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 PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 104 STAT. 837 transportation, agriculture, mining, energy, commercial, and similar economic activity, and to improve the provision of health care. "(19) The term 'individual with handicaps' means any individual who is an individual with any disability (as defined in section 8(2) of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990). "(20) The term 'intermediate educational agency' means a combination of school districts or counties (as defined in section 1471(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for such State's vocational or technical education schools or for vocational programs within its public elementary or secondary schools. Such term includes any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction over a public elementary or secondary school. "(21) The term 'limited English proficiency' has the meaning given such term in section 703(a)(l) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. "(22) The term 'local educational agency' means a board of education or other legally constituted local school authority having administrative control and direction of public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or political subdivision in a State, or any other public educational institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a vocational education program. For the purposes of sections 114, 115, 116, 117, and 240, such term shall include a State corrections educational agency. "(23) The term 'postsecondary educational institution' means an institution legally authorized to provide postsecondary education within a State, a Bureau of Indian Affairs controlled postsecondary institution, or any postsecondary educational institution operated by or on behalf of any Indian tribe which is eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for the administration of programs under the Indian Self-Determination Act or under the Act of April 16, 1934. "(24) The term 'preparatory services' means services, programs, or activities designed to assist individuals who are not enrolled in vocational education programs in the selection of, or preparation for participation in, an appropriate vocational education or training program, such as— "(A) services, programs, or activities related to outreach to or recruitment of potential vocational education students; "(B) career counseling and personal counseling; "(C) vocational assessment and testing; and "(D) other appropriate services, progrsims, or activities. "(25) The term 'private vocational training institution' means a business or trade school, or technical institution or other technical or vocational school, in any State, which— "(A) admits as regular students only persons who have completed or left elementary or secondary school and who have the ability to benefit from the training offered by such institution; "(B) is legally authorized to provide, and provides within that State, a program of postsecondary vocational or technical education designed to fit individuals for useful employment in recognized occupations;

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