This is a report of hearings on November 12 and 13, 1981, before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, to extend the authorization of appropriations under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The focus is consumer and homemaking education programs under part A, subpart 5, which authorizes funds to States on a formula basis for educational programs and ancillary services in consumer and homemaking education. (Subpart 5 delineates some specific areas to be addressed and requires States to use at least one-third of their Federal funds for programs for persons in economically depressed areas or areas with high unemployment.) Testimony includes statements and prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc., from 29 individuals representing Mississippi State Department of Education, Vocational Division; National Commission for Employment Policy; American Vocational Association; Home Economics Education Association; Urban Systems Research and Engineering, Inc.; Coalition for Consumer Education; United States Department of Education; Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Washington; Rhode Island School of Design; American Vocational Association for Home Economics; Urban Institute; Future Homemakers of America; American Home Economics Association; National Association of Vocational Home Economics Teachers; Coalition for Professional Organizations Concerned with Vocational Home Economics Education; and Ohio Department of Education. (YLB)