Vocational education is back in vogue... at least when it comes to promoting Governor Schwarzenegger's education agenda.

This afternoon, the governor's administration announced additional dollars for career and vocational tech programs in California schools. The $52 million package will be contained in the 2007-2008 budget Schwarzenegger will formally introduce one week from today.

However, only $20 million of the amount will be ongoing funding-- in other words, year-to-year growth in career tech funding. That's not actual new education money-- rather, it's being earmarked for career tech from the K-12 education funding guaranteed by the voter-approved Proposition 98.

The remaining $32 million is a one-time deal... and comes from the $3 billion settlement of a lawsuit over the governor's K-12 education budget in years past.

The Schwarzenegger administration also announced a career tech "summit" to be held in March, to help schools get vocational education cash from Proposition 1D, the school bond approved by voters back in November.