Vocational Education Amendments of 1974, Hearings Before the General Subcommittee on Education Of...., 93-2, May 6; July 31; Aug. 1 and 13; Sept. 24, 1974; Raleigh, N.C. Apr. 26, 1974; Fond Du Lac, Wis. July 12, 1974; Minneapolis, Minn. July 13, 1974 and Seattle, Wash. Aug. 28, 1974

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Page 514 - Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system...
Page 505 - local educational agency" means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or...
Page 471 - ... that persons of all ages in all communities of the State — those in high school, those who have completed or discontinued their formal education and are preparing to enter the labor market, those who have already entered the labor market but need to upgrade their skills or learn new ones, and those with special educational handicaps — will have ready access to vocational training or retraining which is of high quality...
Page 500 - ... will have ready access to vocational training or retraining which is of high quality, which is realistic in the light of actual or anticipated opportunities for gainful employment, and which is suited to their needs, interests, and ability to benefit from such training.
Page 501 - vocational education" means vocational or technical training or retraining which is given in schools or classes (including field or laboratory work incidental thereto) under public supervision and control or under contract with a State board or local educational agency, and is conducted as part of a program designed to fit individuals for gainful employment as semiskilled or skilled workers or technicians in recognized occupations...
Page 360 - ... intelligence of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature to establish a general and uniform system of public schools.
Page 500 - It is the purpose of this part to authorize Federal grants to States to assist them to maintain, extend, and improve existing programs of vocational education, to develop new programs of vocational education, and to provide part-time employment for youths who need the earnings from such employment to continue their vocational training on a full-time basis...
Page 518 - Secretary, but not exceeding $75 per day, including travel time; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu...
Page 341 - A disadvantaged individual for manpower program purposes, "is a poor person who does not have suitable employment and who is either ( 1 ) a school dropout, ( 2 ) a member of a minority, ( 3 ) under 22 years of age, (4) 45 years of age or over, or (5) handicapped.
Page 507 - Is an institution whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited.

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