                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD DESIGNATED TO CARRY OUT PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL ACT (§ 22.1-227)

The Board of Education is designated as the State Board of Career and Technical
Education to carry out the provisions of the federal Vocational Education Act of
1963, as amended, and as such shall promote and administer the provision of
agriculture, business, marketing, home economics, health, technology education,
trade and industrial education in the public middle and high schools, regional
schools established pursuant to § 22.1-26, institutions of higher education,
and other eligible institutions for youth and adults.
		For the purposes of this section, &#8220;promote&#8221; shall not be construed
to mandate the implementation of any additional career and technical education
programs that are not currently offered.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-319; 1980, c. 559; 1992, cc. 673, 897; 2001, c. 483.