(B), (D), and (E). If the Commissioner determines that a particular category of such schools does not meet the requirements of clause (E) because there is no nationally recognized accrediting agency or association qualified to accredit schools in such category, he shall, pending the establishment of such an accrediting agency or association, appoint an advisory committee, composed of persons specially qualified to evaluate training provided by schools in such category, which shall (I) prescribe the standards of content, scope, and quality which must be met in order to qualify schools in such category to participate in the program pursuant to this part, and (II) determine whether particular schools not meeting the requirements of clause (E) meet those standards. For purposes of this subsection, the Commissioner shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of training offered.

(2) The term "collegiate school of nursing" means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a college or university which provides primarily or exclusively an accredited program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to the degree of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of nursing, or to an equivalent degree, or to a graduate degree in nursing.

(3) The term "associate degree school of nursing" means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a junior college, community college, college, or university which provides primarily or exclusively an accredited two-year program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to an associate degree in nursing or to an equivalent degree.

(4) The term "accredited" when applied to any program of nurse education means a program accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner.

CONDITIONS OF AGREEMENT

SEC. 124. An agreement entered into pursuant to section 123 shall(a) provide for the operation by the institution of a program for the part-time employment of its students in work for the institution itself or work in the public interest for a public or private nonprofit organization under an arrangement between the institution and such organization, and such work

(1) will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services,

(2) will be governed by such conditions of employment as will be appropriate and reasonable in light of such factors as type of work performed, geographical region, and proficiency of the employee, and

(3) does not involve the construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is used or is to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship; (b) provide that funds granted an institution of higher education, pursuant to section 123 may be used only to make payments to students participating in work-study programs, except that an institution may use a portion of the sums granted to it to meet administrative expenses, but the amount so used may not exceed

5 per centum of the payments made by the Commissioner to such institution for that part of the work-study program in which students are working for public or nonprofit organizations other than the institution itself;

(c) provide that in the selection of students for employment under such work-study program preference shall be given to students from low-income families and that employment under such work-study program shall be furnished only to a student who (1) is in need of the earnings from such employment in order to pursue a course of study at such institution, (2) is capable, in the opinion of the institution, of maintaining good standing in such course of study while employed under the program covered by the agreement, and (3) has been accepted for enrollment as a full-time student at the institution or, in the case of a student already enrolled in and attending the institution, is in good standing and in full-time attendance there either as an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student;

(d) provide that no student shall be employed under such work-study program for more than fifteen hours in any week in which classes in which he is enrolled are in session;

(e) provide that in each fiscal year during which the agreement remains in effect, the institution shall expend (from sources other than payments under this part) for the employment of its students (whether or not in employment eligible for assistance under this part) an amount that is not less than its average annual expenditure for such employment during the three fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which the agreement is entered into;

(f) provide that the Federal share of the compensation of students employed in the work-study program in accordance with the agreement will not exceed 90 per centum of such compensation for work performed during the period ending three years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 75 per centum thereafter; (g) include provisions designed to make employment under such work-study program, or equivalent employment offered or arranged for by the institution, reasonably available (to the extent of available funds) to all eligible students in the institution in need thereof; and

(h) include such other provisions as the Commissioner shall deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this part.

SOURCES OF MATCHING FUNDS

SEC. 125. Nothing in this part shall be construed as restricting the source (other than this part) from which the institution may pay its share of the compensation of a student employed under a work-study program covered by an agreement under this part, and such share may be paid to such student in the form of services and equipment (including tuition, room, board, and books) furnished by such institution.

EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE

SEC. 126. The Commissioner shall establish criteria designed to achieve such distribution of assistance under this part among institutions of higher education within a State as will most effectively carry out the purposes of this Act.

PART D-AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 131. The Director shall carry out the programs for which he is responsible under this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and the three succeeding fiscal years. For the purpose of carrying out this title, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $412,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; and the sum of $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the succeeding fiscal year, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law.

Section 44% of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (P.L. 89–329) provides:

APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED

SEC. 442. There are authorized to be appropriated $129,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $165,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, to carry out the purposes of part C of title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452). Any sums which are appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, for the purpose of such part C pursuant to an authorization in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, or are allocated for such purpose from any approriation for such year, shall be made available, to the extent unexpended on the date of enactment of this Act, to the Commissioner for carrying out such part C, and the total of such sums (including amounts expended prior to such date) shall be deducted from the authorization in this section for such year. Sixty million dollars of the authorization for title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, as contained in section 131 of such Act, shall be only for the purpose of part C of such title. No provision in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which authorizes the appropriation of funds to carry out that Act shall apply to such part C after June 30, 1966.

APPENDIX II

EDUCATIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL 1966* (By Genevieve O. Dane)

During fiscal year 1966 more than $3 billion in Federal funds will flow from the Federal Treasury through the U.S. Office of Education to schools and colleges, to teachers and students, and to libraries and librarians. These funds are authorized under 19 laws, the earliest enacted in 1890 and the latest in 1965.

Despite the span of years they cover, the laws have similar features: They have a single purpose: to help the people of this country get the education they need.

They recognize the diversity of the Nation and the national commitment to Federal-State-local cooperation in education.

They make funds available in one of three forms-grants-in-aid, loans, or contracts for work done.

They define in precise terms the channels through which funds are to reach recipients. Most laws spell out the amount of money that may be appropriated for a given purpose and the formula the administrative agency is to use in distributing it.

They designate both the recipient and the immediate beneficiaries. Most of the early laws and many of the later ones designate the State education agency as the recipient of grants-in-aid, though college and university students and students in vocational education are the beneficiaries. Since World War II a few of the laws name colleges and universities as recipients, others name local educational agencies, and one or two others permit payments to individuals or institutions other than colleges.

Under such circumstances one might think it would be a fairly simple matter to get the funds to the beneficiaries in a hurry. In fact, it is a complicated process, a process the public generally calls redtape. In any transaction involving Federal dollars redtape is not only necessary but protective. It insures the beneficiaries of grants that they will get their share, that they will be free of Federal control. And it insures the Congress that its intent is being followed.

Such redtape takes time. Speed in getting the money into circulation is important, for most legislation specifies that funds must be spent in the year for which they are appropriated, but speed is not the first consideration. The first consideration is that both the Office of Education, as the administrative agency, and the recipient meet the requirements of the law, requirements that are specific and time consuming. Let me illustrate.

*Reprinted from American Education, July-August 1965.

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