Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 1.djvu/864

 104 STAT. 830 PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 20 USC 2462, 2464, 2465. 20 USC 2463. 20 USC 2466a. Federal Register, publication. SEC. 501. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. (a) EUMINATION OF MATCHING REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSFER OF STATE PROVISION.—(1) Sections 502, 504, and 505 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2462, 2465, 2466) are repealed. (2) Sections 508 and 506 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2463, 2466), are redesignated as sections 502 and 503, respectively. (b) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. —The first sentence of section 502(b) of the Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this section) is amended by inserting after "this section" the following: "(with respect to not more than 5 percent of expenditures by any State educational agency)". (c) ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Title V of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating part B as part C; and (2) by inserting after section 503 the following: "SEC. 504. REGIONAL MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING. "(a) IN GENERAL. —(1) The Secretary shall convene regional meetings to obtain public involvement in the development of proposed regulations under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990. Such meetings shall include individuals and representatives of groups involved in vocational education programs under this Act, such as Federal, State, tribal and local administrators, parents, teachers, members of local boards of education and special populations. "(2) During each meeting described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide for a comprehensive discussion and exchange of information on at least 4 key issues, selected by the Secretary, concerning implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990. The Secretary shall take into account information received at such meetings in the development of proposed regulations, and shall publish a summary of such information in the Federal Register together with such proposed regulations. "(b) DRAFT REGULATIONS. — After holding regional meetings and before publishing proposed regulations in the Federal Register, the Secretary shall prepare draft regulations under this Act and submit regulations on at least 2 key issues to a negotiated rulemaking process. The Secretary shall follow the guidance provided in the Administrative Conference of the United States in Recommendation 82-4 and 85-5, 'Procedures for Negotiating Proposed Regulations' (1 C.F.R. 305.82-4 and 85-5) and any successor recommendation, regulation, or law. Participants in the negotiation process shall be chosen by the Secretary from among participants in the regional meetings, representing the groups described in subsection (a)(1) and all geographic regions. At least 10 participants, 1 from each of the regions served by a regional office established pursuant to section 416 of the Department of Education Organization Act, representing the groups described in subsection (a)(1), shall be chosen under the preceding sentence. The negotiation process shall be conducted in a timely manner in order that final regulations may be issued by the Secretary within the 240-day period required by section 431(g) of the General Education Provisions Act.

�