§ 2376. — Demonstration program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC2376]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 44--VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER II--TECH-PREP EDUCATION
Sec. 2376. Demonstration program
(a) Demonstration program authorized
From funds appropriated under subsection (e) of this section for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to consortia described in
section 2373(a) of this title to enable the consortia to carry out tech-
prep education programs.
(b) Program contents
Each tech-prep program referred to in subsection (a) of this
section--
(1) shall--
(A) involve the location of a secondary school on the site
of a community college;
(B) involve a business as a member of the consortium; and
(C) require the voluntary participation of secondary school
students in the tech-prep education program; and
(2) may provide summer internships at a business for students or
teachers.
(c) Application
Each consortium desiring a grant under this section shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner and
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.
(d) Applicability
The provisions of sections 2372, 2373, 2374, and 2375 of this title
shall not apply to this section, except that--
(1) the provisions of section 2373(a) of this title shall apply
for purposes of describing consortia eligible to receive assistance
under this section;
(2) each tech-prep education program assisted under this section
shall meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (3)(A), (3)(B),
(3)(C), (3)(D), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of section 2373(c) of this
title, except that such paragraph (3)(B) shall be applied by
striking ``, and if possible and practicable, 4-year institutions of
higher education through nonduplicative sequences of courses in
career fields''; and
(3) in awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall
give special consideration to consortia submitting applications
under subsection (c) of this section that meet the requirements of
paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (5) of section 2374(d) of this title,
except that such paragraph (1) shall be applied by striking ``or the
transfer of students to baccalaureate degree programs''.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.
(Pub. L. 88-210, title II, Sec. 207, as added Pub. L. 105-332,
Sec. 1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3121.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2376, Pub. L. 88-210, title III, Sec. 326, as added
Pub. L. 100-418, title VI, Sec. 6131(a)(3), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat.
1509, provided findings and purpose of special program of financial
assistance to States to enable them to expand and improve vocational
education programs designed to meet current needs for training,
retraining, and employment development of adults who had completed or
left high school and were preparing to enter or had entered the labor
market, including workers who were 55 years of age and older, in order
to equip adults with competencies and skills required for productive
employment, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101-392, title III, Sec. 305,
title VII, Sec. 702(a), Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 786, 843, effective
July 1, 1991.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2377 of this title.
