The administrators of the central office are supported by a staff of: Only one Curriculum Specialist is normally employed at the central office level, but two additional specialists were transferred from the school level to serve for school year 1976-77 during the absence of the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum who was on educational leave without pay. The Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum is scheduled to return for the 1977-78 school year and the two specialists will be released from the central office. The Atlantic Region of the Department of Defense Dependents School System is comparable in number of schools and enrollment to the ACSS in Puerto Rico. The region consists of the following: The Atlantic Region Department of Defense Dependents Schools were administered during the 1976-77 school year by a central office of two line and seven staff personnel listed as follows: 1 Education Specialist - Procurement and Property Control/Textbook and Equipment Inventory GS-13 1 Education Specialist Library and Media Services GS-13 A comparison of the administrative structure of ACSS and Atlantic Region of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) is as follows: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SUBJECT OF HEARING Section 6 Schools under Impact Air Program DATE OF HEARING 23 June 1977 Chairman Perkins. Do you think it would be appropriate to make the Ft. Buchanan school a part of the Department of Defense Overseas System? A separate response is being staffed and will be provided in approximately two weeks. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SUBJECT OF HEARING Section 6 Schools under Impact Aid Program DATE OF HEARING June 23, 1977 Chairman Perkins. Why won't DOD assume the construction costs for a Section 6 school when the situation is as bad as the one which exists in Puerto Rico? Dr. Smith. The Department of Defense is precluded from assuming construction costs for a Section 6 school by P.L. 81-815, Chapter 19, Title 20, Article 643 (c) which states that: "No appropriation to any department or agency of the United HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SUBJECT OF HEARING Section 6 Schools under Impact Aid Program DATE OF HEARING June 23, 1977 Chairman Perkins. We have received a number of complaints regarding the public schools on Guam and their inadequacy for the children of military personnel. Since DOD runs the school in Puerto Rico, why won't it do the same thing in Guam? Dr. Smith. Section 6(a) of Public Law 81-874 was enacted to permit the Commissioner of Education to arrange for the education of children who reside on Federal properties under the very limited circumstances when either of the following conditions exists: "In the case of children who reside on Federal property In the case of Puerto Rico, the local educational authority was unable to provide suitable free public education for federal dependents primarily because of the language problem. English as the main language of instruction could not be provided for within the framework of the local educational agency which utilizes Spanish as the language of instruction for indigenous Puerto Rican students. So, in 1952, a federally funded Section 6 school system was inaugurated under the provision and intent of the Act. In the case of Guam, the language of instruction in the public schools is English. Therefore, the rationale for the establishment of a Section 6 school in Puerto Rico does not hold for Guam. However, during school year 1975-76, Navy and Air Force received numerous complaints, from their respective personnel, about the quality of education provided for their dependent children in the public schools on Guam. Following an investigation of the matter, a request for the establishment of a Section 6 school (for federal dependents living on |