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Congress reuired that certain western lands be divided into theirty six sections, with the sixteenth section set aside for the support of education.
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Congress specified that religion, morality, and knowledge be taught at school.
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Provided $15,000 to each state for the developmnet of agrcultrual experiment stations.
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Provided funding for agricultural high schools.
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Created to promote vocational education.
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Did not pass, however it was to provide funding to teach students skills required to work on the farm, shop and home tasks while at high school.
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Provided an increase of $1 million annually for fours years to expand vocational education.
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Provided an additional $3 million annually for three years to agriculture, home economics, trade, and industrial education.
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Authorized $14 million a year for vocational education.
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$29 million annually to provide a means for thousands of retuning WW2 Veterans.
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After the successful launch of the Sputnik satalite, Congress passed the bill to fund the training of skilled workers in scientific or technical fields.
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Provided funds to provided training for adults who were under-employed or unemployed.
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Used to maintain, extend, and improve existing prgrams of vocational education and provide part time employment for youth who needed the earngins to stay in school.
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It replaced all vocational acts before it except for the Smith-Hughes Act. It broadened the definition of vocatoinal education to bring it closer to general educaiton. It authorized the appropriation of millions of dollars to find solutions to the nation's social and economic problems ina time of social and ploitical violence and unrest.
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Used to transfer decision making from Washington to local and sate governments.
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Extended and increased funding of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968.
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The JTPA replaced CETA to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor forcxe and to afford job training to economically disadvantaged who faced barriers to employment.
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Used to improve the skills of the labor force and prepare adults for job opportunities.
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Provided integration of academic and vocational educaiton, articulation between segments of education engaged in workforce preparation, and provided closer linkages between school and work.
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Passed to address the national skills shortage by providing a model to create a highly skilled workforce for our nation's economy through partnerships between educations and employers.
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Signed in by President Clinton, the act required recipients of welfare to work within two years of recieving vocational training.
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The WIA brought sweeping changes into vocational education. It provided WIA incentive Awards, Youth Services, Adult and Dislocated Worker services, Governance and structure, and created individual training accounts.
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This act provided additional funding over a 5 year period.
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The law reflected the concsensus on how to improve the performance of America's elementary and secondary schools while at the same time ensuring that no child is trapped in a failing school.
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Was introduced to reauthorize the WIA.
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Provided additional accountability and program improvment, Secondary to postsecondary connections, links to rigorous academics, and stronger focus on business and indsutry.