§6125. Use of amounts

The Secretaries may not provide a development grant under section 6122 of this title to a State unless the State agrees that the State will use all amounts received from such grant for activities to develop a statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system, which may include-

(1) identifying or establishing an appropriate State structure to administer the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;

(2) identifying secondary and postsecondary school-to-work programs in existence on or after May 4, 1994, that might be incorporated into such system;

(3) identifying or establishing broad-based partnerships among employers, labor, education, government, and other community-based organizations and parent organizations to participate in the design, development, and administration of School-to-Work Opportunities programs;

(4) developing a marketing plan to build consensus and support for such programs;

(5) promoting the active involvement of business (including small- and medium-sized businesses) in planning, developing, and implementing local School-to-Work Opportunities programs, and in establishing partnerships between business and elementary schools and secondary schools (including middle schools);

(6) identifying ways that local school-to-work programs in existence on or after May 4, 1994, could be coordinated with the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;

(7) supporting local planning and development activities to provide guidance, training and technical assistance for teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, administrators, and others in the development of School-to-Work Opportunities programs;

(8) identifying or establishing mechanisms for providing training and technical assistance to enhance the development of the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;

(9) developing a training and technical support system for teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, related services personnel, and others that includes specialized training and technical support for the counseling and training of women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities for high-skill, high-wage careers in nontraditional employment;

(10) initiating pilot programs for testing key components of the program design of programs under the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;

(11) developing a State process for issuing skill certificates that is, to the extent feasible, consistent with the skill standards certification systems endorsed under the National Skill Standards Act of 1994 [20 U.S.C. 5931 et seq.];

(12) designing challenging curricula, in cooperation with representatives of local partnerships, that take into account the diverse learning needs and abilities of the student population served by the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;

(13) developing a system for labor market analysis and strategic planning for local targeting of industry sectors or broad occupational clusters that can provide students with placements in high-skill workplaces;

(14) analyzing the post-high school employment experiences of recent high school graduates and school dropouts;

(15) preparing the plan described in section 6143(d) of this title;

(16) working with localities to develop strategies to recruit and retain all students in programs under this chapter through collaborations with community-based organizations, where appropriate, and other entities with expertise in working with such students;

(17) coordinating recruitment of out-of-school, at-risk, and disadvantaged youths with those organizations and institutions that have a successful history of working with such youths; and

(18) providing technical assistance to rural areas in planning, developing, and implementing local School-to-Work Opportunities programs that meet the needs of rural communities with low population densities.

( Pub. L. 103–239, title II, §205, May 4, 1994, 108 Stat. 580 .)

References in Text

The National Skill Standards Act of 1994, referred to in par. (11), is title V of Pub. L. 103–227, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 191 , which is classified generally to subchapter V (§5931 et seq.) of chapter 68 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 5931 of this title and Tables.

This chapter, referred to in par. (16), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 103–239, May 4, 1994, 108 Stat. 568 , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6101 of this title and Tables.