FAMILIARIZING TEACHERS WITH NEW CURRICULAR MATERIALS SEC. 554. In approving training and development programs for Vocational education personnel, the Commissioner shall give special consideration to programs which are designed to familiarize teachers with new curricular materials in vocational education. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, Title II, sec. 201, 82 Stat. 1094. APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED SEC. 555. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part, the sum of $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and the sum of $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, Title II, sec. 201, 82 Stat. 1094. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY (P.L. 89-329) House Reports: No. 621 (Committee on Education and Labor) and No. 1178 (committee of conference). Senate Report No. 673 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, Volume 111 (1965): August 26: Considered and passed House. September 1: Considered in Senate. September 2: Considered and passed Senate, amended. October 20: House and Senate agreed to conference report. Approved: November 8, 1965. (P.L. 90-35) House Report No. 373 (Committee on Education and Labor). Senate Report No. 363 accompanying S. 2028 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 113 (1967): June 26: Considered in House. June 27: Considered and passed House. June 28: Considered and passed Senate, in lieu of S. 2028. Approved: June 29, 1967. (P.L. 90-575) House Reports: No. 1649 accompanying H.R. 15067 (Committee on Education and Labor) and No. 2326 (committee of conference). Senate Report No. 1387 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 114 (1968): July 15: Considered and passed Senate. July 24, 25: Considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 15067. October 1: Senate agreed to conference report. Approved: October 16, 1968. (P.L. 90-576) House Reports: No. 1647 (Committee on Education and Labor) and No. 1938 (committee of conference). Senate Report No. 1386 accompanying S. 3770 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, volume 114 (1968): July 15: Considered and passed House. July 15, 17: Considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3770. October 1, 2: Senate considered and agreed to conference report. Approved: October 16, 1968. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-209) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965". DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares (1) that the encouragement and support of national progress and scholarship in the humanities and the arts, while primarly a matter for private and local initiative, is also an appropriate matter of concern to the Federal government; (2) that a high civilization must not limit its efforts to science and technology alone but must give full value and support to the other great branches of man's scholarly and cultural activity; (3) that democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens and that it must therefore foster and support a form of education designed to make men masters of their technology and not its unthinking servant; (4) that it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal government to complement, assist, and add to programs for the advancement of the humanities and the arts by local, State, regional, and private agencies and their organizations; (5) that the practice of art and the study of the humanities requires constant dedication and devotion and that, while no government can call a great artist or scholar into existence, it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal government to help create and sustain not only a climate encouraging freedom of thought, imagination, and inquiry but also the material conditions facilitating the release of this creative talent; (6) that the world leadership which has come to the United States cannot rest solely upon superior power, wealth, and technology, but must be solidly founded upon worldwide respect and admiration for the Nation's high qualities as a leader in the realm of ideas and of the spirit; and (7) that, in order to implement these findings, it is desirable to establish a National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities and to strengthen the responsibilities of the Office of Education with respect to education in the arts and the humanities. SEC. 3. As used in this Act DEFINITIONS (a) The term "humanities" includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature: history; jurisprudence: philosophy; archeology; the history, criticism, theory, and practice of the arts; those aspects of the social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment. (b) The term "the arts" includes, but it not limited to, music (instrumental and vocal), dance drama, folk art, creative writing, archi tecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, industrial design, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound recording, the arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of such major arts forms, and the study and application of the arts to the human environment. (c) The term "production" means plays (with or without music), ballet, dance and choral performances, concerts, recitals, operas, exhibitions, readings, motion pictures, television, radio and tape and sound recordings and any other activities involving the execution or rendition of the arts and meeting such standards as may be approved by the National Endowment for the Arts established by section 5 of this Act. (d) The term "project" means programs organized to carry out the purposes of this Act, including programs to foster American artistic creativity, to commission works of art, to create opportunities for individuals to develop artistic talents when carried on as a part of a program otherwise included in this definition, and to develop and enhance public knowledge and understanding of the arts, and includes, where appropriate, rental, purchase, renovation, or construction of facilities, purchase or rental of land, and acquisition of equipment. (e) The term "group" includes any State or other public agency, and any nonprofit society, institution, organization, association, museum, or establishment in the United States, whether or not incorporated. (f) The term "workshop" means an activity the primary purpose of which is to encourage the artistic development or enjoyment of amateur, student, or other nonprofessional participants, or to promote scholarship and teaching among the participants. (g) The term "State" includes, in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Íslands. TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES SEC. 13. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner of Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and each of the two succeeding years the sum of $500,000; but for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1969, and each subsequent fiscal year, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. Such sums shall be used to enable the Commissioner of Education to arrange, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education for the operation by them within the United States of short term or regular session institutes for advanced study, including study in the use of new materials, to improve the qualification of individuals who are engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching or supervision or training of teachers, of such subjects as will, in the judgment of the Commissioner, after consultation with the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, strengthen the teaching of the humanities and the arts in elementary and secondary schools. (b) Each individual who attends an institute operated under the provisions of this part shall be eligible (after application therefor) to receive a stipend at the rate of $75 per week for the period of his attendance at such institute, and each such individual with one or more dependents shall receive an additional stipend at the rate of $15 per week for each such dependent. (20 U.S.C. 951, 952, 962) Enacted Sept. 29, 1965, P.L. 89-209, secs. 2, 3, 13, 79 Stat. 845, 855; amended June 18, 1968, P.L. 90--348, secs. 1, 7, 82 Stat. 184, 187. PART VI-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS Vocational Education Act of 1963 AN ACT To strengthen and improve the quality of vocational education and to expand the vocational education opportunities in the Nation, to extend for three years the National Defense Education Act of 1958 and Public Laws 815 and 874, Eighty-first Congress (federally affected areas), and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that Title I of this Act may be cited as the "Vocational Education Act of 1963". TITLE I-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 1 PART A-GENERAL PROVISIONS DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 1 SEC. 101. It is the purpose of this title to authorize Federal grants to States to assist them to maintain, extend, and improve existing programs of vocational education, to develop new programs of vocational education, and to provide part-time employment for youths who need the earnings from such employment to continue their vocational training on a full-time basis, so that persons of all ages in all communities of the State-those in high school, those who have completed or discontinued their formal education and are preparing to enter the labor market, those who have already entered the labor market but need to upgrade their skills or learn new ones, those with special educational handicaps, and those in postsecondary schools-will have ready access to vocational training or retraining which is of high quality, which is realistic in the light of actual or anticpated opportunities for gainful employment, and which is suited to their needs, interests, and ability to benefit from such training. (20 U.S.C. 1241) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, sec. 101, 82 Stat. 1064. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 102. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated $355,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $565,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $675,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $675,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $565,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and each succeeding fiscal year for the purposes of parts B and C of this title. From the amount appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence and allotted to each State under section 103, 90 per centum shall be available for the Titles II and III of this Act, as redesignated by the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (P.L. 90-576), were amendments to the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Public Law 815, 81st Congress, and Public Law 874, 81st Congress. These amendments are incorporated into the text of these laws and are not printed in this part. |