PRINTER'S NO. 3480
No. 297 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY COWELL, APRIL 11, 1994
ADOPTED, APRIL 11, 1994
A RESOLUTION
1 Amending House Resolution No. 50, adopted March 30, 1993,
2 entitled "A resolution directing the Education Committee of
3 the House of Representatives to conduct a comprehensive
4 review of vocational education programs," extending the
5 period for the filing of the committee's report.
6 RESOLVED, That House Resolution No. 50, adopted March 30,
7 1993, be amended to read:
8 A RESOLUTION
9 Directing the Education Committee of the House of
10 Representatives to conduct a comprehensive review of
11 vocational education programs.
12 WHEREAS, Vocational education programs are an important
13 component of Pennsylvania's diverse public educational system,
14 financed each year by hundreds of millions of dollars in funding
15 from Federal, State and school district resources; and
16 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's future workforce needs likely will
17 require a larger number of citizens who have vocational skills
18 which can be acquired or improved through available public-
19 funded vocational education programs; and
1 WHEREAS, There are increasingly varied approaches to prepare
2 citizens of all ages for employment and career opportunities
3 requiring specific vocational skills; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the Education Committee of the House of
5 Representatives is directed to conduct a comprehensive Statewide
6 review and investigation of vocation education programs in
7 Pennsylvania; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That the Education Committee may hold hearings,
9 take testimony and make its review and investigations at such
10 places as it deems necessary in this Commonwealth. The chairman
11 of the committee shall have the power to administer oaths and
12 affirmations to witnesses appearing before the committee; and be
13 it further
14 RESOLVED, That the Education Committee shall review the
15 current status of vocational education programs and consider
16 methods to strengthen the Commonwealth's vocational education
17 program system and enhance vocational education opportunities
18 for residents of this Commonwealth; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That the Education Committee shall report its
20 findings and recommendations to the full House no later than
21 [April] June 30, 1994.
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