Developed through a study of concepts and subconcepts included in a number of instructional materials and evaluated by state education agency personnel and homemaking teachers, this framework is designed to aid the teacher in planning local homemaking programs and in developing local curriculum guides. Vocational home economics in Texas consists of programs for in-school youth and adults. Programs for in-school youth include: (1) sequence courses of Home Economics I-IV, (2) semester courses in child development, consumer education, home and family living, home furnishings, home management, and home nursing, (3) occupational training in home economics related occupations, (4) summer programs, (5) home experiences, and (6) Future Homemakers of America. Programs for adults include organized classes in both homemaking and occupational education and the Young Homemakers of Texas organizations. Following a brief overview of vocational home economics, the remainder of the publication is devoted to the framework which is presented in outline form to show content by scope and sequence for Homemaking I-IV and the semester courses. (SB)