Senate Voc. Ed. Bill Draws Lots of Criticism

By Joetta L. Sack

Washington

Washington

Vocational educators and conservative groups are sounding alarms over a major vocational education bill that a Senate panel approved unanimously last week.

Both sets of critics raised numerous objections and threatened to withdraw their support for the measure, which would reauthorize funding for federal vocational education, job training, and adult education programs--a big sticking point for some in the vocational education community who believe their field...