STATE COUNCIL ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

SEC. 112. STATE COUNCIL ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. Section 112 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2322) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting “trade organizations,” after “industry,”; (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “and may include members of vocational student organizations and school board members.”; (3) in subsection (a), by inserting the following new sentence at the end of the matter following paragraph (2): “No employee of the State board shall serve on the State council.”; (4) in subsection (d)(2), by— (A) striking “advise” and inserting “make recommendations to”; (B) redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and (C) inserting the following new subparagraph (A) before subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph): “(A) the State plan;”; (5) in subsection (d)(8), by— (A) striking “the individuals described in section 201(b)” and inserting “individuals who are members of special populations”; and (B) striking “and” at the end; (6) by striking subsection (d)(9) and inserting the following new paragraphs: “(9) analyze and review corrections education programs; and “(10) (A) evaluate at least once every 2 years— “(i) the extent to which vocational education, employment, and training programs in the State represent a consistent, integrated, and coordinated approach to meeting the economic needs of the State; “(ii) the vocational education program delivery system assisted under this Act, and the job training program delivery system assisted under the Job Training Partnership Act, in terms of such delivery systems’ adequacy and effectiveness in achieving the purposes of each of the 2 Acts; and “(iii) make recommendations to the State board on the adequacy and effectiveness of the coordination that takes place between vocational education and the Job Training Partnership Act; “(B) comment on the adequacy or inadequacy of State action in implementing the State plan; “(C) make recommendations to the State board on ways to create greater incentives for joint planning and collaboration between the vocational education system and the job training system at the State and local levels; and “(D) advise the Governor, the State board, the State job training coordinating council, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Labor regarding such evaluation, findings, and recommendations.”; (7) in subsection (e) by inserting the following new sentences at the end: “Each State Council may submit a statement to the Secretary reviewing and commenting upon the State plan. Such statement shall be sent to the Secretary with the State plan.”; 104 STAT. 766 (8) by amending subsection (f)(1)(A) to read as follows: “(f) (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), from the sums appropriated pursuant to section 3(c), the Secretary shall first make grants of $150,000 to each State council. From the remainder of such sums the Secretary shall allot to each State council an amount in accordance with the method of allotment set forth in section 101(a)(2) of this Act, provided that— “(i) no State council shall receive more than $250,000 for each fiscal year; “(ii) no State council shall receive less than $150,000 for each fiscal year; and “(iii) no State council shall receive less than such State council was allotted in the fiscal year 1990;”; and (9) by amending subsection (f)(1)(B) to read as follows: “(B) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall make grants of— “(i) $60,000 to each of the State councils of the Virgin Islands and Guam; and “(ii) $25,000 to each of the State councils of American Samoa, Palau (until the Compact of Free Association with Palau takes effect pursuant to section 101(a) of Public Law 99–658), and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”.