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 PUBLIC LAW 103-239—MAY 4, 1994 108 STAT. 581 elementary schools and secondary schools (including middle schools); (6) identifying ways that local school-to-work programs in existence on or after the date of the enactment of this Act could be coordinated with the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system; (7) supporting local planning and development activities to provide guidance, training and technical assistance for teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, administrators, and others in the development of School-to-Work Opportunities programs; (8) identifying or establishing mechanisms for providing training and technical assistance to enhance the development of the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system; (9) developing a training and technical support system for teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, related services personnel, and others that includes specialized training and technical support for the counseling and training of women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities for high-skill, highwage careers in nontraditional employment; (10) initiating pilot programs for testing key components of the program design of programs under the statewide Schoolto-Work Opportunities system; (11) developing a State process for issuing skill certificates that is, to the extent feasible, consistent with the skill standards certification systems endorsed under the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; (12) designing challenging curricula, in cooperation with representatives of local partnerships, that take into account the diverse learning needs and abilities of the student population served by the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system; (13) developing a system for labor market analysis and strategic planning for local targeting of industry sectors or broad occupational clusters that can provide students with placements in high-skill workplaces; (14) analyzing the post-high school employment experiences of recent high school graduates and school dropouts; (15) preparing the plan described in section 213(d); (16) working with localities to develop strategies to recruit and retain all students in programs under this Act through collaborations with community-based organizations, where appropriate, and other entities with expertise in working with such students; (17) coordinating recruitment of out-of-school, at-risk, and disadvantaged youths with those organizations and institutions that have a successful history of working with such youths; and (18) providing technical assistance to rural areas in planning, developing, and implementing local School-to-Work Opportunities programs that meet the needs of rural communities with low population densities. SEC. 206. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. 20 USC 6126. (a) IN GENERAL. —^A State may receive a development grant under section 202 for a fiscal year only if the State provides assurances, satisfactory to the Secretaries, that—

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