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 PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 104 STAT. 809 "(9) coordination of services under this Act, the Adult Education Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, the National Apprenticeship Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Wagner-Peyser Act; and "(10) the degree to which minority students are involved in vocational student organizations. "(c) CONSULTATION. —(1) The Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives in the design and implementation of the sissessment required under subsection (a). "(2) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress— Reports. "(A) an interim report on or before January 1, 1994; and "(B) a final report, summarizing all studies and analyses completed after the assessment, on or before July 1, 1994. "(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the reports required by this subsection shall not be subject to any review outside of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement before their transmittal to the Congress, but the President, the Secretary, and the independent advisory council established under subsection (a)(2) may make such additional recommendations to the Congress with respect to the assessment as they deem appropriate. "(d) STUDY.—(1) The assessment required by subsection (a) shall include a study of the distribution of Federal vocational education funds to the States. The study shall— "(A) consider the distributional effects of the formula for allocation to the States established in section 101(a)(2), including the age cohorts and the per capita income allotment ratios; '(B) examine the impact that various other factors such as State tax capacity, tax effort, per capita income, poverty and educational achievement, could have in achieving the Federal goals and policy objectives of this Act; "(C) specifically address the appropriate distribution mechanism to serve the target populations of this Act; and "(D) explore the use of other possible methods of targeting funds to individuals who are members of special populations, particularly individuals who are economically disadvgmtaged, including the poverty rate of the school-aged population, the gross State product per school-aged child, relative tax capacity, and tax effort of the State, unemployment figures, and dropout rates. "(2) The findings of the study required by paragraph (1) shall be used to formulate recommendations on the most appropriate criteria and methods to direct Federal funds to the States and to achieve the Federal goals and policy objectives of this Act. "(3) The study required under paragraph (1) shall be completed by January 1, 1994.". SEC. 405. NATIONAL CENTER OR CENTERS FOR RESEARCH IN VOCA- TIONAL EDUCATION. Section 404 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 20 USC 2404. "SEC. 404. NATIONAL CENTER OR CENTERS FOR RESEARCH IN VOCA- TIONAL EDUCATION. "(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— (1) In order to address the purposes of Grants, this Act through the involvement of a broad array of individuals, including both vocational and academic teachers and administra-

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