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[77 STAT. 413]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1963
[77 STAT. 413]

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PUBLIC LAW 88-210-DEC. 18, 1963

(b) To be eligible to participate in this section, a State must have in effect a plan approved under section 5 and must submit through its State board to the Commissioner a supplement to such plan (hereinafter referred to as a "supplementary plan), in such detail as the Commissioner determines necessary, which— (1) designates the State board as the sole agency for administration of th^ supplementary plan, or for supervision of the administration thereof by local educational agencies; (2) sets forth the policies and procedures to be followed by the State in approving work-study programs, under which policies and procedures funds paid to the State from its allotment under subsection (a) will be expended solely for the payment of compensation of students employed pursuant to work-study programs which meet the requirements of subsection (c), except that not to exceed 1 per centum of any such allotment, or $10,000, whichever is the greater, may be used to pay the cost of developing the State's supplementary plan and the cost of administering such supplementary plan after its approval under this section; (3) sets forth principles for determining the priority to be accorded applications from local educational agencies for workstudy programs, which principles shall give preference to applications submitted by local educational agencies serving communities having substantial numbers of youths who have dropped out of school or who are unemployed, and provides for undertaking such programs, insofar as financial resources available therefor make possible, in the order determined by the application of such principles; (4) sets forth such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for. Federal funds paid to the State (including such funds paid by the State to local educational agencies) under this section; (5) provides for making such reports in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require to carry out his functions under this section, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. (c) For the purposes of this section, a work-study program shall— (1) be administered by the local educational agency and made reasonably available (to the extent of available funds) to all youths in the area served by such agency who are able to meet the requirements of paragraph (2); (2) provide that employment under such work-study program shall be furnished only to a student who- (A) has been accepted for enrollment as a full-time student in a vocational education program which meets the standards prescribed by the State board and the local educational agency for vocational education programs assisted under the preceding sections of this part, or in the case of a student already enrolled in such a program, is in good standing and in full-time attendance, (B) is in need of the earnings from such employment to commence or continue his vocational education program, and (C) is at least fifteen years of age and less than twenty-one years of age at the commencement of his employment, and is capable, in the opinion of the appropriate school authorities, of maintaining good standing in his vocational education program while employed under the work-study program;

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