20 U.S.C. § 2501: Statement of purpose

Summary

Makes federal help available to states so they can plan and improve career education and career development for people of all ages, helping them learn about, explore, plan, and choose careers throughout their lives. The help is for planning six things: gathering information on who needs career help; encouraging a national discussion so states and local schools pick the best approaches; checking current programs and rethinking job stereotyping by race or sex; developing and testing model programs and regional career centers; training and retraining staff who run these programs; and making state and local plans so every person can gain the knowledge and skills needed for gainful or maximum employment and full participation in society according to their ability.

Title 20, §2501

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It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide Federal assistance to States to enable them to plan for the development of career education and career development programs and activities for individuals of all ages, and to plan for the improvement of existing programs and activities, in the areas of awareness, exploration, planning, and decisionmaking of individuals served with regard to career opportunities and career development throughout the lifetimes of such individuals, through—

(1)planning for the development of information on the needs for career education and career development for all individuals;

(2)planning for the promotion of a national dialogue on career education and career development designed to encourage each State and local educational agency to determine and adopt the approach best suited to the needs of the individuals served by each such agency;

(3)planning for the assessment of the status of career education and career development programs and practices, including a reassessment of the stereotyping of career opportunities by race or by sex;

(4)planning for the demonstration of the best of the current career education and career development programs and practices by planning to develop and test exemplary programs and practices using various theories, concepts, and approaches with respect to career education and through planning for a nationwide system of regional career education centers;

(5)planning for the training and retraining of persons for conducting career education and career development programs; and

(6)developing State and local plans for implementing programs designed to ensure that every person has the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills necessary for gainful or maximum employment and for full participation in our society according to his or her ability.

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Section effective 30 days after Oct. 12, 1976, except either as specifically otherwise provided or, if not so specifically otherwise provided, effective July 1, 1976, where section provides for authorization of appropriations, see section 532 of Pub. L. 94–482, set out as an

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of 1976 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.

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of 1978 Amendment Pub. L. 95–270, Apr. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 220, which enacted sections 2566 to 2569 of this title, is known as the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2566 of this title and Tables.

§2501 Statement of Purpose

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