This article reports on a survey of 36 state departments of education concerning state provisions to ensure recruitment, enrollment, and placement of students with disabilities in tech-prep educational programs as required by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Results suggest the need for vigilance to…

This document presents the Guam Adult Education Quality Performance Indicators to enable Guam Community College to promote program improvements in the adult education programs it offers to Guam's educationally disadvantaged adult learners. Definitions are provided of these terms: quality performance indicator, performance measure, and performance…

This handbook is designed to help educators at the secondary and postsecondary level implement strategies to serve students with special needs in tech prep programs. Chapter 1 suggests how it can be used. Chapter 2 defines tech prep and addresses its funding, students, and mission and goal in Virginia. Chapter 3 focuses on what the Perkins Act…

This workbook is designed for use by community and technical college staff involved in delivering counseling, instructional, and/or employment services to special populations throughout Texas. First, the purpose and administration of the Perkins Act of 1990, access and full participation of special populations in vocational education, and the…

This guide contains information about academic support services available to single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women at community, junior, and technical colleges throughout Texas. Over three-fourths of the guide is devoted to program information in the form of brochures, flyers, and forms supplied by representatives of…