its findings and recommendations (including recommendations for changes in this title and other Federal laws relating to adult education activities and services). The President shall transmit each such report to the Congress together with his comments and recommendations. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall coordinate the work of this committee with that of other related advisory committees. (e) Members of the Advisory Committee who are not regular full-time employees of the United States, shall, while serving on the business of the Committee, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Commissioner, but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time; and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, members may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (f) The Commissioner shall engage such technical assistance as may be required to carry out the functions of the Advisory Committee, and the Commissioner shall, in addition, make available to the Advisory Committee such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such pertinent data prepared by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as it may require to carry out its functions. (g) In carrying out its functions pursuant to this section, the Advisory Committee may utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government, in accordance with agreements between the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the head of such agency. ADMINISTRATION SEC. 311. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to delegate any 20 U.S.C 1210. of his functions under this title, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education. (b) In administering the provisions of this title, the Commissioner is authorized to utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government and of any other public or nonprofit agency or institution, in accordance with agreements between the Secretary and the head thereof. FEDERAL CONTROL PROHIBITED SEC. 312. (a) Nothing contained in this title shall be con- 20 U.S.C. 1211. strued to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system, or over the selection of library resources, text-books, or other printed or published instructional materials by any educational institution or school system. (b) The National Advisory Committee on Adult Basic Education is authorized to encourage the establishment of State and local adult education advisory committees in order to improve reporting of State and local administration of programs under 20 U.S.C. 1212. 20 U.S.C. 1213. 81 Stat. 815. this title. Such local and State advisory committees may be existing groups or especially established by State and local administrators of the programs to assure that the local program is meeting the needs of the community. LIMITATION SEC. 313. No grant may be made under this title for any educational program, activity, or service related to sectarian instruction or religious worship, or provided by a school or department of divinity. For purposes of this section, the term "school or department of divinity" means an institution or a department or branch of an institution whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation, or to prepare them to teach theological subjects. APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED SEC. 314. There is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967 makes provisions, applicable to this Act, for adequate leadtime and for planning and evaluation of programs. Such provisions are set out at the end of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Legislative History ADULT EDUCAtion Act of 1966 as Amended Through the 90th Congress, 1st 89th Congress P.L. 89-750, title III H. Repts. 1814, 1814 pt. II (Committee on Education and Labor) and 2309 (com- S. Rept. 1674 accompany S. 3046 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Oct. 5: Considered in House. Oct. 6: Considered and passed House. Oct. 5, 6: S. 3046 considered and passed Senate. Oct. 7: Considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3046. Oct. 19: Senate agreed to conference report. Oct. 20: House agreed to conference report. 90th Congress-P.L. 90-247 House Reports: No. 188 (Committee on Education and Labor) and No. 1049 (Committee of Conference). Senate Report No. 726 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 113 (1967): May 22-24: Considered and passed House. Dec. 1, 4-8, 11: Considered and passed Senate amended. Dec. 15: House and Senate agreed to conference report. 5. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACT, AS AMENDED THROUGH THE 90TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION* Enacted on July 26, 1954, as P.L. 531, 83d Congress (62 Stat. 533). AN ACT To authorize cooperative research in education Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. PURPOSE SEC. 1. The purpose of this Act is to enable the Office of Education more effectively to accomplish the purposes and to perform the duties for which it was originally established. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING 20 U.S.C. 331. SEC. 2. (a) (1) The Commissioner of Education (hereinafter 20 U.S.C. 331a in this Act referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or *NOTES-Section 111(f) of Public Law 89-750 provides for coordination of the programs of Acts amended by Public Law 89-750 as follows: "In administering the provisions of this Act and any Act amended by this Act, the Commissioner shall consult with other Federal departments and agencies administering programs which may be effectively coordinated with programs carried out pursuant to such Acts, and to the extent practicable for the purposes of such Acts shall (1) coordinate such programs on the Federal level with the programs being administered by such other departments and agencies and (2) require that effective procedures be adopted by State and local authorities to coordinate the development and operation of programs and projects carried out under such Acts with other public and private programs having the same or similar purposes, including community action programs under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964." Section 2 of Public Law 90-247 sets guidelines for the administration of programs of Acts amended by Public Law 90-247 as follows: "Rules, regulations, guidelines, or other published interpretations or orders issued by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or the United States Office of Education, or by any official of such agencies, in connection with, or affecting, the administration of programs authorized by this Act or by any Act amended by this Act shall contain immediately following each substantive provision of such rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, or orders, citations to the particular section or sections of statutory law or other legal authority upon which such provision is based. All such rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, or orders shall be uniformly applied and enforced throughout the fifty States." Section 182 of Public Law 89-750 as amended by section 112 of Public Law 90-247 provides for compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as follows: "The Commissioner of Education shall not defer action or order action deferred on any applica tion by a local educational agency for funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act, by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, by the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), by the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress), or by the Cooperative Research Act, on the basis of alleged noncompliance with the provisions of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for more than sixty days after notice is given to such local agency of such deferral unless such local agency is given the opportunity for a hearing as provided in section 602 of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, such hearing to be held within sixty days of such notice, unless the time for such hearing is extended by mutual consent of such local agency and the Commissioner, and such deferral shall not continue for more than thirty days after the close of any such hearing unless there has been an express finding on the record of such hearing that such local educational agency has failed to comply with the provisions of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; "Provided, That, for the purpose of determining whether a local educational agency is in compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352), compliance by such agency with a final order or judgment of a Federal court for the desegregation of the school or school system operated by such agency shall be deemed to be compliance with such title VI, insofar as the matters covered in the order or judgment are concerned." 20 U.S.C. 821 nt. 81 Stat. 787. 81 Stat. 820. 81 Stat. 820. private agencies, institutions, and organizations and to individuals for research, surveys, and demonstrations in the field of education (including programs described in section_503(a)(4) and title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), and for the dissemination of information derived from educational research (including but not limited to information concerning promising educational practices developed under programs carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) and, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5), to provide by contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with them for the conduct of such activities; except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one. (2) No grant shall be made or contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement entered into under this subsection until the Commissioner has obtained the advice and recommendations of a panel of specialists who are not employees of the Federal Government and who are competent to evaluate the proposals as to the soundness of their design, the possibilities of securing productive results, the adequacy of resources to conduct the proposed research, surveys, or demonstrations, and their relationship to other similar educational research or dissemination programs already completed or in progress. (b) (1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in providing training in research in the field of education (including such research described in section 503 (a) (4) and title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), including the development and strengthening of training staff and curricular capability for such training, and without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5) to provide by contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with them for the conduct of such activities; except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one. (2) Funds available to the Commissioner for grants or contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements under this subsection may, when so authorized by the Commissioner, also be used by the recipient (A) in establishing and maintaining research traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, and for stipends and allowances (including traveling and subsistence expenses) for fellows and others undergoing training and their dependents not in excess of such maximum amounts as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, or (B) where the recipient is a State educational agency, in providing for such traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and fellowships either directly or through arrangements with public or other nonprofit institutions or organizations. (3) No grant shall be made or contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement entered into under this subsection for training in sectarian instruction, or for work to be done in an institution, or a department or branch of an institution, whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation or to prepare them to teach theological subjects. (4) Prior to January 31, 1968, the Commissioner shall make a complete report to the Congress with respect to contracts and other arrangements made pursuant to this subsection with private organizations, including benefits received from such contracts and arrangements, and the Commissioner's recommendations with respect to the continuation of the authority to make such contracts and arrangements with private organizations. (c) In addition to the authority granted by section 603(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, funds available to the Commissioner for grants or contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements under this section shall, with the approval of the Secretary, be available for transfer to any other Federal agency for use (in accordance with an interagency agreement) by such agency (alone or in combination with funds of that agency) for purposes for which such transferred funds could be otherwise expended by the Commissioner under the foregoing provisions of this section, and the Commissioner is likewise authorized to accept and expend funds of any other Federal agency for use under this section. (d) The Commissioner shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning the research, surveys, and demonstrations, the information disseminating activities and the training in research initiated under this Act, the recommendations made by research specialists pursuant to subsection (a)(2), and any action taken with respect to such recommendations. APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated an- 20 USC 332. nually to the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, such sums as the Congress determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of section 2. CONSTRUCTION OF REGIONAL FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH AND SEC. 4. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 20 U.S.C. 332a. annually five fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $100,000,000 in the aggregate, to enable the Commissioner to carry out the purposes of this section. Sums so appropriated shall remain available until expended for payments with respect to projects for which applications have been filed under this section before July 1, 1970, and approved by the Commissioner before July 1, 1971. (b) Whenever the Commissioner finds that the purposes of this Act can best be achieved through the construction of a facility for research, or for research and related purposes (as defined |