Vocational and Applied Technology Education Annual Performance Report for Program Year 1994. Submitted to the United States Secretary of Education under the Provisions of Public Law 101-392, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act.

Overview & Synopsis

Approximately 1 million individuals in Texas participated in career and technical programs, services, and activities offered at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels of education by public schools and community colleges in program year 1994. Secondary core standards and measures of performance were adopted in 1993. Sixty-nine federally funded secondary projects served 6,824 eligible single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women; 38 equity grants were awarded to fund postsecondary programs. Nineteen secondary sex equity projects were funded; 21 equity grants funded postsecondary projects for sex equity or the elimination of gender bias. Programs and activities were conducted for criminal offenders and students with disabilities, disadvantages, or limited English proficiency. Professional development, curriculum development, and student organization projects were funded in several areas: secondary business education, career guidance and counseling, health science technology education, home economics education, industrial technology, marketing education, and trade and industrial education. Community-based organizations operated 25 vocational education support programs serving 3,185 students. Other federally funded projects were in the following areas: consumer and homemaking education, tech prep, integrating applied academics into vocational education, and career guidance and counseling. (Appendixes include summary enrollment charts, summary of achievements of postsecondary adult programs, and descriptions of exemplary programs for postsecondary schools.) (YLB)