 
           CHAPTER 45--CAREER EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
 
     SUBCHAPTER II--GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 2531. Congressional 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 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.

(Pub. L. 94-482, title III, Sec. 341, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2224.)
