A decentralized noncenter agreement pattern of inter-school district cooperation is examined in this final of four case studies addressing access of rural students to vocational education. The report identifies essential features of this form of cooperation, details factors facilitating/impeding the operation/maintenance of the cooperative arrangement, assesses the program's compatibility with its three-county southwestern Illinois setting, and recommends modifications for further study and development. Chapter I presents study background, purposes, and methods. Chapter II outlines political and demographic setting characteristics. Chapter III analyzes size, facilities, finances, governance, staff, scheduling, curriculum, students, and perceptions of school personnel and community members of the participating school districts. Chapter IV focuses on the history, legal structure, financing and costs, size, staff, scheduling and curriculum, students, and transportation needs of the center. Chapters V through VII detail consumer homemaking, occupational home economics and vocational agricultural programs. Chapter VIII offers a summary, concludes that this type of approach works best where distances between communities are relatively short and schools have high-quality programs not offered by other districts, and recommends that this concept be explored further. Appendices contain the continuing vocational joint agreement documentation and billing work sheet. (NEC)