Pennsylvania Act 1917-281 — VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, ACCEPTING A FEDERAL ACT CONCERNING

Act text

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, ACCEPTING A FEDERAL ACT CONCERNING
                 Act of Jul. 11, 1917, P.L. 757, No. 281              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     Concerning vocational education; and providing for the
        acceptance by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of the
        provisions of the act of Congress, approved February twenty-
        third, one thousand nine hundred seventeen, entitled "An act
        to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to
        provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of
        such education in agriculture and the trades and industries;
        to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation
        of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money
        and regulate its expenditure," and conferring certain powers
        upon the State Board of Education.

        Whereas, An act of Congress, approved February twenty-third,
     one thousand nine hundred seventeen, providing for the promotion
     of vocational education, requires the States participating in
     its benefits to accept the provisions of said act; therefore,--

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania hereby accepts the provisions of the act of
     Congress, approved February twenty-third, one thousand nine
     hundred seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the promotion
     of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the
     States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the
     trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the
     States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects;
     and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure."
        The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania formally accepts the
     provisions of said act of Congress with respect to the following
     funds therein provided:
        a.  appropriation for the salaries of teachers, supervisors,
     and directors of agricultural subjects;
        b.  appropriation for salaries of teachers of trade, home
     economics, and industrial subjects;
        c.  appropriation for the training of teachers of vocational
     subjects.
        Section 2.  The State Treasurer is hereby designated as the
     custodian of the Federal appropriation for vocational education,
     and shall receive money paid to the State from the United States
     Treasury under the provisions of said act of Congress, and shall
     pay out the same upon the warrant of the Auditor General of the
     State when the same is certified by the State Board of
     Education.
        Section 3.  The State Board of Education is hereby designated
     as the State board to carry out, through the bureau of
     vocational education, the provisions of said act so far as the
     same relates to the cooperation of the State and Federal
     governments, and shall have full power to take all necessary
     steps in the formulation of plans for the promotion of education
     in agriculture, in trades, in home economics, in industries, and
     to formulate and execute plans for the preparation of teachers
     of vocational subjects.
        Section 4.  The Secretary of the Commonwealth is hereby
     directed to forward a certified copy of this act to the Federal
     Board of Vocational Education.