PUBLIC LAW 103-239—MAY 4, 1994 108 STAT. 589 (C) supporting or establishing intermediaries (selected from among the members of the local partnership) to perform the activities described in section 104 and to provide assistance to students or school dropouts in obtaining jobs and further education and training; (D) designing or adapting school curricula that can be used to integrate academic, vocational, and occupational learning, school-based and work-based learning, and secondary and postsecondary education for all students in the area served; (E) providing training to work-based and school-based staff on new curricula, student assessments, student guidance, and feedback to the school regarding student performance; (F) establishing, in schools participating in the Schoolto-Work Opportunities program, a graduation assistance program to assist at-risk students, low-achieving students, and students with disabilities, in graduating from high school, enrolling in postsecondary education or training, and finding or advancing in jobs; (G) providing career exploration and awareness services, counseling and mentoring services, college awareness and preparation services, and other services (beginning at the earliest possible age, but not later than the 7th grade) to prepare students for the transition from school to work; (H) providing supplementary and support services, including child care and transportation, when such services are necessary for participation in a local School-to-Work Opportunities program; (I) conducting or obtaining an in-depth analysis of the local labor market and the generic and specific skill needs of employers to identify high-demand, high-wage careers to target; (J) integrating school-based and work-based learning into job training programs that are for school dropouts and that are in existence on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; (K) establishing or expanding school-to-apprenticeship programs in cooperation with registered apprenticeship agencies and apprenticeship sponsors; (L) assisting participating employers, including smalland medium-size businesses, to identify and train workplace mentors and to develop work-based learning components; (M) promoting the formation of partnerships between elementary schools and secondary schools (including middle schools) and local businesses as an investment in future workplace productivity and competitiveness; (N) designing local strategies to provide adequate planning time and staff development activities for teachers, school counselors, related services personnel, and school site mentors, including opportunities outside the classroom that are at the worksite; (O) enhancing linkages between after-school, weekend, and summer jobs, career exploration, and school-based learning; and
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