2002 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 44 - VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Sec. 2301 - Purpose
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 44 - VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Sec. 2301 - Purpose |
Contains | section 2301 |
Date | 2002 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 2003 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 Tech-Prep Education Act |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 88-210, §2, as added Pub. L. 105-332, §1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3077. |
Statutes at Large References | 82 Stat. 1064 98 Stat. 2437 104 Stat. 753, 756 112 Stat. 3077, 3076, 3117 |
Public Law References | Public Law 88-210, Public Law 90-576, Public Law 98-524, Public Law 101-392, Public Law 105-332 |
§2301. Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to develop more fully the academic, vocational, and technical skills of secondary students and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in vocational and technical education programs, by—
(1) building on the efforts of States and localities to develop challenging academic standards;
(2) promoting the development of services and activities that integrate academic, vocational, and technical instruction, and that link secondary and postsecondary education for participating vocational and technical education students;
(3) increasing State and local flexibility in providing services and activities designed to develop, implement, and improve vocational and technical education, including tech-prep education; and
(4) disseminating national research, and providing professional development and technical assistance, that will improve vocational and technical education programs, services, and activities.
(Pub. L. 88–210, §2, as added Pub. L. 105–332, §1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3077.)
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 2301, Pub. L. 88–210, §2, as added Pub. L. 98–524, §1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2437; amended Pub. L. 101–392, §2, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 756, stated purpose of this chapter, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–332.
Short Title of 1998 AmendmentPub. L. 105–332, §1(a), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3076, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998’.”
Short Title of 1990 AmendmentPub. L. 101–392, §1(a), Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 753, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990’.”
Short Title of 1968 AmendmentPub. L. 90–576, §1, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1064, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 6, 1119c to 1119c–4, 1226, 1241 to 1248, 1261 to 1264, 1281 to 1284, 1301 to 1305, 1321 to 1323, 1341, 1351 to 1355, 1371 to 1374, and 1391 of this title, amending sections 237, 237 note, 238, 239, 240, 241, 403, 421, 422, 423, 423 note, 425, 425 note, 426, 441, 442, 442 note, 443, 444, 462, 464, 481, 482, 482 note, 483, 484, 491, 511, 521, 541, 551, 561, 563, 588, 589, 611, 633, 644, 645, 1202, and 1221 of this title, repealing sections 15i, 15i note, 15j to 15q, 15aa to 15jj, 15aaa to 15ggg, 30, 31 to 33, and 34 of this title and section 1667 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 6, 11, 240, 886, 1202, 1321, and 2301 of this title and section 2809 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare may be cited as the ‘Vocational Education Amendments of 1968’.”
Short TitlePub. L. 88–210, §1(a), as added by Pub. L. 105–332, §1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3076, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998’.”
Pub. L. 88–210, title II, §201, as added by Pub. L. 105–332, §1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3117, provided that: “This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Tech-Prep Education Act’.”
Vocational Education PolicySection 6 of Pub. L. 98–524 provided that: “It is the sense of the Congress that effective vocational education programs are essential to our future as a free and democratic society; that such programs are best administered by local communities, and community colleges school boards, where the primacy of parental control can be emphasized with a minimum of Federal interference; and that as a means to strengthening vocational education and training programs, nongovernmental alternatives promoting links between public school needs and private sector sources of support should be encouraged and implemented.”
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