[COMMITTEE PRINT] REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR VOLUME 2 NOVEMBER 1973 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1973 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey JACK F. KEMP, New York PETER A. PEYSER, New York GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION LLOYD MEEDS, Washington SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, New York ALPHONZO BELL, California JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey PETER A. PEYSER, New York WILLIAM A. STEIGER, Wisconsin DAVID TOWELL, Nevada CONTENTS Ajon hx B GAO report on vocational education com¡ ared with Angen 1x C. Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of 615 (III) PART I STATE DIRECTORS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION REPORTS-Continued RHODE ISLAND State Director - Peter Bowen INTRODUCTION During the past 10 years vocational education in Rhode Island has more than doubled in total enrollments and has become widely diversified in its vocational-technical offerings, program locations, and exemplary efforts. Seven new vocational facilities have been built, four of which are now in the process of building additions in order to provide the space and varied offerings to meet the needs of the expanding econ omy and vocationally motivated population. The network of vocational schools is again increasing with two additional strategically located facilities being planned and scheduled to open in September 1975. Currently applicants may elect to enter any one of 35 program areas including emerging career clusters such as environment control, child care and community services, plastics technology, health occupations, building maintenance, construction technology, graphic communications and property management. Many of the new program areas prepare workers to be capable of entry-level employment in a variety of jobs, and stress the concept of a career ladder with numerous options and built-in flexibility. Rhode Island is also expanding its vocational-technical training potential by encouraging the development of vocational programs in comprehensive high schools throughout the State. This is being accomplished through the use of Federal funds to stimulate the devel opment of special course offerings for the handicapped and disadvantaged, from prevocational exposure and complete vocational programs in such areas as construction trades, distributive education, and business sciences. A large percentage of the comprehensive high schools in Rhode Island have now initiated one or more vocational programs not including Home Economies. The increased variety of programs available in comprehensive high schools is due in part to the recent development of minigrants in vocational educa tion. The minigrant is meant to be a 1-year award of up to $3,000 for a mall scale innovative project which fills one or more of the following needs: 1. Programs which train people for vocational specialties not found within the structure of the present vocational-technical schools. |