LEGISLATION AS IT RELATES TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL

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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