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 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2181

able to demonstrate in its five-year plan the need to shift funds from such use; "(B)(i) set out explicitly the uses which the State intends to make of the funds available to it under this Act, as those uses are set out in sections 120,130,140, and 150, and set out the reasons for choosing such uses; and (ii) set out explicitly the uses which the State intends to make of these funds to meet the special needs of handicapped and disadvantaged persons and persons who have limited English-speaking ability; "(4)(A) set forth policies and procedures which the State will follow so as to assure equal access to vocational education programs by both women and men including— "(i) a detailed description of such policies and procedures, "(ii) actions to be taken to overcome sex discrimination and sex stereotyping in all State and local vocational education programs, and "(iii) incentives, to be provided to eligible recipients so that such recipients will— " (I) encourage the enrollment of both women and men in nontraditional courses of study, and " ( II) develop model programs to reduce sex stereotyping in all occupations; and "(B) set forth a program to assess and meet the needs of persons described in section 120(b)(1)(L) which shall provide for (i) special courses for such persons in learning how to seek employment, and (ii) placement services for such graduates of vocational education programs and courses; and "(5) set out criteria which have been developed for coordinating manpower training programs conducted by prime sponsors established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 with vocational education programs assisted 29 USC 801 note, under this Act and for coordinating such vocational education programs with such manpower training programs. "ANNUAL PROGRAM PLANS AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS

"SEC. 108. (a)(1) Any State desiring to receive funds under this 20 USC 2308. Act shall submit to the Commissioner an annual program plan and accountability report for each of the fiscal years included in the fiveyear State plan. In formulating this plan and report, the State board shall involve the active participation of the agencies, councils, and individuals who are required to be involved in formulating the fiveyear State plan as described in section 107. This participation 5hall include at least three meetings during each fiscal year between representatives of the State board and representatives of all of these agencies, councils, and individuals, meeting as a group. The first of these meetings shall be before the plan and report is developed; the second meeting shall be to consider the draft of the plan and report; and the third meeting shall be to approve the final plan and report. If these agencies, councils, and individuals, and the State board are not able to agree upon the provisions of the plan and report, the State board shall have the same responsibility for reaching a final decision on those provisions as it has for reaching a final decision on the five-year State plan under section 107; and the same requirements shall be applicable concerning inclusion of rejected recommendations, appeal of the board's decision to the Commissioner, and judicial review as are applicable to the five-year State plan under section 107.

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