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 PUBLIC LAW 103-239—MAY 4, 1994 108 STAT. 575 monitor the progress of the School-to-Work Opportunities program of the student. (19) SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.— The term "School-to-Work Opportunities program" means a program that meets the requirements of this Act, other than a program described in section 401(a). (20) SECONDARY SCHOOL.— The term "secondary school" means— (A) a nonprofit day or residential school that provides secondary education, as determined under State law, except that it does not include any education provided beyond grade 12; and (B) a Job Corps center under part B of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.). (21) SECRETARIES. —The term "Secretaries" means the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor. (22) SKILL CERTIFICATE.— The term "skill certificate" means a portable, industry-recognized credential issued by a Schoolto-Work Opportunities program under an approved State plan, that certifies that a student has mastered skills at levels that are at least as challenging as skill standards endorsed by the National Skill Standards Board established under the National Skill Standards Act of 1994, except that until such skill standards are developed, the term "skill certificate" means a credential issued under a process described in the approved State plan. (23) STATE. —The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. (24) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY. —The term "State educational agency" means the officer or agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools. (25) WORKPLACE MENTOR.— The term "workplace mentor" means an employee or other individual, approved by the employer at a workplace, who possesses the skills and knowledge to be mastered by a student, and who instructs the student, critiques the performance of the student, challenges the student to perform well, and works in consultation with classroom teachers and the employer of the student. SEC. 5. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. 20 USC 6104. (a) JOINT ADMINISTRATION. — (1) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.), the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.), the Act entitled "An Act To Create a Department of Labor", approved March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.), and section 166 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1576), the Secretaries shall jointly provide for, and shall exercise final authority over, the administration of this Act, and shall have final authority to jointly issue whatever procedures, guidelines, and regulations, in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States

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