SB 5181-S2 - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/19/91)

      Creates the voc ed works 2000 program.

      Specifies the goals of the program.

      Authorizes the selection of not more than twenty-one projects during the biennium for participation in the program.

      Directs the superintendent of public instruction to distribute the initial award grants by December 1, 1991.

      Requires reports on the progress of the program.

      Establishes requirements for student to teacher ratios in vocational education instruction.

      Provides for local planning for vocational education including purchase of equipment.

      Imposes requirements on vocational agricultural education.

      Provides for course equivalencies for admissions standards to four-year institutions of higher education.

      Takes effect July 1, 1991.