This document is a report of investigative proceedings, findings, and recommendations reached by the Advisory Council on the status of occupational education in New York. The report centers primarily around 10 programmatic concerns of the Council in the areas of planning, budgeting, operation, and policy regulations regarding vocational teacher certification. The assessment was directed toward finding methods which would serve to solve the problems causing the concerns. Some of the recommendations which were arrived at, include: (1) More efforts should be made by educational institutions and personnel throughout the State to make the public more aware of opportunities in occupational education, (2) Educators should act to redefine occupational education and expand it so as to emphasize manual skills, (3) Attempts should be made to widen the scope of the curriculum, (4) More should be done to provide early vocational guidance and programs should be redesigned or reoriented to fit the needs of all students, (5) Policies should be adopted that aid in the operation of programs, (6) New approaches to funding should be considered, (7) Federal and state governments should coordinate their programs to aid in manpower development, (8) Existing laws governing teacher certification should be redrafted, (9) More cooperation between the Council and Board of Regents is indicated. (Author/SN)