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Public Policy and Federal Legislation

Public Policy and Federal Legislation. Influences on the Development of Family and Consumer Sciences. Information gathered by Lucy Campanis Revised by Mikki Meadows EIU School of Family & Consumer Sciences. What Is Public Policy?.

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Public Policy and Federal Legislation

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  1. Public Policy and Federal Legislation Influences on the Development of Family and Consumer Sciences Information gathered by Lucy Campanis Revised by Mikki Meadows EIU School of Family & Consumer Sciences

  2. What Is Public Policy? • Rules or regulations at the local, state, or federal level of government-the public sector • Formalization of societal preferences

  3. Public Policy Issue • Point of concern for which there are varied opinions • Seldom clear-cut right or wrong solutions • Opinions are generally based on value judgments • Neutral • proposed solutions may be positive or negative, based on different perspectives

  4. Public Policy and the Family • Families are affected by public policy through • Government regulations • Government services • Families affect public policy when they • Are informed about issues • Actively participate in the policymaking process

  5. Formation of Public Policy • Legislation • Agency regulations

  6. The Role of the Professional • Be informed about issues • Monitor the legislative process • Provide information to policymakers • Interpret policy • Educate families and individuals

  7. AAFCS and Public Policy • Monitors public policy affecting families and the discipline • Identifies policy issues on which to focus • Informs members - keeps them updated • Provides information (testimony) to legislators

  8. The direction and structure of Family and Consumer sciences, as well as the body of knowledge of the discipline, have been affected by a variety of federal acts and research initiatives.

  9. 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act • 1867 – Office of Education • 1875 – First Experiment Station • Directed by W. O. Atwater • 1887 – Hatch Act • Agriculture Experiment Stations

  10. 1894 – Congress votes funds for Human Nutrition research • 1912 – Children’s Bureau • Department of Commerce and Labor • 1914 – Smith-Lever Act • Funds for Cooperative Agriculture Extension • 1915 – Home Economics Specialists added

  11. 1917 – Smith-Hughes Act • Funds for vocational education in public schools • 1923 – Bureau of Home Economics established in the United States Department of Agriculture • 1925 – Purnell Act

  12. 1957 – Bureau of Home Economics became the Institute, emphasizing • Human nutrition • Household economics research • Clothing and housing research • 1963 – Vocational Education Act • 1970 – National Goals and Guidelines

  13. 1984 – Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act • 1986 – AHEA received funds to support public policy • 1990 – Vocational and Applied Technology Act (Carl Perkins Act II) • 1995 – School to Work Act

  14. Many pieces of legislation are related to education. Identify legislation which has impact on: • families • basic areas of family and consumer sciences • professional practice

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