Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/770

 PUBLIC LAW 109–270—AUG. 12, 2006

120 STAT. 739

‘‘(B) employers (including small businesses), business intermediaries, or labor organizations. ‘‘(b) DURATION.—Each consortium receiving a grant under this title shall use amounts provided under the grant to develop and operate a 4- or 6-year tech prep program described in subsection (c). ‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF TECH PREP PROGRAM.—Each tech prep program shall— ‘‘(1) be carried out under an articulation agreement between the participants in the consortium; ‘‘(2) consist of a program of study that— ‘‘(A) combines— ‘‘(i) a minimum of 2 years of secondary education (as determined under State law); with ‘‘(ii)(I) a minimum of 2 years of postsecondary education in a nonduplicative, sequential course of study; or ‘‘(II) an apprenticeship program of not less than 2 years following secondary education instruction; and ‘‘(B) integrates academic and career and technical education instruction, and utilizes work-based and worksite learning experiences where appropriate and available; ‘‘(C) provides technical preparation in a career field, including high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations; ‘‘(D) builds student competence in technical skills and in core academic subjects (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), as appropriate, through applied, contextual, and integrated instruction, in a coherent sequence of courses; ‘‘(E) leads to technical skill proficiency, an industryrecognized credential, a certificate, or a degree, in a specific career field; ‘‘(F) leads to placement in high skill or high wage employment, or to further education; and ‘‘(G) utilizes career and technical education programs of study, to the extent practicable; ‘‘(3) include the development of tech prep programs for secondary education and postsecondary education that— ‘‘(A) meet academic standards developed by the State; ‘‘(B) link secondary schools and 2-year postsecondary institutions, and if possible and practicable, 4-year institutions of higher education, through— ‘‘(i) nonduplicative sequences of courses in career fields; ‘‘(ii) the use of articulation agreements; and ‘‘(iii) the investigation of opportunities for tech prep secondary education students to enroll concurrently in secondary education and postsecondary education coursework; ‘‘(C) use, if appropriate and available, work-based or worksite learning experiences in conjunction with business and all aspects of an industry; and ‘‘(D) use educational technology and distance learning, as appropriate, to involve all the participants in the consortium more fully in the development and operation of programs;

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