The National Center for Research in Vocational Education is one of these "National Programs." Therefore, federal funding for the National Center would cease at the end of this year, two years earlier than originally scheduled. The National Center's federal grant will continue only if (1) the President vetoes any form of a rescission bill, or (2) the President signs a rescission bill which does not recommend rescinding the Center. This second scenario will occur if the Senate does not recommend rescinding the Center and the House/Senate conference committee's final version of the bill agrees with the Senate's version.
In the meantime, NCRVE continues to engage in cutting-edge research, development, dissemination, and technical assistance/outreach initiatives that informal players in the federal education-for-work/school-to-work activities. For example, funding for "tech prep" ( building seamless programs between secondary and postsecondary institutions) was initially rescinded by the House, but was reinstated. We understand that the arguments used by pro-tech prep professionals in the successful push to reinstate tech prep funding were often based on the outcomes of the extensive resources NCRVE has put into investigating tech prep“what it is, how it works, how well it works.
Know that NCRVE will continue to work in such ways for you and your vocational education concerns to the fullest extent it has the ongoing resources to do so. If NCRVE can be of assistance to you, please contact us by calling (800) (old phone deleted) or writing to:
National Center for Research in Vocational Education
University of California at Berkeley
2030 Addison Street, Suite 500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1674
You may also send e-mail to seidman@uclink.berkeley.edu