CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT.

SEC. 311. CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT. (a) Corrections Education.—Subsection (c) of section 102 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2312) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by— (A) striking “paragraph (2)” and inserting “paragraph (3)”; (B) inserting “and” before “the sex equity”; and (C) striking “and the program for criminal offenders under section 225,”; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2)as paragraph (8); and (3) by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (1): “(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), each State shall reserve for the program for criminal offenders under section 225, an amount that is not less than the amount such State expended under this Act for such program for the fiscal year 1990.”. (b) Indian and Native Hawaian Programs.—Paragraph (1) of section 103(b) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2313(b)(1)) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: “(D)(i) Funds received pursuant to grants and contracts described in subparagraph (A) may be used to provide stipends to students who are enrolled in vocational education programs and who have acute economic needs which cannot be met through work-study programs. “(ii) Stipends described in clause (i) shall not exceed reasonable amounts as prescribed by the Secretary.”.