Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/764

 PUBLIC LAW 109–270—AUG. 12, 2006

120 STAT. 733

‘‘(D) ensure that students who participate in such career and technical education programs are taught to the same coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards as are taught to all other students; and ‘‘(E) encourage career and technical education students at the secondary level to enroll in rigorous and challenging courses in core academic subjects (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965); ‘‘(4) describe how comprehensive professional development (including initial teacher preparation) for career and technical education, academic, guidance, and administrative personnel will be provided that promotes the integration of coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant career and technical education (including curriculum development); ‘‘(5) describe how parents, students, academic and career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, career guidance and academic counselors, representatives of tech prep consortia (if applicable), representatives of the entities participating in activities described in section 117 of Public Law 105–220 (if applicable), representatives of business (including small business) and industry, labor organizations, representatives of special populations, and other interested individuals are involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of career and technical education programs assisted under this title, and how such individuals and entities are effectively informed about, and assisted in understanding, the requirements of this title, including career and technical programs of study; ‘‘(6) provide assurances that the eligible recipient will provide a career and technical education program that is of such size, scope, and quality to bring about improvement in the quality of career and technical education programs; ‘‘(7) describe the process that will be used to evaluate and continuously improve the performance of the eligible recipient; ‘‘(8) describe how the eligible recipient will— ‘‘(A) review career and technical education programs, and identify and adopt strategies to overcome barriers that result in lowering rates of access to or lowering success in the programs, for special populations; ‘‘(B) provide programs that are designed to enable the special populations to meet the local adjusted levels of performance; and ‘‘(C) provide activities to prepare special populations, including single parents and displaced homemakers, for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency; ‘‘(9) describe how individuals who are members of special populations will not be discriminated against on the basis of their status as members of the special populations; ‘‘(10) describe how funds will be used to promote preparation for non-traditional fields; ‘‘(11) describe how career guidance and academic counseling will be provided to career and technical education students,

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