104 STAT. 766 PUBLIC LAW 101-392—SEPT. 25, 1990 Grants. Grants. Territories, U.S. (8) by amending subsection (f)(1)(A) to read as follows: "(fKl)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), from the sums appropriated pursuant to section 3(c), the Secretary shall first make grants of $150,000 to each State council. From the remainder of such sums the Secretary shall allot to each State council an amount in accordance with the method of allotment set forth in section 101(a)(2) of this Act, provided that- 'll) no State council shall receive more than $250,000 for each fiscal year; "(ii) no State council shall receive less than $150,000 for each fiscal year; and "(iii) no State council shall receive less than such State council was allotted in the fiscal year 1990;"; and (9) by amending subsection (f)(1)(B) to read as follows: "(B) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall make grants of— "(i) $60,000 to each of the State councils of the Virgin Islands and Guam; and "(ii) $25,000 to each of the State councils of American Samoa, Palau (until the Compact of Free Association with Palau takes effect pursuant to section 101(a) of Public Law 99-658), and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.". SEC. 113. STATE PLAN. Section 113 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2323) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 113. STATE PLAN. "(a) IN GENERAL. —(1)(A) Any State desiring to receive funds from its allotment for any fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary a State plan for a 3-year period, in the case of the initial plan, and a 2-year period thereafter, together with such annual revisions as the State board determines to be necessary. "(B) The planning periods required by subparagraph (A) shall be coterminous with the planning program periods required under section 104(a) of the Job Training Partnership Act. "(2)(A) In formulating the State plan (and amendments thereto), the State board shall meet with and utilize the State council established pursuant to section 112. "(B) The State board shall conduct public hearings in the State, after appropriate and sufficient notice, for the purpose of affording all segments of the public and interested organizations and groups an opportunity to present their views and make recommendations regarding the State plan. A summary of such recommendations and the State board's response shall be included with the State plan. "(3) In developing the State plan, the State shall conduct an assessment according to section 116. Such assessment shall include analysis of— "(A) the relative academic, occupational, training, and retraining needs of secondary, adult, and postsecondary students; and "(B) the capability of vocational education programs to provide vocational education students, to the extent practicable, with— "(i) strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of the industry the students are preparing to enter (including planning, management, finances, technical and produc-
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