A BILL TO AUTHORIZE A WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SEPTEMBER 14 AND 17, 1970 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor ML 600534 51-538 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1970 KF27 £333 19700 CONTENTS Hearings held in Washington, D.C.: September 14, 1970 September 17, 1970 Text of H.R. 17772.. Statement of Broadway, Stan C., president, National Council of Higher Education Burkett, Lowell A., executive director, American Vocational Associa- Davenport, Mrs. Norma, chairman, Illinois Citizens Education Erlenborn, Hon. John N., a Representative in Congress from the Gereau, Mary Condon, legislative consultant, National Education Prepared statements: American Council on Education, statement of the.. (III) Page 1 17 1 30 10 18 4 23 35 36 TO AUTHORIZE A WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1970 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 2257, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Roman C. Pucinski (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Pucinski, Dellenback, and Ruth. Also present: John F. Jennings, counsel; Alexandra Kisla, clerk; and Charles W. Radcliffe, minority counsel for education. Mr. PUCINSKI. The committee will come to order. The General Subcommittee on Education today begins hearings on H.R. 17772, a bill to authorize a White House Conference on Education. This bill has been introduced by our esteemed colleague on the committee, John Erlenborn, and has been cosponsored by a bipartisan group of Congressmen, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Ayres, Mrs. Green of Oregon, Mr. Quie, Mr. Dent, Mr. Bell of California, Mr. Pucinski, Mr. Reid of New York, Mr. Hathaway, Mr. Dellenback, Mr. Burton of California, Mr. Esch, Mr. Steiger of Wisconsin, Mr. Collins, Mr. Scherle, Mr. Ruth, and Mr. Don Clausen. (The text of the bill under consideration, H.R. 17772, follows:) [H.R. 17772, 91st Cong., second sess.] A BILL To authorize a White House Conference on Education Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is authorized to call and conduct a White House Conference on Education in 1972 in order to stimulate a national assessment of the condition, needs, and goals of education and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of findings and recommendations resulting from such assessment. SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE SEC. 2. (a) In carrying out the purposes of this Act, participants in conferences and other activities at local, State, and Federal levels should consider all matters which they believe relevant to the broad purpose of the program, but should give special consideration to the following: (1) Preschool education (including child care and nutritional programs), with special attention to the needs of disadvantaged children. (2) The adequacy of primary education in providing all children with the fundamental skills of communication (reading, writing, spelling, and other elements of effective oral and written expression) and arithmetic. (3) The place of occupational education (including education in proprietary schools) in the educational structure and the role of vocational-technical education in assuring that the Nation's requirements for skilled manpower are met. |