This document consists of two publications: the five-year state plan for career education in Kansas and a handbook providing guidelines for program development at the local school level. The plan includes the following information: (1) the results of a two-year needs assessment survey; (2) its two goals: first, to increase awareness of the benefits of career education and encourage support for the adoption of comprehensive career education programs in all state school districts; and second, to provide assistance (consisting of financial aid, instructional materials, demonstration projects, and personnel) to schools for implementation; (3) the objectives, activities, and strategies necessary to achieve the goals; (4) personnel needs; (5) an estimated budget; (6) an evaluation design to assess the plan's effectiveness; and (7) appendixes providing developmental milestones and background information. The handbook, which deals with implementation of the state plan by local educational agencies, is divided into four developmental stages, encompassing sixteen steps: awareness (conducting local awareness activities and obtaining local school board commitment); program planning (organizing local advisory councils, conducting local needs assessment to determine program goals, developing performance objectives and an evaluation plan, and instituting a pilot test program); program implementation (preparing staff and suggesting sources of external support); and program evaluation. (ELG)