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 PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 104 STAT. 829 SEC. 410. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Part C of title IV of the Act is amended by adding at the end the following new section: " SEC. 424. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 20 USC 2424. "(a) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AT REASONABLE COST.— The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to secure at reasonable cost the information required by this part. To ensure resisonable cost, the Secretary, in consultation with the Vocational Education Task Force, the National Center for Education Statistics, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, and the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee shall determine the methodology to be used and the frequency with which information is to be collected. "(b) COOPERATION OF STATES. —Al l States receiving assistance under this Act shall cooperate with the Secretary in implementing the information systems developed pursuant to this part.". SEC. 411. REPEAL OF NATIONAL COUNCIL ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. (a) IN GENERAL. — Part D of title IV of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2431) is repealed. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of contents contained in section 1 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended by striking the items relating to part D and to section 431. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by subsections (a) 20 USC 2431 and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 1991. note. SEC. 412. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Section 451 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 20 USC 2451. " SEC. 451. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE. "(a) IN GENERAL.— Subject to the provisions of subsection Qo) and section 504, of the amounts available pursuant to section 3(e)(l) for any fiscal year for this title— "(1) 30 percent shall be available for part A, relating to research and development, of which 90 percent shall be available for section 404, relating to the National Center or Centers; "(2) 30 percent shall be available for part B, relating to demonstration programs; and "(3) 40 percent shall be available for part C, relating to vocational education and occupational information data systems, of which not less than— "(A) 22 percent of the total amount appropriated pursuant to the authority of section 3(e) shall be available to carry out section 422, relating to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee; "(B) 8 percent shall be available to carry out the provisions of section 421, relating to data systems; and "(C) 10 percent shall be available to carry out the provisions of section 402(c), relating to the National Network for Curriculum Coordination. "(b) HOLD HARMLESS.— Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the amounts available to carry out the activities described in subsection (a)(1) and in subsections (a)(3)(A) and (a)(3)(C) shall be at least equal to the amounts made available for such activities in the fiscal year 1990.".

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