Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 607
National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Records, 1969-1999, n.d.
Descriptive summary
| creator: | National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education |
| title: | Records |
| dates: | 1969-1999, n.d. |
| extent: | 1.9 linear ft. (1 records center carton, 1 document box, 1 half-document box) |
| collection number: | MS 607 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education Records, MS 607, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Historical note
The National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education was formed in 1977 by three professional organizations concerned with vocational home economics education: American Home Economics Association (AHEA), American Vocational Association (AVA) and Home Economics Education Association (HEEA). These associations have now changed their names to the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and the Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association (FCSEA). With representatives from each organization, the purpose of the Coalition is to provide a unified voice and to communicate the purpose and importance of issues related to vocational home economics education to policy makers. Much of their work focuses on shaping state and federal policies and ensuring adequate funding for family and consumer sciences education at the national, state and local levels. The Coalition identifies existing and potential issues affecting members of the organizations it represents, facilitates communication among the organizations, and provides leadership to the organizations in creating policy or position statements. They work on drafting language for legislation, educating policymakers regarding Family and Consumer Sciences/human sciences education, and gathering data needed for formulating policies. The Coalition has had several different names, including the National Coalition for Vocational Home Economics. |
Collection description
The collection (1969-1999, n.d.) contains correspondence, reports, minutes, legislative testimony, vocational education statistics, notes and meeting materials. Much of the collection documents the coalition's efforts to ensure adequate funding and support for family and consumer science education at the federal level. There are also a number of records relating the Coalition's work advocating satisfactory funding and language within the Vocational Education Act, renamed The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act in 1984 and the Carl D. Perkins Applied Technology Education Act in 1990, which funds secondary and post secondary vocational education. The collection also contains records from the organizations it represents (American Home Economics Association, American Vocational Association and the Home Economics Education Association). |
Organization
The files are arranged in chronological order. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1-2 |
Federal legislation: correspondence, reports |
1969-1994 |
1 |
3-4 |
Bills and problems: correspondence, reports |
1970-1989 |
1 |
5 |
Costs and benefits of programs |
1973 |
2 |
6-7 |
Prepared testimonies |
1975-1994 |
1 |
6 |
Coalition statements: purpose, scope, goals |
1977-1997, n.d. |
1 |
7 |
Correspondence |
1977-1997, n.d. |
2 |
8 |
Statements, testimonies |
1981-1995, n.d. |
1 |
8 |
Funding for vocational education |
1981 |
1 |
9 |
Vocational education state plan guide for Perkins Vocational Education Act |
1984 |
1 |
10 |
Consumer and homemaking education programs |
1989 |
1 |
11 |
Legislative Committee minutes |
1990 |
3 |
1-2 |
Education data |
1991-1995 |
1 |
12 |
Vocational Education Act description |
1991 |
1 |
13 |
Legislative updates |
1993 |
1 |
14 |
Meeting: Positioning the Profession for the 21st Century papers |
1993 |
1 |
15 |
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Reauthorization: correspondence, meeting materials, comment sheets, position statements, testimonies, newspaper clippings |
1994, n.d. |
1 |
16 |
Correspondence and meeting materials |
1994 |
1 |
17 |
Home economics education unit: meetings and resolutions |
1994-1995 |
1 |
18 |
Improving Perkins II Performance Measures and Standards: Proposed Revisions to Sections 115-117 |
1994 |
1 |
19 |
Coalition report |
1995 |
1 |
20 |
Coalition minutes |
1995 |
1 |
21-23 |
Federal legislation: correspondence, reports |
1995 |
1 |
24 |
Legislation notes |
1995, n.d. |
1 |
25-26 |
Careers Act (H.R. 1617) and the Workforce Development Act (S.143) |
1995, n.d. |
1 |
27 |
1996 programs on legislation |
1995-1996 |
1 |
28 |
National Coalition members |
1995-1997 |
1 |
29 |
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) public policy materials |
1996-1997 |
1 |
30 |
Legislation updates |
1996-1997 |
1 |
31 |
Vocational and adult education bills: correspondence |
1996, n.d. |
1 |
32 |
Vocational Industrial Clubs of American (VICA) competition event for childcare students |
1996, n.d. |
1 |
33 |
Yearend report |
1996 |
1 |
34 |
1997 federal appropriations for vocational and adult education |
1996 |
1 |
35 |
National coalition meeting |
1996 |
1 |
36 |
National standards development |
1996 |
1 |
37 |
Correspondence |
1997 |
1 |
38 |
Atlanta meeting: agendas, surveys, correspondence |
1997 |
1 |
39 |
Meeting: status of curriculum and pedagogy (reports, agenda, correspondence) |
1997 |
1 |
40 |
Legislative updates and correspondence |
1997-1998 |
1 |
41 |
Congressional contacts and visits |
1997 |
1 |
42 |
American Vocational Association legislative alerts and policy recommendations |
1997 |
1 |
43 |
Southern regional education board |
1997 |
1 |
44 |
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) public policy seminar |
1997 |
1 |
45 |
Meeting agendas |
1997-1998 |
1 |
46 |
Proposed budget |
1997 |
1 |
47 |
Correspondence |
1998 |
2 |
1 |
State Plans: performance accountability for Perkins Act of 1998 |
1998-1999 |
2 |
2 |
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes reclassification |
1998-1999 |
2 |
3 |
Vocational education statistics, 1995-1997 |
1998, n.d. |
2 |
4 |
State plans for national standards |
1998, n.d. |
2 |
5 |
American Vocational Association |
1998 |
3 |
3 |
Requests for enrollment data |
1995-1996 |
3 |
4 |
Education and training programs by state |
n.d. |
3 |
5 |
Responses: Vocational home economics education survey |
n.d |
3 |
6 |
Presentation: Reaching for Tomorrow Today |
n.d. |