California Annual Performance Report, 1993-94.

Overview & Synopsis

During the 1993-94 program year, more than 1.2 million Californians were enrolled in vocational education (VE) at a secondary high school, adult education program, or regional occupational center. An additional 1.2 million Californians were enrolled in community college VE programs. VE services were provided to significant numbers of students with disabilities, limited English proficiency, and disadvantages and also to significant numbers of incarcerated youths and adults. Among the major VE activities completed in California in 1993-94 were the following: extensive VE needs assessment (including surveys of 1,700 individuals from 8 survey populations and a review of 600 existing reports); analysis of the data collected and subsequent development of a "state plan" for use of Perkins Act funds from 1994 through 1996; development of the a version of a state plan for activities under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994; continued development of model partnership academies (prototype career academies) and cooperative education programs; development of business and industry standards with input from coalitions of employers, workers, education agencies, and trade associations; and reassessment/revision of California's statewide student assessment program. (Fifteen charts are included. Appended is a special project final performance summary report form.) (MN)