PART 10: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY
AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 15

TO EXTEND FOR FIVE YEARS CERTAIN ELEMENTARY,
SECONDARY, AND OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
JULY 21; AUGUST 3, 4, 1977

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1977

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

CONTENTS

Hearing held in Washington, D.C.:

July 21, 1977.

August 3, 1977.

August 4, 1977.

Statement of

Alford, Dr. Albert L., Assistant Commissioner, Legislation, U.S. Office of
Education, accompanied by Ann Bailey, Committee Management Officer,
U.S. Office of Education, HEW

Awsumb, Gwen, chairperson, National Advisory Council on Equality of
Educational Opportunity.

Boyer, Hon. Ernest L., U.Š. Commissioner of Education, HEW

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1

285

387

389

501

287, 324

592

Essex, Martin W., chairperson, Community Education Advisory Council ...
Evans, Dr. John W., Assistant Commissioner, Office of Planning, Budgeting
and Evaluation, U.S. Office of Education, accompanied by Dr. Alfred L.
Alford, Assistant Commissioner for Legislation, U.S. Office of Education,
Ann Bezdek, Carl E. Wisler, and Robert Maroney

Eyre, Dr. Gary A., executive director, National Advisory Council on Adult
Education

18

434

Lehmann, James, council member, National Advisory Council on Bilingual
Education

557

Lewis, Dr. Wilbur H., vice chairman, National Advisory Council on the
Education of Disadvantaged Children.

435

Meyer, George, chairman, National Advisory Council for Career Education Mongiardo, Victoria, representing Frank Femminella, chairperson, National Advisory Council on Ethnic Heritage Studies

565

O'Keefe, Dr. Michael, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Eval-
uation/Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Relic, Dr. Peter D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education, Education
Division, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:
Statement July 21, 1977.

August 3, 1977, accompanied by Albert L. Alford, Assistant Commis-
sioner for Legislation, and William A. Blakey, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Legislation, Office of Education, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare..

August 4, 1977, representing Dr. Mary Berry, Assistant Secretary for
Education, presiding officer, Advisory Council for Education Statis-
tics, and Roberta Lovenheim, Execuctive Director, National Ad-
visory Committee on Disadvantaged Children
Simonson, Joy R., Executive Director, National Advisory Council on Wom-
en's Educational Programs

616

2

12

335

637

538

Thompson, Thomas A., chairperson, National Advisory Council on Indian
Education

524

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.—

Alford, Dr. Albert L., Assistant Commissioner for Legislation, U.S. Office of
Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:
Annual report on Federal advisory committees summary sheet (re-
port)

392, 656

Federally required State advisory council summary (table).
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, prepared statement
Prepared statement of..

407

413

389

Awsumb, Gwen, chairman, National Advisory Council on Equality of
Educational Opportunity, Washington, D.C.:

Letter to Chairman Perkins, with enclosures, dated August 15, 1977 ..
Prepared statement of.

738

502

Bailey, Ann V., Committee Management Officer, U.S. Office of Education, Committee Management Staff, Washington, D.C., letter dated August 15, 1977, enclosing information requested

658

(III)

Chart I-To expand access

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.-Continued
Bezdek, Dr. Ann, representing, Assistant Commissioner for Legislation,
U.S. Office of Education, development costs for 16 project information
packages (listings)

Boyer, Ernest L., U.S. Commissioner of Education, U.S. Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare:

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84

326

Chart II-To promote excellence

327

Chart III-To encourage equal funding

327

Chart IV-To respond to national needs/emergencies.
Chart V-To assess the status of education

327

328

Chart VI-To stimulate new directions..

328

Letter from Hon. Carl D. Perkins, dated August 16, 1977, with ques-
tions and answers.

359

Letter to Chairman Perkins, with enclosures, dated November 7, 1977..
Prepared statement of.

364

287

Number of OE ceiling positions allocated (tables).
OE proposed functional reorganize (chart).

297, 350

330

Crews, Dr. Alton C., council chairman, National Advisory Council on Adult
Education:

Letter to Chairman Perkins, dated August 18, 1977
Prepared testimony of .............

681

413

Essex, Martin W., chairperson, HEW Community Education Advisory
Council, prepared statement of

592

Evans, John W., Assistant Commissioner, Office of Planning, Budgeting and Evaluation, U.S. Office of Education:

Comptroller General of the United States (report to the Congress),
"Problems and Needed Improvements in Evaluating Office of Educa-
tion Programs"

147

"Critical Path of the Program Evaluation system," USOE/OPBE (leg-
end)

70

Letter to Chairman Perkins

136

Letter to Congressman Albert Quie, dated July 29, 1977, with two
enclosures

113

Letter from Congressman Perkins, chairman, dated July 21, 1977, with
attachment

133

Oversight hearings "National Diffusion Network"
Prepared statement of..

93

19

433

Eyre, Dr. Gary A., letter from Chairman Perkins, dated July 27, 1977.
Femminella, Francis X., chairman, National Advisory Council on Ethnic
Heritage Studies to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education:

"Additional Information for the Hearing Record on National Advisory
Councils" (added comments)

678

National Advisory Council on Ethnic Heritage Studies, 1976, annual
report

620

Prepared statement of.

617

Lehmann, James D., council member, National Advisory Council on Bilingual Education:

Letter memorandum to Chairman Perkins, with enclosures, dated
August 19, 1977.

706

Prepared testimony of

558

Lewis, Dr. Wilbur H., vice chairman, National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, Washington, D.Č., prepared testimony of, and exhibit materials attached

438

Lorenzo, Leo A., Executive Director, National Advisory Council on Equality of Educational Opportunity:

Letter to Chairman Perkins at request of Gwen Awsumb, chairman,
National Advisory Council, dated August 18, 1977
Letter to Chairman Perkins, dated August 19, 1977.

739

750

Lovenheim, Roberta, Executive Director, National Advisory Council on the
Education of Disadvantaged Children:

Information requested August 11, 1977.

689

Letter to Chairman Perkins, dated August 3, 1977.

437

Maurer, Kathleen, administrative officer, National Advisory Council on

Women's Educational programs, Washington, D.C., letter to Chairman
Perkins, dated August 17, 1977, with enclosure...

684

Page

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.-Continued
Meyer, George F., chairperson, National Advisory Council for Career
Education, prepared statement of.....
O'Keefe, Michael, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evalua-
tion/Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:
Letter from Chairman Perkins, chairman, dated July 21, 1977
Letter to Chairman Perkins, dated August 1, 1977, with attachment
Prepared statement of....

Relic, Dr. Peter D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education, Education
Division, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:
Prepared statement July 21, 1977..
Prepared statement August 3, 1977
Prepared statement August 4, 1977

13 336

637

I. Description of the ASE Education Policy Research Centers (EPRC's). 47, 54 Simonson, Joy R., Executive Director, the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, prepared statement of. Thompson, Thomas A., chairperson, the National Advisory Council on Indian Education:

539

Letter from Chairman Perkins, dated August 11, 1977.

672

Letter to Chairman Perkins, dated August 17, 1977, with additional
information.

674

Prepared statement of..

524

Tremper, Paul, Acting Director, Community Education Program, De-
partment of Health, Education, and Welfare, letter to Jack Jen-
nings, subcommittee counsel, dated August, 19, 1977.

693