VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1968 (P.L. 90-576) AN ACT To amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Vocational Education Amendments of 1968". TITLE I-AMENDMENTS TO THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 SEC. 102. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by section 101 shall become effective upon enactment. (b) The amendments made by this Act to the Vocational Education Act of 1963 shall not, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, apply with respect to programs which are continuations of programs (including programs under part H) carried on under any State's plan during the preceding fiscal year. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, title I, sec. 102, 82 Stat. 1091. USE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE SMITH-HUGHES ACT SEC. 104. Funds appropriated by the first section of the SmithHughes Act (that is the Act approved February 23, 1917, 39 Stat. 929, as amended (20 U.S.C. 11-15, 16-28)), shall be considered as funds appropriated pursuant to section 102 (a) of this Act. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, title I, sec. 102, 82 Stat. 1091. TITLE II-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND AMENDMENT OF 1 Section 101 amended the Vocational Education Act of 1963 "to read as follows". The act, as amended by section 101 may be found beginning on page 319. 2 This title added a new part F to the Education Professions Development Act, which may be found beginning on page 312. TITLE III-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION STUDY SEC. 306. The Commissioner of Education shall make a study of the feasibility of consolidation of education programs in order to provide for more efficient use of Federal funds at the local level and to simplify application procedures for such funds and shall, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislation which would facilitate consolidation of education programs. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, title III, sec. 306, 82 Stat. 1097. JOB CORPS STUDY SEC. 308. (a) The Commissioner of Education is authorized and directed to make a special study of the means by which the existing Job Corps facilities and programs established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 most effectively might, if determined feasible, be transferred to State or joint Federal-State operation in conjunction with the program of Residential Vocational Education authorized by part E of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. (b) The Commissioner shall consult with other Federal officers, State boards of vocational education, and such other individuals and organizations as he may deem necessary for this study, and shall make a report of his findings and recommendations to the appropriate committees of the Congress not later than March 1, 1969. (20 U.S.C. 1226.) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, title III, sec. 308, 82 Stat. 1097. HEAD START STUDY SEC. 309. The President shall make a special study of whether the responsibility for administering the Head Start program established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 should continue to be vested in the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, should be transferred to another agency of the Government, or should be delegated to another such agency pursuant to the provisions of section 602 (d) of the aforementioned Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and shall submit the findings of this study to the Congress not later than March 1, 1969. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, title III, sec. 309, 82 Stat. 1098. Vocational Education Act of 1946 3 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Title I-Vocational Education in Agriculture, Home Economics, Trades and Industry, and Distributive Occupations 5 SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This title may be cited as the "Vocational Education Act of 1946." (20 U.S.C. 15; note) Enacted August 1, 1946, P.L. 586, 78th Cong., sec. 1, 60 Stat. 775, as sec. 1 of P.L. 673, 74th Congress; amended Aug. 2, 1956 by section 301, P.L. 911, 84th Cong., 70 Stat. 925. DEFINITIONS SEC. 2. As used in this title (1) the term "States and Territories" means the several States, the island of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia; (2) the terms "State plan" and "State board" shall have the meaning which said terms have in the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act; and (3) the term "Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" means the Act approved February 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 929, ch. 114). (20 U.S.C. 151) Enacted June 8, 1936, P.L. 673, sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1488; amended Aug. 1, 1946, P.L. 586, 79th Cong., sec. 101, 60 Stat. 775; amended Aug. 2, 1956, P.L. 911, 84th Cong., sec. 301, 70 Stat. 925; amended June 25, 1959, P.L. 86–70, sec. 18(b) (2), 73 Stat. 144; amended July 12, 1960, P.L. 86-624, sec. 14(b) (3), 74 Stat. 414. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SEC. 3. (a) For the purpose of assisting the several States and Territories in the further development of vocational education, there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1946, and annually thereafter (1) $10,000,000 for vocational education in agriculture, including supervision by the vocational agriculture teachers of the activities, related to vocational education in agriculture, of the Future Farmers of America and the New Farmers of America, to be apportioned for expenditures in the several States and Territories in the proportion that their farm population bears to the total farm population of the States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census; (2) $8,000,000 for vocational education in home economics, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Terri The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (P.L. 90-576) repeal this act, effective July 1, 1969. This act was first enacted June 8, 1936, P.L. 673, 74th Congress, 49 Stat. 1488, as the George-Deen Act. The Act of August 1, 1946, P.L. 586, 79th Congress, 60 Stat. 775 (GeorgeBarden Act) amended it in its entirety with the following language: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved June 8, 1936, entitleid 'An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories' (49 Stat. 1488, ch. 541), is amended to read as follows:" 5 Section 301 of the Health Amendments Act of 1956, P.L. 911, 84th Congress, 70 Stat 925, designated the act described in footnote 1 above as "Title I-Vocational Education ... tories in the proportion that their rural population bears to the total rural population of the States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census; (3) $8,000,000 for vocational education in trades and industry, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Territories in the proportion that their nonfarm population bears to the total nonfarm population of the States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census; (4) $2,500,000 for vocational education in distributive occupations, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Territories in the proportion that their total population bears to the total population of the States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census; (5) $375,000 for vocational education in the fishery trades and industry and distributive occupations therein, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Territories on an equitable basis, as determined by the United States Commissioner of Education after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, taking into account the extent of the fishing industry of each State and Territory as compared with the total fishing industry of the United States (including Territories). (b) The funds appropriated under authority of paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section may be used for assisting the several States and Territories, for the purposes therein specified, in the maintenance of adequate programs of administration, supervision, and teacher-training; for salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, teacher-trainers, vocational counselors, supervisors and directors of vocational education and vocational guidance; for securing necessary educational information and data as a basis for the proper development of programs of vocational education and Vocational guidance; for training and work-experience training programs for out-of-school youths; for training programs for apprentices; for purchase or rent of equipment and supplies for vocational instruction: Provided, That all expenditures for the purposes as set forth in this section shall be made in accordance with the State plan for vocational education. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the amount to be available for expenditure in any State or Territory shall be not less, for any fiscal year, than $40,000 each for vocational education in agriculture, in home economics, and in trades and industry; $15,000 for vocational education in distributive occupations and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1946, and annually thereafter, such additional sums as may be needed for the purpose of providing such minimum amounts. (20 U.S.C. 15j) Enacted Aug. 1, 1946, P.L. 586, 79th Cong., sec. 1, 60 Stat. 775, as sec. 3 of P.L. 673, 74th Cong.; amended Aug. 8, 1956, P.L. 1027, 84th Cong., sec. 2, 70 Stat. 1126. REQUIREMENTS AS TO MATCHING OF FUNDS SEC. 4. The several States and Territories, in order to receive the benefits of this title, shall be required to match by State and local 91-256-69-25 funds or both 100 per centum of the appropriations made under authority of section 3. (20 U.S.C. 15k) Enacted Aug. 1, 1946, P.L. 586, 79th Cong., sec. 1, 60 Stat. 776, as sec. 4 of P.L. 673, 74th Cong.; amended Aug. 2, 1956, by P.L. 911, 84th Cong., Title III, sec. 301, 70 Stat. 925. MAKING OF PAYMENTS SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, through the Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department, shall, upon the certification of the United States Commissioner of Education, pay, in equal semiannual payments, on the first day of July and January of each year, to the custodian for vocational education of each State and Territory designated in the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, the moneys to which the State or Territory is entitled under the provisions of this title. (20 U.S.C. 151) Enacted as section 5 of P.L. 673, 74th Cong.; Aug. 1, 1946, P.L. 586, 79th Cong., sec. 1, 60 Stat. 776; amended Aug. 2, 1956 as Title I, sec. 101, by P.L. 911, 84th Cong., Title III, sec. 301, 70 Stat. 925. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SALARY AND EXPENSES OF STATE DIRECTORS SEC. 6. Funds appropriated under authority of section 3 shall be available, on a prorated basis determined by the State board, for the salary and necessary travel expenses of a State director of vocational education selected by the State board, in accordance with the requirements of the State plan, on the basis of his technical and professional qualifications including experience in vocational education. (20 U.S.C. 15m) Enacted Aug. 1, 1946, P.L. 586, 79th Cong., sec. 1, 60 Stat. 777, as sec. 6 of P.L. 673, 74th Cong. APPLICABILITY OF SMITH-HUGHES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT SEC. 7. The appropriations made under authority of this title shall be in addition to, and shall be subject to the same conditions and limitations as, the appropriations made to carry out the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act: except that (1) the appropriations made under authority of this title for home economics shall be subject to the conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for agricultural purposes under the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, with the exception of that part of section 10 thereof which requires directed or supervised practice for at least six months per year: (2) such moneys as are provided under authority of this title for trade and industrial subjects, and public and other service occupations, may be expended for part-time classes operated for less than one hundred and forty-four hours per year; (3) the provisions of section 11 of the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, requiring at least one-third of the sum appropriated to any State to be expended for part-time schools or classes shall be held to include any part-time day-school classes for workers sixteen years of age and over, and evening-school classes for workers sixteen years of age and over; (4) the appropriations made by this title for distributive occupational subjects shall be • See secs. 10(b) and 10 (c) of P.L. 88-210 modified the conditions and limitations referred to. 7 Sec. 10(e) of P.L. 88-210 modified this requirement. |