The guide provides information to eligible recipients on how programs and services for handicapped and disadvantaged students who are enrolled in vocational education programs under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-524) must be documented in California. Documentation is intended to provide answers to the following ten questions: (1) Who were the participants? (2) Were the participants disadvantaged or handicapped? (3) Were the participants enrolled in a vocational education program listed on the projected inventory for each school site? (4) Was the effort an excess cost (beyond the normal effort provided all students)? (5) Did the service correspond to the student's diagnosed need? (6) Was the required proportionate amount of funds used to provide services for limited-English-proficient students? (7) Did personnel meet the qualification criteria established in the Three-Year Federal Supplement to the California State Plan for Vocational Education? (8) Were reported excess costs actually incurred? (9) Were reported excess costs incurred only for the portion of effort dedicated to qualified participants? (10) What were the results of the remediation efforts? Separate sections provide guidelines for documenting the participants, the programs and services, and costs. Appendixes provide the federal mandates, state directions, and local options for available funds; a vocational education student/course inventory; sample forms to identify disadvantaged/handicapped students; and a flowchart for documenting programs. (DB)