Special Student Populations in Vocational and Technical Education. Private Sector Involvement in Vocational and Technical Education. Analysis of Distribution of Funds for Secondary and Postsecondary Vocational Education.

Overview & Synopsis

After analyzing the needs of special student populations in vocational and technical education in South Carolina, private sector involvement in vocational and technical education, and the distribution of funds for secondary and postsecondary vocational education in the state, the South Carolina Council on Vocational and Technical Education developed the following recommendations. Efforts to serve special population groups outlined by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 should be continued. The Office of Vocational Education should analyze the declining handicapped enrollment and find ways of rectifying the situation. Greater marketing efforts should be directed toward special population groups. The State Board of Education should revise its guidelines for the involvement of advisory committees in vocational and technical education and should establish some process for ensuring that active use is indeed made of local advisory committees and/or councils. The current ratio of expenditures of federal funds for vocational education between secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs should be maintained at essentially the same level and in the same manner. (MN)