Briggs, Dr. Paul W. superintendent of schools, Cleveland, Ohio.. Brown, Dr. Charles E., superintendent of schools, Newton, Mass_ - Essex, Dr. Martin, Member NEA Legislative Commission, superin- Megel, Carl J., representative, American Federation of Teachers, Nelson, Dr. Bruce K., vice president for instruction, Eastern Michigan Pomeroy, Edward C., executive secretary, American Association of 48 77 51 White, Ellis F., chairman, Department of Higher Education, School of Education, New York University, New York....... Woerdehoff, Dr. Frank, assistant dean of education, Purdue Univer- Brademas, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State Cost summary of H.R. 9627__ Johnson, Lyndon B., President of the United States, letter to Hon. John W. McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives, dated July 17, 1965, transmitting a draft of the Administration's Summary of the major provisions of H.R. 9627. Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin, TEACHER FELLOWSHIPS AND NATIONAL TEACHERS CORPS WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1965 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 2257, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Carl D. Perkins (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Perkins, Brademas, Carey, Ford, and Ashbrook. Also present: H. D. Reed, Jr., subcommittee counsel, Elizabeth Cornett, subcommittee clerk, and Charles Radcliffe, minority counsel for education. Mr. PERKINS. The committee will come to order. A quorum is present. Substantial progress has been made in the 88th and 89th Congresses in the enactment of legislation to greatly expand educational opportunities and to strengthen the ability of our elementary and secondary schools to provide quality instruction. To mention some of the measures enacted in this connection we can cite the expansion of title III of the National Defense Education Act to include other subject areas, notably history, geography, and English-the enactment of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 which will enable vocational education programs in the States to keep pace with the changing complexion of occupational categories which technology is rapidly changing the enactment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which affords greater opportunities for improved educational programs in those many schools throughout the Nation in which there are large numbers of educationally deprived children. All of these programs challenge the imagination and resources of our local educational agencies. I think that it is quite obvious that further measures are required to provide local school districts with adequate capabilities to undertake and carry out the new and increasing demands being placed upon American education. Fundamental to the effectiveness of any education program and the center of all learning is the classroom teacher. Assured sufficient numbers of well-trained and qualified teachers, the success of American education in the tasks that lie ahead will be achieved. The new legislation which we have recently enacted greatly increases the capacity of local educational agencies to acquire the equip 1 ment necessary to put into operation the technological innovations that promise great results in enhancing the learning process. In a recent publication a noted educator observed: Closed-circuit television, teaching machines, movable partitions in classrooms, team teaching, reorganization of classes into large groups and small groups, new ways of dividing up the schoolday—all may have their particular virtues and may deserve our interest and consideration. But only if they enhance the effectiveness of the teacher in the classroom. And even then, these things still lie on the periphery of education, not at its center. At the center is what is taught and the qualifiactions of the teacher to teach it. For these reasons I introduced H.R. 7309 on May 3 to provide a program of fellowships for elementary and secondary school teachers. (H.R. 7309 follows:) [H.R. 7309, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To provide Federal assistance for teacher preparation programs and continuing education 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 "Educational Assistance Act of 1965". TITLE I-FELLOWSHIPS FOR TEACHERS FELLOWSHIPS AUTHORIZED SEC. 101. (a) The Commissioner of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to award under the provisions of this title not to exceed twenty-five thousand fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, thirty thousand fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and thirtyfive thousand fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968. Fellowships awarded under the provisions of this title shall be for graduate study leading to a master's or equivalent degree in the field of education for the purpose of teaching in elementary or secondary schools. Such fellowships may also be awarded in fields ancillary to elementary and secondary education such as library science, school social work, guidance and counseling, educational media, special education for handicapped children, and other fields having the purpose of assisting or improving elementary or secondary education, or both. Such fellowships shall be awarded for such periods as the Commissioner may determine but not to exceed two academic years. (b) In addition to the number of fellowships authorized to be awarded by subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner is authorized to award fellowships equal to the number previously awarded during any fiscal year under this title but vacated prior to the end of the period for which they were awarded; except that each fellowship awarded under this subsection shall be for such period of study, not in excess of the remainder of the period for which the fellowship which it replaces was awarded, as the Commissioner may determine. FELLOWSHIPS FOR RECENT GRADUATES SEC. 102. One-half the number of fellowships under the provisions of this title for any fiscal year shall be awarded by the Commissioner to persons recommended to the Commissioner for such fellowships by institutions of higher edu cation. An institution of higher education may for the purposes of this section recommend any individual who has received a bachelor's degree with high standing from such institution, except that such recommendation shall be made not later than six months after the awarding of such degree. FELLOWSHIPS FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS SEC. 103. The remaining half of the number of fellowships awarded under the provisions of this title for any fiscal year shall be awarded by the Commissioner to persons with at least eight academic years of experience teaching in an elementary or secondary school, who are recommended to the Commissioner for such fellowships by local educational agencies. A local educational agency may for the purposes of this section recommend any such person who is teaching in such agency's elementary or secondary schools upon condition that such agency agree to rehire such individual upon his completing the course of study under such fellowship. FELLOWSHIPS IN ANCILLARY FIELDS SEC. 104. Not less than 20 per centum of the fellowships awarded under sections 102 and 103 shall be awarded to persons for graduate work in fields ancillary to elementary and secondary education, as defined in section 101. DISTRIBUTION OF FELLOWSHIPS SEC. 105. In awarding fellowships under the provisions of this title the Commissioner shall endeavor to provide an equitable distribution of such fellowships throughout the Nation, except that to the extent he deems proper in the national interest, the Commissioner shall give preference in such awards to persons already serving, or who intend to serve, in elementary or secondary schools in lowincome rural or metropolitan areas. STIPENDS SEC. 106. (a) Each person awarded a fellowship under the provisions of section 102 shall receive a stipend of $2,000 for the first academic year of study and $2,200 for the second such year. Each person awarded a fellowship under the provisions of section 103 shall receive a stipend of $4,800 for each academic year of study. In both cases an additional amount of $400 for each such academic year of study shall be paid to each such person on account of each of his dependents. (b) In addition to the amount paid to persons pursuant to subsection (a) there shall be paid to the institution of higher education at which each such person is pursuing his course of study, $2,500 per academic year in the case of a person receiving a fellowship pursuant to section 102 and $5,000 per academic year in the case of a person receiving a fellowship pursuant to section 103. Amounts paid pursuant to this subsection shall be less any amount charged any such person for tuition. (c) The Commissioner shall reimburse any person awarded a fellowship pursuant to this title for actual and necessary traveling expenses of such person and his dependents from his ordinary place of residence to the institution of higher education where he will pursue his studies under such fellowship, and to return to such residence. LIMITATION SEC. 107. No fellowship shall be awarded under this title for study at a school or department of divinity. For the purposes of this section, the term "school or department of divinity" means an institution or department or branch of an institution, whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation or to prepare them to teach theological subjects. FELLOWSHIP CONDITIONS SEC. 108. A person awarded a fellowship under the provisions of this title shall continue to receive the payments provided in section 106 (a) only during such periods as the Commissioner finds that he is maintaininug satisfactory proficiency in, and devoting essentially full time to, study, or research in the field in which such fellowship was awarded, in an institution of higher education, and is not engaging in gainful employment other than part-time employment by such institution in teaching, research, or similar activities, approved by the Commissioner. APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 109. There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. |