section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. (d) The Commissioner is authorized to furnish to the Council such technical assistance, and to make available to it such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such pertinent data available to him, as the Council may require to carry out its functions. * TITLE V-[TEACHER PROGRAMS] EDUCATION PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT PART A-GENERAL PROVISIONS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 501. The purpose of this title is to improve the quality of teaching and to help meet critical shortages of adequately trained educational personnel by (1) developing information on the actual needs for educational personnel, both present and long range, (2) providing a broad range of high quality training and retaining opportunities, responsive to changing manpower needs; (3) attracting a greater number of qualified persons into the teaching profession; (4) attracting persons who can stimulate creativity in the arts and other skills to undertake short-term or long-term assignments in education; and (5) helping to make educational personnel training programs more responsive to the needs of the schools and colleges. [ADVISORY COUNCIL ON QUALITY TEACHER PREPARATION [SEC. 501. (a) The Commissioner shall establish in the Office of Education an Advisory Council on Quality Teacher Preparation for the purpose of reviewing the administration and operation of the programs carried out under this title and of all other Federal programs for complementary purposes. This review shall pay particular attention to the effectiveness of these programs in attracting, preparing, and retaining highly qualified elementary and secondary school teachers, and it shall include recommendations for the improvement of these programs. The Council shall consist of the Commissioner, who shall be Chairman, and twelve members appointed for staggered terms and without regard to the civil service laws, by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary. Such twelve members shall include persons knowledgeable with respect to teacher preparation and the needs of urban and rural schools, and representatives of the general public. [(b) Members of such Advisory Council who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall, while attending meetings or conferences of such Council or otherwise engaged on business of such Council, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per diem, including travel time, and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. [(c) The Council may appoint an Executive Secretary and such other employees as the Council deems necessary to carry out its functions under this title.] NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EDUCATION SEC. 502. (a) There is hereby established in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Council'), consisting of members appointed by the President without regard to the civil service and classification laws and, in addition, the Commissioner and one representative each from the National Science Foundation and the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. The appointed members, one of whom shall be designated by the President as Chairman, shall include persons broadly representative of the fields of education, the arts, the sciences, and the humanities, and of the general public, and a majority of them shall be engaged in teaching or in the education of teachers. (b) The Council shall, in addition to performing the functions set forth in subsection (c), advise the Secretary and the Commissioner with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this title and any other matters, relating to the purposes of this title, on which their advice may be requested. (c) The Council shall from time to time review the operation of this title and of all other Federal programs for the training and development of educational personnel and shall evaluate their effectiveness in meeting needs for additional educational personnel, and in achieving improved quality in training programs as evidenced in the competency of the persons receiving such training when entering positions in the field of education. The Council shall make annual reports of its findings and recommendations (including recommendations for changes in this title and other Federal laws relating to educational personnel training) to the Secretary for transmittal to the President, who shall transmit such reports to the Congress together with his comments and recommendations. (d) Members of the Council who are not in the regular full-time employ of the United States shall, while serving on the business of the Council, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day (or, if higher, the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code), including traveltime, and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (e) The Secretary shall make available to the Council such technical, secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such pertinent data prepared by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as it may require to carry out its functions. The Secretary may also assist the Council by utilizing for that purpose the services and facilities of any other agency of the Federal Government, in accordance with agreements (on a reimbursable basis or otherwise) between him and the head of such agency. APPRAISING EDUCATION PERSONNEL NEEDS SEC. 503.13 (a) The Commissioner shall from time to time appraise the Nation's existing and future personnel needs in the field of education, including preschool programs, elementary and secondary education, 13 Effective July 1, 1968. vocational and technical education, adult education, and higher education, and the adequacy of the Nation's efforts to meet these needs. In developing information relating to educational personnel needs, the Commissioner shall consult with the Department of Labor, the National Science Foundation, the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, and other appropriate public and private agencies. (b) The Commissioner shall prepare and publish annually a report on the education professions, in which he shall present in detail his views on the state of the education professions and the trends which he discerns with respect to the future complexion of programs of education throughout the Nation and the needs for well-educated personnel to staff such programs. The report shall indicate the Commissioner's plans concerning the allocation of Federal assistance under this title in relation to the plans and programs of other Federal agencies. ATTRACTING QUALIFIED PERSONS TO THE FIELD OF EDUCATION SEC. 504.13 The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to, or contracts with, State or local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or other public or non-profit agencies, organizations, or institutions, or to enter into contracts with public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations, for the purpose of— (a) identifying capable youth in secondary schools who may be interested in careers in education and encouraging them to pursue postsecondary education in preparation for such careers; (b) publicizing available opportunities for careers in the field of education; (c) encouraging qualified persons to enter or reenter the field of education; or (d) encouraging artists, craftsmen, artisans, scientists, and persons from other professions and vocations, and homemakers to undertake teaching or related assignments on a part-time basis or for temporary periods. CONSULTATION SEC. 505. In the development and review of grant and contract programs under this title the Commissioner shall consult with the National Science Foundation and the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities to promote coordinated planning of programs to train educational personnel. TRANSFER OF FUN DS SEC. 506.14 In addition to the authority for utilization of other agencies conferred by section 803(b) of this Act, funds available to the Commissioner for grants or contracts under this title shall, with the approval of the Secretary, be available for transfer to any other Federal agency for use (in accordance with an interagency agreement) by such agency (alone or in combination with funds of that agency) for purposes for which such transferred funds could be otherwise expended by the Commissioner under the provisions of this title, and the Commissioner is likewise authorized to accept and expend funds of any other Federal agency for use under this title. 14 Effe tive July 1, 1968. EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS SEC. 507. The Commissioner may employ experts and consultants, as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to advise him with respect to the making of grants and contracts and the approving of programs under this title. Experts and consultants employed pursuant to this section may be compensated while so employed at rates not in excess of $100 per day (or, if higher, the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code), including traveltime, and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. LIMITATION Sec. [502] 508. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to authorize the making of any payments under this title for religious worship or instruction or training for a religious vocation or to teach theological subjects. SHORT TITLE Sec. 509. This title may be cited as the "Education Professions Development Act". PART C-FELLOWSHIPS FOR TEACHERS AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 521. The Congress hereby declares it to be the policy of the United States to improve the quality of education offered by the [elementary and secondary] schools of the Nation by improving the quality of the education of persons who are pursuing or who plan to pursue a career in elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education. The purpose of this part is to carry out this policy by awarding fellowships for graduate study at institutions of higher education and by developing or strengthening [teacher education] programs for the education of teachers and related educational personnel in institutions of higher education. For the [purpose] purposes of this part the term "elementary and secondary education" includes preschool and adult and vocational education, and the term "career in elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education", means a career of teaching in elementary or secondary schools (including teaching in preschool and adult and vocational education programs) or in postsecondary vocational schools, a career of teaching, guiding, or supervising such teachers or persons who plan to become such teachers, or a career in fields which are directly related to teaching in [elementary or secondary] such schools, such as library science, school social work, guidance and counseling, educational media (including educational and instructional television and radio), child development, and special education for handicapped children. 15 15 Amendments effective July 1, 1968. FELLOWSHIPS AUTHORIZED SEC. 522. [(a)] The Commissioner is authorized to award [not to exceed four thousand five hundred] fellowships [for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, ten thousand fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and ten thousand fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968. Fellowships awarded under the provisions of this part shall be] in accordance with the provisions of this part for graduate study leading to an advanced degree [other than a doctor of philosophy, or equivalent degree,] for persons who are pursuing or plan to pursue a career in elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education. [Such fellowships shall be awarded as provided in sections 523 and 524 of this part and for such periods as the Commissioner may determine but not to exceed twenty-four months.] [(b) In addition to the number of fellowships authorized to be awarded by subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner is authorized to award fellowships equal to the number previously awarded during any fiscal year under this part but vacated prior to the end of the period for which they were awarded; except that each fellowship awarded under this subsection shall be for such period of study, not in excess of the remainder of the period for which the fellowship which it replaces was awarded, as the Commissioner may determine.]is ALLOCATION OF FELLOWSHIPS SEC. 523. The Commissioner shall allocate fellowships under this part to institutions of higher education with programs approved under the provisions of section 524 (a) for the use of individuals accepted into such programs, in such manner and according to such plan as will most nearly (1) provide an equitable distribution of such fellowships throughout the States, except that to the extent he deems proper in the national interest after consultation with the [Advisory Council on Quality Teacher Preparation] National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development, the Commissioner may give preference to programs designed to meet an urgent national need, and (2) encourage experienced teachers in elementary or secondary schools or postsecondary vocational schools and other experienced personnel in elementary or secondary education or postsecondary vocational education to enter graduate programs, attract recent college graduates to pursue a career in elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education, and afford opportunities for college graduates engaged in other occupations or activities to pursue or return to a career in elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education.18 16 Amendments to this paragraph effective July 1, 1968. 80-086 0-67-pt. 2-10 |