§ 6192. — Performance outcomes and evaluation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC6192]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 69--SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATIONAL PROGRAMS
Sec. 6192. Performance outcomes and evaluation
(a) In general
The Secretaries, in collaboration with the States, shall by grant,
contract, or otherwise, establish a system of performance measures for
assessing State and local programs regarding--
(1) progress in the development and implementation of State
plans described in section 6143(d) of this title that include the
basic program components described in sections 6112, 6113, and 6114
of this title and otherwise meet the requirements of subchapter I of
this chapter;
(2) participation in School-to-Work Opportunities programs by
employers, schools, students, and school dropouts, including
information on the gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
background, limited-English proficiency, and disability of all
participants and whether the participants are academically talented
students;
(3) progress in developing and implementing strategies for
addressing the needs of students and school dropouts;
(4) progress in meeting the goals of the State to ensure
opportunities for young women to participate in School-to-Work
Opportunities programs, including participation in nontraditional
employment through such programs;
(5) outcomes for participating students and school dropouts, by
gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, limited-English
proficiency, and disability of the participants, and whether the
participants are academically talented students, including
information on--
(A) academic learning gains;
(B) staying in school and attaining--
(i) a high school diploma, or a general equivalency
diploma, or an alternative diploma or certificate for those
students with disabilities for whom such alternative diploma
or certificate is appropriate;
(ii) a skill certificate; and
(iii) a postsecondary degree;
(C) attainment of strong experience in and understanding of
all aspects of the industry the students are preparing to enter;
(D) placement and retention in further education or
training, particularly in the career major of the student; and
(E) job placement, retention, and earnings, particularly in
the career major of the student; and
(6) the extent to which the program has met the needs of
employers.
(b) Evaluation
Not later than September 30, 1998, the Secretaries shall complete a
national evaluation of School-to-Work Opportunities programs funded
under this chapter by grants, contracts, or otherwise, that will track
and assess the progress of implementation of State and local programs
and their effectiveness based on measures such as those measures
described in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Reports to Secretaries
(1) In general
Each State shall prepare and submit to the Secretaries periodic
reports, at such intervals as the Secretaries may determine,
containing information regarding the matters described in paragraphs
(1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this section.
(2) Federal programs
Each State shall prepare and submit reports to the Secretaries,
at such intervals as the Secretaries may determine, containing
information on the extent to which Federal programs that are in
existence on the date of submission of the report and that are
implemented at the State or local level may be duplicative,
outdated, overly restrictive, or otherwise counterproductive to the
development of comprehensive statewide School-to-Work Opportunities
systems.
(Pub. L. 103-239, title IV, Sec. 402, May 4, 1994, 108 Stat. 594.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 6195, 6232 of this title.
