This document contains the text of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998. The following are among the aspects of Title I of the 1990 Perkins Act (Vocational and Technical Education Assistance to the States) that are addressed in the amendments: allotment and allocation (reservations and state allotment, within-state allocation, accountability, national activities, assistance for outlying areas, Native American program, tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions, occupational and employment information); state provisions (state administration, state plan, improvement plans, state leadership activities); and local provisions (distribution of funds to secondary school programs, distribution of funds for postsecondary vocational and technical education programs, special rules for vocational and technical education, local plan for vocational and technical education programs, local uses of funds). Presented next are amendments to the following aspects of Title II (Tech-Prep Education): definitions, state allotment and application, tech-prep education, consortium applications, report, demonstration program, and authorization of appropriations. The amendments to Title III (General Provisions) concern federal and state administrative provisions (including fiscal requirements, construction, voluntary selection and participation, limitation for certain students, federal laws guaranteeing civil rights, participation of private school personnel, joint funding, state administrative costs, and student assistance and other federal programs).(MN)