Billington, Ann, student, Gallaudet College, Washington, D.C............ Burgdorf, Marcia, project attorney, National Center for Law and the Handicapped, South Bend, Ind.. Charron, Mrs. Rita, National Association for Retarded Children, Governmental Affairs Committee___. Connor, Frances, chairman, Department of Special Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N. Y Cunningham, Glenn, Ph. D., representing the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, and an olympic star... Dinger, Jack, president elect, Council for Exceptional Children, and chairman of the Department of Special Education, Slippery Rock State College, Slippery Rock, Pa. Accompanied by: Willian Geer, executive secretary, Council for Exceptional Children, and Frederick J. Weintraub, assistant executive secretary, Council for Exceptional Johns, Elizabeth, representative, American Speech and Hearing Association, and Msgr. John Hourihan, representative, Council on Education of the Deaf, New Jersey- Kurzman, Stephen, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, HEW, Dr. Nolan, Lloyd, stage and screen actor, honorary chairman of the National Society of Autistic Children, accompanied by Mrs. Mary Ohrtman, Dr. William F., director, Bureau of Special Education, Pennsylvania, Herbert D. Nash, and Earl B. Anderson. Rettie, Dwight F., executive director, National Recreation and Park Association, accompanied by Mrs. Thomas W. Sarnoff and David Ross, Clarke, Federal programs consultant, United Cerebral Palsy Association: accompanied by Una Haynes, associate director and nurse consultant, Professional Services Program Department, United Cerebral Palsy Association____ Schloss, Irvin P., coordinator of government relations, American Charron, Mrs. Rita, Governmental Affairs Committee, National As- sociation for Retarded Children, testimony of... Connor, Frances, chairman, Department of Special Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, statement of Council for Exceptional Children, publication entitled "A Continuing Dinger, Dr. Jack C., president-elect, The Council for Exceptional 7 Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.-Continued "Let Me Learn With the Other Kids," article in Learning Magazine.. Marsh, Mrs. Dorothy, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., statement of.. Page 24 186 Nagle, John F., chief of the Washington Office, National Federation of the Blind, statement of.. 189 Nolan, Lloyd, honorary chairman, National Society for Autistic 158 "Public Education for the Blind," article in Learning Magazine_. Rettie, Dwight F., executive director, National Recreation and Park Association, statement of.. 19 171 Ross, Clarke, Federal programs consultant, statement in behalf of 33 Schloss, Irvin P., coordinator of government relations, American 191 Weintraub, Frederick J., assistant executive director for governmental relations, the Council for Exceptional Children, letter to Chairman Brademas, dated June 8, 1973-.. 28 EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT AMENDMENTS FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1973 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:45 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John Brademas (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Brademas, Meeds, Landgrebe, Hansen, and Sarasin. Staff members present: Jack G. Duncan, counsel; James Harvey, assistant staff director; Gladys Walker, clerk, and Martin La Vor, minority legislative associate. [H.R. 4199, 93d Cong., First Sess.] [Text of H.R. 4199 follows:] A BILL To extend the Education of the Handicapped Act for three years Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 604 of the Education of the Handicapped Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Subject to section 448 (b) of the General Education Provisions Act, the Advisory Committee shall continue to exist until July 1, 1976." PART B-ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN SEC. 2. Section 611 (b) of the Education of the Handicapped Act is amended by striking out "and" after "1972," and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $350,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976". SEC. 3. Section 612(a) (1) (B) of such Act is amended by striking out "1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "1976". PART C-CENTERS AND SERVICES TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE HANDICAPPED SEC. 4. Section 626 of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after "1972," and by inserting after "1973," the following: "$75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $85,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976,”. PART D-TRAINING PERSONNEL FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED SEC. 5. Section 636 of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after "1972," and inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", $110,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $115,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $120,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976”. PART E-RESEARCH IN THE EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED SEC. 6. Section 644 of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after "1972," and by inserting after "1973," the following: "$50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $55,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976,". PART F-INSTRUCTIONAL Media for THE HANDICAPPED SEC. 7. Section 664 of such Act is amended by inserting after "1973," the following: ", $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974,". PART G-SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES SEC. 8. Section 661 (c) of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after "1971," and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976". Mr. BRADEMAS. The Select Subcommittee on Education will come to order for the purpose of receiving testimony on H.R. 4199, a bill to extend for 3 years the Education of the Handicapped Act. The Chair would observe initially that this legislation, Public Law 91-230, is scheduled to expire on June 30, 1973. I must say, speaking for myself that I feel we must act now to insure that the Federal effort in the education of handicapped children continues without disruption. The Chair would also observe at the outset that although the Federal effort in assisting the States in the education of handicapped children has been substantial in the past few years, we still have a long road to travel before reaching our goal of providing every handicapped child with the special educational services he needs. For example, although the Federal investment, in the training of special education teachers, rose from $2.5 million in fiscal year 1962 to $34.6 million in fiscal year 1972-during which period the number of teachers working with handicapped children rose from 20,000 to 162,000-if we are to provide special educational services to the 7 million handicapped children who require them, we shall need 300,000 specially trained teachers. The Chair would also observe that in the past 5 years, Federal dollars to assist States educate handicapped children have increased from $45 million to $250 million. The States advise us, however, that less than one-half of the children who need special education programs are presently being served. Clearly these figures show the need for prompt action so that we can continue the programs authorized by the Education of the Handicapped Act for the benefit of our disabled children. This act provides grants to States for the education of preschool, as well as elementary and secondary school handicapped children, including the mentally retarded and the emotionally disturbed. The act also authorizes centers to meet the special educational needs of handicapped children as well as personnel training, research in education and recreation for the handicapped, and a national center on educational media and materials for the handicapped. The subcommittee is privileged to have a distinguished list of witnesses scheduled to appear before us this morning. I would like to caution our witnesses that, in the interest of hearing from everyone, they should summarize the main points of their testimony, and we shall be pleased to insert their complete statements in the official record of the hearings. If we fail to do that, the Chair wants to observe, it will simply be impossible for us to hear everyone. Our first witnesses this morning are Dr. Jack Dinger, president-elect of the Council for Exceptional Children and chairinan of the department of special education, Slippery Rock State College, Slippery Rock, Pa. Dr. Dinger is accompanied by William Geer, executive secretary of the council, and Frederick J. Weintraub, assistant executive secretary of the Council for Exceptional Children. Gentlemen, we are pleased to see you. STATEMENT OF DR. JACK DINGER, PRESIDENT-ELECT, COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, SLIPPERY ROCK STATE COLLEGE, SLIPPERY ROCK, PA., ACCOMPANIED BY WILLIAM GEER, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, AND FREDERICK J. WEINTRAUB, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN Dr. DINGER. Mr. Chairman, I am Dr. Jack Dinger. The Council for Exceptional Children is a national organization of 47,000 members concerned about the education of handicapped children. The officers and members of the Council for Exceptional Children would like for you to know that we are deeply appreciative of the efforts of this committee over the past years on behalf of handicapped children. We are particularly impressed and appreciative of your leadership of this committee, Mr. Chairman, and Congressman Hansen. The handicapped has so few people speaking for them that we need every advocate we can get. Your contributions on behalf of these children have been most significant. The essence of our visit here this morning is to make certain that your committee is aware of the Council for Exceptional Children support of H.R. 4199 which is designed to extend the Education of the Handicapped Act which we recognize as the foundation of all Federal support for the education of handicapped children. Our formal statement of our support of H.R. 4199 goes into a great deal of depth on each of the six separate program parts of the Education of Handicapped Act and rather than repeating this detailed statistical report I would like to make a few brief comments to illustrate the impact and the importance of this program as we see them. In this country there are 7 million handicapped children. Six million of these are school age and it seems incredible that in 1973, with all of the wealth and technology that this country possesses, that there are only 212 million or 39 percent of these children now receiving any kind of specialized educational services which their handicap would |