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SEC. 314. The penultimate sentence of section 7(a) of

9 the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty10 first Congress) is amended by striking out "during the last 11 full fiscal year".

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NICAL, VOCATIONAL, AND OTHER SPECIAL SCHOOLS 14 SEC. 315. (a) Section 16 (a) of the Act of September 15 23, 1950 (Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress), and 16 section 7 (a) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 17 874, Eighty-first Congress), are each amended (1) by in18 serting "(or any other public agency which operates schools 19 providing technical, vocational, or other special education to 20 children of elementary or secondary school age)" immedi21 ately after "If the Director of the Office of Emergency Plan22 ning determines with respect to any local educational 23 agency", and (2) by striking out "if the Commissioner 24 determines with respect to such local educational agency" and

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(b) Clause (2) of section 16 (a), as amended by this 4 Act, is further amended by inserting "(or, in the case of 5 public agency other than a local educational agency, school 6 facilities providing technical, vocational, or other special 7 education to children of elementary or secondary school 8 age)" after "public elementary or secondary school facili9 ties".

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REPAIRS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 874

SEC. 316. Section 7 (b) of the Act of September 30, 13 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), is amended 14 by inserting "to make minor repairs," immediately after 15 "destroyed or seriously damaged as a result of such major 16 disaster,".

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“(ii) require that effective procedures be adopted by

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grantees and contractors to coordinate the development

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and operation of programs and projects carried out under 4 grants or contracts pursuant to this subsection with other

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public and private programs having the same or similar purposes.'

CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 202. (a) (1) Section 4 (a) of such Act (describing

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is amended by changing the period at the end of paragraph (6) to a semicolon and inserting immediately after para12 graph (6) the following new paragraph:

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"(7) The planning, establishment, operation, and evalu

ation of programs or projects of the kind described in sub15 section (d), whether or not previously assisted by a grant or 16 contract under such subsection."

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(2) Section 5 (a) (2) and section 6 (b) of such Act are each amended by striking out "and (6)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(6), and (7)".

(b) The second sentence of paragraph (1) of section 21 8 of such Act (defining the term "vocational education") 22 is amended by inserting "(individually or through group 23 instruction)" immediately after "counseling", and by insert

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U.S.C. 237(a), 238 (b), 239 (a)), are each amended by striking out "1966" each place where it appears and inserting in lieu thereof" 1968".

PART B-NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS 1

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. [511] 151. (a) The purpose of this part is to strengthen the educational opportunities available to children in areas having concentrations of low-income families and to encourage colleges and universities to broaden their programs of teacher preparation by—

(1) attracting and training qualified teachers who will be made. available to local educational agencies for teaching in such areas; and

(2) attracting and training inexperienced teacher-interns who will be made available for teaching and inservice training to local educational agencies in such areas in teams led by an experienced teacher.

(b) For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $36,100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, [and] $64,715,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $36,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1969, and June 30, 1970, respectively; and there are further authorized to be appropriated such sums for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, as may be necessary to enable any teacher-intern who has not completed his program of practical and academic training to continue such program for a period of not more than one additional year.

ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS

SEC. [512] 152. In order to carry out the purposes of this part, there is hereby established in the Office of Education a National Teacher Corps (hereinafter referred to as the "Teacher Corps"). The Teacher Corps shall be headed by a Director who shall be compensated at the rate prescribed for grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, and a Deputy Director who shall be compensated at the rate prescribed for grade 16 of such General Schedule. The Director and the Deputy Director shall perform such duties as are delegated to them by the Commissioner.

TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM

SEC. [513] 153. (a) For the purpose of carrying out this part, the Commissioner is authorized to

(1) recruit, select, and enroll experienced teachers, and inexperienced teacher-interns who have a bachelor's degree or its equivalent, in the Teacher Corps for periods of up to two years; (2) enter into arrangements, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education or [State or] local educational agencies (upon approval in either case by the appropriate State educational agency) or with State educational agencies to provide

1 The bill transfers part B of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to the position shown here, where it becomes part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This print shows the effective changes the bill would make in reconstituting the part and amending its provisions.

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members of the Teacher Corps with such training as the Commissioner may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this part, including not more than three months of training for members before they undertake their teaching duties under this part;

(3) enter into arrangements (including the payment of the cost of such arrangements) with local educational agencies, [after consultation in appropriate cases with States educational agencies and upon approval by the appropriate State educational agency and after consultation, in appropriate cases, with institutions of higher education, to furnish to local educational agencies, for service during regular or summer sessions, or both, in the schools of such agencies in areas having concentrations of children from low-income families, either or both (A) experienced teachers, or (B) teaching teams, each of which shall consist of an experienced teacher and a number of teacher-interms who, in addition to duties, shall be afforded time by the local educational agency for a teacher-intern training program developed according to criteria established by the Commissioner and carried out under the guidance of the experienced teacher in cooperation with an institution of higher education; [and]

(4) pay to local educational agencies the amount of the compensation which such agencies pay to or on behalf of members of the Teacher Corps assigned to them pursuant to arrangements made pursuant to the preceding clauset.]; and

(5) accept and employ in the furtherance of the purposes of this part (A) voluntary and uncompensated services notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes, as amended (section 665(b) of title 31, United States Code), and (B) any money or property (real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible) received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise.

(b) Arrangements with institutions of higher education to provide training for teacher-interns while teaching in schools for local educational agencies under the provisions of this part shall provide, whereever possible, for training leading to a graduate degree.

(c)(1) Whenever the Commissioner determines that the demand for the services of experienced teachers or of teaching teams furnished pursuant to clause (3) of subsection (2) exceeds the number of experienced teachers or teaching teams available from the Teacher Corps, the Commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, allocate experienced teachers or teaching teams, as the case may be, from the Teacher Corps among the States in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) Not to exceed [2 per centum] 3 per centum of such teachers or teams, as the case may be, shall be allocated to Puerto Rico, [and] the Virgin Islands, and elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior, according to their respective needs. The remainder of such teams or teachers, as the case may be, shall be allocated among the other States in proportion to the number of children counted in each State for the purpose of determining the amount of [basic] grants made under section [203] 103 of title II of Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, as amended, for the fiscal year for which the allocation is made.

(d) A local educational agency may utilize members of the Teacher Corps assigned to it in providing, in the manner described in section