PRINTER'S NO. 3936
No. 528 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, CARONE, RUBLEY, HENNESSEY, KREBS, PIPPY,
THOMAS, HESS, GEORGE, WALKO, CHADWICK, JAROLIN, ARGALL,
TIGUE, FLICK, SEYFERT, HARHAI, NAILOR, CLYMER, STEVENSON,
HUTCHINSON, McCALL, PISTELLA, STERN AND ROBINSON,
OCTOBER 5, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 5, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Encouraging collaboration between area vocational-technical
2 schools and community colleges.
3 WHEREAS, Vocational-technical education in this Commonwealth
4 is a key component in work force development; and
5 WHEREAS, Area vocational-technical schools (AVTS's),
6 operating under the authorization of Article XVIII of the Public
7 School Code of 1949, and this Commonwealth's community colleges,
8 operating under the authorization of Article XIX-A of the Public
9 School Code of 1949, share complementary missions regarding the
10 delivery of training in vocational and occupational skills; and
11 WHEREAS, Recommendation No. 7 of the Report on Pennsylvania's
12 Community Colleges published by the Subcommittee on Higher
13 Education of the House of Representatives pursuant to House
14 Resolution No. 128 of 1997 calls for the amendment of current
15 statutes and the promulgation of appropriate regulations to
16 encourage collaboration between community colleges and AVTS's
1 for the purpose of providing postsecondary education
2 opportunities; and
3 WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of this Commonwealth to
4 have community colleges and AVTS's collaborate to provide
5 education and to share facilities, programs, resources and
6 expertise in the Commonwealth's outreach efforts to underserved
7 areas; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives request the
9 Department of Education, in consultation with representatives of
10 the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges, the
11 Pennsylvania Association of Vocational Administrators and the
12 State Board of Education:
13 (1) To review Articles XVIII and XIX-A of the Public
14 School Code of 1949 and recommend legislation or regulatory
15 changes to encourage the collaborative efforts and strengthen
16 the ability of the institutions to provide training in
17 vocational and occupational education.
18 (2) To recommend remedies that will eliminate the
19 confusion related to the term "technical institute" as it is
20 used in Articles XVIII and XIX-A of the Public School Code of
21 1949.
22 (3) To develop strategies to encourage articulation
23 agreements between the community colleges and AVTS's.
24 (4) To develop a strategy and criteria to implement
25 collaborative arrangements involving the use of shared
26 facilities, educational resources and expertise in
27 fulfillment of the goal of a seamless Statewide system of
28 vocational-technical education;
29 and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That the Department of Education present its
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1 recommendations and strategies to the House of Representatives,
2 the Governor and the State Board for Vocational Education no
3 later than November 30, 1999.
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