CTE Legislation Promoting FCS

By ebergan@edge-cole.k12.ia.us

  • 1862 Morril Act

    Birth of Home Economics-Women were first allowed to attend college and enroll in domestic science.

  • 1899 1st Annual Lake Placid Conference

    Ellen Richards, the first woman to receive her Bachelor of Science degree(1873) organized the Lake Placid Conference, giving birth to the vocational area of Home Economics.

  • 1908 American Home Economics Association founded

    At the 10th Annual Lake Placid Conference the professional organization "American Home Economics Association" was founded to support issues related to Home Economics and Ellen Richards was named President.

  • 1914 Smith-Lever Act

    Cooperative Extension programs were funded to be offered in every county in the US and Home Economics was one of the subject areas. This invaluable local resource continues today.

  • 1917 Smith Hughes Act

    Provided funding for post secondary programs, including Home Economics. At this point educational opportunities in traditionally male or female fields did not allow enrollment of the opposite sex.

  • 1963 Equal Pay Act

    Began the movement to allow and encourage non-traditional enrollment in programs.

  • 1968 Vocational Education Amendment

    Major funding of secondary and post secondary CTE programs. Consumer and Homemaking Education was specifivically mentioned in the funding

  • 1974 Educational Amendments of 1974

    Contained the Women's Education Equality Act. Promoted the changing roles of mean dand women related to the work place and homeamker roles.

  • 1984 Carl D Perkins Vocation Education Act

    The birth of the Perkins funding. The goal was to improve the effectiveness of consumer and homemaking education and reducing the negative oppressive effects of workplace stereotyping and discrimination related to gender.

  • 1990 Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act

    The focus was to assist schools in teaching for a technologically advanced society. Consumer and homemaking education was supported to prepare people to live effectively in the family.

  • 1993 Home Economics renamed to Family and Consumer Science

    Family and Consumer Science renamed and new mission statement is to empower individuals and families across the life span to manage the chalenge of living and working in diverse global society.