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§2341 State administration

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES › Part Part B— - State Provisions › § 2341

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An eligible agency must run the State plan for programs under this subchapter. It must develop, submit, carry out, and evaluate the plan and the programs, including preparing people for non‑traditional fields. The agency must consult the Governor and a broad group of partners (schools and charter officials, employers and labor, program recipients and local and State officials, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations in the State, parents, students, and community groups) and must meet at least four times a year. The agency must set procedures to coordinate with State workforce boards (29 U.S.C. 3111) and give the State one‑stop system (29 U.S.C. 3151) a list of all assisted dropout, postsecondary, and adult programs. Except for the duties above, it may delegate other administrative or operational duties to one or more State agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §2341

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(a)The responsibilities of an eligible agency under this subchapter shall include—
(1)coordination of the development, submission, and implementation of the State plan, and the evaluation of the program, services, and activities assisted under this subchapter, including preparation for non-traditional fields;
(2)consultation with the Governor and appropriate agencies, groups, and individuals including teachers, faculty, specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, school leaders, authorized public chartering agencies and charter school leaders (consistent with State law), employers, representatives of business (including small businesses), labor organizations, eligible recipients, local program administrators, State and local officials, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations present in the State, parents, students, and community organizations;
(3)convening and meeting as an eligible agency (consistent with State law and procedure for the conduct of such meetings) at such time as the eligible agency determines necessary to carry out the eligible agency’s responsibilities under this subchapter, but not less than 4 times annually; and
(4)the adoption of such procedures as the eligible agency considers necessary to—
(A)implement State level coordination with the activities undertaken by the State boards under section 3111 of title 29; and
(B)make available to the one-stop delivery system under section 3151 of title 29 within the State a listing of all school dropout, postsecondary education, and adult programs assisted under this subchapter.
(b)Except with respect to the responsibilities set forth in subsection (a), the eligible agency may delegate any of the other responsibilities of the eligible agency that involve the administration, operation, or supervision of activities assisted under this subchapter, in whole or in part, to 1 or more appropriate State agencies.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2341, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 121, as added Pub. L. 105–332, § 1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3102, related to State administration, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 109–270. Another prior section 2341 and prior sections 2341a to 2341c were omitted in the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–332. section 2341, Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 101–392, title II, § 201, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 779; amended Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 391(s)(4), (5), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4025; Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 110(i)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2172, related to distribution of funds to secondary school programs. See section 2351 of this title. Another prior section 2341, Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 251, as added Pub. L. 98–524, § 1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2455; amended Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, § 6132, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1511, related to the uses of the portion of a State’s allotment available for vocational education program improvement, innovation, and expansion, prior to the general amendment of former subchapter II of this chapter by Pub. L. 101–392. section 2341a, Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 232, as added Pub. L. 101–392, title II, § 201, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 781; amended Pub. L. 103–208, § 4, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2487; Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 351(a)(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3966; Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 110(i)(2), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2172, related to distribution of funds to postsecondary and adult programs. See section 2352 of this title. section 2341b, Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 233, as added Pub. L. 101–392, title II, § 201, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 782, related to special rule for minimal allocations. See section 2353 of this title. section 2341c, Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 234, as added Pub. L. 101–392, title II, § 201, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 783, related to reallocations. See section 2353 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–224 substituted “teachers, faculty, specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, school leaders, authorized public chartering agencies and charter school leaders (consistent with State law), employers, representatives of business (including small businesses), labor organizations, eligible recipients, local program administrators, State and local officials, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations present in the State, parents, students, and community organizations;” for “parents, students, teachers, teacher and faculty preparation programs, representatives of businesses (including small businesses), labor organizations, eligible recipients, State and local officials, and local program administrators, involved in the planning, administration, evaluation, and coordination of programs funded under this subchapter;”. 2014—Subsec. (a)(4)(A). Pub. L. 113–128, § 512(e)(2)(A), substituted “activities undertaken by the State boards under section 3111 of title 29” for “activities undertaken by the State boards under section 2821 of title 29”. Subsec. (a)(4)(B). Pub. L. 113–128, § 512(e)(2)(B), substituted “the one-stop delivery system under section 3151 of title 29” for “the service delivery system under section 2841 of title 29”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–224 effective July 1, 2019, see section 4 of Pub. L. 115–224, set out as a note under section 2301 of this title.

Effective Date

of 2014 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3101 of Title 29, Labor.

Reference

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 2341

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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