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 PUBLIC LAW 98-524—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2437

"PART B—DEFINITIONS

"Sec. 521. Definitions. "STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"SEC. 2. It is the purpose of this Act to— "(1) assist the States to expand, improve, modernize, and develop quality vocational education programs in order to meet the needs of the Nation's existing and future work force for marketable skills and to improve productivity and promote economic growth; "(2) assure that individuals who are inadequately served under vocational education programs are assured access to quality vocational education programs, especially individuals who are disadvantaged, who are handicapped, men and women who are entering nontraditional occupations, adults who are in need of training and retraining, individuals who are single parents or homemakers, individuals with limited English proficiency, and individuals who are incarcerated in correctional institutions; "(3) promote greater cooperation between public agencies and the private sector in preparing individuals for employment, in promoting the quality of vocational education in the States, and in making the vocational system more responsive to the labor market in the States; "(4) improve the academic foundations of vocational students and to aid in the application of newer technologies (including the use of computers) in terms of employment or occupational goals; "(5) provide vocational education services to train, retrain, and upgrade employed and unemployed workers in new skills for which there is a demand in that State or employment market; "(6) assist the most economically depressed areas of a State to raise employment and occupational competencies of its citizens; "(7) to assist the State to utilize a full range of supportive services, special programs, and guidance counseling and placement to achieve the basic purposes of this Act; "(8) improve the effectiveness of consumer and homemaking education and to reduce the limiting effects of sex-role stereotyping on occupations, job skills, levels of competency, and careers; and "(9) authorize national programs designed to meet designated vocational education needs and to strengthen the vocational education research process.

20 USC 2301.

"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 3. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated $835,300,000 for the fiscal year 1985 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1986 through 1989 to carry out the provisions of titles I (other than section 112), II, and IV (other than part E) of this Act. "(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 1985 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1986 through 1989 to carry out part A of title III,

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20 USC 2302.

Post, pp. 2438, 2443, 2450, 2447. Post, p. 2457.

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