### Question
What does cooperative education mean?


### Answer
**Cooperative education** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 2302*:

> a method of instruction of education for individuals who, through written cooperative arrangements between a school and employers, receive instruction, including required academic courses and related vocational and technical education instruction, by alternation of study in school with a job in any occupational field, which alternation shall be planned and supervised by the school and employer so that each contributes to the education and employability of the individual, and may include an arrangement in which work periods and school attendance may be on alternate half days, full days, weeks, or other periods of time in fulfilling the cooperative program

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 2302*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 44-VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION**

