Vocational Education: Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act

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This report presents background on the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, provides a funding history of the Act, and tracks and analyzes legislation during the 105 Congress to revise and reauthorize the Perkins Act. Specifically the report th examines H.R. 1853 as passed by the House and H.R. 1385 as passed by the Senate. Key issues include whether and how to change state and substate formulas; what percentage of funds to reserve for statewide activities and administration; and how best to ensure services for “special populations,” such as students with disabilities. The report will be updated … continued below

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Apling, Richard N. May 18, 1998.

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This report presents background on the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act, provides a funding history of the Act, and tracks and analyzes legislation
during the 105 Congress to revise and reauthorize the Perkins Act. Specifically the report th
examines H.R. 1853 as passed by the House and H.R. 1385 as passed by the Senate. Key
issues include whether and how to change state and substate formulas; what percentage of
funds to reserve for statewide activities and administration; and how best to ensure services
for “special populations,” such as students with disabilities. The report will be updated as
legislative action warrants.

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Apling, Richard N. Vocational Education: Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, report, May 18, 1998; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs732/: accessed January 28, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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