DISASTER SCHOOL ASSISTANCE AND MEASURES TO ELIMINATE INEQUITIES IN PUBLIC LAWS 815 AND 874 H.R. 7808, H.R. 9022, H.R. 6704, H.R. 7930, BILLS ON DISASTER SCHOOL ASSISTANCE AND MEASURES HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor -623 56 50-331 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1965 E333 1965a COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR ADAM C. POWELL, New York, Chairman CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky JAMES ROOSEVELT, California WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York WILLIAM H. AYRES, Ohio CONTENTS Berge, Dr. O. G., superintendent of schools, Sun Prairie, Wis.; accom- panied by Wilmer E. Trodahl, Esq., school attorney- Des Marais, Philip H., Deputy Assistant Secretary (Legislation), Hochwalt, Msgr. Frederick G., director, the Department of Educa- Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from Lawrence, Richard, coordinator, legislative and special projects, McDaniels, Wilbur N., secretary, Board of Education, Madison, Mink, Hon. Patsy T., a Representative in Congress from the State of 138 Poage, Hon. William Robert, a Representative in Congress from the 10 Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.: Adams, John, legal counsel and associate director, Americans United Des Marais, Philip H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, statement by Ford, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the State 112 145 Hochwalt, Msgr. Fredrick G., director, Department of Education, National Catholic Welfare Conference: Carnegie Corp. of New York Quarterly, April 1965 issue.. Public and parochial cooperation during disaster periods (tables) - Kanda, Stephen S., acting district superintendent, Department of Education, Oahu, State of Hawaii, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated Keppel, Francis, U.S. Commissioner of Education, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated May 28, 1965... Knoff, Gerald E., associate general secretary for Christian education, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., letter to Chairman Perkins, dated June 11, 1965, enclosing a resolution_____ Lawrence, Richard, Los Angeles School System, statement of...- Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.—Continued Lilly white, B. A., Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Office of Education: Supplemental material submitted by- Mink, Hon. Patsy T., a Representative in Congress from the State of Lennox, Charles, principal, Kapaa High and Intermediate School, Kapaa Kauai, Hawaii, letter from, dated June 8, 1965---- Yarberry, R. Burl, superintendent of education, State of Hawaii, DISASTER SCHOOL ASSISTANCE AND MEASURES TO ELIMINATE INEQUITIES IN PUBLIC LAWS 815 AND 874 TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1965 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:40 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 2257, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Carl D. Perkins (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Perkins, Carey, Ashbrook, and Bell. [H.R. 7808, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend Public Laws 815 and 874, Eighty-first Congress, to provide financial assistance in the construction and operation of public elementary and secondary schools in areas affected by a major disaster Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended (20 U.S.C. 631-645), is amended by inserting, immediately after section 15 of that Act, the following new section: "SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE IN MAJOR DISASTER AREAS "SEC. 16. (a) If the Commissioner determines with respect to any local educational agency that- "(1) (A) such agency is located in whole or in part within an area which has suffered a major disaster as a result of any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe which, in the determination of the President pursuant to section 2(a) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1855a (a)), is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government, and "(B) the Governor of the State in which such agency is located has certified the need for disaster assistance under this section, and has given assurance of expenditure of a reasonable amount of the funds of the government of such State, or of any political subdivision thereof, for the same or similar purposes with respect to such catastrophe; "(2) public elementary or secondary school facilities of such agency have been destroyed or seriously damaged as a result of this major disaster; "(3) such agency is making a reasonable tax effort and is exercising due diligence in availing itself of State and other financial assistance available for the replacement or restoration of such school facilities; and "(4) such agency does not have sufficient funds available to it from State, local, and other Federal sources (including funds available under other provisions of this Act), and from the proceeds of insurance on such school facilities, to provide the minimum school facilities needed for the restoration or replacement of the school facilities so destroyed or seriously damaged, he may provide the additional assistance necessary to enable such agency to provide such facilities, upon such terms and in such amounts (subject to the provisions of this section) as the Commissioner may consider to be in the public |