Recently, the need for increased career guidance and counseling services for high school students has been recognized. A major long-term commitment by school guidance programs must be made to assist students in setting career goals, planning education and work experience around those goals, developing effective work habits and interpersonal skills, and successfully completing their high school program. The Vocational Education Section of the Kansas State Department of Education has been gathering data and funding research activities on Kansas high school students, counselors, and counselor educators in order to determine how to strengthen vocational guidance and counseling. Results from a 1980 study revealed that : (1) secondary school guidance counselors had unclear role definitions; (2) the students, counselors, and counselor educators thought that more time was needed for counselors to be involved in vocational and career guidance activities with individuals and small groups; and (3) counselors wanted state leadership to support their efforts through workshops and technical and financial assistance. Other projects in Kansas involved inservices for counselors, surveys of students to identify their needs, and the use of the Career Planning Program. Through the continued cooperation of the state, counselors, and counselor educators, further progress in assisting students through career guidance appears feasible. An occasional report, "Career Planning for Secondary Students," by C. Henderson, is attached. (NB)