Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (PL93-203)

Synopsis

Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (Public Law 90-576) modified existing programs and provided for a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education and collection and dissemination of information for programs administered by the Commissioner of Education.

• Amended the 1963 Vocational Education Act
  • Increased funding for vocational education
  • Funds could be used for high school programs, people who have left school, retraining, special needs students, construction of area vocational schools, vocational guidance, contracting vocational education with private institutions, ancillary services (research, teacher training) and administering the state plan.
  • Provided for a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education.  
  • Expanded Vocational Education services to meet the needs of the handicapped. Required each state to earmark 10% of its basic grant for services for youth with disabilities.
• Authorized money for:
  • Curriculum development
  • Residential vocational schools
  • Research (National Center for Vocational Education Research was established)

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