§2354. Local plan for vocational and technical education programs
(a) Local plan required
Any eligible recipient desiring financial assistance under this part shall, in accordance with requirements established by the eligible agency (in consultation with such other educational entities as the eligible agency determines to be appropriate) submit a local plan to the eligible agency. Such local plan shall cover the same period of time as the period of time applicable to the State plan submitted under section 2342 of this title.
(b) Contents
The eligible agency shall determine requirements for local plans, except that each local plan shall-
(1) describe how the vocational and technical education programs required under section 2355(b) of this title will be carried out with funds received under this subchapter;
(2) describe how the vocational and technical education activities will be carried out with respect to meeting State adjusted levels of performance established under section 2323 of this title;
(3) describe how the eligible recipient will-
(A) improve the academic and technical skills of students participating in vocational and technical education programs by strengthening the academic, and vocational and technical components of such programs through the integration of academics with vocational and technical education programs through a coherent sequence of courses to ensure learning in the core academic, and vocational and technical subjects;
(B) provide students with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of an industry; and
(C) ensure that students who participate in such vocational and technical education programs are taught to the same challenging academic proficiencies as are taught for all other students;
(4) describe how parents, students, teachers, representatives of business and industry, labor organizations, representatives of special populations, and other interested individuals are involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of vocational and technical education programs assisted under this subchapter, and how such individuals and entities are effectively informed about, and assisted in understanding, the requirements of this subchapter;
(5) provide assurances that the eligible recipient will provide a vocational and technical education program that is of such size, scope, and quality to bring about improvement in the quality of vocational and technical education programs;
(6) describe the process that will be used to independently evaluate and continuously improve the performance of the eligible recipient;
(7) describe how the eligible recipient-
(A) will review vocational and technical education programs, and identify and adopt strategies to overcome barriers that result in lowering rates of access to or lowering success in the programs, for special populations; and
(B) will provide programs that are designed to enable the special populations to meet the State adjusted levels of performance;
(8) describe how individuals who are members of the special populations will not be discriminated against on the basis of their status as members of the special populations;
(9) describe how funds will be used to promote preparation for nontraditional training and employment; and
(10) describe how comprehensive professional development (including initial teacher preparation) for vocational and technical, academic, guidance, and administrative personnel will be provided.
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