The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) was established in February 1990 to examine the demands of the work place and to determine whether the current and future workforce is capable of meeting those demands. Commission members included 31 representatives from the nation's schools, businesses, unions and government. The Commission issued its first report, "What Work Requires of Schools," in June, 1991. This report told educators and employers what students and workers need to know and be able to do in order to succeed in the work place. This kind of information is especially vital today, when more than half of our young people leave school without the basic skills required to find and hold a good job.