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 PUBLIC LAW 105-244 —OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1813 pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the corpus of the endowment fund plus any accrued interest on such fund that is available to the national organization on the date of such determination. (b) RETURNED FUNDS.— A ll funds returned to the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(7) shall be available to the Secretary to carry out any scholarship or grant program assisted under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). SEC. 816. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 20 USC 1070 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000. PART D—GRANTS TO STATES FOR WORK- PLACE AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH OF- FENDERS SEC. 821. GRANTS TO STATES FOR WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY 20 USC 1151. TRANSITION TRAINING FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH OFFENDERS. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress makes the following findings: (1) Over 150,000 youth offenders age 21 and younger are incarcerated in the Nation's jails, juvenile facilities, and prisons. (2) Most youth offenders who are incarcerated have been sentenced as first-time adult felons. (3) Approximately 75 percent of youth offenders are high school dropouts who lack basic literacy and life skills, have little or no job experience, and lack marketable skills. (4) The average incarcerated youth has attended school only through grade 10. (5) Most of these youths can be diverted from a life of crime into productive citizenship with available educational, vocational, work skills, and related service programs. (6) If not involved with educational programs while incarcerated, almost all of these youths will return to a life of crime upon release. (7) The average length of sentence for a youth offender is about 3 years. Time spent in prison provides a unique opportunity for education and training. (8) Even with quality education and training provided during incarceration, a period of intense supervision, support, and counseling is needed upon release to ensure effective reintegration of youth offenders into society. (9) Research consistently shows that the vast majority of incarcerated youths will not return to the public schools to complete their education. (10) There is a need for alternative educational opportunities during incarceration and after release. (b) DEFINITION. —For purposes of this part, the term "youth offender" means a male or female offender under the age of 25, who is incarcerated in a State prison, including a prerelease facility. (c) GRANT PROGRAM. —The Secretary of Education (in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall establish a program in accordance with this section to provide grants to the State correctional education agencies in the States, from allocations for the 5»-194O-98 -30:QL3Part2

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