Developments During the Past Year In the 1965 fiscal year, 2,538 Cuban refugee students borrowed nearly $2,500,000 to help finance their studies at 319 institutions of higher education in the Nation. Legal Basis Public Law 87-510 (Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962), June 28, 1962 (76 Stat. 121) as amended by Public Law 88-634, October 7, 1964, title II, section 201 (78 Stat. 1021)--22 U.S.C. 2601. Additional information may be obtained from: Division of Student Financial Aid, Bureau of Higher Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20202. C. TRAINING FOR CUBAN REFUGEE PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL Purpose To assist Cuban refugee teachers, physicians, and other professional personnel in improving their qualifications and in meeting requirements to practice their professions in the United States. Training is provided through special institutes and courses of instruction at colleges and universities in various parts of the United States. Support was given during fiscal years 1961 through 1965 to research projects for studies in Cuban economics (such as the 1,703 page Estudio Sobre Cuba). During fiscal year 1962, Federal funds supported institutes providing instruction in English to Cuban refugee teachers and other professional personnel and to Cuban refugee military inductees. Direct grants are made to institutions of higher education to cover the cost of training and projects on the basis of proposals submitted to the Office of Education. Matching Requirements None. Who May Receive Federal Aid Institutions of higher education in the Nation which have training and project proposals approved under the program. Application Procedure An institution of higher education in the Nation may initiate a proposal and submit it to the Office of Education. The Office also may seek the assistance of institutions according to need. Developments During the Past Year A total of 316 new physicians were enrolled in training programs at the University of Miami in Coral Gables from June 1964 to June 1965. (A total of 2,716 Cuban doctors and Cuban lawyers received professional training since 1961 when the program was initiated.) Eight different colleges and universities conducted special programs in fiscal year 1965 for a total of 361 Cuban teachers to help them improve their academic preparation to meet standards required for holding regular teaching positions in the United States. Since the close of the fiscal year, these teachers have been employed as librarians and as teachers of Spanish, mathematics, or science. Legal Basis Public Law 87-510 (Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962), June 28, 1962 (76 Stat. 121) as amended by Public Law 88-634, October 7, 1964, title II, section 201 (78 Stat. 1021)-22 U.S.C. 2601. Additional information may be obtained from: Division of Educational Personnel Training, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20202. EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN: MEETING SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS Purpose To assist in expanding and improving education programs which contribute particularly to meeting the special needs of educationally deprived children; namely, through payments to State education agencies for: Basic and special incentive grants to local education agencies having concentrations of children from low-income families. b. Grants to State agencies operating or supporting schools for handicapped children. c. Administering the program. Public Law 81-874 of September 30, 1950 as amended through 1964, focused on Federal financial assistance for school maintenance and operation in federally impacted areas. Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 amended this legislation by adding title II authorizing financial assistance to State education agencies for grants to local education_agencies in areas with concentrations of children from low-income families. Focus of this amendment is on helping educationally deprived children in public and private elementary or secondary schools. Later in 1965, Public Law 89-313 broadened the amended 1950 legislation still further. In addition to authorizing financial assistance for current expenditures of affected schools in major disaster areas, it authorized grants to State agencies operating or supporting schools for handicapped children. Focus in the latter case is on children with physical, mental, or emotional handicaps. The term "State" is defined in the law to include any State of the Union, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, or the Virgin Islands. It also means the Territory of the Pacific Islands which the Nation administers under Trusteeship Agreement with the United Nations Security Council. (For programs other than those under title II of the amended 1950 law, see the entry on "School Maintenance and Operation in Federally Affected Areas and Major Disaster Areas," page 167). 1/ Represents total when statutory formulas are applied. 2/ Represents an initial and a supplemental appropriation. Legislation authorizes payments based on maximum entitlements. 3/ Estimate. The $959,000,000 appropriation is being obligated in fiscal year 1966. Expenditures will occur over a longer period of time. 16 Method of Distribution The Federal percentage and the low-income factor for computing basic grants for fiscal year 1966 are fixed in the legislation at 50 percent and $2,000 respectively, with each to be established by the Congress by law for the two succeeding fiscal years. Up to 2 percent of the appropriation is reserved for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Maximum amounts which may be allocated for grants to local education agencies are based on the number of children of school age (5-17 years) from low-income families in the school district, multiplied by one-half the average per pupil expenditure in the State. Children from families receiving more than $2,000 in aid to dependent children under the Social Security Act as amended also are counted in corputing the allocation. School districts within States are eligible for suballocations if the number of eligible children is at least 100 or is equal to at least 3 percent of the total number of children aged 5-17 years in the district, whichever is less, and provided that the number is not less than 10. Where data are not available on a school district basis, all districts in any county with at least 100 such children are eligible. Special allocations are made for State-operated or supported schools for handicapped children. These allocations are based on the average daily attendance in such schools multiplied by one-half the average per pupil expenditure in regular schools in the State. A letter of credit is established for each State. The State education agency then may authorize grants against this letter of credit and to (1) local agencies, and (2) State agencies operating or supporting schools for handicapped children. Criteria for Decision: In considering applications, the State education agency weighs such factors as the size, scope, and quality of the project and its promise of success in meeting the special needs of educationally deprived children in school attendance areas having high concentrations of children from lowincome families. The State education agency approves projects when (1) they are in conformity with the law (which specifically limits use of Federal funds for the program to elementary and secondary education not beyond the 12th grade), and (2) they meet criteria and are consistent with guidelines established by the U.S. Commissioner of Education. Source of Data: Number of school-age children from low-income families: A special tabulation based on the 1960 Decennial Census was made for the Office of Education by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Regulations: 30 F.R. 11810, September 15, 1965, as amended by 31 F.R. 4299, March 11, 1966--45 C.F.R. 116 (with program authorization extending through fiscal year 1968). EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN: MEETING SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS Purpose To assist in expanding and improving education programs which contribute particularly to meeting the special needs of educationally deprived children; namely, through payments to State education agencies for: Basic and special incentive grants to local education agencies having concentrations of children from low-income families. b. Grants to State agencies operating or supporting schools for handicapped children. c. Administering the program. Public Law 81-874 of September 30, 1950 as amended through 1964, focused on Federal financial assistance for school maintenance and operation in federally impacted areas. Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 amended this legislation by adding title II authorizing financial assistance to State education agencies for grants to local education_agencies in areas with concentrations of children from low-income families. Focus of this amendment is on helping educationally deprived children in public and private elementary or secondary schools. Later in 1965, Public Law 89-313 broadened the amended 1950 legislation still further. In addition to authorizing financial assistance for current expenditures of affected schools in major disaster areas, it authorised grants to State agencies operating or supporting schools for handicapped children. Focus in the latter case is on children with physical, mental, or emotional handicaps. The term "State" is defined in the law to include any State of the Union, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, or the Virgin Islands. It also means the Territory of the Pacific Islands which the Nation administers under Trusteeship Agreement with the United Nations Security Council. (For programs other than those under title II of the amended 1950 law, see the entry on "School Maintenance and Operation in Federally Affected Areas and Major Disaster Areas," page 167). 2/ Represents an initial and a supplemental appropriation. Legislation authorizes payments based on maximum entitlements. 3/ Estimate. The $959,000,000 appropriation is being obligated in fiscal year 1966. Expenditures will occur over a longer period of time. OCE-16 |