cation in agriculture. The funds are to be apportioned sec. census. b. $8 million is authorized for vocational education 15j(a)(2) in home economics, to be apportioned among the States and Territories in the proportion that their rural population bears to total rural population of the State and Territories according to the most recent census. c. $8 million is authorized for vocational education 15j(a)(3) in the trades and industry, to be apportioned among the States and Territories in the proportion that their nonfarm population bears to the total nonfarm population of the States and Territories according to the most recent census. d. $2.5 million is authorized for vocational education 15j (a) (4) in distributive occupations, to be apportioned among the States and Territories in the proportion that their total population bears to the total population of the States and Territories according to the most recent census. e. $375,000 is authorized for vocational education in 15j (a) (5) the fishery trades and industry, and distributive occupations related to them, to be apportioned among the States and Territories on an equitable basis as determined by the Commissioner of Education (of the Office of Education) after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, and taking into account the extent of the fishing industry of each State and Territory as compared to that of all the States and Territories. f. No less than $40,000 per year shall be available to 15j (c) each State or Territory for vocational education in agriculture, in home economics, and in trades and industry. No less than $15,000 per year shall be made available to each State or Territory for distributive occupations. Additional sums as necessary will be appropriated to assure this minimum to each State and Territory. g. The term "States and Territories" includes the *15j several States, the Island of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, and thus these latter are to participate equally with the States in the apportionment of the Federal funds. h. Guam and the Virgin Islands are entitled to par- 31 ticipate in the benefits of the Act on the same conditions and terms as the States, subject to modifications necessary 34 to meet special conditions existing there. An additional $80,000 is authorized for Guam, and $40,000 for the Virgin Islands. Expenditures per subject area are to follow the same proportions as specified for the States, except insofar as the Commissioner of Education deems it necessary to modify that proportion to meet special conditions existing in Guam or the Virgin Islands. Sec. 15 15q 34 (d) 15k 15p(a) 15p (b) 150 i. For the purpose of making studies, investigations, and reports, an annual appropriation of $350,000 is authorized for the Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, plus such additional sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act relating to Guam. 4. Requirements: a. For each dollar of Federal funds expended under this Act, an equal amount must be spent by the States. b. Expenditures for industrial plant training are to be made only for true vocational training, and not where the training is used as a device to utilize the services of Vocational trainees for private profit. c. No more than ten percent of the annual appropriation for the States is to be used for the purchase or acquisition of equipment. d. Appropriations made under this Act are to be made subject to the conditions and limitations imposed under the Smith-Hughes Act. [See section 4, "Requirements," under the Smith-Hughes Act.] However, the following exceptions or additions are made to the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act: (1) Appropriations for home economics subjects under this Act are subject to the same requirements as agricultural subjects under the Smith-Hughes Act, except that part of the State plan relating to agricultural subjects which requires directed or supervised practice for at least six months per year. (2) Money appropriated for trade and industrial subjects, including public and other service occupations, may be spent for part-time classes that are operated for less than 144 hours per year. (3) The provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act relating to the State plan that require one-third of the sum appropriated for salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects to be used for parttime schools or classes shall be held to include any parttime day school classes offered to workers who are sixteen years of age or over. (4) Appropriations for distributive occupation subjects are to be limited to part-time and evening schools as provided in the Smith-Hughes Act for trade, home economics, and industrial subjects as qualified by the provisions of this Act. (5) Pre-employment schools and classes for persons over eighteen years of age, or persons who have left full-time school may be operated for less than nine months a year and less than thirty hours a week. It is not to be required that a minimum of fifty percent of the time spent in these classes must be given to shop work on a useful or productive basis. 5. Administration of the program: The administration of the Federal aspect of the program is charged to 15q the Office of Education of the Department of Health, Sec. Education, and Welfare. The State board administers the program in the State, pursuant to the State plan as adopted under the Smith-Hughes Act, and as modified by this Act. The remaining provisions of this Act dealing with administration are substantially identical to those of the Smith-Hughes Act, except insofar as this 151(2) Act authorizes the use of funds appropriated to the DeDepartment of Health, Education, and Welfare for the payment of the expenses of the local officials' attendance at meetings of educational associations and organizations that in the opinion of the Commissioner of Education are necessary to the efficient discharge of the provisions of this Act. C. Title II of the 1956 Act, as amended 150 (6) 1. Purpose: To assist the States in the extension and 15aa improvement of practical nurse training. 2. Method of aid: a. To the States. There is authorized an annual appropriation of $5 million for the fiscal years 1957-1965 for grants to the States which have properly established *15aa State plans for practical nurse training; further, up to fifty percent of the cost of administering the program *15bb will be paid from the appropriated funds from 1959 to 1965. (For 1957-1958, seventy-five percent of the costs could be paid.) 15ee (a) b. To the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the benefit of the program: There is authorized for inclusion in the annual appropriations to 1511 the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare such sums as are necessary to administer the program, and to make studies, investigations, and reports, to disseminate the information so obtained, and to render technical assistance in matters relating to practical nurse training. 3. Definitions descriptive of the scope of the provi sions: a. "Practical nurse training"-training for persons who are or will be employed as practical nurses, or in 15jj (b) "other health occupations in hospitals or health agencies", which training is less than college grade, given in schools and classes under public supervision and control, and conducted as part of a program designed to prepare individuals for their employment. For purposes of the Act, the term also includes vocational guidance in connection with practical nurse training and the inservice training of teachers, teacher trainers, supervisors, and directors of such a program. Courses only incidentally related to the requisite specialized training are not included. b. "Practical nurse"- -a person who is trained to care for subacute, convalescent, and chronic patients under 15jj (e) the direction of a licensed physician, or under the super Sec. *15jj (e) *15aa *15bb (a) 15ii 15cc (c) 15jj (g) 15cc (a) vision of a registered nurse, or who is able to assist registered nurse in the care of acute illness. c. "State"-includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. 4. Amount and apportionment of the aid: a. To the States: A total appropriation of $5 million per year is authorized for the years 1957-1965. This is to be apportioned among the States in the proportion that the sum received under the George-Barden Act, as amended, bears to the total amount appropriated under that Act for the year concerned. No State is to receive less than $10,000 per year; the Virgin Islands and Guam are to receive no less than $5,000 per year. If necessary to assure this minimum to each State, the amount necessary to meet that minimum for any one State will be proportionately deducted from the total allotment to each State. Any part of an allotment not used by a State may be reallotted to other States in proportion to their original allotments. b. To the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare For inclusion in its annual appropriation, the Act authorizes such sums as are necessary to administer the program, and to perform the activities that are required of it by the provisions of the Act. 5. Requirements: a. The Commissioner of Education may stop or reduce the payment to a State of its allotment where the State plan has been changed so that it no longer complies with the requirements of the Act, or where the administration of the plan fails to substantially comply with these requirements. b. The cost of administration of the State plan may not include any portion of the cost of the purchase, preservation, erection, or repair of any building or buildings, or the rental or purchase of any land. c. There must be contained in each State plan for practical nurse training the following provisions: (1) The State board must be designated the sole agency for the administration of the plan or for the supervision of administration of the plan by local educational agencies. (2) The individual supervising the functions of the State board must be a registered professional nurse, or have available the consultative services of a registered professional nurse. (3) There must be shown the plans, policies, and methods to be followed in providing the training and in administering or supervising the program. Accounting, budgeting, and other fiscal methods and procedures are also to be set out to the extent necessary for the efficient administration of the plan. (4) Minimum qualifications are to be set for Seo. teachers, teacher trainers, supervisors, and directors. (5) The State board must periodically supply the Commissioner of Education with reports containing such information as he deems necessary to carry out his functions. 6. Administration of the program: 15ee (b) a. The Commissioner of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is to administer 15hh the Federal aspect of the program and is to include in his annual report to Congress a full report of his administration of the provisions of this Act. The Commissioner may make rules and regulations concerning the administration of the program. b. A State board is to be solely responsible for the administration or supervision of the program in the States. This board may be either the State board of vocational education, or the board of primary responsi- 15cc (a) (1) bility for the supervision of public elementary and secondary schools. The State board has the duty of periodically making reports to the Commissioner of Education. 15jj (b) c. The computing of payments due the States is to be performed by the Commissioner of Education each calendar quarter or other period prescribed by him. The 15dd sums will be paid to the States in such installments as he determines, and may be adjusted from period to period to compensate for prior payments that were greater or less than the amount due the State. d. Reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing must be provided the State board before the Commissioner of Education diminishes or stops the payment of funds to the States for failure to comply with the requirements of the Act. When the State is dissatisfied with the results of the Commissioner's hearing, it may appeal to a United States court of appeals, whose determination, in turn, will be subject to review by the Supreme Court. D. Title VIII of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 1. Purpose: "To provide assistance to the States so that they may improve their vocational education programs through area vocational education programs. . providing vocational and related instruction for youths, adults, and older persons, including related instruction for apprentices, designed to fit them for useful employment as technicians or skilled workers in scientific or technical fields." 2. Method of aid and its applications: 15cc (c) 15cc (d) 15aaa, note *15aaa a. An annual appropriation of $15 million is author- 15eee (a) ized for the fiscal years 1959-1964 to be granted to the 15eee (b) 15ccc (a) (3) |