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 PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 104 STAT. 811 "(I) effective methods for identifying and inculcating literacy and other communication skills essential for effective job preparation and job performance; "(J) identification of strategic, high priority occupational skills and skills formation approaches needed to maintain the competitiveness of the United States workforce, sustain highwage, high-technology jobs and which address national priorities such as technical jobs needed to protect and restore the environment; "(K) identification of practices and strategies that address entrepreneurial development for minority-owned enterprises; and "(L) upon negotiation with the Center, and if funds are provided pursuant to subsection (d), such other topics as the Secretary may designate. "(2) The Center conducting the activities described in paragraph (1) shall annually prepare a study on the research conducted on approaches that lead to effective articulation for the education-to- work transition, including tech-prep programs, cooperative education or other work-based programs, such as innovative apprenticeship or mentoring approaches, and shall submit copies of such study to the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. "(c) DISSEMINATION AND TRAINING. —(1) The dissemination and training activities shall include— "(A) teacher and administrator training and leadership development; "(B) technical assistance to assure that programs serving special populations are effective in delivering well-integrated and appropriately articulated vocational and academic offerings for secondary, postsecondary, and adult students; "(C) needs assessment, design, and implementation of new and revised programs with related curriculum materials to facilitate vocational-academic integration; "(D) evaluation and follow-through to maintain and extend quality programs; "(E) assistance in technology transfer and articulation of program offerings from advanced technology centers to minority enterprises; "(F) assistance to programs and States on the use of accountability indicators, including appropriate and innovative performance standards; "(G) delivery of information and services using advanced technology, where appropriate, to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of knowledge transfer; "(H) development of processes for synthesis of research, in cooperation with a broad array of users, including vocational and non-vocational educators, employers and labor organizations; "(I) dissemination of exemplary curriculum and instructional materials, and development and publication of curriculum materials (in conjunction with vocational and non-vocational constituency groups, where appropriate); "(J) technical assistance in recruiting, hiring, and advancing minorities in vocational education; and

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