Summary Statement Acts authorizing Federal appropriations to the New member appointed to Federal advisory board State and local advisory committees.......... Enrollments in vocational classes... Number of persons vocationally rehabilitated.. Expenditure of Federal, State, and local money... Anticipated utilization of Federal funds under the Appropriations: 1935, 1936, and 1937 Act permitting blind persons to operate vending stands in public buildings.... Cooperation with other agencies. Achievements under the vocational rehabilitation program during the year.. Service to the Statcs... Research and publications. Special problems in the field of vocational rehabilitation. Statistical and financial tables Section IT, Vocational rehabilitation 67 67 65 65 OF STATE BOARDS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1936 SUMMARY STATEMENT Acts Authorizing Federal Appropriations to the States and Territories Appropriations of Federal funds for vocational education and voca tional rehabilitation of physically disabled persons are made under the provisions of the following acts: The Vocational Education Act (Smith-Hughes), to provide for.cooperation with the States in the promotion of vocational education. (Approved February 23, 1917.) The Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to employment. (Approved June 2, 1920, as amended June 5, 1924, June 9, 1930, and June 30, 1932.) An Act extending the benefits of the vocational education and vocational rehabilitation acts to the Territory of Hawaii. (Approved March 10, 1924.) An Act to provide for vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia. (Approved February 23, 1929.) An Act extending the benefits of the vocational education and vocational rehabilitation acts to the Island of Puerto Rico. (Approved March 3, 1931.) An Act (George-Ellzey) to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories, authorizing for the years 1935-37, additional appropriations for vocational education. (Approved May 21, 1934. This act continued authorizations of additional appropriations upon expiration of the George-Reed Act of February 5, 1929, which had authorized additional appropriations for the years 1930-34. An Act (Social Security Act) authorizing additional appropriations for 1936 and annually thereafter for cooperation with the States and Hawaii in extending and strengthening their programs of vocational rehabilitation of the physically disabled. (Approved August 14, 1935.) An Act (George-Deen) to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories, authorizing for the year 1937-38 and annually thereafter additional appropriations for vocational education. (Approved June 8, 1936.) This act continues authorizations of additional appropriations upon expiration of the George-Ellzey Act of May 21, 1934, which authorized additional appropriations for the years 1935-37; and authorizes appropriations for vocational education in the three fields vocational agriculture, trades and industries, and home economics and also in the distributive occupations, and for teacher training in each of these fields. An Act (Randolph-Sheppard) authorizing the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons. (Approved June 30, 1936.) New Member Appointed to Federal Advisory Board Under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act the Federal Advisory Board for Vocational Education is composed of four members ex officio - the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commissioner of Education - and three citizens appointed by the President, one representing manufacturing and commercial interests, one representing the interests of labor, and a third representing the interests of agriculture. Until the functions of the Board as well as its personnel were transferred to the Office of Education under Executive order, in 1933, the three appointive members served on a full-time, compensatory basis. Under the present setup the board members are on a noncompensatory basis and the Board as a whole acts only in an advisory capacity. Dr. Paul H. Nystrom, of New York, was appointed by President • Roosevelt in June 1936 as a member of the Board, representing commerce and manufacturing, for a term of 3 years. He succeeds Mr. Lincoln Filene, of Massachusetts, whose term of office expired in July 1936. Dr. Nystrom is Professor of Marketing at Columbia University and President of the Limited Price Variety Stores, Inc., of New York City. He is a nationally-known authority on marketing, sales management, and advertising. State and Local Advisory Committees Early in the history of the vocational education movement under the Smith-Hughes Act, the Federal Board for Vocational Education advocated the appointment of State and local advisory committees to advise and assist State boards for vocational education and local boards of education in all matters relative to training in industrial education. More recently, also, the continuance and expansion of this practice has been urged upon the States by the Office of Education. |