Information is provided on tech prep education programs, which are part of a restructuring movement that combines secondary and postsecondary programs to provide technical preparation in a field such as engineering technology, agriculture, health, or business. Information on the following topics is outlined: seven essential elements of tech prep; amendment to Tech Prep contained in Title VII(B)711(a) of the School-To-Work Opportunities Act, PL 103-239; Wisconsin definition of tech prep and a definition of "equitable participation"; tech prep implementation; facilitators and barriers to enrolling students with disabilities in tech prep; what is needed to help enroll students with disabilities in tech prep; eight titles of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWO) of 1994; descriptions of the STWO school-based learning component, work-based learning component, and connecting activities component; governance; types of STWO grants; and information on states receiving STWO grants. (SW)