United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 20. EDUCATION |
Chapter 44. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
§ 2308. Interdepartmental Task Force on Vocational Education and Related Programs
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(a) Establishment There is established the Interdepartmental Task Force on Vocational Education and Related Programs (in this section referred to as the “Task Force”).
(b) Membership The Task Force shall consist of the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and such other personnel of the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services as the Secretaries consider appropriate.
(c) Duties The Task Force shall— (1) examine principal data required for programs under the Adult Education Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Wagner-Peyser Act [29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.]; (2) examine possible common objectives, definitions, measures, and standards for such programs; and (3) consider integration of research and development conducted with Federal assistance in the area of vocational education and related areas, including areas of emerging technologies.
References In Text
The Adult Education Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), was title III of Pub. L. 89–750,
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), was Pub. L. 88–210,
The Job Training Partnership Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 97–300,
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 93–112,
The Wagner-Peyser Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is act June 6, 1933, ch. 49, 48 Stat. 113, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 4B (§ 49 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 49 of Title 29 and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990, and not as part of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 2303 of this title.
Prior Provisions
Prior sections 2311 to 2313 were omitted in the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–332.
Section 2311, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 101, as added Pub. L. 98–524, § 1,
Section 2311a, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 101A, as added Pub. L. 101–392, title I, § 101(b),
Section 2312, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 102, as added Pub. L. 98–524, § 1,
Section 2313, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 103, as added Pub. L. 98–524, § 1,
Amendments
1995—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out heading and text of subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “The Task Force shall, every 2 years, submit a report on its findings to the appropriate committees of the Congress.”