educational units; (3) the conduct of conferences and training for personnel of local educational units and of periodic reviews and evaluation of the program for records and reports; (4) improving methods for obtaining, from other State agencies within the State, educational data not collected by the State educational agency; or (5) expediting the processing and reporting of statistical data through installation and operation of mechanical equipment. The total of the payments to any State under this section for any fiscal year may not exceed $50,000. (c) Payments with respect to any program of a State educational agency under this section may be made (1) only to the extent it is a new program or an addition to or expansion of an existing program and (2) only if the State plan approved under subsection (d) includes such program. (d) The Commissioner shall approve any State plan for purposes of this section if such plan meets the requirements of section 1004 (a) and sets forth the programs proposed to be carried out under the plan and the general policies to be followed in doing so. TITLE XI-INSTITUTES PART I-GENERAL AUTHORIZATION OF INSTITUTES 79 Stat. 1254. SEC. 1101. There are authorized to be appropriated $32,750,- 20 USC 591. 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, to enable the Commissioner to arrange, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education for the operation by them of short-term or regular session institutes for advanced study, including study in the use of new materials, to improve the qualification of individuals— (1) who are engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching, or supervising or training of teachers, of history, geography, economics, civics, industrial arts, modern foreign languages, reading, or English in elementary or secondary schools; (2) who are engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching of disadvantaged youth and are, by virtue of their service or future service in elementary or secondary schools enrolling substantial numbers of culturally, economically, socially, and educationally handicapped youth, in need of specialized training; except that no institute may be established under this title for teachers of disadvantaged youth unless such institute will offer a specialized program of instruction designed to assist such teachers in coping with the unique and peculiar problems involved in the teaching of such youth; (3) who are engaged as, or preparing to engage as, library personnel in the elementary or secondary schools, or 79 Stat. 1228. as supervisors of such personnel; 17 or 17 By sec. 225 of Public Law 89-329 clause (3) of sec. 1101 is repealed effective July 1, 1967. 20 USC 592. 80 Stat. 1071. (4) who are engaged as, or are preparing to engage as, educational media specialists. STIPENDS SEC. 1102. Each individual who attends an institute operated under the provisions of this title shall be eligible (after application therefor) to receive a stipend at the rate of $75 per week for the period of his attendance at such institutes, and each such individual with one or more dependents shall receive an additional stipend at the rate of $15 per week for such dependent. PART II-INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL SEC. 1111. There are authorized to be appropriated $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, to enable the Commissioner to arrange through contracts with institutions of higher education for the establishment and operation of short-term or regularsession institutes for teachers in secondary schools in order to give them a broader understanding of international affairs. Any such arrangement may cover the cost of the establishment and operation of the institute with respect to which it is made, including the costs of grants to the staff of travel in the foreign areas, regions, or countries with which the subject matter of the field or fields in which they are or will be working is concerned, and the cost of travel of foreign scholars to enable them to teach or assist in teaching in such institute and the cost of their return, and shall be made on such conditions as the Commissioner finds necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. STIPENDS SEC. 1112. The Commissioner is authorized to pay stipends to any individual to study in a program assisted under the provisions of this part upon determining that assisting such individual in such studies will promote the purpose of this part. Stipends under the provisions of this section may include allowances for dependents and for travel to and from the place of residence. Legislative History NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT OF 1958, AS AMENDED THROUGH THE H. Repts. 2157 (Committee on Education and Labor) and 2688 (committee S. Rept. 2242 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 104 (1958) : Aug. 7: Considered in House. Aug. 8: Considered and passed House, amended. Aug. 13: Considered and passed Senate, amended (in lieu of S. 4237). Aug. 22: Senate agreed to conference report. Aug. 23: House agreed to conference report. H. Rept. 369 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). June 1: Considered and passed House, amended. June 3: Considered and passed Senate, amended. June 11: House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. H. Repts. 1115 (Committee on Foreign Affairs) and 1239 (committee of conference). H. Rept. 1029 (Committee on Science and Astronautics). Sept. 6: Passed House. Congressional Record, vol. 108 (1962): Sept. 27: Passed Senate, amended. Oct. 2: House concurred in Senate amendment. H. Rept. 469 (Committee on Education and Labor) and 1025 (committee of conference). S. Rept. 558 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 109 (1963): Aug. 6: Considered and passed House, amended. Oct. 3: Considered in Senate. Oct. 8: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Dec. 12: House agreed to conference report. Dec. 14: Senate agreed to conference report. (P.L. 88-665) S. 3060: S. Rept. 1257 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). H. Repts. 1639 (Committee on Education and Labor) and 1916 (committee of conference). Congressional Record, vol. 110 (1964): Aug. 1: Considered and passed Senate. Aug. 14: Considered and passed House, amended (in lieu of H.R. 11904). Oct. 1: House agreed to conference report. Oct. 2: Senate agreed to conference report. H. Repts. 428 (Committee on Education and Labor) and 1001 and 1061 (committee of conference). S. Rept. 599 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 111 (1965): July 20, 21: Considered in House. July 22: Considered and passed House. Aug. 16-18: Considered in Senate. Aug. 19: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 15: Considered in House. Sept. 23: House agreed to conference report. Sept. 24: Senate agreed to conference report. H.R. 9567: (P.L. 89-329) H. Repts. 621 (Committee on Education and Labor) and 1178 (committee of conference). S. Rept. 673 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 111 (1965): Aug. 26: Considered and passed House. Sept. 1: Considered in Senate. Sept. 2: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 20: House and Senate agreed to conference report. H.R. 14643: (P.L. 89-698) H. Rept. 1539 (Committee on Education and Labor). S. Rept. 1715 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). June 6: Considered and passed House. Oct. 13: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 21: House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment: (P.L. 89-752) H.R. 14644: H. Repts. 1467 (Committee on Education and Labor) and 2326 (committee of conference). S. Rept. 1677 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 112 (1966): May 22: Considered and passed House. Oct. 7: Considered in Senate. Oct. 10: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 21: House and Senate agreed to conference report. ADULT EDUCATION ACT OF 1966, 89TH CONGRESS 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 "Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1966". * TITLE III-ADULT EDUCATION SHORT TITLE SEC. 301. This title may be cited as the "Adult Education 80 Stat. 1216. Act of 1966". STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 302. It is the purpose of this title to encourage and expand basic educational programs for adults to enable them to overcome English language limitations, to improve their basic education in preparation for occupational training and more profitable employment, and to become more productive and responsible citizens. NOTES. Although these provisions were enacted as title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Amendments of 1966, the text is set out in this separate section to enhance the usefulness of this compendium to the Committee as a handbook. ** Section 111(f) of Public Law 89-750 provides for coordination of the programs of Acts amended by Public Law 89-750 as follows: "In administering the provisions of this Act and any Act amended by this Act, the Commissioner shall consult with other Federal departments and agencies administering programs which may be effectively coordinated with programs carried out pursuant to such Acts, and to the extent practicable for the purposes of such Acts shall (1) coordinate such programs on the Federal level with the programs being administered by such other departments and agencies, and (2) require that effective procedures be adopted by State and local authorities to coordinate the development and operation of programs and projects carried out under such Acts with other public and private programs having the same or similar purposes, including community action programs under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964." *** Section 315 of Public Law 89-750 repealed Part B of title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which dealt with Adult Education. *** Section 182 of Public Law 89-750 provides for compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as follows: "The Commissioner of Education shall not defer action or order action deferred on any application by a local educational agency for funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act, by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, by the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), by the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress), or by the Cooperative Research Act, on the basis of alleged noncompliance with the provisions of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for more than sixty days after notice is given to such local agency of such deferral unless such local agency is given the opportunity for a hearing as provided in section 602 of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, such hearing to be held within sixty days of such notice, unless the time for such hearing is extended by mutual consent of such local agency and the Commissioner, and such deferral shall not continue for more than thirty days after the close of any such hearing unless there has been an express finding on the record of such hearing that such local educational agency has failed to comply with the provisions of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." 20 USC 821 note. 42 USC 2000d2000d-4. |