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 98 STAT. 2486

Ante, p. 2443.

PUBLIC LAW 98-524—OCT. 19, 1984 elude any facility intended primarily for events for which admission is to be charged to the general public. "(24) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Education. "(25) The term 'single parent' means an individual who— "(A) is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse, and "(B) has a minor child or children for which the parent has either custody or joint custody. "(26) The term 'small business' means for-profit enterprises employing five hundred or fewer employees. "(27) The term 'State' includes, in addition to the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. "(28) The term 'State board' means a State board designated or created by State law as the sole State agency responsible for the administration of vocational education, or for supervision of the administration of vocational education in the State. "(29) The term 'State council' means the State council on vocational education established in accordance with section 112. "(30) The term 'State educational agency' means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary or secondary schools, or, if there is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the Governor or by State law. "(31) The term 'vocational education' means organized educational programs which are directly related to the preparation of individuals in paid or unpaid employment in such fields as agriculture, business occupations, home economics, health occupations, marketing and distributive occupations, technical and emerging occupations, modern industrial and agriculture arts, and trades and industrial occupations, or for additional preparation for a career in such fields, and in other occupations, requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree and vocational student organization activities as an integral part of the program; and for purposes of this paragraph, the term 'organized education program' means only (A) instruction (including career guidance and counseling) related to the occupation or occupations for which the students are in training or instruction necessary for students to benefit from such training, and (B) the acquisition (including leasing), maintenance, and repair of instructional equipment, supplies, and teaching aids; but the terms do not mean the construction, acquisition, or initial equipment of buildings, or the acquisition or rental of land. "(32) The term 'vocational student organizations' means those organizations for individuals enrolled in vocational education programs which engage in activities as an integral part of the instructional program. Such organizations may have State and national units which aggregate the work and purposes of instruction in vocational education at the local level.". EFFECTIVE DATE

20 USC 2301 note.

SEC. 2. (a) This Act shall take effect for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1984, except that the authority of the Secretary to prescribe regulations under this Act and the responsibility of

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