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 104 STAT. 842 PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 (c) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED. — In assessing the ability of a similar program to be replicated in the United States, the Office shall evaluate such factors as— (1) existing job apprenticeship programs and their ability to prepare workers for the technical workplace; (2) the future need for skilled workers and the extent to which job apprenticeship programs could meet such future workforce needs; (3) the appropriate Eige or grade level for students to enter job apprenticeship programs (such as secondary students, postsecondary students, or both); (4) the potential for such programs to reduce the dropout rate, place more qualified workers in the workplace, provide continuing education, including postsecondary opportunities, and increase the lifetime earnings of those who participate in such a job apprenticeship program; (5) the issues in obtaining labor and management utilization of skills, certification for employee recruitment, promotion, and other purposes, and issues in creating and improving such certification to reliably and validly reflect the changing structure of work in the skills certified; (6) the training wage appropriate for an apprentice; (7) the estimated value and productivity of apprentices to business; (8) the Federal, State, employer, and labor roles in regulating and funding such a program; (9) the direct and indirect costs and benefits of such a program to the Federal and State governments, industry, the company and the individual; and (10) the quality and adequacy of Federal and State data on training, including apprenticeships, directly or indirectly provided by employers, including data on the level and distribution of training by industry, firm size, and of labor and management employees. (d) DEADLINE FOR STUDY.— The study required by subsection (a), together with comments and recommendations, shall be completed and presented to Congress not later than the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 612. HIGHER EDUCATION ACT. 20 USC 1131. Section 621 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is repealed. TITLE VII—EFFECTIVE DATE 20 USC 2301 SEC. 701. TRANSITION PROVISION. Upon the enactment of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990, each State and eligible recipient of Federal financial assistance under a State plan submitted pursuant to section 113 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act may expend funds currently available under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to— (1) conduct plailning for any program or activity authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, including the development of a State plan under section 113 of such Act;

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