Oversight Hearing on Elementary and Secondary Education: Hearing Before ..., 92-1, on H.R. 7796, a Bill to Strengthen Education by Providing a Share of the Revenues of the United States to the States and to Local Educational Agencies for the Purpose of Assisting Them in Carrying Out Education Programs Reflecting Areas of National Concern, December 9, 1971 |
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( a ) The Congress hereby finds that , while public education is primarily the responsibility of the States and local communities of this country , the Federal Government has a responsibility to assist them in meeting the costs of ...
( a ) The Congress hereby finds that , while public education is primarily the responsibility of the States and local communities of this country , the Federal Government has a responsibility to assist them in meeting the costs of ...
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... ( 3 ) advise State or local officials who have responsibility for carrying out activities assisted under this Act with respect to the planning , evaluation , administration , and assessment of such activities ; and ( 4 ) prepare and ...
... ( 3 ) advise State or local officials who have responsibility for carrying out activities assisted under this Act with respect to the planning , evaluation , administration , and assessment of such activities ; and ( 4 ) prepare and ...
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... us feel that it is our responsibility to call to the attention of the American people where Mr. Nixon has kept his pledges and has made good on his promises and where he has broken his pledges and where he has broken his promises .
... us feel that it is our responsibility to call to the attention of the American people where Mr. Nixon has kept his pledges and has made good on his promises and where he has broken his pledges and where he has broken his promises .
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... and localities — a partnership in which we entrust the States and localities with a larger share of the Nation's responsibilities , and in which we share our Federal revenues with them so that they can meet those responsibilities .
... and localities — a partnership in which we entrust the States and localities with a larger share of the Nation's responsibilities , and in which we share our Federal revenues with them so that they can meet those responsibilities .
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We are also encouraged by the response to our emphasis on the shift of greater decisionmaking responsibility to the State and local levels . Criticisms of the bill have so far clustered around three points : the adequacy of the level of ...
We are also encouraged by the response to our emphasis on the shift of greater decisionmaking responsibility to the State and local levels . Criticisms of the bill have so far clustered around three points : the adequacy of the level of ...
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Page 6 - ... this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 USC 276a-276a-5).
Page 6 - Commissioner thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which he based his action, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code.
Page 8 - local educational agency' means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools.
Page 6 - Upon the filing of such petition, the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the...
Page 6 - ADVANCE FUNDING SEC. 210. (a) For the purpose of affording adequate notice of funding available under this Act, appropriations under this Act are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation.
Page 16 - The time has come for a new partnership between the Federal Government and the States and localities — a partnership in which we entrust the States and localities with a larger share of the Nation's responsibilities, and in which we share our Federal revenues with them so that they can meet those responsibilities.
Page 5 - State government or unit of general local government is engaged in a pattern or practice in violation of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court for such relief as may be appropriate, including injunctive relief.
Page 9 - State under sections 3 through 7 of this Act and the time or times such amounts are to be paid; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the State at the time or times fixed by the Secretary the amounts so certified.
Page 6 - Act referred to in section 401 are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. In order to effect a transition to this method...
Page 6 - Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. (b) In order to effect a transition to the advance funding method of timing appropriation action, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year.
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| Title | Oversight Hearing on Elementary and Secondary Education: Hearing Before ..., 92-1, on H.R. 7796, a Bill to Strengthen Education by Providing a Share of the Revenues of the United States to the States and to Local Educational Agencies for the Purpose of Assisting Them in Carrying Out Education ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor |
| Published | 1972 |
| Length | 55 pages |
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