Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/201

 PUBLIC LAW 95-600—NOV. 6, 1978

92 STAT. 2833

"(i) having attained age 16 and not having attained age 19, "(ii) not having graduated from a high school or vocational school, and "(iii) being enrolled in and actively pursuing a qualified cooperative education program. "(B)

QUALIFIED COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM DE-

FINED.—The term 'qualified cooperative education program' means a program of vocational education for individuals who (through written cooperative arrangements between a qualified school and 1 or more employers) receive instruction (including required academic instruction) by alternation of study and school with a job in any occupational field (but only if these 2 experiences are planned by the school and employer so that each contributes to the student's education and employability). "(C) QUALIFIED SCHOOL DEFINED.—The term 'qualified school' means— "(i) a specialized high school used exclusively or principally for the provision of vocational education to individuals who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market, "(ii) the department of a high school exclusively or principally used for providing vocational education to persons who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market, or "(iii) a technical or vocational school used exclusively or principally for the provision of vocational education to persons who have completed or left high school and who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market. A school which is not a public school shall be treated as a qualified school only if it is exempt from tax under section 501(a). 26 USC 501. "(D)

INDIVIDUAL MUST BE CURRENTLY PURSUING PRO-

GRAM.—Wages shall be taken into account with respect to a qualified cooperative education program only if the wages are attributable to services performed while the individual meets the requirements of subparagraph (A).

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"(9) MEMBERS OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES.—An

individual is a member of an economically disadvantaged family if the designated local agency determines that such individual was a member of a family which had an income during the 6 months immediately preceding the month in which the hiring date occurs, which, on an annual basis would be less than 70 percent of the Bureau of Labor Statistics lower living standard. "(10) PREMPLOYMENT PERIOD.—The term 'premployment period' means the 60-day period ending on the hiring date. "(11) HIRING DATE.—The term 'hiring date' means the day the individual is hired by the employer. "(12) DESIGNATED LOCAL AGENCY.—The term 'designated local agency' means the agency for any locality designated jointly by the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to perform certification of employees for employer in that locality. "(e) QUALIFIED FIRST-YEAR WAGES CANNOT EXCEED 30 PERCENT OF FUTA WAGES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.—The amount of the qualified

first-year wages which may be taken into account under subsection

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