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 100 STAT. 1164

Urban areas. Rural areas.

PUBLIC LAW 99-457—OCT. 8, 1986

"(3) stimulate the improvement of the vocational and life skills of handicapped students to enable them to be better prepared for transition to adult life and services. To the extent feasible, such programs shall be geographically dispersed through the Nation in urban and rural areas. "(b) Projects assisted under subsection (a) may include— "(1) developing strategies and techniques for transition to independent living, vocational training, vocational rehabilitation, postsecondary education, and competitive employment (including supported employment) for handicapped youth, "(2) establishing demonstration models for services, programs, and individualized education programs, which emphasize vocational training, transitional services, and placement for handicapped youth, "(3) conducting demographic studies which provide information on the numbers, age levels, types of handicapping conditions, and services required for handicapped youth in need of transitional programs, "(4) specially designed vocational programs to increase the potential for competitive employment for handicapped youth, "(5) research and development projects for exemplary service delivery models and the replication and dissemination of successful models, "(6) initiating cooperative models between educational agencies and adult service agencies, including vocational rehabilitation, mental health, mental retardation, public employment, and employers, which facilitate the planning and developing of transitional services for handicapped youth to postsecondary education, vocational training, employment, continuing education, and adult services, "(7) developing appropriate procedures for evaluating vocational training, placement, and transitional services for handicapped youth, "(8) conducting studies which provide information on the numbers, age levels, types of handicapping conditions and reasons why handicapped youth drop out of school, "(9) developing special education curriculum and instructional techniques that will improve handicapped students' acquisition of the skills necessary for transition to adult life and services, and "(10) specifically designed physical education and therapeutic recreation programs to increase the potential of handicapped youths for community participation. "(c) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), if an applicant is not an educational agency, such applicant shall coordinate with the State educational agency. "(d) Applications for assistance under subsection (a) other than for the purpose of conducting studies or evaluations shall— "(1) describe the procedures to be used for disseminating relevant findings and data to regional resource centers, clearinghouses, and other interested persons, agencies, or organizations, (2) describe the procedures that will be used for coordinating services among agencies for which handicapped youth are or will be eligible, and "(3) to the extent appropriate, provide for the direct participation of handicapped students and the parents of handicapped

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