Title 20 — Education
Chapter 45 — Career Education and Career Development
§ 2531. Congressional findings
Statutory text
The Congress finds that—
guidance and counseling activities are an essential component to assure success in achieving the goals of many education programs: 1
lack of coordination among guidance and counseling activities supported jointly or separately by Federal programs and by State and local programs has resulted in an underutilization of resources available for such activities; and
increased and improved preparation of education professionals is needed in guidance and counseling, including administration of guidance and counseling programs at the State and local levels, with special emphasis on inservice training which takes educational professionals into the workplaces of business and industry, the professions, and other occupational pursuits, and that increased and improved use of individuals employed in such pursuits are needed for effective guidance and counseling programs, including (A) bringing persons employed in such pursuits into schools, and (B) bringing students into such workplaces for observation of, and participation in, such pursuits, in order to acquaint the students with the nature of the work.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. The colon probably should be a semicolon.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Education Amendments of 1976
Pub. L. 94–482 title III § 341 · 90 Stat. 2081
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 2531
(Pub. L. 94–482, title III, § 341, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2224.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–482, title III, § 341, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2224.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 341. findings The Congress finds that— (1) guidance and counseling activities are an essential component to assure success in achieving the goals of many education programs: (2) lack of coordination among guidance and counseling activities supported jointly or separately by Federal programs and by State and local programs has resulted in an underutilization of resources available for such activities; and (3) increased and improved preparation of education professionals is needed in guidance and counseling, including administration of guidance and counseling programs at the State and local levels, with special emphasis on in-service training which takes educational professionals into the workplaces of business and industry, the professions, and other occupational pursuits, and that increased and improved use of individuals employed in such pursuits are needed for effective guidance and counseling programs, including (A) bringing persons employed in such pursuits into schools, and (B) bringing students into such workplaces for observation of, and participation in, such pursuits, in order to acquaint the students with the nature of the work.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 30 days after , except either as specifically otherwise provided or, if not so specifically otherwise provided, effective , where section provides for authorization of appropriations, see section 532 of Pub. L. 94–482, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.