April 15, 2005

Building a Pathway for Occupational Students

By THOMAS BAILEY and DAVIS JENKINS

In February, the Bush administration eliminated from its proposed budget the Perkins Act, which provides support for vocational and technical education. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has argued that there is no evidence that it is effective, and the administration's goal seems to be to shift support to the No Child Left Behind program.

Legislators continue to support occupational education. In March the Senate unanimously passed a bill for the reauthorization of a Perkins

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