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 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2199

Act of 1973 shall establish a State occupational information coordi- 29 USC 801 note. nating committee composed of representatives of the State board, the State employment security agency, the State Manpower Services Council, and the agency administering the vocational rehabilitation program. This committee shall, with funds available to it from the National Coordinating Committee established pursuant to paragraph (1), implement an occupational information system in the State which will meet the common needs for the planning for, and the operation of, programs of the State board assisted under this Act and of the administering agencies under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. "NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

"SEC. 162. (a) The National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, established pursuant to section 104(a) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, in effect prior to the enactment of the Education Amendments of 1976, shall continue to exist during the period for which appropriations are authorized under this Act. Individuals who are members of the Council on the date of the enactment of this Act may continue to serve for the terms for which they were appointed. Members appointed to succeed such individuals shall be appointed by the President for terms of three years. The Council shall consist of twenty-one members, each of whom shall be designated as representing one of the categories set forth in the following sentence. The National Advisory Council shall include individuals— "(1) representative of labor and management, including persons who have knowledge of semiskilled, skilled, and technical employment; "(2) representative of new and emerging occupational fields; "(3) knowledgeable in the field of vocational guidance and counseling; "(4) representing the National Commission for Manpower Policy created pursuant to title V of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973; "(5) representing nonprofit private schools; "(6) who are women with backgrounds and experiences in employment and training programs, who are knowledgeable with respect to problems of sex discrimination in job training and in employment, including women who are members of minority groups and who have, in addition to such backgrounds and experiences, special knowledge of the problems of discrimination in job training and employment against women who are members of such groups; "(7) knowledgeable about the administration of State and local vocational education programs, including members of school boards and private institutions; " (8) experienced in the education and training of handicapped persons and of persons of limited English-speaking ability (as defined in section 703(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965); "(9) familiar with the special problems and needs of individuals disadvantaged by their socioeconomic backgrounds; "(10) having special knowledge of postsecondary and adult vocational education programs; "(11) familiar with the special problems of individuals in correctional institutions; and

20 USC 2392. 20 USC 1244.

29 USC 951.

20 USC 880b-l.

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