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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

" (D) the development of a long-range stnitegy for infusing occupational education (including general orientation, counseling and guidance, and placement either in a job or in postsecondary occupational programs) into elementary and secondary schools on an equal footing with traditional academic education, to the end that every child who leaves secondary school is prepared either to enter productive employment or to undertake additional education at the postsecondary level, but without being forced prematurely to make an irrevocable commitment to a particular educational or occupational choice; and " (E) the development of procedures to insure continuous pLanning and evaluation, including the regular collection of data which would be readily available to the State administrative agency, the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education, individual educational institutions, and other interested parties (including concerned private citizens). "(2) Planning activities carried on by the State Commission under this section shall involve the active participation of— " (A) the State board for vocational education; " (B) the State agency having responsibility for community and junior colleges; " (C) the State agency having responsibility for higher education institutions or programs; " (D) the State agency responsible for administering public elementary and secondary education; " (E) the State agency responsible for programs of adult basic education; " (F) representatives of all types of institutions in the State which are conducting or which have the capability and desire to conduct programs of postsecondary occupational education; " (G) representatives of private, nonprofit elementary and secondary schools: " (H) the State employment security agency, the State agency responsible for apprenticeship programs. and other agencies within the State having responsibility for administering manpower development and training programs; " (I) the State agency responsible for economic and industrial development; " (J) persons familiar with the occupational education needs of the disadvantaged, of the handicapped, and of minority groups; and " (K) representatives of business, industry, organized labor, agriculture, and the general public. "(c) The Commissioner shall not approve any application for a grant under section 1057 of this part unless he is reasonably satisfied that the planning described in this section (whether or not assisted by a grant under this section) has been carried out. "PROGRAM GRANTS FOR STATE OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PR06RA3IS

"SEC. 1057. (a) From the allotments available to the States under section 1052(b) (upon application by the State administrative agency designated or established under section 1055), the Commissioner shall make grants to any State which has satisfied the requirements of section 1058. Such grants may be used for the following purposes— "(1) assist the State administrative agency designated or established under section 1055;

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