20 U.S.C. § 2342
Section 2342 · State plan
Viewing 20 U.S.C. § 2342 as in effect on September 25, 1990. The text changed in 5 later editions (most recent July 31, 2018).
View current version →Each eligible recipient that receives a grant under this part shall use funds provided under such grant to improve vocational education programs, with the full participation of individuals who are members of special populations, at a limited number of sites or with respect to a limited number of program areas.
Each eligible recipient that receives a grant under this part shall give priority for assistance under this part to sites or programs that serve the highest concentrations of individuals who are members of special populations.
(1) Funds made available under a grant under this part shall be used to provide vocational education in programs that—
(A) are of such size, scope, and quality as to be effective;
(B) integrate academic and vocational education in such programs through coherent sequences of courses so that students achieve both academic and occupational competencies; and
(C) provide equitable participation in such programs for the special populations consistent with the assurances and requirements in section 2328 of this title.
(2) In carrying out the provisions of paragraph (1), grant funds may be used for activities such as—
(A) upgrading of curriculum;
(B) purchase of equipment, including instructional aids;
(C) inservice training of both vocational instructors and academic instructors working with vocational education students for integrating academic and vocational education;
(D) guidance and counseling;
(E) remedial courses;
(F) adaptation of equipment;
(G) tech-prep education programs;
(H) supplementary services designed to meet the needs of special populations;
(I) a special populations coordinator paid in whole or in part from such funds who shall be a qualified counselor or teacher to ensure that individuals who are members of special populations are receiving adequate services and job skill training;
(J) apprenticeship programs;
(K) programs that are strongly tied to economic development efforts in the State;
(L) programs which train adults and students for all aspects of the occupation, in which job openings are projected or available;
(M) comprehensive mentor programs in institutions of higher education offering comprehensive programs in teacher preparation, which seek to fully use the skills and work experience of individuals currently or formerly employed in business and industry who are interested in becoming classroom instructors and to meet the need of vocational educators who wish to upgrade their teaching competencies;
(N) provision of education and training through arrangements with private vocational training institutions, private postsecondary educational institutions, employers, labor organizations, and joint labor-management apprenticeship programs whenever such institutions, employers, labor organizations, or programs can make a significant contribution to obtaining the objectives of the State plan and can provide substantially equivalent training at a lesser cost, or can provide equipment or services not available in public institutions.
(3) Equipment purchases pursuant to sections 2341 and 2341a of this title, when not being used to carry out the provisions of this chapter, may be used for other instructional purposes if—
(A) the acquisition of the equipment was reasonable and necessary for the purpose of conducting a properly designed project or activity under this subchapter;
(B) is used after regular school hours or on weekends; and
(C) such other use is—
(i) incidental to the use of that equipment under this subchapter;
(ii) does not interfere with the use of that equipment under this subchapter; and
(iii) does not add to the cost of using that equipment under this subchapter.
(4) Each eligible recipient receiving funds under this part shall use no more than 5 percent of such funds for administrative costs.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2342, Pub. L. 88 210, title II, §252, as added Pub. L. 98 524, §1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2457, related to criteria for program improvement, innovation, and expansion, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 101 392.