VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1917 



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States. Under this act the Federal Government does not propose 

 to undertake the organization and immediate direction of voca- 

 tional training in the States, but does agree to make from year to 

 year substantial financial contribution to its support. It under- 

 takes to pay over to the States annually certain sums of money 

 and to cooperate in fostering and promoting vocational education 

 and the training of vocational teachers. The grants of Federal 

 money are conditional and the acceptance of these grants imposes 



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FIG. 66. Federal Government appropriations to the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture and to the state agricultural colleges, for the fourteen years, 1904-1917. 



on the States specific obligations to expend the money paid over 

 to them in accordance with the provisions of the act. The State 

 must show the kinds of vocational education for which it is pro- 

 posed that the appropriations shall be used, and the kincls of 

 schools and the equipment of the schools in which the instruction 

 is to be given. The State must set up courses of study, methods 

 of instruction, and qualifications of teachers who are to give 

 such instruction. 



Every dollar of Federal funds must be matched by a dollar 

 of State or local funds, or both. 



