; (ii) will serve areas with high unemployment rates or high levels of poverty, including rural areas, including by awarding subgrants under paragraph (3)(B); and (iii) will increase access to education and career training programs that meet the needs of regional employers in in-demand industry sectors or occupations. (2) State application To receive a grant under this subsection, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Such application shall be developed in consultation with the State board. At a minimum, each State application shall include— (A) a description of how the State is implementing or has a plan to implement— (i) a statewide longitudinal data system built upon student outcome data, including labor market outcomes by institution, program, and subpopulation of interest, with information made available to the public in easy-to-understand formats; (ii) statewide policies to develop and expand articulation agreements and policies that guarantee transfers between institutions, including through common course numbering and use of a general core curriculum; (iii) statewide policies to support the development of articulation agreements between non-credit and credit-bearing courses at State postsecondary education institutions; (iv) statewide policies to support the expansion of high-quality dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs; (v) statewide policies to support the expansion of education and career training programs in in-demand industry sectors or occupations; (vi) statewide policies to support the expansion of career pathway programs, including the development of stackable credentials; (vii) statewide policies to support the expansion of work-based learning opportunities, including apprenticeship programs