Definitions. 81 Stat. 91. 20 USC 1113. 20 USC 1114. Repeal. 20 USC 1115. and (B) by inserting "or postsecondary vocational education" after "career in elementary or secondary education". (2) The second sentence of such section is amended by striking out "teacher education programs" and inserting in lieu thereof "programs for the education of teachers and related educational personnel". (3)(A) So much of the third sentence of such section as precedes the first comma therein is amended to read as follows: "For the 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"; (B) the words "elementary or secondary schools", the second time these words occur in such third sentence, are changed to read "such schools"; and (C) the following is inserted in such sentence before the comma after "educational media": "(including educational and instructional television and radio), child development". (c) Section 522 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "FELLOWSHIPS AUTHORIZED SEC. 522. The Commissioner is authorized to award fellowships in accordance with the provisions of this part for graduate study leading to an advanced degree for persons who are pursuing or plan to pursue a career in elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education." (d) (1) Paragraph (1) of section 523 of such Act is amended by striking out "Advisory Council on Quality Teacher Preparation" and inserting in lieu thereof "Natonal Advisory Council on Education Professions Development". (2) Paragraph (2) of such section is amended by inserting "or postsecondary vocational schools" after "elementary or secondary schools"; inserting "or postsecondary vocational education" after "elementary or secondary education"; and amending the term "career in elementary and secondary education", each time such term occurs, to read "career in elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education". (e) (1) Section 524(b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(b) For the purpose of obtaining an appropriate geographical distribution of high-quality programs for the training of personnel for elementary or secondary education, the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to and contracts with institutions of higher education to pay part of the cost of developing or strengthening graduate programs which meet or, as a result of assistance received under this subsection will be enabled to meet, the requirements of subsection (a).' (2) Subsection (c) of section 524 is repealed. (f) Subsection (b) of section 525 is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Commissioner shall (in addition to the stipends paid to persons under subsection (a)) pay to the institution of higher education at which such person is pursuing his course of study such amount as the Commissioner may determine to be appropriate, not to exceed the equivalent of $2,500 per academic year, but any amount charged such person for tuition and nonrefundable fees and deposits shall be deducted from the amount payable to the institution of higher education under this subsection." (g) Section 528 of such Act is amended by inserting after Appropriation. "June 30, 1968," the following: "$195,000,000 for the fiscal 20 USC 1118. year ending June 30, 1969, and $240,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970,". NEW PARTS ADDED TO TITLE V OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 SEC. 6. Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is further 20 USC 1091-1118. amended by adding the following new parts at the end thereof: "PART D-IMPROVING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONNEL SERVING IN PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION OTHER THAN HIGHER EDUCATION "ADVANCED TRAINING AND RETRAINING "SEC. 531. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to, or contracts with, institutions of higher education and State educational agencies, and to make grants to, or contracts with, local educational agencies if, after consultation with the State educational agency, such State agency is satisfied that the program or project will be coordinated with programs carried on under part B, for carrying out programs or projects to improve the qualifications of persons who are serving or preparing to serve in educational programs in elementary and secondary schools (including preschool and adult and vocational education programs) or postsecondary vocational schools or to supervise or train persons so serving. "(b) Programs or projects under this section may include, among others "(1) programs or projects to train or retrain teachers, or supervisors or trainers of teachers, in any subject generally taught in the schools; "(2) programs or projects to train or retrain other educational personnel in such fields as guidance and counseling (including occupational counseling), school social work child psychology, remedial speech and reading, child development, and educational media (including educational television or radio); "(3) programs or projects to train teacher aides and other non-professional educational personnel; "(4) programs or projects to provide training and preparation for persons participating in educational programs for children of preschool age; Ante, p. 84. 81 Stat. 93. "(5) programs or projects to prepare teachers and other educational personnel to meet the special needs of the socially, culturally, and economically disadvantaged; "(6) programs or projects to prepare teachers and other educational personnel to meet the special needs of exceptionally gifted students; "(7) programs or projects to train or retrain persons engaging in programs of special education for the handicapped; "(8) programs or projects to provide inservice and other training and preparation for school administrators; "(9) programs or projects to prepare artists, craftsmen, scientists, artisans, or persons from other professions or vocations, or homemakers to teach or otherwise assist in programs or projects of education on a long-term, shortterm, or part-time basis. "(c) Grants or contracts under this section may provide for use of funds received thereunder only to pay the cost of "(1) short-term or regular-session institutes; or "(2) other preservice and inservice training programs or projects designed to improve the qualifications of persons entering and reentering the field of elementary and secondary education or postsecondary vocational education, except that funds may not be used for seminars, symposia, workshops or conferences unless these are part of a continuing program of inservice or preservice training. "(d) The Commissioner may include in the terms of any grant or contract under this section provisions authorizing the payment, to persons participating in training programs supported under this section, of such stipends (including allowances for subsistence and other expenses for such persons and their dependents) as he may determine, which shall be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs. "APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED "SEC. 532. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part the sum of $70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and the sum of $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. "PART E-TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PER SONNEL "PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS "SEC. 541. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to, or contracts with, institutions of higher education to assist them in training persons who are serving or preparing to serve as teachers, administrators, or educational specialists in institutions of higher education. "(b) Grants or contracts under this section may provide for use of funds received thereunder only to assist in covering the cost of courses of training or study (including short-term or 72 Stat. 1590. regular-session institutes and other preservice and inservice training programs) for such persons, and for establishing and maintaining fellowships or traineeships, except that funds may not be used for fellowships which are eligible for support under title IV of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, or for seminars, conferences, symposia, and workshops unless these are 20 USC 461-465. part of a continuing program of inservice or preservice training. "(c) The Commissioner may make a grant to or enter into a contract with an institution of higher education only upon application by the institution and only upon his finding that such program will substantially improve educational opportunities throughout the Nation for training for persons who have or are preparing to undertake teaching or administrative responsibilities in institutions of higher education or the responsibilities of an educational specialist in such institution. "STIPENDS "SEC. 542. The Commissioner may include in the terms of any arrangement with an institution of higher education under this part provisions authorizing the payment, to persons participating in training programs supported under this part, of such stipends (including allowances for subsistence and other expenses for such persons and their dependents) as he may determine, which shall be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs. "APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED "SEC. 543. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part the sum of $21,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and the sum of $36,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970." LIMITATION SEC. 7. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is further amended by inserting before the period at the end of section 508 (as redesignated by section 2(b) of this Act) the following words: "or training for a religious vocation or to teach theological subjects". SHORT TITLE OF TITLE V OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 SEC. 8. Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end of part A thereof the following new section: "SHORT TITLE "SEC. 509. This title may be cited as the 'Education Professions Development Act'." 79 Stat. 1255. 20 USC 1092. Ante, p. 82. 91-165 0-68—pt. 1- -3 81 Stat. 94. EFFECTIVE DATES SEC. 9. (a) The amendments to title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 made by the foregoing sections of this Act shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1968, except that the following amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act: (1) The redesignation of section numbers made by section 2 of this Act. (2) The repeal (by section 2(c) of this Act) of section 501 of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (which provides for an Advisory Council on Quality Teacher Preparation) and the enactment, in lieu thereof, of section 501 (Statement of Purpose) and section 502 (National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development) of such title; and the conforming amendment to section 523(1) of such title V made by section 5(d)(1) of this Act. (3) The enactment (by section 2(c) of this Act) of section 507 of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (relating to experts and consultants), and the concomitant repeal (by section 5(e) of this Act) of subsection (c) of section 524 of such title V. (4) The amendments made by sections 3, 7, and 8 of this Act. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude advance planning and dissemination of information by the Commissioner of Education with respect to amendments the effective date of which is deferred by this section. 4. OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1967 A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Hearings on amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 were held before the Select Committee on Education of the (House) Committee on Education and Labor on May 10, 11, 16, and June 1 1967. H.R. 10730, the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1967 was introduced on June 8, 1967 by Representative Dominick V. Daniels of New Jersey, and others. The bill was referred to the Committe on Education and Labor. In the Senate, hearings on Older Americans Act amendments wer held before the Special Subcommittee on Aging of the Committe on Labor and Public Welfare on June 12, 1967. H.R. 10730 was reported from the Committee on Education and Labor on June 16, 1967 (H. Rept. 367). It passed the House, unde suspension of the rules, on June 19, 1967. It was reported in the Senate from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on June 27, 1961 (S. Rept. 367). It passed the Senate, amended, on June 28, 1967 The House agreed to the Senate amendments on June 29, 1967. Th act was approved on July 1, 1967, and became Public Law 90-42. |