 
                CHAPTER 69--SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND 
                     IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS TO STATES
 
                    Part A--State Development Grants
 
Sec. 6125. Use of amounts

    The Secretaries may not provide a development grant under section 
6122 of this title to a State unless the State agrees that the State 
will use all amounts received from such grant for activities to develop 
a statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system, which may include--
        (1) identifying or establishing an appropriate State structure 
    to administer the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
        (2) identifying secondary and postsecondary school-to-work 
    programs in existence on or after May 4, 1994, that might be 
    incorporated into such system;
        (3) identifying or establishing broad-based partnerships among 
    employers, labor, education, government, and other community-based 
    organizations and parent organizations to participate in the design, 
    development, and administration of School-to-Work Opportunities 
    programs;
        (4) developing a marketing plan to build consensus and support 
    for such programs;
        (5) promoting the active involvement of business (including 
    small- and medium-sized businesses) in planning, developing, and 
    implementing local School-to-Work Opportunities programs, and in 
    establishing partnerships between business and elementary schools 
    and secondary schools (including middle schools);
        (6) identifying ways that local school-to-work programs in 
    existence on or after May 4, 1994, could be coordinated with the 
    statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
        (7) supporting local planning and development activities to 
    provide guidance, training and technical assistance for teachers, 
    employers, mentors, counselors, administrators, and others in the 
    development of School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
        (8) identifying or establishing mechanisms for providing 
    training and technical assistance to enhance the development of the 
    statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
        (9) developing a training and technical support system for 
    teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, related services 
    personnel, and others that includes specialized training and 
    technical support for the counseling and training of women, 
    minorities, and individuals with disabilities for high-skill, high-
    wage careers in nontraditional employment;
        (10) initiating pilot programs for testing key components of the 
    program design of programs under the statewide School-to-Work 
    Opportunities system;
        (11) developing a State process for issuing skill certificates 
    that is, to the extent feasible, consistent with the skill standards 
    certification systems endorsed under the National Skill Standards 
    Act of 1994 [20 U.S.C. 5931 et seq.];
        (12) designing challenging curricula, in cooperation with 
    representatives of local partnerships, that take into account the 
    diverse learning needs and abilities of the student population 
    served by the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
        (13) developing a system for labor market analysis and strategic 
    planning for local targeting of industry sectors or broad 
    occupational clusters that can provide students with placements in 
    high-skill workplaces;
        (14) analyzing the post-high school employment experiences of 
    recent high school graduates and school dropouts;
        (15) preparing the plan described in section 6143(d) of this 
    title;
        (16) working with localities to develop strategies to recruit 
    and retain all students in programs under this chapter through 
    collaborations with community-based organizations, where 
    appropriate, and other entities with expertise in working with such 
    students;
        (17) coordinating recruitment of out-of-school, at-risk, and 
    disadvantaged youths with those organizations and institutions that 
    have a successful history of working with such youths; and
        (18) providing technical assistance to rural areas in planning, 
    developing, and implementing local School-to-Work Opportunities 
    programs that meet the needs of rural communities with low 
    population densities.

(Pub. L. 103-239, title II, Sec. 205, May 4, 1994, 108 Stat. 580.)

                       References in Text

    The National Skill Standards Act of 1994, referred to in par. (11), 
is title V of Pub. L. 103-227, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 191, which is 
classified generally to subchapter V (Sec. 5931 et seq.) of chapter 68 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 5931 of this title and Tables.
    This chapter, referred to in par. (16), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 103-239, May 4, 1994, 108 Stat. 568, which is 
classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6101 of 
this title and Tables.
