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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 321 019 CE 053 382 TITLE Hearings on H.R. 7, A Bill to Extend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. Volume 1 and Volume 2. Hearing on H.R. 7, Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and H.R. 22, Tech-Prep Education Act. Volume 3. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Education and Labor. PUB DATE 89 NOTE 1,094p.; Volume 1, Serial No. 101-15; Volume 2, Serial No. 101-16; Volume 3, Serial No. 101-20. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090)-- Viewpoints (120) EDRS PRICE MF08/PC44 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Disabilities; Disadvantaged Youth; *Federal Legislation; *Federal Programs; Hearings; Minority Groups; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; *Program Effectiveness; Program Improvement; Secondary Education; Sex Fairness; tVocational Education ABSTRACT The three volumes of this document report the oral and written testimony of persons who testified at hearings on reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. Persons who testified or submitted written statements included: the U.S. Secretary of Education, the president of the American Vocational Association, the vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers, and officials of many other professional and educational associations; superintendents of state departments of education and city school systems; administrators of community and technical colleges; and representatives of business and labor. The testimony addressed the effectiveness of the present Perkins Act and its strengths and weaknesses and suggested amendments that would improve its implementation, particularly in regard to disadvantaged youth. (The text of the proposed amended legislation is included in the report.) (KC) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. HEARINGS ON H.R. 7, A BILL TO EXTEND THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT--Volume I. HEARING ON H.R. 7, A BILL TO EXTEND THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT- - Volume 2. HPRING ON H.R. 7, REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT AND H.R. 22, TECH-PREP EDUCATION ACT-- Volume 3. U.5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educations! Research and improvement ED ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the persOn or OrganizaliOn Originating it O Minor changes have been made to imprOve reprOductiOn quality Points of view Or OpiniOns slated in this docu men) do not necessarily represent Official 001 position or policy BEST COPY AVAILABLE HEARINGS ON H.R. 7, ABILL TO EXTEND THE CARL D.PERKINSVOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTVolume 1 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY,SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESPION HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH7, 9, 16, AND 21, 1989 Serial No. 101-15 Printed for the use of the Committeeon Education and Labor U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 96-998 WASHINGTON : 1989 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office U S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 -.0 (: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR AUGUSTUS F.HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey GEORGE California AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan STEVE BARTLETT, Texas PAT WILLIAMS, Montana THOMAS J. TAUKE, Iowa MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California RICHARD K. ARMEY, Texas MAJOR It. OWENS, New York HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois CHARLES A. H WES, Illinois PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky FRED GRANDY, Iowa THOMAS C. SAWYER, Ohio CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina DONALD M. PAYNE, Now Jersey PETER SMITH, Vermont NITA M. LOWEY, New York GLENN POSHARD, Illinois JOLENE UNSOELD, Washington NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia JAIME B. FUSTER, Puerto Ric.) PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana JIM JeNTZ, Indiana KWEISI MFUME, Maryland SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, ANDVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D. F01 D, Michigan WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylva, is GEORGE MILLER, California HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan FRED GRANDY, Iowa PAT WILLIAMS, Montana PETER SMITH, Vermont MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California STEVE BARTLETT, Texas CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin CHARLES A. HAYES, Illinois THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin THOMAS C. SAWYER, Ohio MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey MAJOR R. OWENS, New York E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey NITA M. LOWEY, New York GLENN POSHARD, Illinois JOLENE UNSOELD, Washington NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia 4 CONTENTS Page Hearings held in Washington, DC,on: March 7, 1989 March 9, 1989 1 March 16, 1989 125 March 21, 1989 219 Statement of: 433 Cavazos, Lauro F., Secretary, U.S. Department oi education 433 Cole, Paul, Vice President, AmericanFederation of Teachers; William H Kolberg, President, National Alliance ofBusiness; John G. Pucciano, President, Association of IndependentColleges and Schools; Hebert L. McCabe, Jr., Chairman, Fiscal Committee,California State Council on Vocational Education; and Michael Feuer, Director, Office of Technology AssessmentSenior Analyst and Project 126 Edmunds, Niel, President, AmericanVocational Association; Gordon Ambach, Executive Director, Council ofChief State School Officers; Ethel 0. Washington, President, NationalAssociation for the Advance- ment of Black Americans in VocationalEducation, Michigan; Sanford C. Shugart, Vice President, Departmentof Community Colleges, North Carolina; Reese Hammond, Director of national Union of Operating Engineers,Education and Training, Inter- Judy Sheetz, Senior Member of the AFL-CIO, accompanied by Calumet Group 322 Holmes, Marion B.W., Executive Director,Career & Vocational Educa- tion, Philadelphia Public Schools; WilliamLittlejohn, President. Coun- cil for Exceptional Children, accompaniedby Joseph Ballard, Associate Director; Edwin Ferguson, Principal,William D. Ford Vocational-Tech- nical Center, Michigan; JillMiller, Chair, National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education; James al School Boards Association Oglesby, President-elect, Nation- 220 Kadamus, James A., AssistantCommissioner for Occupational and Career Education, New York Departmentof Education; Donald G. Phelps, Chancellor, Los AngelesCommunity Colleges; John Wirt, Direc- tor, National Assessment of VocationalEducation, U.S. Department of Education, accompanied by, RobMeyer, Lana Muraskin, and David Goodwin, NAVE Staff; William Gainer,Associate Director, Human Resources Division, U.S General AccountingOffice; and Eleanor Che- limsky, Director, Program Evaluation andMethodology Division, U.S. General Accounting Office, accompanied tor; and Fritz Mulhauser, Project Managerby Robert York, Ctudy Direc- 4 Prepared statements, letter, supplementalmaterials, et cetera: Ambach, Gordon, Executive Director,Council of Chief State School Offi- cers, prepared statement with attachments 346 Association of American Publishers, Inc.,statement of Bottoms, Gene, Director, Southern Regional 617 of Education Board, statement Brooks, John C., Commissioner of Labor, 552 ment of State of North Carolina, state- 670 Cavazos, Lauro F., Secretary, Dept,. mentof Labor: Letter dated May 2, 1989, to Hon.Augustus F., Hawkins, enclosing remarks for the record Prepared statement of 743 Chelimsky, Eleanor, Assistant ComptrollerGeneral for Program Evalua tion and Methodology, U.S. General ment of Accounting Office, prepared state- Cole, Paul, American Federation of 84 Teachers, prepared statement of 129 (in) a 5 IV Page Prepared statements, letter, supplemental materials, etceteraContinued Displaced Homemakers Network, statement of 580 Edmunds, Niel, President, American Vocational Association,prepared statement with attachment 326 Ferguson, Edwin, Principal, William D. FordVocational-Technical Center, prepared statement of 252 Feuer, Michael J., Office of Technology Assessment,prepared statement of 173 Gainer, William J., Human Resources Division, U.S.General Accounting Office, prenerQ statement with attachment 55 Great Lakce 'Employment Training Association, statementof 717 Halperin, Samuel, Study Director, Youth and America'sFuture: The William T. Grant Foundation Commission on Work,Family and Citi- zenship, statement of 572 Hammond, Reese, Director of Education andTraining, International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, prepared statementwith at- tachments 367 Henry, Thomas A., Ed.D., Cumberland County College, statementof 635 Holmes, Marion, B.W., Executive Director, Career andVocational Educa- tion,,Philadelphia Public Schools, prepared statement of 224 Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies,Inc., statement of 705 Kister, Joanna, Ph.D., Ohio Department of Education, statementof 692 Kohlberg, William H., President, National Alliance ofBusiness, prepared statement of 151 Kolb, Charles E.M., Deputy Under Secretary forPlanning,