Women's Vocational Education Amendments

Summary

Women's Vocational Education Amendments - Authorizes, under the Vocational Education Act, Federal grants to the States to assist them to develop and to carry out programs to overcome sex stereotyping in all occupations. Authorizes the funding of vocational guidance and counseling training designed to acquaint guidance counselors with the changing work patterns of women. Authorizes the funding of such training designed to acquaint guidance counselors with ways of assisting girls and women to select careers solely on their occupational needs and interests. Provides for curricula development designed to overcome sex bias in vocational education programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000 under such Act for each fiscal year for the establishment of offices for women within State boards. Requires statistical reports of the States on the enrollments in vocational education programs, by specified criteria including that of the sex of the enrollees. Authorizes funds for special projects to assist in overcoming sexual bias.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 3 November 1975

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