20 U.S.C. § 2501 — Statement of purpose

Page 1109 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 2502 1 See References in Text note below. Sec. 2502. Funding requirements. 2503. Administration by Office of Career Edu- cation. 2504. Prerequisites for State participation. 2505. Grants or contracts. 2506. Functions of National Advisory Council for Career Education. SUBCHAPTER II—GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS 2531. Congressional findings. 2532. Authorization of appropriations. 2533. Administration by unit in Department of Education. 2534. Contracts and grants to States, educational agencies, etc. SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 2561 to 2563. Omitted. 2564. Departmental day care center facilities; es- tablishment; fees and charges; equipment and operation by appropriated funds. 2565. Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics. 2566. Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Af- fairs; grants for development. 2567. Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center; grants for de- velopment. 2568. Payments to Humphrey Institute and Dirksen Center; procedures applicable. 2569. Authorization of appropriations for Hum- phrey Institute and Dirksen Center. SUBCHAPTER I—CAREER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI- TIES § 2501. Statement of purpose It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide Federal assistance to States to enable them to plan for the development of career education and career development programs and activities for individuals of all ages, and to plan for the improvement of existing programs and activi- ties, in the areas of awareness, exploration, planning, and decisionmaking of individuals served with regard to career opportunities and career development throughout the lifetimes of such individuals, through— (1) planning for the development of informa- tion on the needs for career education and ca- reer development for all individuals; (2) planning for the promotion of a national dialogue on career education and career devel- opment designed to encourage each State and local educational agency to determine and adopt the approach best suited to the needs of the individuals served by each such agency; (3) planning for the assessment of the status of career education and career development programs and practices, including a reassess- ment of the stereotyping of career opportuni- ties by race or by sex; (4) planning for the demonstration of the best of the current career education and ca- reer development programs and practices by planning to develop and test exemplary pro- grams and practices using various theories, concepts, and approaches with respect to ca- reer education and through planning for a na- tionwide system of regional career education centers; (5) planning for the training and retraining of persons for conducting career education and career development programs; and (6) developing State and local plans for im- plementing programs designed to ensure that every person has the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills necessary for gainful or maximum employment and for full participa- tion in our society according to his or her ability. (Pub. L. 94–482, title III, § 331, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2221.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective 30 days after Oct. 12, 1976, except ei- ther as specifically otherwise provided or, if not so spe- cifically otherwise provided, effective July 1, 1976, where section provides for authorization of appropria- tions, see section 532 of Pub. L. 94–482, set out as an Ef- fective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title. SHORT TITLE OF 1978 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 95–270, Apr. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 220, which en- acted sections 2566 to 2569 of this title, is known as the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act. For complete classi- fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2566 of this title and Tables. § 2502. Funding requirements (a) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this subchapter $10,000,000 for fis- cal year 1978. The provisions of section 1226a 1 of this title shall not apply to the authorization made by this subsection. (b) Availability of amounts appropriated; allot- ments to States, etc. (1) From the sums appropriated under this subchapter, the Secretary of Education shall re- serve an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out section 2505 of this title. (2) From the remainder of the sums appro- priated under this subchapter, the Secretary of Education shall reserve such amount, not to ex- ceed 1 per centum thereof, as he may determine necessary and shall allot such amount among the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, ac- cording to their relative need for assistance under this subchapter. (3)(A) Of the remainder of the sums appro- priated, the Secretary of Education shall allot to each State $100,000, and of the remainder of the sums appropriated the Secretary of Edu- cation shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums for such year as the population of the State bears to the population of all States, for purposes of car- rying out section 2501 of this title. (B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (c) Federal share The Federal share of funds allotted to States under this subchapter shall not exceed 80 per