Education Legislation, 1967

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

S. 1125 and H.R. 7819

TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR ELE-
MENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION BY EXTENDING AUTHORITY
FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO BE USED FOR EDUCATION OF INDIAN
CHILDREN AND CHILDREN IN OVERSEAS DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BY EXTENDING AND AMENDING THE
NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM, BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
FOR COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, AND BY IMPROVING
PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED; TO IMPROVE
PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; TO IMPROVE AUTHORITY FOR
ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS IN FEDERALLY IMPACTED AREAS AND AREAS
SUFFERING A MAJOR DISASTER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND RELATED BILLS

80-086

JULY 24, 25, AND 26, 1967
WASHINGTON, D.C.

PART 3

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1967

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

JULY 24, 1967

Gardner, Hon. John W., Secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare, accompanied by Ralph K. Huitt, Assistant Secretary for

Legislation; Harold Howe II, Commissioner of Education; Samuel

Halperin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation; Nolan Estes,

Associate Commissioner for Elementary and Secondary Éducation; and

Albert L. Alford, Assistant Commissioner for Legislation....

Howe, Harold, II, Commissioner of Education, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare.

JULY 25, 1967

Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin__

Howe, Harold, II, U.S. Commissioner of Education, accompanied by Nolan

Estes, Associate Commissioner, Elementary and Secondary Education;

Albert L. Alford, Assistant Commissioner for Legislation; John F.

Hughes, Director, Division of Compensatory Education; and B. Alden

Lillywhite, Assistant Commissioner, Division of School Assistance.

Lillywhite, Alden B., Assistant Commissioner, Division of School Assist-

ance, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Hughes, John F., Director, Division of Compensatory Education, Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare..

JULY 26, 1967

Brooke, Hon. Edward W., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts__

Panel consisting of Dr. Owen B. Kiernan, president, Council of Chief State

School Officers, and State commissioner of education, Boston, Mass.;

Dr. Edgar Fuller, executive secretary, Council of Chief State School

Officers, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Leon P. Minear, State superintendent of

public instruction, Salem, Oreg.; Jack P. Nix, State superintendent of

schools, Atlanta, Ga.; and Dr. Byron W. Hansford, State commissioner

of education, Denver, Colo..

Kiernan, Owen B., president Council of Chief State School Officers, and

State commissioner of education, Boston, Mass.-

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Fuller, Edgar, secretary, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washing-

ton, D.C

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Minear, Hon. Leon P., State superintendent of public instruction, Salem,

Oreg.-

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Nix, Jack P., State superintendent of schools, Atlanta, Ga_-_-

Hansford, Hon. Byron W., State commissioner of education, Denver, Colo.

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STATEMENTS

Brooke, Hon. Edward W., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts__

Fuller, Edgar, secretary, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington,

D.C...

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1104

Prepared statement re pending legislation in elementary and secondary

education, with special reference to intergovernmental relationships,

with attachments..

1105

Prepared statement re title III of the National Defense Education

Act...

1113

Supplemental statement, with attachments..

1187

Gardner, Hon. John W., Secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare, accompanied by Ralph K. Huitt, Assistant Secretary for

Legislation; Harold Howe II, Commissioner of Education; Samuel

Halperin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation; Nolan Estes,

Associate Commissioner for Elementary and Secondary Education; and

Albert L. Alford, Assistant Commissioner for Legislation_

Hansford, Hon. Byron W., State Commissioner of Education, Denver,
Colo...

Howe, Harold, II, U.S. Commissioner of Education, accompanied by Nolan
Estes, Associate Commissioner, Elementary and Secondary Education;
Albert L. Alford, Assistant Commissioner for Legislation; John F.
Hughes, Director, Division of Compensatory Education; and B. Alden
Lillywhite, Assistant Commissioner, Division of School Assistance__.

Howe, Harold, II, Commissioner of Education, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare..

Prepared statement, with appendixes A and B.

Hughes, John F., Director, Division of Compensatory Education, Depart-

ment of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Kiernon, Owen B., president, Council of Chief State School Officers, and

State commissioner of education, Boston, Mass..

Lillywhite, Alden B., Assistant Commissioner, Division of School Assist-

ance, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Minear, Hon. Leon P., State superintendent of public instruction, Salem,

Oreg--

Morse, Hon. Wayne, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon, before the

Subcommittee on Labor-HEW Appropriations, Senate Committee on

Appropriations, prepared statement.......

Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin..

Prepared statement..

Nix, Jack P., State superintendent of schools, Atlanta, Ga.......

Prepared statement__.

Panel consisting of Dr. Owen B. Kiernon, president, Council of Chief
State School Officers, and State commissioner of education, Boston,
Mass.; Dr. Edgar Fuller, executive secretary, Council of Chief State
School Officers, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Leon P. Minear, State superin-
tendent of public instruction, Salem, Oreg.; Jack P. Nix, State superin-
tendent of schools, Atlanta, Ga.; and Dr. Byron W. Hansford, State
commissioner of education, Denver, Colo-----

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Articles, publications, etc., entitled:

"Abstracts of Special Projects in Operation Under Section 505, Title

V, ESEA, 1965, Public Law 89-10," by the Division of State Agency

Cooperation, U.S. Office of Education___

"Commentary on Civil Rights Amendments Contained in H. R. 7819,
House-Passed Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of
1967," supplied by Hon. John W. Gardner, Secretary, U.S. Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare..
Committee print, text of; section-by-section comparison of principal
provisions of S. 1125, as introduced; and H. R. 7819, as passed the
House of Representatives, May 25, 1967, together with State-by-
State tabular comparisons of State allotments under title I formulas
of the respective measures given a $1.2 billion appropriation level__
"Current Action on the Task Force on Handicapped Children and
Child Development".

"Headstart Evaluation Studies," report of, with appendixes A and B..

Highlights from the second year of PACE_

"House Action on Appropriations for USOE Salaries and Expenses for

Field Service Functions, Fiscal Year 1968"-Quotations from report

of Committee on Appropriations May 22, 1967-

"Limitation in the Reallocation of Unused Formula Grants in 1967,
supplied by Hon. John W. Gardner, Secretary, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, with attachment_

"Pre-First-Grade Programs Under Headstart and Title I of Public

Law 89-10".

"Regional Educational Service Agency Prototypes, Optional Statu-

tory Arrangements and Suggestions for Implementation," prepared

by Department of Rural Education, National Education Associa-

tion, January 1967___

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