Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/101

 PUBLIC LAW 96-374—OCT. 3, 1980

94 STAT. 1379

awarded under this part and comprehensive statewide planning for postsecondary education. "(c) Of the sums granted to States for comprehensive statewide planning, not less than 50 per centum shall be for the purpose of carrying out a program of statewide planning for continuing education in order to improve access for adults within the State to postsecondary education programs and to promote more effective and efficient use of available resources, including efforts to ensure equal treatment of applicants in the evaluation of grant proposals, except that the Secretary may, upon application, grant a waiver to a State which has demonstrated that the State has adequately provided for meeting the needs of adult learners in its statewide planning activities. Such planning shall give particular consideration to the educational needs of adults who have been inadequately served by programs of postsecondary education. "(d) Planning undertaken pursuant to this section shall be coordinated, to the maximum extent feasible, with the planning activities under subpart 4 of part A and part B of title IV and section 485 of this Act; the Vocational Education Act; the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act; the Older Americans Act of 1965; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Career Education Incentive Act; the Adult Education Act; the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act; and other Federal, State, and local activities intended to provide outreach, guidance, counseling, and educational, student aid, and occupational information to persons within the State. "(e) Each State may use the funds available for this section to conduct studies of student financial assistance needs and resources, information coordination, continuing education, and other topics consistent with the purposes of subsections (a) and (c) of this section.

Continuing education.

Post, p. 1407, 20 USC 1071, post, p. 1449. 20 USC 11 note, 2301 note. 29 USC 801 note. 42 USC 3001 note. 29 USC 701 note. 20 USC 2601 note. 20 USC 1201 note. 66 Stat. 663. State studies.

"INFORMATION SERVICES

"SEC. 114. (a) Each State shall use not less than $50,000 nor more than 12 per centum of its allotment, whichever is greater, to conduct programs to develop and coordinate new and existing educational and occupational information and counseling programs to eliminate unnecessary duplication and to provide a more comprehensive delivery of services to both traditional and nontraditional learners seeking educational information and to youth and adults seeking occupational information. "(b) Such educational and occupational information and counseling programs shall be coordinated to the maximum extent possible with those authorized by subpart 4 of part A and part B of title IV and section 485 of this Act; the Vocational Education Act; the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act; the Older Americans Act of 1965; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Career Education Incentive Act; the Adult Education Act; the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act; and other Federal, State, and local activities intended to provide outreach, guidance, counseling, and educational, student aid, and occupational information to persons within the State. "(c) For the purposes of carrying out this section, each State may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education, public and private institutions and organizations, business, industry, and labor, or any combination thereof.

20 USC 1014.

Grants and contracts.

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