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 90 STAT. 2210

PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976 uAUTHORIZATION

20 USC 2442.

OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 192. There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, to carry out the purpose of this part. "APPLICATIONS

20 USC 2443.

"SEC. 193. (a) Any local educational agency desiring to receive assistance under this subpart shall submit to the Commissioner, through its State board, an application therefor, which application shall set forth— " (1) a description of the facility to be remodeled or renovated, including the date of construction of such facility and the extent of reconstruction necessary to enable such facility to provide a modern program of vocational education; "(2) a description of the equipment to be replaced or modernized with the assistance of funds made available under this subpart; "(3) a description of the extent to which the modernization or conversion of facilities and equipment, if assisted with funds made available under this subpart, would be consistent with, and further the goals of, the five-year State plan developed pursuant to section 107; "(4) the financial ability of the local educational agency to undertake such modernization without Federal assistance; "(5) assurances that the facility to be remodeled or renovated will meet standards adopted pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1968; "(6) the extent of State and local funds available to match Federal funds made available under this subpart, together with the sources and amounts of such funds; " (7) such other information as the State board determines to be appropriate; and "(8) such other information as the Commissioner may require by regulation. "(b) In approving applications submitted under this subpart, the Commissioner shall apply only the following criteria: "(1) the need for such assistance, taking into account such factors as— "(A) the age and obsolescence of the facilities and equipment for which emergency modernization assistance is sought, "(B) the rate of youth unemployment in the labor market \ area served by the local educational agency, \ "(C) the number of youth aged seventeen through twentyone residing in the labor market area served by the local educational agency who are unemployed, and "(D) the percentage such youth represent, as compared with the vocational education enrollment in the local educational agency, " (E) the ability of the facility to comply with the standards adopted pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151^156), commonly known as the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968; and "(2) the degree to which the modernization of facilities and equipment proposed in the application afford promise of achiev-

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