Designed to clarify the Kansas State Plan for Vocational Education, this handbook provides detailed directions for developing vocational education in Kansas to assist those who plan and operate vocational programs. (These guidelines were composed by the vocational staff in the State Department of Education with the assistance of vocational school teachers and administrators and, subject to revision and/or review as part of the State Annual Plan, will become effective upon approval by the State Board of Education.) The major section of this document covers provisions and standards basic to all vocational education programs, including the following: (1) procedures for program approval and for appeals by disapproved programs; (2) occupational objectives for students; (3) use of local two-mill vocational funds; (4) area vocational school satellite programs; (5) cooperative vocational education instructional methods; (6) programs for the handicapped and disadvantaged; (7) Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA); (8) vocational education personnel training; and (9) the duties of the State Department of Education, the research coordinating unit, and advisory councils. The remainder of the handbook gives guidelines for six service areas (agriculture, business, health, home economics, industry, and combination cooperative vocational education), dividing each into four levels of instruction: exploratory, secondary, postsecondary, and adult. The twelve appendixes contain forms for budgets, expense reports, student registration, surveys, and applications for vocational programs. (ELG)