NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Enacted July 26, 1954, as Public Law 532, 83d Congress, 68 Stat. 533; 20 U.S.C. 331 AN ACT To establish a National Advisory Committee on Education Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to secure for the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "Secretary") the advice of a group of representative citizens on the initiation and conduct of studies of problems of national concern in the field of education and on appropriate action as a result thereof, there is hereby established in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Advisory Committee on Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"). SEC. 2. The Committee shall be composed of nine members appointed without regard to civil-service laws by the Secretary from among individuals who are not otherwise in office under or in the employ of the Federal Government, a majority of whom shall be other than professional educators, one of whom shall be designated by the Secretary as Chairman. Each members shall hold office for a term of three years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (2) the terms of the members first taking office shall expire as follows: three shall expire with the close of the first calendar year which begins after the enactment of this Act, three shall expire with the close of the second such calendar year, and three shall expire with the close of the third such calendar year, as designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment. The Commissioner of Education shall be, ex-officio, a nonvoting member of the Committee. SEC. 3. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary, but not less often than three times each calendar year. SEC. 4. The Committee shall, from time to time, recommend to the Secretary the initiation of studies of national concern in the field of education. Consultants may be appointed without regard to civilservice laws to assist in the conduct of such studies. The Committee shall propose to the Secretary appropriate action indicated by such studies and shall also, from time to time, advise the Secretary on the progress being made in carrying out its recommendations. The Seccretary shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning the studies initiated under this Act, the recommendations made by the Committee, and any action taken with respect to such recommendations. 50-271 0-65- -12 SEC. 5. Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation for their services, but while traveling to or from or attending meetings of the Committee shall be paid travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. Legislative History ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ((P.L. 83-532) Rept. 1564, amended and passed House, p. 6557, 83d Congress-H.R. 7434: H. Mar. 13, 1954. S. Rept. 1597, Senate, p. 8454, June 17, 1954. agrees, p. 11294, July 21, 1954. p. 13734, July 26, 1954. NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT OF 1958, AS AMENDED Enacted on September 2, 1958, as P.L. 85-864, 72 Stat. 1581, 20 U.S.C. 401; amended June 25, 1959, by P.L. 86-70, 72 Stat. 1582; amended July 12, 1960, by P.L. 86-624, 74 Stat. 413; amended October 3, 1961, by P.L. 87-344, 75 Stat. 759; amended October 5, 1961, by P.L. 87-400, 75 Stat. 832; amended October 16, 1962, by P.L. 87-835, 76 Stat. 1070; amended December 18, 1963, by P.L. 88-210, 77 Stat. 415; amended on October 16, 1964, by P.L. 88-665, 78 Stat. 1100 AN ACT To strengthen the national defense and to encourage and assist in the expansion and improvement of educational programs to meet critical national needs; and for other purposes.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, divided into titles and sections according to the following table of contents, may be cited as the "National Defense Education Act of 1958". TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 101. Findings and declaration of policy. Sec. 102. Federal control of education prohibited. Sec. 103. Definitions. TITLE II-LOANS TO STUDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION Sec. 201. Appropriations authorized. Sec. 202. Allotments to States. Sec. 203. Payment of Federal capital contributions. Sec. 204. Conditions of agreements. Sec. 205. Terms of loans. Sec. 206. Distributions of assets from student loan funds. Sec. 207. Loans to instutions. Sec. 208. Payments to cover reductions in amounts of loans. Sec. 209. Administrative provisions. TITLE III-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR STRENGTHENING INSTRUCTION IN SCIENCE MATHEMATICS, MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND OTHER CRITICAL SUBJECTS Sec. 301. Appropriations authorized. Sec. 302. Allotments to States. Sec. 303. State plans. Sec. 304. Payments to States. Sec. 305. Loans to nonprofit private schools. TITLE IV-NATIONAL DEFENSE FELLOWSHIPS Sec. 401. Appropriations authorized. Sec. 402. Number of fellowships. Sec. 403. Award of fellowships and approval of institutions. Sec. 404. Fellowship stipends. Sec. 405. Fellowship conditions. 1 See also sec. 214, Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-4), p. 251. TITLE V-GUIDANCE, COUNSELING, AND TESTING; IDENTIFICATION AND PART A-STATE PROGRAMS Sec. 501. Appropriations authorized. Sec. 502. Allotments to States. Sec. 503. State plans. Sec. 504. Payments to States. Sec. 505. Definitions. PART B-COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE TRAINING INSTITUTES Sec. 511. Authorization. TITLE VI-LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Sec. 601. Language and area centers. Sec. 602. Research and studies. Sec. 603. Appropriations authorized. TITLE VII-RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION IN MORE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF TELEVISION, RADIO, MOTION PICTURES, AND RELATED MEDIA FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES PART A-RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION Sec. 701. Functions of the Commissioner. Sec. 702. Grants-in-aid; contracts. PART B-DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON NEW EDUCATIONAL MEDIA Sec. 731. Functions of the Commissioner. PART CGENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 761. Establishment of the advisory committee. Sec. 762. Special personnel. Sec. 763. Appropriations authorized. TITLE VIII-AREA VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TITLE IX-SCIENCE INFORMATION SERVICE Sec. 901. Functions of the service. Sec. 902. Science information council. Sec. 903. Authority for certain grants and contracts. Sec. 904. Appropriations authorized. TITLE X-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 1001. Administration. Sec. 1002. Advisory committees. Sec. 1003. Exemption from conflict-of-interest laws of members of advisory com mittees or information council. Sec. 1004. Administration of State plans. Sec. 1005. Judicial review. Sec. 1006. Method of payment. Sec. 1007. Administrative appropriations authorized. Sec. 1008. Allotments to Territories and possessions. Sec. 1009. Improvement of statistical services of Staff educational agencies. TITLE XI-INSTITUTES Sec. 1101. Authorization of institutes. Sec. 1102. Stipends. TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the Nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women. The present emergency demands that additional and more adequate educational opportunities be made available. The defense of this Nation depends upon the mastery of modern techniques developed from complex scientific principles. It depends as well upon the discovery and development of new principles, new techniques, and new knowledge. We must increase our efforts to identify and educate more of the talent of our Nation. This requires programs that will give assurance that no student of ability will be denied an opportunity for higher education because of financial need; will correct as rapidly as possible the existing imbalances in our educational programs. The Congress reaffirms the principle and declares that the States and local communities have and must retain control over and primary responsibility for public education. The national interest requires, however, that the Federal Government give assistance to education for programs which are important to our defense. To meet the present educational emergency requires additional effort at all levels of government. It is therefore the purpose of this Act to provide substantial assistance in various forms to individuals, and to States and their subdivisions, in order to insure trained manpower of sufficient quality and quantity to meet the national defense needs of the United States. FEDERAL CONTROL OF EDUCATION PROHIBITED SEC. 102. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system. DEFINITIONS SEC. 103. As used in this Act (a) The term "State" means a State, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands except that as used in sections 302 and 502, such term does not include Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands. (b) The term "institution of higher education" means an educational institution in any State which (1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education, (3) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward |