CONTENTS Letter of Transmittal. Foreword... Preface... ------- 1. Practical Nurse Training Extension Act.. 2. Establishment of a teaching hospital for Howard Uni- 3. Training of personnel for juvenile delinquency control. 4. Training for teachers of deaf persons.. 5. Promotion of education for the blind. 6. Extension of the National Defense Education Act and school assistance to impacted areas.. 7. Amendment of the National Defense Education Act__ 1. The Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963. 2. The Vocational Education Act of 1963.-- 3. National Defense Education Act amendments and 4. School assistance to federally affected areas extension_ 3. The National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act__ Part II. Amount of original authorization for programs, and date for reconsideration of program, or termination of authorization of appro- 1. Practical Nurse Training Extension Act--- 2. Establishment of a teaching hospital for Howard 3. Training of personnel for juvenile delinquency control. 4. Training for teachers of deaf persons- 5. Promotion of education for the blind. IX 1. The Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963- 2. The Vocational Education Act of 1963. 3. National Defense Education Act, amendments and 4. School assistance to federally affected areas, extension. 1. The Library Services and Construction Act.. 2. Extension of the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961___ 3. Educational and training aspects of the Economic 4. National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1964. 5. Loans to students of optometry. 6. National Defense Education Act, amendments and 1965____ LEGISLATION CONCERNING EDUCATION AND TRAINING CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR Approved by the President April 24, 1961-June 8, 1965 INTRODUCTION This report deals with enactments referring specifically to education, training, or cultural development, or to students or educational institutions. The report includes legislation involving direct Federal financing and administration of education and training activities, as well as legislation involving forms of Federal aid to States, localities, institutions, and individuals in these fields. In some cases the legislative provisions included are subsidiary parts of legislation principally concerned with other matters. This report does not include appropriation acts. Generally the included enactments contain appropriation authorizations. The enactments are listed in the chronological order of approval of the bills. The information summarized in this report has been obtained mainly from the Congressional Record, the calendars of the House of Representatives, the Digest of Public General Bills and Selected Resolutions, committee hearings and reports on the bills, and the Statutes at Large. 1 PART I IDENTIFICATION, APPROVAL DATES, AND SUMMARIES OF THE ENACTMENTS EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS A. FIRST SESSION, 1961 Convened January 3, 1961; adjourned September 27 (legislative day, September 26), 1961. 1. Practical Nurse Training Extension Act S. 278, the Practical Nurse Training Extension Act, was introduced by Senator Lister Hill, of Alabama, on January 9, 1961, and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The bill was reported in the Senate March 2, 1961 (Rept. No. 57), and passed the Senate March 3, 1961. It was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor on March 6, 1961. It passed the House, amended, under suspension of the rules, April 11, 1961, and the act was approved April 24, 1961 (Public Law 87-22). H.R. 4104, a bill similar to S. 278, was introduced on February 9, 1961, by Representative Robert N. Giaimo, of Connecticut, and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It was reported on March 24, 1961 (Rept. No. 199). It was laid on the table on April 11, 1961, when S. 278 was passed in lieu. The act amends title II of the Vocational Education Act of 1964 (the George-Barden Act) so as to extend the practical nurse training program through the fiscal year 1965. It authorizes up to $5 million annually for grants to States for this purpose. Public Law 87-22 also includes Guam as an authorized participant under the Vocational Education Act of 1946 and makes certain technical amendments to that act. 2. Establishment of a teaching hospital for Howard University H.R. 6302 was introduced by Representative Edith Green, of Oregon, on April 13, 1961, and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. The bill was reported in the House July 19, 1961 (Rept. No. 741), and passed the House August 9, 1961. It was reported in the Senate September 5, 1961 (Rept. No. 876); passed the Senate September 7; and was approved September 21, 1961 (Public Law 87-262). The act provides that: ***For the purpose of assisting in the provision of teaching hospital resources for Howard University, thereby assisting the university in the training of medical and allied personnel and in providing hospital services for the community, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, pursuant to agreement with the board of trustees of Howard University, transfer to Howard University, without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain lands in the District of Columbia, together with the buildings and improvements thereon and the personal property used in connection therewith (as determined by the Secretary), commonly known as Freedmen's Hospital. *** Among other provisions of the act are authorizations for construction of additional facilities for the hospital, and authorization of appropriations for practical support of the teaching hospital facilities of the university. 3. Training of personnel for juvenile delinquency control S. 279 was introduced by Senators Lister Hill, of Alabama, and Joseph S. Clark, of Pennsylvania, on January 9, 1961, and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The bill was reported in the Senate April 6, 1961 (Rept. No. 144), and passed the Senate April 12, 1961. It was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor on April 13, 1961. The committee was discharged. The bill passed the House, amended, August 30, 1961. The Senate agreed to House amendments September 11, 1961. The act was approved September 22, 1961 (Public Law 87-274). The act authorizes appropriation of $10 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of providing Federal assistance for projects to demonstrate or develop techniques and practices leading to a solution of the Nation's juvenile delinquency control problem. Section 4 of the act authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for the purpose of training personnel employed or preparing for employment in programs for the prevention or control of juvenile delinquency or youth offenses. 4. Training for teachers of deaf persons S. 336 was introduced by Senator Lister Hill, of Alabama, and other Senators on January 10, 1961, and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. A companion bill, H.R. 9011, was introduced by Representative John E. Fogarty, of Rhode Island, on August 21, 1961, and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. S. 336 was reported in the Senate March 2, 1961 (Rept. No. 56); passed the Senate March 3, 1961; and passed the House, amended, September 11, 1961. The Senate agreed to the House amendments on September 18, 1961. The act was approved September 22, 1961 (Public Law 87-276). The act provides that in order to encourage and facilitate the training of more teachers of the deaf, the Commissioner of Education shall, with the advice and assistance of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Teachers of the Deaf (established by this act), establish and conduct a program of grants-in-aid to accredited public and nonprofit institutions of higher education which are approved training centers for teachers of the deaf or are affiliated with approved public or other nonprofit institutions which are approved for the training of teachers of the deaf, to assist such institutions in providing courses of training and study for teachers of the deaf and in improving such The act specifies that such grants-in-aid shall be used by such institutions to assist in covering the cost of such courses of training and study and for establishing and maintaining scholarships for qualified persons who desire to enroll in such courses of training and study, the stipends of any such scholarships to be determined by the Commissioner. |