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Achieving the Goals: Goal 4 Teacher Professional Development - August 1996

Vocational Education

* - designates programs that have a particular usefulness at the school or school district level

Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (Title II, Part A)*

Under Title IIA of the Perkins Act, states may use up to 8.5 percent of funds they receive as part of their basic state grant for state programs and state leadership activities. These activities may include professional development, curriculum development and dissemination, and assessment of programs receiving federal assistance. Professional development may involve vocational teachers and academic teachers working with vocational students, corrections and community based educators and counselors, and in-service and preservice training of teachers in state-of-the-art programs and techniques with particular emphasis on minorities.

For more information contact the state board for vocational education.
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