National Council of Protestant Episcopal Church on use of public funds for secular education__. 757 National Council of the Episcopal Church. 646 New Jersey Education Association endorsing H. R. 2953 and principles 63 New York State Congregational Christian Conference_. 769 648 Presbytery of Pittsburgh, opposing Federal aid to nonpublic schools__ 526 759 Woman's Auxiliary, Diocese of Vermont, on use of public funds for 765 Rogers, Elmer E., appearance and testimony_ 332-357 Rohrbough, Hon. Edward G., appearance and testimony- 28-38 H. R. 2633_ 29 Rozzell, Forrest, field secretary, Arkansas Education Association, state- 772 Salaries of West Virginia's teachers, 1945-46, compared with salaries of 141 Saunders, William F. V., appearance and testimony.. Sorensen, Max H., national commander, Catholic War Veterans, telegram 701 Stahl, Steve, appearance and testimony- 378-384 Staples, Edward, of Missouri Public Expenditure Survey, letter from_____ 766 Abernethy, Hon. Thomas G., relative to H. R. 1803_ 54-55 55 American Association of University Women_ 261 Babbitt, Elizabeth Clarke, legislative representative of the Service Star 768 Bennion, Fred, executive director, Colorado Public Expenditure 763 Chapman, Hon. Oscar L., Under Secretary of the Interior_ Cowles, John H., sovereign grand commander, Supreme Council, Thirty- 326-332 Quotation from Senator Taft's remarks relative to S. 637, Seventy- 331 Douglas, Mrs. Helen Gahagan, Congresswoman from the State of 387-389 Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America__. 424 443 Jaggers, Richard E., State Department of Education, Frankfort, Ky--- 478 297-298 H. R. 1942_. 298 League of Women Voters in support of Federal aid to education_-_. 704 59 Maryland State Teachers' Association___. 370 McCowen, Hon. Edward O., concerning provisions of H. R. 2953- 5-10 7-8 H. R. 2953----- 1 National Association of Journalism Directors of Secondary Schools--- 433 490 Rozzell, Forrest, field secretary, Arkansas Education Association--- 772 Trial, George T., national director of education, Veterans of Foreign 641-645 Washington Education Association___. 431 Weagley, Mrs. Roy C. F., president, Associated Women of the American 569 Whitten, Hon. Jamie L., relative to H. R. 1762_ 50-53 H. R. 1762___ 50 Wiley, Mrs. Harvey W., chairman, legislative department, General Fed- 389-391 Resolution adopted by General Federation of Women's Clubs in Woll, Matthew, chairman, American Federation of Labor Committee 690-700 389 Wright, Hon. F. L., Governor of the State of Mississippi. 586 South Carolina Education Association, letter urging enactment of H. R. 381 South Dakota Education Association, statement of.... 430 Summary of resolutions among representative groups in Oregon consider- 759 Taggart, Eugene F., appearance and statement_. 701-704 Taylor, Col. John Thomas, statement introducing Fred W. Young, of the 18 Teachers of Washington School, East Orange, N. J., letter from----- North Carolina Home Economic Association-- Sorensen, Max, national commander, Catholic War Veterans___ Thompson, Hon. M. E., Governor of the State of Georgia: Quotation from address before Georgia Education Association___. Tink, Dr. Edmund L., appearance and testimony__. 484 701 478 711 708 430 163-170 Article by, in Newark Evening News, relative to statement of Alvin A. 700 Trial, George T., statement of.. 641-645 Two Systems-Parochial and Public, article by Allan P. Farrell, in America. 323 United States census, 1940, number of persons, 7-17 years, not attending 486 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: School attendance, 1940, 1946, 1947– 233 State budget for 1946 and 1947 for defense, education, and social West Virginia State Education Association, showing State aid to county 480 West Virginia's status in education compared with that for the United 142 Page Wheeling Typographical Union, Wheeling, W. Va., letter approving princi- 485 Whitman, Bertha, chairman, legislative committee of Greeley Classroom 755 Whitten, Hon. Jamie L., statement relative to H. R. 1762_ 50-53 H. R. 1762. 50 Wicks, Owen C., president, Kittitas County (Wash.) Education Associa- 755 Wiley, Mrs. Harvey W., statement__ 389-391 Resolution adopted by General Federation of Women's Clubs In 1946 389 Williams, George Washington, appearance and testimony. 553-557 45-50 H. R. 1722__. 46 Woll, Matthew, statement of... 690-700 Woman's Auxiliary, Diocese of Vermont, resolutions on use of public funds 765 Woman's Auxiliary to National Council, Protestant Episcopal Church, 763 Worrell, Margaret Hopkins, appearance and testimony. 542-552 545 Resolution adopted by General Assembly, State of Indiana, opposing 544 Wright, Hon. F. L., Governor of the State of Mississippi : Letter from 429 Statement of 714 Wright, H. W., executive secretary, Louisiana Teachers Association, state- Number of persons, 7-17 years, not attending school (United States 486 FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION TUESDAY APRIL 29, 1947 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1 OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10 o'clock a. m., the Honorable Edward O. McCowen (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. McCOWEN. The committee will come to order. There has been a very great demand for hearings to be scheduled on Federal-aid bills, many of which have been introduced in this Congress, but it was impossible to schedule these hearings earlier on account of the vast amount of work on the part of this committee in connection with the labor bill. However, we are starting hearings today on H. R. 2953, and to begin with, without objection, I shall insert H. R. 2953, and the statement of the sponsor pertaining to it in the record. (The bill and the statement referred to are as follows:) [H. R. 2953, 80th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize the appropriation of funds to assist the States and Territories in financing a minimum foundation education program of public-elementary and secondary schools, and in reducing the inequalities of educational opportunities through publicelementary and secondary schools, for the general welfare, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Aid to Education Act of 1947." SEC. 2. No department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States shall exercise any direction, supervision, or control over, or prescribe any requirements with respect to any school, or any State educational institution or agency, with respect to which any funds have been or may be made available or expended pursuant to this Act, nor shall any term or condition of any agreement or any other action taken under this Act, whether by agreement or otherwise, relating to any contribution made under this Act to or on behalf of any school, or any State educational institution or agency, or any limitation or provision in any appropriation made pursuant to this Act, seek to control in any manner, or prescribe requirements with respect to, or authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to direct, supervise, or control in any manner, or prescribe any requirements with respect to, the administration, the personnel, the curriculum, the instruction, the methods of instruction, or the materials of instruction, nor shall any provision of this Act be interpreted or construed to imply or require any change in any State constitution prerequisite to any State sharing the benefits of this Act. APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED SEC. 3. For the purpose of more nearly equalizing public elementary-school and public second-school opportunities among and within the States, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, the sum of $200,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, the sum of $250,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of $300,000,000 to be apportioned to the States as hereinafter provided. 1 APPORTIONMENT SEC. 4. 98 per centum of the funds appropriated under section 3 of this Act shall be apportioned to the respective States, excluding those enumerated in subsection (g) of this section, in the following manner: (a) Multiply (A) the number of children from five to seventeen years of age, inclusive, in each State, as determined by the Department of Commerce, for the third year next preceding the year for which the computation is made by (B) $40. (b) Multiply (A) the average of the annual income payments for each State, as determined by the Department of Commerce, for five years including the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years next preceding the year for which the computation is made by (B) 1.1 per centum. (c) If, for any State, the amount calculated under (a) exceeds the amount calculated under (b), the difference shall be the amount of Federal aid due each such State, except that the amount of Federal aid due each such eligible State shall in no case be less than $3 multiplied by the number of children in such State from five to seventeen years of age, inclusive, as determined by the Department of Commerce in subsection (a). (d) Determine the percentage ratio of (A) the amount spent in each State from local and State revenues for current expenditures (excluding interest, debt service, and capital outlay) for public elementary-school and public secondary-school education for the third year next preceding the year for which the computation is made, to (B) the average of the annual income payments for each State, as determined by the Department of Commerce, for five years including the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years next preceding the year for which the computation is made. When the percentage ratio thus determined in (d) for any State is less than 2.5, the amount of Federal aid due each State, as computed under (c), shall be proportionately reduced: Provided, however, That such amount of Federal aid shall not be reduced below an amount equal to $3 multiplied by the number of children in each such State, from five to seventeen years of age, inclusive, as determined by the Department of Commerce in subsection (a). (e) For any State not eligible to receive any amount of Federal aid as computed under subsection (c) of this section, an amount of Federal aid shall be due each such State equal to $3 multiplied by the number of children in each such State, from five to seventeen years of age, inclusive, as determined by the Department of Commerce in subsection (a). (f) In the event 98 per centum of the funds authorized for any fiscal year in section 3 of this Act are insufficient to pay to all eligible States the full amount of Federal aid due each such State, as computed in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, the amount of Federal aid paid to each State shall bear the same ratio to the amount of Federal aid due each State as the total amount of Federal aid paid to all States bears to the total amount of Federal aid due all States. (g) From not to exceed 2 per centum of the funds appropriated under section 3 such sums as may be necessary shall be apportioned by the Commissioner to Alaska, Hawaii, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Guam according to their respective needs for additional funds for public elementary and public secondary schools upon the basis of joint agreements made with their respective State educational authorities. CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT SEC. 5. The United States Commissioner of Education shall certify regularly the amounts allotted under this Act to each State that has accepted the provisions of this Act to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall, through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the treasurer or corresponding official of such State the amount certified for each fiscal year in four equal installments, as soon after the first day of each quarter as may be feasible, beginning with the first quarter of the fiscal year for which appropriations made under the authorization of this Act are available. Each such treasurer shall account for the moneys received, and shall pay out such funds only on the requisition of the State educational authority. |