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HAMDT 255 (105th)

An amendment, printed as amendment No. 1 in the Congressional Record of July 16, 1997, to raise the minimum grant for a secondary agency from $7,500 to $10,000, and from $20,000 to $35,000 for postsecondary programs; delete the provision in the bill that allows states to reserve five percent of their allotment for incentive grants; decrease the amount a state is allowed to reserve for rural areas from 10 percent to five percent; allow states to reserve five percent of their allotment for urban areas; require states that qualify to use an alternative secondary distribution formula to target higher areas of poverty; prohibit funds authorized for state grants to be used for national programs; raise the minimum grant award a small state must receive for tech-prep from $200,000 to $250,000;increases parental involve-ment in vocational education programs; increase parental involvement in vocational education programs; require states to describe how local school boards will participate in developing state vocational education performance standards; require state performance assessments to include vocational proficiencies; and allow states to provide professional development programs to non-profit private schools with secondary vocational education programs.