12: House agreed to conference report. December 13: Senate agreed to conference report. Approved: December 18, 1963. (P.L. 90-576) House Reports: No. 1674 (Committee on Education and Labor), No. 1938 (Committee on Conference). Senate Report No. 1386 accompanying S. 3770 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 114 (1968): July 15: Considered and passed House. July 15, 17: Considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3770. Approved: October 16, 1968. |