History of FACS

Benjamin Thomson

1781

First to experiemt with household issues

Catherine Beecher

1823

Began the hoem economics movement and an imortant figure in women's education

Justin Smith Morrill/ Morrill Act of 1862

Jul 2, 1862

This act made it possible for new western states to establish colleges for their citizens.

Land Grant University's

Jul 2, 1862

Federal Government to grant each state 30,000 acres of public land issued in the form of "land scrip" certificates for each of its Representatives and Senators in Congress.

Land Grant Universities in Arkansas

1871

University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB)

Ellen H. Richards

1909

Was an acivist for consumer edcaution, nutriton, child pretection, and the applicaiton of the of scientific and management principles to the family. In 1909, she and a small group of women created what became known as the Amerian Home Economics Assocation.

Smith Lever Act of 1914

1914

Established a national Cooperative Extension Service that exteneded outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology.

Smith Hughes Act

1917

Provieded federal aid to the stats for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational edcuation in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics.

Voactional Education Act of 1963

1963

Provided grants to states to maintain, imporve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.

Vocational Amendment of 1968 and 1973

1968

National and state advisory councils are required. In additoin each state must submit a plan consisting of administrative policies and procedures and an annual and 5-year program plan.

Vocational Educational Amendment of 1973

Jun 23, 1973

Is a comprehensive federal law taht prohibits descrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.

Vocational Amendment of 1976

1976

Organization of the paper is around areas of special legislative emphasis that will create the greatest change in vocational education: planning, datat and information, evaluation, elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping, special groups, and program improvement.

Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984

1984

Autherorizes federal funds to support vocational education programs. One of the goals for the Perkins Act is to improve the access of either those who have been underserved in the past or those who have greater-than-average educational needs.

Carl Perkins Act of 1990

1990

Reauthorization of the 1984 Act.

Carl Perkins Act of 2006

Aug 12, 2006

Act will provide an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and postsecondary educaion, and implement the new Act.