Designed to be used with "A Guide for Cooperative Vocational Education" (ED 037 564), this resource manual summarizes selected facts and suggestions to help state staffs in developing and planning cooperative vocational education programs. Sections are: (1) an introductory section describing cooperative vocational education, (2) definition and interpretation based on Part G of the Vocational Education Amendments (VEA) of 1968, (3) sources of federal funding under Parts B-L of the VEA of 1968, (4) grants to states under Part G, (5) comparative analysis of cooperative education programs and work-study programs, (6) discussion of the Part G regulations, (7) allowable expenditures of federal and matching funds under Parts B and G, (8) suggested content for applications and training agreement, and (9) persons to be served by cooperative programs. (SB)