SUMMARIES OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION FOR APPENDIX PAGE VOCATIONAL P.L. 88-210 To maintain, extend, and improve exist- A 61 EDUCATION 1963 ing programs of vocational education, To provide for the promotion of voca- B 75 To assist the States and Territories in B 82 To provide assistance to the States for B 85 practical nurse training and training in other health occupations. To amend the Vocational Education Act B 89 of 1946 to assist States to train individuals for employment as highly skilled technicians necessary for national defense. To authorize grants to States according B 93 to provisions of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 for construction and equipment of area vocational school facilities needed in the training of those who need employment. To require applications for grants under the Act and annual reports. To provide that laborers and mechanics B 96 employed by contractors in construction, alteration, and repair of vocational and other facilities authorized by P.L. 89-4 shall be paid rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction. To provide that Puerto Rico be entitled C-a 99 to a share in the benefits of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education." To provide that the Virgin Islands be C-b 99 entitled to share in the benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946. To provide that Guam be entitled to C-c 100 share in the benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946. To provide that American Samoa be en- C-d 101 titled to share in the benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946. To authorize the Secretary of Labor to D 102 promote labor standards for the welfare of apprentices, and to cooperate with the Office of Education. 29 U.S.C. $50, 50a and 50b) |