Legislative History of Vocational Education

By rmonroy
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    Legislative History of Vocational Education

  • Ordinance of 1785

    Congress reuired that certain western lands be divided into theirty six sections, with the sixteenth section set aside for the support of education.

  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787

    Congress specified that religion, morality, and knowledge be taught at school.

  • Hatch Act

    Provided $15,000 to each state for the developmnet of agrcultrual experiment stations.

  • The Davis and Doliver-Davis Bills

    Provided funding for agricultural high schools.

  • The Smith Hughes

    Created to promote vocational education.

  • The Page Bill

    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.

  • George-Reed Act of 1929

    Provided an increase of $1 million annually for fours years to expand vocational education.

  • George-Elzey Act of 1934

    Provided an additional $3 million annually for three years to agriculture, home economics, trade, and industrial education.

  • George-Deen Act of 1936

    Authorized $14 million a year for vocational education.

  • George-Barden Amendments of 1956

    $29 million annually to provide a means for thousands of retuning WW2 Veterans.

  • National Defense Education Act of 1958

    After the successful launch of the Sputnik satalite, Congress passed the bill to fund the training of skilled workers in scientific or technical fields.

  • Manpower Development Training Act of 1962

    Provided funds to provided training for adults who were under-employed or unemployed.

  • Vocational Education Act of 1963

    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.

  • Vocational Education Amendments of 1968

    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.

  • Comprehensive Employment Training Act of 1973

    Used to transfer decision making from Washington to local and sate governments.

  • Vocational Education Amendments of 1976

    Extended and increased funding of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968.

  • Job Training Partnership Act of 1982

    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.

  • Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984

    Used to improve the skills of the labor force and prepare adults for job opportunities.

  • Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990

    Provided integration of academic and vocational educaiton, articulation between segments of education engaged in workforce preparation, and provided closer linkages between school and work.

  • School to Work Opportunities Act of 1994

    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.

  • Personal Responsibillity and Work Opportunity Act of 1996

    Signed in by President Clinton, the act required recipients of welfare to work within two years of recieving vocational training.

  • Workforce Investment Act of 1998

    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.

  • Carl D. Perkins Vocational And Technical Education Act of 1998

    This act provided additional funding over a 5 year period.

  • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

    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.

  • The Workforce Investment Act Amendments 2005

    Was introduced to reauthorize the WIA.

  • Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006

    Provided additional accountability and program improvment, Secondary to postsecondary connections, links to rigorous academics, and stronger focus on business and indsutry.