Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/723

 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2191

energy equipment, including training necessary for the installation of glass paneled solar collectors and of wind energy generators, and for the installation of other related applications of solar energy. "RESIDENTIAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

"SEC. 124. (a) Funds available to the States under section 120 20 USC 2334. may be used for the construction, equipment, and operation of residential schools to provide vocational education (including room, board, and other necessities) for youths, at least fifteen years of age and less than twenty-one years of age at the time of enrollment, who need full-time study on a residential basis in order to benefit fully from such education. In using funds available under section 120 for this purpose, the States shall give special consideration to the needs of large urban areas and isolated rural areas having substantial numbers of youths who have dropped out of school or who are unemployed. "(b) No funds made available under section 120 may be used for the purposes of this section for residential vocational schools to which juveniles are assigned as the result of their delinquent conduct or in which the students are segregated because of race. "Subpart 3—Program Improvement and Supportive Services "AUTHORIZATION or GRANTS AND USES OF FUNDS

"SEC. 130. (a) From the sums made available for grants under this 20 USC 2350. subpart pursuant to section 103 the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to States to assist them in improving their vocational education programs and in providing supportive services for such programs in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. "(b) Grants to States under this subpart may be used, in accordance with five-year State plans, and annual program plans approved pursuant to section 109, for the following purposes: " (1) research programs as described in section 131; "(2) exemplary and innovative programs as described in section 132; ^ "(3) curriculum development programs as described in section 133; " (4) provision of guidance and counseling services, programs, and activities as described in section 134; " (5) provision of pre-service and in-service training as described in section 135; and "(6) grants to overcome sex bias as described in section 136. "RESEARCH

"SEC. 131. (a) Funds available to the States under section 130(a) 20 USC 2351. may be used for support of State research coordination units and for contracts by those units pursuant to comprehensive plans of program improvement involving— " j l) applied research and development in vocational education; "(2) experimental, developmental, and pilot programs and projects designed to test the effectiveness of research findings, including programs and projects to overcome problems of sex bias and sex stereotyping; "(3) improved curriculum materials for presently funded programs in vocational education and new curriculum materials for

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