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PUBLIC LAW 109–270—AUG. 12, 2006 ‘‘(3) support for initiatives to facilitate the transition of subbaccalaureate career and technical education students into baccalaureate degree programs, including— ‘‘(A) statewide articulation agreements between associate degree granting career and technical postsecondary educational institutions and baccalaureate degree granting postsecondary educational institutions; ‘‘(B) postsecondary dual and concurrent enrollment programs; ‘‘(C) academic and financial aid counseling; and ‘‘(D) other initiatives— ‘‘(i) to encourage the pursuit of a baccalaureate degree; and ‘‘(ii) to overcome barriers to participation in baccalaureate degree programs, including geographic and other barriers affecting rural students and special populations; ‘‘(4) support for career and technical student organizations, especially with respect to efforts to increase the participation of students who are members of special populations; ‘‘(5) support for public charter schools operating career and technical education programs; ‘‘(6) support for career and technical education programs that offer experience in, and understanding of, all aspects of an industry for which students are preparing to enter; ‘‘(7) support for family and consumer sciences programs; ‘‘(8) support for partnerships between education and business or business intermediaries, including cooperative education and adjunct faculty arrangements at the secondary and postsecondary levels; ‘‘(9) support to improve or develop new career and technical education courses and initiatives, including career clusters, career academies, and distance education, that prepare individuals academically and technically for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations; ‘‘(10) awarding incentive grants to eligible recipients— ‘‘(A) for exemplary performance in carrying out programs under this Act, which awards shall be based on— ‘‘(i) eligible recipients exceeding the local adjusted levels of performance established under section 113(b) in a manner that reflects sustained or significant improvement; ‘‘(ii) eligible recipients effectively developing connections between secondary education and postsecondary education and training; ‘‘(iii) the adoption and integration of coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and technical coursework; ‘‘(iv) eligible recipients’ progress in having special populations who participate in career and technical education programs meet local adjusted levels of performance; or ‘‘(v) other factors relating to the performance of eligible recipients under this Act as the eligible agency determines are appropriate; or ‘‘(B) if an eligible recipient elects to use funds as permitted under section 135(c)(19);

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