[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1723 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1723

         To improve provisions relating to tech-prep education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 19 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

   Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
         To improve provisions relating to tech-prep education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECH-PREP EDUCATION.

    (a) Contents of Program.--Paragraph (2) of section 344(b) of the 
Tech-Prep Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2394b(b)(2)) is amended by inserting 
``or 4 years'' before ``of secondary school''.
    (b) Consortia Membership.--Subsection (a) of section 343 of the 
Tech-Prep Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2394a) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2), by striking the 
        period and inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) businesses, industries or labor unions; and
            ``(4) institutions of higher education that award 
        baccalaureate degrees.''.
    (c) Special Consideration; Priority.--Section 345 of the Tech-Prep 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2394c) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Special Consideration.--The Secretary or the State board, as 
appropriate, shall give special consideration to applications which 
address effectively the issues of dropout prevention and re-entry and 
the needs of minority youths, youths of limited-English proficiency, 
youths with disabilities, and disadvantaged youths.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(e) Priority.--The Secretary or the State board, as appropriate, 
shall give highest priority to applications that provide for effective 
employment placement activities or transfer of students to 4-year 
baccalaureate degree programs.''.

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