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National - ACTE Legislative Updates

• Congress Reauthorizes Perkins! - July 29, 2006 -
  "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006"

• Entire text of final reauthorization bill

• ACTE Informational Links

Congress reathorizes Perkins: Senate approves on July 26; House on July 29, 2006.

On July 26, the Senate approved final reauthorization of the "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006" by unanimous consent.  Early on July 29, the House of Representatives followed by passing the bill by a 399-1 vote.  Final passage of this legislation is a huge victory for career and technical education (CTE)! This was the final step necessary to send the bill to the President to be enacted into law. 

The bill includes ACTE's top three priorities:

• Using the term "career and technical education" instead of "vocational education."
• Maintaining the Tech Prep program as a separate federal funding stream within the legislation.
• Maintaining State administrative funding at 5 percent of a state's allocation.

These were ACTE's top three priorities for the Perkins reauthorization conference.  Positive outcomes on these issues show the respect Congress has for career and technical education programs and advocates. 

For more information, contact the Association for Career and Technical Education's Public Policy Department, 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314, 1-800-826-9972, www.acteonline.org.

ACTE will keep you updated on the latest developments on all of these legislative initiatives throughout the year - visit the Public Policy page of ACTE's website at http://www.acteonline.org/policy/index.cfm for the latest information!