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[COMMITTEE PRINT]

REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AMENDMENTS OF 1968

GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

VOLUME 2

NOVEMBER 1973

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1973

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey
JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey
JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana
JAMES G. O'HARA, Michigan
AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California
WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii
LLOYD MEEDS, Washington
PHILLIP BURTON, California
JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, New York
MARIO BIAGGI, New York
ELLA T. GRASSO, Connecticut
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
HERMAN BADILLO, New York
IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina
WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida
JAIME BENITEZ, Puerto Rico

ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota
JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
ALPHONZO BELL, California
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
JOHN DELLENBACK, Oregon
MARVIN L. ESCH, Michigan
EDWIN D. ESHLEMAN, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM A. STEIGER, Wisconsin
EARL F. LANDGREBE, Indiana
ORVAL HANSEN, Idaho

EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey

JACK F. KEMP, New York

PETER A. PEYSER, New York
DAVID TOWELL, Nevada
RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut
ROBERT J. HUBER, Michigan

GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

LLOYD MEEDS, Washington
WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California
PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, New York
MARIO BIAGGI, 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

ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
HERMAN BADILLO, New York
WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida
IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina

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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 development 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 small 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.

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