Disaster School Assistance and Measures to Eliminate Inequities in Public Laws 815 and 874: Hearings Before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 7808, H.R. 9022, H.R. 6704, H.R. 7930, H.R. 7931, H.R. 8291, and H.R. 8249 Bills on Disaster School Assistance and Measures to Eliminate Inequities in Public Laws 815 and 874, Hearings Held in Washington, D.C., May 18, 19, 24, and 26, 1965

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Page 3 - SEC. 406. Payments pursuant to a grant or contract under this title may be made (after necessary adjustments on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments, as the Commissioner may determine SUITS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SEC.
Page 59 - Such term does not include athletic stadiums, or structures or facilities intended primarily for athletic exhibitions, contests, or games or other events for which admission is to be charged to the general public.
Page 103 - Education, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, the National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards of the National Education Association, and the National School Boards Association.
Page 7 - In determining the order in which such applications shall be approved, the Commissioner shall consider the relative educational and financial needs of the local educational agencies which have submitted approvable applications and the nature and extent of the Federal responsibility.
Page 6 - Major disaster" means any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government...
Page 8 - That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize the making of any payment under this Act for religious worship or instruction...
Page 5 - Commissioner shall consider the relative educational and financial needs of the local educational agencies which have submitted approvable applications. (e) Amounts paid by the Commissioner to local educational agencies under this section may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Commissioner may determine. Any funds paid to a local educational agency and not expended or otherwise used for the purposes for which paid shall be repaid to the Treasury of the United...
Page 7 - States have placed on such agency a substantial and continuing financial burden; and (3) that such agency is making a reasonable tax effort and is exercising due diligence in availing itself of State and other financial assistance but is unable to secure sufficient funds to meet the increased educational costs involved...
Page 9 - SPECIAL BASE CLOSING PROVISION SEC. 17. In determining the payment to be made to a local educational agency under this Act the Commissioner shall disregard the announcement, made November 19, 1964, of a decrease in or cessation of Federal activities in certain areas, and shall carry out such Act as if such announcement had not been made.
Page 56 - It is not possible to estimate with any degree of accuracy the cost of granting credit for these periods of service.

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