The amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act refine the existing statute without disrupting basic program operations. The major provisions make adjustments in the following areas: (1) definition of economically disadvantaged; (2) designation of service delivery area; (3) the Literacy and Dropout Prevention Program; (4) protection for the states against funding changes based on yearly fluctuations in the employment rate; (5) summer youth remediation; (6) use of six percent funds for technical assistance and post-program data collection; (7) dates of summer youth programs; (8) prohibition of matching on discretionary Title III grants; (9) identification of dislocated workers especially farmers; (10) taxation of Job Corps operations; and (11) labor market information. (LHW)