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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

[86 STAT.

''STATE ADMINISTRATION-

1055. (a) Any State desiring to participate in the prograni authorized by this part shall in accordance with State hnv establish a State agency or designate an existing State agency which will have sole responsibility for fiscal management and administration of the program, in accordance with the plan approved under this part, and which adopts administrative arrangements which will provide assurances satisfactory to the Commissioner that— "(1) the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education will be charged with the same responsibilities with respect to the program authorized by this part as it has with respect to programs authoHzed under the Vocational Education Act of 1963; "(2) there is adequate provision for individual institutions or groups of institutions and for local educational agencies to appeal and obtain a hearing from the State administrative agency with respect to policies, procedures, programs, or allocation of resources under this part with which such institution or institutions or such agencies disagree. " (b) The Commissioner shall approve any administrative arrangements which meet the requirements of subsection (a), and shall not finally disapprove any such arrangements without affording the State administrative agency a reasonable opportunity for a hearing. Upon the final disapproval of any arrangement, the provisions for judicial review set forth in section 1058(b) shall be applicable. '"SEC.

82 Stat. 1064. 20 USC 1241 note

Post, p. 320.

" P L A N N I N G G R A N T S FOR STATE OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Post, p. 324.

"SEC. 1056. (a) Upon the application of a State Commission (established or designated pursuant to section 1202), the Commissioner shall make available to the State the amount of its allotment under section 1052 for the following purposes— " (1) to str en^ hen the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education in order that it may effecti^-ely carry out the additional functions imposed by this part; and "(2) to enable the State Commission to initiate and conduct a comprehensive program of planning for the establishment of the program authorized by this part. "(b)(1) Planning activities initiated under clause (2) of subsection (a) shall include— " (A) an assessment of the existing capabilities and facilities for the provision of postsecondary occupational education, together with existing needs and projected needs for such education in all parts of the State; " (B) thorough consideration of the most effective means of utilizing all existing institutions within the State capable of providing the kinds of programs assisted under this part, including (but not limited to) both private and public community and junior colleges, area vocational schools, accredited private proprietary institutions, technical institutes, manpower skill centers, branch institutions of State colleges or universities, and public and private colleges and universities; " (C) the development of an administrative procedure which provides reasonable promise for resolving differences between vocational educators, community and junior college educators, college and university educators, elementary and secondary educators, and other interested groups with respect to the administration of the program authorized under this part; and

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