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21. The quality of American Government, March 17, 1967-

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ENACTMENTS BY THE 90TH CONGRESS CONCERNING
EDUCATION AND TRAINING, FIRST SESSION, 1967

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION

1. PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT

The main purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive record of the enactments by the 90th Congress during its first session, 1967, concerning education and training. Besides giving the texts of the enactments, the report presents digests of these laws, with particular reference to their educational and training features or aspects. The report also cites related recommendations and statements. by President Johnson, and summarizes the legislative histories of the enacted bills containing educational and training provisions of significance. The report incidentally includes some selected comments from the public press relative to action on some of these bills.

2. SCOPE OF THE REPORT

This report covers legislation relating generally to education and training. In the broadest sense, the former term includes the latter. It would be presumptuous, however, to attempt to define in this report precisely what legislation Congress would consider pertinent to or affecting education. Since the report is intended to be comprehensive, it includes acts relating to training as well as those relating to education, and acts concerning students, teachers, or educational institutions. Thus, the report covers a variety of legislation and legislative objectives. Apart from the omission of some appropriation measures, the aim is to include both legislation involving direct Federal financing and administration of educational and training activities, and legislation involving forms of Federal aid to States, localities, institutions, and individuals in these fields. In some instances the legislative provisions included are subsidiary parts of legislation principally concerned with other matters. In brief, what is here presented in a panoramic view of many diverse measures of current interest concerning education and training.

3. SOURCES

The information brought together and summarized in this report has been obtained princially from the weekly compilation of Presidential Documents, the daily Congressional Record, the Congressional Directory, the Calendars of the House of Representatives, the Digest

Most of the departments and independent agencies of the Government administer some educational or training programs. This report includes certain appropriations for only the U.S. Office of Education and some of the larger programs of other agencies affecting education and training, for the fiscal year 1968.

of Public General Bills and Selected Resolutions, the texts of the bills dealt with, the House and Senate hearings and committee reports on these bills, and the Statutes at Large. Some other sources are cited in footnotes.

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