Prepared by the State Department of Vocational Education, this handbook is for school administrators, coordinators and teachers to use in planning, establishing and conducting cooperative vocational education programs. The basic purpose of the cooperative program is to provide occupational training through the use of business and industrial concerns. Problems connected with such a program include: (1) program organization and establishment, (2) program guidelines, (3) law, rules, and regulations for employment, (4) administration and supervision, (5) financing the program, and (6) evaluation. Information concerning procedures and sample forms is appended. (GEB)