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. tional agencies which is in excess of the cost which may be normally attributed to the cost of education in such local educational agencies, " (E) funds made available under this title will not be allocated to local educational agencies in a manner, such as the matching of local expenditures at a percentage ratio uniform throughout the State, which fails to take into consideration the criteria set forth in paragraphs (A), (B), (C),and(D),. ^ " (F) applications from local educational agencies for funds— "(i) have been developed in consultation with representatives of the educational and training resources available to the area to be served by the applicant, " (ii) are designed to provide the persons to be served with education programs which will make substantial progress toward preparing such persons for a career, "(iii) include assurances of adequate planning to me^t the vocational education needs of potential students in the area or community served by such agency, and, "(iv) include a plan, related to the appropriate comprehensive area manpower plan (if any), for meeting the vocational education needs in the area or community served by such agency; and " (v) indicate how, and to what extent the vocational education programs, services, and activities proposed in the application will meet the needs set forth pursuant to clause ( i i i); and " (G) no local educational agency which is making a reasonable tax effort, as defined by regulations, will be denied funds for the establishment of new vocational education programs solely because the local educational agency is unable to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of such new programs; "(7) provides minimum qualification for teachers, teachertrainees, supervisors, directors, and other personnel having responsibilities for vocational education in the State and the policies and procedures developed to improve the qualifications of such personnel and to insure that such qualifications continue to reflect a direct relationship with the need for personnel in vocational education programs carried out under the State plan; "(8) provides for entering into cooperative arrangements with the system of public employment offices in the State approved by the State board and by the State head of such system, looking toward such offices making available to the State board and local educational agencies occupational information regarding reasonable prospects of employment in the community and elsewhere, and toward consideration of such information by such board and agencies in providing vocational guidance and counseling to students and prospective students and in determining the occupations for which persons are to be trained; and looking toward guidance and counseling personnel of the State board and local educational agencies making available to public employment offices information regarding the occupational qualifications of persons leaving or completing vocational education courses or schools, , and toward consideration of such information by such offices in the occupational guidance and placement of such persons; "(9) provides that in the development of vocational education programs, services and activities under this title, there may be,

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