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 PUBLIC LAW 103-239—MAY 4, 1994 108 STAT. 569 Sec. 302. Authorization. Sec. 303. Application. Sec. 304. Use of amounts. Sec. 305. Conformity with approved State plan. Sec. 306. Reports. Sec. 307. High poverty area defined. TITLE IV—NATIONAL PROGRAMS Sec. 401. Research, demonstration, and other projects. Sec. 402. Performance outcomes and evaluation. Sec. 403. Training and technical assistance. Sec. 404. Capacity building and information and dissemination network. Sec. 405. Reports to Congress. Sec. 406. Funding. TITLE V—WAIVER OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS Sec. 501. State and local partnership requests and responsibilities for waivers. Sec. 502. Waiver authority of Secretary of Education. Sec. 503. Waiver authority of Secretary of Labor. Sec. 504. Combination of Federal funds for high poverty schools. Sec. 505. Combination of Federal funds by States for school-to-work activities. TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 601. Requirements. Sec. 602. Sanctions. Sec. 603. State authority. Sec. 604. Prohibition on Federal mandates, direction, and control. Sec. 605. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE VII—OTHER PROGRAMS Subtitle A—Reauthorization of Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program Under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act Sec. 701. Reauthorization. Subtitle B—Tech-Prep Programs Sec. 711. Tech-prep education. Subtitle C—Alaska Native Art and Culture Sec. 721. Short title. Sec. 722. Alaska Native art and culture. Subtitle D—Job Training Sec. 731. Amendment to Job Training Partnership Act to provide allowances for child care costs to certain individuals participating in the Job Corps. TITLE VIII—TECHNICAL PROVISIONS Sec. 801. Effective date. Sec. 802. Sunset. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 20 USC 6101. Congress finds that— (1) three-fourths of high school students in the United States enter the workforce without baccalaureate degrees, and many do not possess the academic and entry-level occupational skills necessary to succeed in the changing United States workplace; (2) a substantial number of youths in the United States, especially disadvantaged students, students of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, and students with disabilities, do not complete high school; (3) imemployment among youths in the United States is intolerably high, and earnings of high school graduates have been falling relative to earnings of individuals with more education; (4) the workplace in the United States is changing in response to heightened international competition and new tech-

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