In response to the 1990 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, Ohio formed an ad hoc committee that identified the following components of tech prep: systemic change, partnership, expanded student opportunities, early individual career education, competencies, and advanced skills. Ohio's strategic plan for tech prep has two purposes: establish a framework ensuring tech prep's long-term viability and provide the guidance required for tech prep's stakeholders to share an overall common view/direction. In Ohio, tech prep is considered a partnership among business, industry, labor, high school, and higher education whose goals are as follows: provide a seamless educational path beginning before grade 8 and culminating with employment after an associate degree/two-year certificate program; expand tech prep enrollments to serve Ohio's labor market needs better; ensure that teaching/learning reflects all students' needs; and maximize the opportunities afforded by all relevant initiatives, resources, and participating partners. Ohio's integrated tech prep curriculum includes the following: career development activities and career interest/academic assessment before and in grade 8; academic foundations with particular emphasis on math, science, and communications in grades 9-10; higher-level math/science/communications, occupational, and employability competencies in grades 11-12; advanced occupational/academic/employability competencies at the associate degree/two-year certificate level; and employment as an advanced skill technician. (MN)