Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/112

 98 STAT. 2484

Ante, p. 2435.

PUBLIC LAW 98-524—OCT. 19, 1984 "(F) halfway house, community-based rehabilitation center, or any other similar institution designed for the confinement or rehabilitation of criminal offenders. "(10) The term 'Council' means the National Council on Vocational Education. "(11) The term 'curriculum materials' means instructional and related or supportive material, including materials using advanced learning technology, in any occupational field which is designed to strengthen the academic foundation and prepare individuals for employment at the entry level or to upgrade occupational competencies of those previously or presently employed in any occupational field, and appropriate counseling and guidance material. "(12) The term 'disadvantaged' means individuals (other than handicapped individuals) who have economic or academic disadvantages and who require special services and assistance in order to enable them to succeed in vocational education programs. Such term includes individuals who are members of economically disadvantaged families, migrants, individuals who have limited English proficiency and individuals who are dropouts from, or who are identified as potential dropouts from, secondary school. "(13) The term 'economically depressed area' means an economically integrated area within any State in which a chronically low level of economic activity or a deteriorating economic base has caused such adverse effects as (A) a rate of unemployment which has exceeded by 50 per centum or more the average rate of unemployment in the State, or in the Nation, for each of the three years preceding the year for which such designation is made, or (B) a large concentration of low-income families, and for which such designation for the purposes of this Act is approved by the Secretary as consistent with these and such other criteria as may be prescribed, and with the purposes of this Act. "(14) The term 'eligible recipient' means a local educational agency or a postsecondary educational institution. "(15) The term 'handicapped', when applied to individuals, means individuals who are mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, orthopedically impaired, or other health impaired persons, or persons with specific learning disabilities, who by reason thereof require special education and related services, and who, because of their handicapping condition, cannot succeed in the regular vocational education program without special education assistance. "(16) The term 'high technology' means state-of-the-art computer, microelectronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, laser, nuclear, chemical, telecommunication, and other technologies being used to enhance productivity in manufacturing, communication, transportation, agriculture, mining, energy, commercial, and similar economic activity, and to improve the provision of health care. "(17) The term 'homemaker' means an individual who— "(A) is an adult, and "(B) has worked as an adult primarily without remuneration to care for the home and family, and for that reason has diminished marketable skills.

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