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Smith-Hughes Act
This is the first act to acknowledge vocational education. -
End of WWI
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George-Reed Act
$1 million to agriculture and home economics classes--first authorization of funds -
Stock Market Crash
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George-Ellzey Act
Authorized $3 million annually for three years, to be equally spread in agriculture, home economics, trade, and industrial education -
George-Deen Act
Authorized $14 million for vocational education. This was the first time that marketing occupations were recognized. -
End of WWII
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George-Barden Act
$29 million appropriated annually from this act. This act was necessary because soldiers from WWII were returning and they needed employable skills. -
National Defense Education Act
This act was created because the United States was in the middle of the Cold War and the USSR just sent a satellite to space. The focus on the act was designed to help people in instruction for apprentices, designed to fi them for employment as technicians or technical skilled workers in scientific or technical fields. -
Vocational Education Act Amendments
This added to the the Vocational Education Act of 1963, the major success from this act was that it broadened the definition of vocational education and brought it closer to general education. -
Collapse of the USSR
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Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
In 1998, a new act, based on the 1990 act, was created to allocate funds on a state and national level. These acts set forth the foundation for current CTE programs. -
No Child Left Behind
This was a law meant to increase the performance of the American school system. There was an increased accountability, more choices for parents and students, flexibility for states, school districts, and schools and put reading first. -
September 11
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Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act
Signed in 2006 and outlined new provisions to CTE. -
United States Financial Crisis
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Workforce Investment Improvement Act
An addition to the Workforce Investment Act, this act encouraged more job-specific trainings and experiences.
