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LEGISLATION AS IT RELATES TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATIONDrake University SPED 176/276
Flyr
OVAE
Office of Vocational and Adult Education This office and United States Department
of Education administers grants and programs for career and technical education in high schools, community colleges, and adult education programs.
Vocational Education Act of 1963
Vocational education is not only agriculture, industrial arts, and home economics
Business education and cooperative work study programs were added
10 percent of state grant funding had to be for youth with disabilities
15 percent for youth with disadvantages State must have an advisory committee
The Education Amendments of 1976 PL 94-482
Increased set aside funding for vocational education
Purpose to improve and expand the programs and to improve the accountability of the programs
This was one of the laws that will help with assessment, training, and employment activities for students with disabilities
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act 1984
This act made funding available to people with disabilities, disadvantages, single parents, and displaced homemakers
57 percent of the funds spent to the state had to be spent on these groups
Students with disabilities will have equal access to vocational training
Carl Perkins 1990- 2006
Strong academic content most be included in the vocational curriculum
Emphasis put on technical skills Disability definition now aligns with ADA
definition Schools will be held accountable This act and the School to Work Act will
result in creation of magnet schools, career academies, and youth apprenticeship programs
The Job Training Partnership Act of 1982
Job Corps is reauthorized Training provided for disadvantaged
youths and unskilled adults with disadvantages
Designed for people with economic disadvantages and people with disabilities
JTPA Amendments 1986 and 1992
Funded summer work programs Funded year-round training programs for
youth 16-21 Drop-out prevention was funded again
Workforce Investment Act 1998
Federally funded employment and training programs for all individuals including Vocational Rehabilitation
Created one-stop centers and delivery systems in the United States
Provides traditional employment services but is designed to support underserved populations
School to Work Opportunities Act of 1994
Collaboration among agencies provided a framework for states to create school to work program
Prepared students for work in high skilled , high wage jobs
Prepared students for post secondary education
School based and workplace learning framework put into place
Higher Education Amendments of 1998
Higher academic standards as an expectation
Reasonable accommodations in post-secondary setting
Defined disability the same way ADA did
Higher Education Opportunity Act 2008
Pell grants offered to students year round Grants for low income people and people
with disabilities would be expanded People with intellectual disabilities would
be able to access financial aid
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