| Show VOC Ed Bill helps single parents homemaker obtain job skills W In WASHINGTON ASHINGTON a session running running run running run run- ning beyond midnight Wednesday the Senate approved a bill with one of Sen Orrin Hatchs Hatch's proposals to help out single parents and homemakers The Senate substituted th the text of S. S 2341 the Vocational Education Act of 1984 for the text of a pre pre- passed House vo vocational education education education edu edu- cation bill HR The bill extends federal support for vocational education education education tion through 1989 and expands vocational education to people with special needs such as the handicapped handicap handicap- ped the economically disadvantaged and women This bill fights the feminization of Poverty the Utah Republican said My proposal gives women the tools to g get t good jobs to better support their families Hatchs Hatch's provision gives grants to states to subsidize vocational education tion for single working parents and homemakers Hatch introduced the substance of the provision in a separate separate sep sep- arate bill last February as part of his Initiative for Women I included the proposal in m the broader vocational education bill to expedite action he said Single working parents and homemakers homemakers homemakers home- home makers often are women who struggle alone to raise children or who have b been en out of the paid labor force sometimes for decades They are unable to find work or are relegated to poor paying jobs because their circumstances make it tough to use existing vocational training programs programs programs pro pro- grams Hatch said aid Vocational education should better serve these single parents and homemakers homemakers homemakers home- home makers he said The bill allocates million for adapting or establishing vocational programs for single parents and homemakers Funds may be used for support services such as child care and transportation so that these two groups will not be precluded from participating in vocational programs Hatch said the sponsors of the bill decided to limit td-limit limit the federal program at the state and local levels to two essential purposes purposes increasing increasing access to vocation training for handicapped the poor homemakers and single parents and improving facilities and courses |
