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PUBLIC LAW 90-576-OCT. 16, 1968
[82 STAT.
Public Law 90-576 October 16, 1968
[H.R. 18366] Vocational Education Amendments of 1968.
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rjy^ ameiid the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and for other purposes. Be It enaeted by the Senate and House of RepTesentatlceH of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the "Vocational Education Amendments of 1968". SECTION.
TITLE I — AMENDMENTS TO THE V O C A T I O N A L E D U C A T I O N ACT O F 1963 ACT
AMENDMENTS
SEC. 101. (a) The Act of December 18, 1963, Public Law 88-210 20 USC 35 note. (77 ^^^^ 403 et seq.), is amended— (1) by redesignating parts B and C thereof as titles II and III and redesignating sections 21 through 28 and 31 through 33, and all references thereto, as sections 201 through 208 and 301 through 303, respectively; (2) redesignating part A thereof as title I; and (3) adding after the enacting clause, the following: "That title Citation of J Qf ^]^jg ^^^ jjjj^y l3g cited as the 'Vocational Education Act of 1963'.". (b) Title I of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended to read as follows: " TITLE I—VOCATIONAL E D U C A T I O N " P A R T A—GENERAL PROVISIONS 'ir
'DECLARATION OF PURPOSE
"SEC. 101. I t is the purpose of this title to authorize Federal grants to States to assist them to maintain, extend, and improve existing programs of vocational education, to develop new programs of vocational education, and to provide part-time employment for youths who need the earnings from such employment to continue their vocational training on a full-time basis, so that persons of all ages in all communities of the State—those in high school, those who have completed or discontinued their formal education and are preparing to enter the labor market, those who have already entered the labor market but need to upgrade their skills or learn new ones, those with special educational handicaps, and those in postsecondary schools—will have ready access to vocational training or retraining which is of high quality, which is realistic in the light of actual or anticipated opportunities for gainful employment, and which is suited to their needs, interests, and ability to benefit from such training. "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
"SEC. 102. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated $355,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $565,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $675,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $675,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $565,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and each succeeding fiscal year for the purposes of parts B and C of this title. From the
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