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 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976 (b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall transmit to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, no later than June 30, 1977, a report with respect to the study required by subsection (a), together with such recommendations as the Secretary deems appropriate.

90 STAT. 2239 Report to congressional committees.

STUDIES o r VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

SEC. 523. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall carry out a study of the extent to which sex discrimination and sex stereotyping exist in all vocational education programs assisted under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and of the progress that has been made to reduce or eliminate such discrimination and stereotyping in such programs and in the occupations for which such programs prepare students. The Commissioner shall report the results of such study, together with any recommendations with respect thereto, to the Congress within two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b)(1) In addition to the other authorities, responsibilities, and duties conferred upon the National Institute of Education (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Institute") by section 405 of the General Education Provisions Act, as amended by this Act, the Institute shall undertake a thorough evaluation and study of vocational education programs, including such programs conducted by the States, and such programs conducted under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and other related programs conducted under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 and by the State Post-Secondary Commissions authorized by the Education Amendments of 1972. Such a study shall include— (A) a study of the distribution of vocational education funds in terms of services, occupations, target populations, enrollments, and educational and governmental levels and what such distribution should be in order to meet the greatest human resource needs for the next 10 years; (B) an examination of how to achieve compliance with, and enforcement of, the provisions of applicable laws of the United States; (C) an analysis of the means of assessing program quality and effectiveness; (D) depending on the level of funding available to the Institute, not more than three experimental studies to be administered by the Institute, in cases where the Institute determines that such experimental programs are necessary to carry out the purpose of clauses (A) through (C) and the Commissioner of Education and the Secretary of Labor are authorized, notwithstanding any provision of any other law, at the request of the Institute, to approve the use of grants which educational or other agencies are eligible to receive under such Acts (in cases where such agencies agree to the uses of such grants), in order to carry out such experimental programs; (E) findings and recommendations, including recommendations for changes in such Acts or for new legislation, with respect to the matters studied under clauses (A) through (E); and (F) a review and evaluation of the effectiveness of programs funded under subpart 5 of part A of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (as such Act is in effect on October 1, 1977), and to make recommendations for the redirection and the improvement of programs at all levels funded under such subpart.

Sex discrimination. 20 USC 2563. Ante, p. 2169.

Report to Congress.

Ante, p. 2227.

29 USC 801 note. 20 USC 1001 note.

Ante, p. 2196.

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