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 98 STAT. 2462

29 USC 1651. 29 USC 1532. 29 USC 1531.

29 USC 1501 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-524—OCT. 19, 1984

vocational education programs, services, and activities funded under this part to provide programs of assistance for dislocated workers funded under title III of the Job Training Partnership Act. "(b)(1) The State board shall consult with the State job training coordinating council (established under section 122 of the Job Training Partnership Act) in order that programs assisted under this part may be taken into account by such council in formulating recommendations to the Governor for the Governor's coordination and special services plan required by section 121 of such Act. "(2) The State board shall also adopt such procedures as it considers necessary to encourage coordination between eligible recipients receiving funds under this part and the appropriate administrative entity established under the Job Training Partnership Act in the conduct of their respective programs, in order to achieve the most effective use of all Federal funds through programs that complement and supplement each other, and, to the extent feasible, provide an ongoing and integrated program of training and services for workers in need of such assistance. "PART D—COMPREHENSIVE CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSEUNG PROGRAMS "GRANTS FOR CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSEUNG

20 USC 2381. Ante, p. 2438.

"SEC. 331. From the portion of the allotment of each State under section 101 available for this part, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to States to assist them in conducting career guidance and counseling programs authorized by this part. "USE OF FUNDS FROM CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSEUNG GRANTS

20 USC 2382.

"SEC. 332. (a) Grants to any State under this part shall be used, in accordance with State plans (and amendments thereto), for programs (organized and administered by certified counselors) designed to improve, expand, and extend career guidance and counseling programs to meet the career development, vocational education, and employment needs of vocational education students and potential students. Such programs shall be designed to assist individuals— "(1) to acquire self-assessment, career planning, career decisionmaking, and employability skills; "(2) to make the transition from education and training to work; "(3) to maintain marketability of current job skills in established occupations; "(4) to develop new skills to move away from declining occupational fields and enter new and emerging fields in hightechnology areas and fields experiencing skill shortages; "(5) to develop midcareer job search skills and to clarify career goals; and "(6) to obtain and use information on financial assistance for postsecondary and vocational education, and job training. "(b) Programs of career guidance and counseling under this part shall encourage the elimination of sex, age, handicapping condition, and race bias and stereotyping, provide for community outreach, enlist the collaboration of the family, the community, business, industry, and labor and be accessible to all segments of the population, including women, minorities, the handicapped, and the eco-

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