This document is a transcript of an oversight hearing on the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It is the first in a series designed by the House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Committee on Education and Labor, to evaluate the program. In his introduction, the subcommittee chairman voiced his concern about proposed budget cuts in…

Prepared at the request of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, this study analyzes present federal programs serving youth and evaluates a variety of alternative approaches, without making recommendations. After a summary of the issues involved in the youth employment problem (such as whether to emphasize training and education…

These congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the continuation of funding for the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). (Modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps, the YACC and the YCC are youth conservation programs that provide jobs to youth in such areas as tree planting, trail…

This document contains the testimony and supporting printed evidence presented at an oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act. These hearings focused on various aspects of vocational education, including vocational education research, cooperative or worksite education, and vocational education in correctional…

A 3-year national assessment of vocational education (VE) examined various issues related to improvement of VE programs, their academic and employment outcomes, participation of special population students in VE, and Perkins funding and administration. The assessment established that most secondary VE is still very traditional and that Perkins…