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Results Count. Getting more federal money for career and technical education isACTE's highest priority in advocacy efforts this year. The newPerkins Act creates perfect timing for Congress to make a considerableinvestment in the renewed programs that serve our nation's careerand technical education students. The successful reauthorization alone, however, is not enough toconvince federal policy makers that increased funding is merited.Falling victim to political pressures and budgetary constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference.["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. , theClinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clintonexecutive - persons who administer the law already has slighted the new law by recommendinga freeze in the Basic State Grants for fiscal 2000. ACTE ACTE Association for Career and Technical Education (formerly American Vocational Association)ACTE Association of Corporate Travel ExecutivesACTE Approvals Committee for Terminal EquipmentACTE Anodal Closure Tetanus will spend the next several months encouraging legislators tosupport programs that will ensure a highly skilled and educatedworkforce in the new millennium. Patricia McNeil, assistant secretaryfor Vocational and Adult Education, took a positive step in March,testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee sub��com��mit��tee?n.A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee.subcommitteeNoun regarding fiscal2000 funding for the Perkins Act and adult education programs. Despitethe Clinton administration's lack of support for an increase forPerkins programs, McNeil's testimony was impressive and will serveas a good justification for potential increases in this area. While constrained con��strain?tr.v. con��strained, con��strain��ing, con��strains1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object.See Synonyms at force.2. by the administration's official position tofreeze the programs at last year's levels, McNeil highlighted themany positive features of career and technical education and alsoemphasized the four core performance indicators contained in the newPerkins Act. These are: * Student attainment of vocational, technical and academic skillproficiencies. * Acquisition of secondary or post-secondary degrees orcredentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. . * Placement and retention in post-secondary education oremployment. * Completion of vocational and technical programs that lead tonontraditional training and employment. Rep. John Porter John Porter may refer to: John Porter (captain) (fl. 1759), first captain of the first HMS Hercules John Porter (bishop) (fl. 1790s), a Bishop of Clogher John Porter (Pennsylvania politician) (fl. 1810s), a Pennsylvania politician, U.S. (R-III.), chairman of the subcommittee, reactedpositively to McNeil's testimony. Porter lavished praise on McNeiland on the efforts of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education The Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) is a subdivision of the United States Department of Education. OVAE falls under the supervision of the Undersecretary, who oversees policies, programs and activities related to vocational and adult education, postsecondary (OVAE) for ensuring that federal dollars are spent effectively on careerand technical programs that make a difference in student achievement. So pleased was Porter that he suggested McNeil go back to theEducation Department and tell other officials the subcommittee willexpect them to meet OVAE's standards of accountability. The implication of this exchange between Porter and McNeil is thatresults count. To obtain increases in funding, career and technicaleducation programs must prove their worth in student learning, dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human prevention and movement into post-secondary education and careers. Whilethe collection of data and meeting the accountability requirements inthe Perkins Act will not be easy, career and technical educators mustrise to the challenge. Until the new data are officially collected and measured, careerand technical educators should gather and disseminate dis��sem��i��nate?v. dis��sem��i��nat��ed, dis��sem��i��nat��ing, dis��sem��i��natesv.tr.1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.2. other facts andfigures to policy makers, such as numbers of students served, numbersand types of businesses working with students and percentages ofstudents completing secondary programs and moving into post-secondaryeducation. 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