The idea behind M98 is great.    Vocational/technical programs do lots of good things, including keeping some students interested long enough to graduate.    However, the funding mechanism is inadequate.    There's nothing that really commits the districts to spending the $800 per student on these programs; they have to use "a portion" of it, and that "portion" isn't spelled out very well.    There also aren't any new funds generated to pay for it.    It's a matter of stealing funds from other programs--and that's going to meet up with lots of resistance.