Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/709

 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2177

State board, submit to, and maintain on file with, the Commissioner a general application providing assurances— "(1) that the State will provide for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the Act; "(2) that the State board will cooperate with the State advisory council on vocational education in carrying out its duties pursuant to section 105 and with the agencies, councils, and individuals specified in sections 107 and 108 to be involved in the formulation of the five-year State plan and of the annual program plans and accountability reports; "(3) that the State will comply with any requests of the Commissioner for making such reports as the Commissioner may reasonably require to carry out his functions under this Act; " (4) that funds will be distributed to eligible recipients on the basis of annual applications which— "(A) have been developed in consultation (i) with representatives of the educational and training resources available in the area to be served by the applicant and (ii) with the local advisory council required to be established by this Act to assist such recipients, "(B)(i) describe the vocational education needs of potential students in the area or community served by the applicant and indicate how, and to what extent, the program proposed in the application will meet such needs, and (ii) describe how the findings of anj'^ evaluations of programs operated by such applicant during previous years, including those required by this Act, have been used to develop the program proposed in the application, "(C) describe how the activities proposed in the application relate to manpower programs conducted in the area by a prime sponsor established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, if any, to assure a 29 USC 801 note, coordinated approach to meeting the vocational education and training needs of the area or community, and "(D) describe the relationship between vocational education programs proposed to be conducted with funds under this Act and other programs in the area or community which are supported by State and local funds; and that any eligible recipient dissatisfied with final action with respect to any application for funds under this Act shall be given reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing; "(5)(A) that the State shall, in considering the approval of such applications, give priority to those applicants which— "(i) are located in economically depressed areas and areas with high rates of unemployment, and are unable to provide the resources necessary to meet the vocational education needs of those areas without Federal assistance, and "(ii) propose programs which are new to the area to be served and which are designed to meet new and emerging manpower needs and job opportunities in the area and, where relevant, in the State and the Nation; and "(B) that the State shall, in determining the amount of funds available under this Act which shall be made available to those applicants approved for funding, base such distribution on economic, social and demographic factors relating to the need for

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