CETA/Vocational Education. Coordination in Louisana. A Special Task Force Progress Report.

Overview & Synopsis

Developed by the National Association of State Boards of Education/Louisiana Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)-Education task force, this position paper describes the potential for CETA/Vocational Education collaboration, particularly CETA-Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA)/Vocational Education coordination, in Louisiana. An overview of CETA-Vocational Education progress in the state precedes an outline of the task force meetings which led to recommendations such as the establishment of a CETA-Vocational Education Council to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the development of the background materials. Two extensive appendixes, amounting to approximately four-fifths of the report, contain these informational materials brought together from the relevant state agencies on the four aspects of the CETA and Vocational Education systems which the task force explored: (1) present lines of responsibility, (2) lines of communication, (3) flow charts pertaining to funds, personnel, and program flow, and (4) development of a matrix of communication lines of the various state agencies involved. (YLB)