AMENDMENT TO THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT REGARDING THE TERRITORIES.

SEC. 369. AMENDMENT TO THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT REGARDING THE TERRITORIES. Section 101A of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2311a) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 101A. THE TERRITORIES. “(a) The Territories.— From funds reserved pursuant to section 101(a)(1)(C), the Secretary shall— “(1) make a grant in the amount of $500,000 to Guam; and “(2) make a grant in the amount of $190,000 to each of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. “(b) Remainder.— Subject to the provisions of subsection (a), the Secretary shall make a grant of the remainder of funds reserved pursuant to section 101(a)(l)(C) to the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii, to make grants for vocational education and training in Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of providing direct educational services, including— “(1) teacher and counselor training and retraining; “(2) curriculum development; and “(3) improving vocational education and training programs in secondary schools and institutions of higher education, or improving cooperative education programs involving both secondary schools and institutions of higher education. “(c) Limitation.— The Pacific Region Educational Laboratory may use not more than 5 percent of the funds received pursuant to subsection (b) for administrative costs”.