Workshops: None and no stipends are authorized for those attending workshops. Who May Receive Federal Aid Public and private undergraduate institutions of higher education. Application Procedure Higher education institutions within a State prepare their applications for acquisition grants on the basis of provisions of the law, regulations, and Office of Education issuances which are related to the program. Institutions forward their applications to the appropriate State commission. State commissions, in turn, forward applications to the Commissioner in accordance with priorities in their State plans. (Application procedure pertinent to institutes and workshops will be formulated when funds are appropriated for this purpose.) Developments During the Past Year None. The enabling legislation was enacted in fiscal year 1966. Legal Basis Public Law 39-329 (Higher Education Act of 1965), November 8, 1965, title VI (79 Stat. 1261)--20 U.S.C. 1121. Additional information may be obtained from: Bureau of Higher Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20202. SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES, TEXTBOOKS, AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Purpose To enable education agencies to acquire library resources, textbooks, and other printed and published instructional materials for the use of children and teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools. This program, authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title II, assists schools in providing instructional materials not previously available in sufficient quantity. The legislation defines the term "State" to include the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands as well as any of the 50 States of the Union. Not more than 2 percent of the annual appropriation is reserved for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The remainder is allotted to the 50 States of the Union and the District of Columbia in the same proportion that the number of children enrolled in the public and private elementary and secondary schools of each bears to the number of children in such schools in all 50 States of the Union and the District of Columbia. Reallotments: Unused portions of allotments may be reallotted to other eligible participants in the same proportion as their original allotments. Source of Data: Nonpublic elementary school enrollments: Diane B. Gertler. Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary Schools 1961-62. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education Circular No. 753. OE-20064-62. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. 48 p. Nonpublic secondary school enrollments: Diane B. Gertler. Nonpublic School Enrollments in Grades 9-12, Fall, 1964, and Graduates, 1963-64. OE 24016. Washington: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, June 1965. 10 p. Public school enrollments: Carol Joy Hobson and Samuel Schloss. Fall 1964 Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools: Pupils, Teachers, Instruction Rooms, and Expenditures. Final Report. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. OE-20007-647 Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. 18 p. Regulations: 30 F.R. 11817, September 15, 1965--45 C.F.R. 117 (with enabling legislation authorizing the program through fiscal year 1970). Matching Requirements None. Who May Receive Federal Aid The State agency designated in each approved State plan. (These State agencies, in turn, make grants to local school districts or other representatives of children and teachers in elementary and secondary schools which filed applications that were approved by the State.) If a State with an approved State plan has no State agency authorized by law to provide instructional materials for the use of children and teachers in nonpublic schools in the State, the U.S. Commissioner of Education arranges on an equitable basis for the provision of such materials for such use. He pays the cost out of the State's allotment. Application Procedure State education agencies submit plans to the Office of Education for participation in the program. (These plans become effective when approved by the Commissioner as in compliance with the law and related regulations.) State education agencies also provide an annual projection of forthcoming activities under their State plans. Among other requirements, the State plan must (1) consider the relative needs of children and teachers in the State for materials authorized under the program; (2) assure that such materials will be provided on an equitable basis for all elementary and secondary school children and teachers; and (3) assure that Federal funds will be used to improve present programs serving the purposes of this program, and not to supplant State, local, or private school funds already being spent for such purposes. Developments During the Past Year The enabling legislation was signed on April 11, 1965 and authorized the program for fiscal year 1966 and the four succeeding years. Legal Basis Public Law 89-10 (Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), April 11, 1965, titles II and VI (79 Stat. 36 and 55)--20 U.S.C. 821 and 881. Additional information may be obtained from the Division of Plans and Supplementary Centers, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C. 20202. STRENGTHENING INSTRUCTION IN THE HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS Purpose To strengthen instruction in the humanities and the arts through: a. Payments to State education agencies for (1) the acquisition of special equipment (other than supplies consumed in use) including audiovisual materials and equipment, and printed and published materials (other than textbooks) suitable for use in providing education in the humanities and the arts, and (2) minor remodeling of laboratory or other space used for such materials and equipment. b. Loans to nonprofit private schools for similar acquisitions and minor remodeling. The program is authorized by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, which defines "State" to include "in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands." This Public Law 89-209 specifies that sums appropriated for strengthening instruction in the humanities and the arts shall be allotted and paid in the same manner as provided under the National Defense Education Act of 1958 as amended, for acquisition and remodeling grants and loans for strengthening instruction in science, mathematics, modern foreign languages, and other critical subjects. Financing Fiscal Obligations 1/ Federal 27 State and Local Authorization Appropriation Grants Loans 1966 $500,000 $500,000 $440,000 $60,000 Not available 1/ Public Law 89-309, October 31, 1965 (79 Stat. 1140) appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out sections 12 (financial assistance for strengthening instruction in the humanities and the arts) and 13 (teacher training institutes) of Public Law 89-209, which authorized $500,000 for each program. 2/ The amount for loans represents 12 percent of the overall total allotment for grants and loans in keeping with provisions of title III of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 as amended. Method of Distribution See the section on Method of Distribution in the entry on "Strengthening Instruction in Science, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, and Other Critical Subjects," page 138. Matching Requirements Acquisition grants: Dollar for dollar in State or local funds. Grant program: State education agencies submit State plans or amendments thereto to the U.S. Commissioner of Education who approves them when they are in compliance with the law and related regulations. On an annual basis, they submit descriptions of projected activities and related requests for funds to the Office of Education. Loan program: Private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools apply direct to the Office. Developments During the Past Year None. The enabling legislation was enacted after the close of fiscal year 1965, with initial authorization being for fiscal year 1966. Legal Basis Public Law 89-209 (National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965), September 29, 1965, section 12 (79 Stat. 854)-20 U.S.C. 961. Additional information may be obtained from the Division of Plans and Supplementary Centers, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20202. |