Legislation as it relates to Career and Technical Education

1. Legislation as it relates to Career and Technical Education Drake University Fall 2011 SPED 176/276 Flyr

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. JTPA Amendments 1986 and 1992 • Funded summer work programs • Funded year-round training programs for youth 16-21 • Drop-out prevention was funded again

9. 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

10. 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

11. Higher Education Amendments of 1998 • Higher academic standards as an expectation • Reasonable accommodations in post-secondary setting • Defined disability the same way ADA did

12. 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