EDUCATION REVENUE SHARING ACT OF 1971

HEARING Sopy

4 - NOV 27

1972

BEFORE THE

OF THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. /-
United States CONGRESS: Senate,

COMMITTEE ON
LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE .

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1669

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ALAN CRANSTON, California

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Staff Director

ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel
Roy H. MILLENSON, Minority Staff Director

EUGENE MITTELMAN, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey JACOB K. JAVITS, New York EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont ALAN CRANSTON, California

STEPHEN J. WEXLER, Counsel

RICHARD D. SMITH, A880ciate Counsel
Roy H. MILLENSON, Minority Professional Staff Member

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Text of:
S. 1669

Introductory remarks by Senator Winston L. Prouty (from the

Congressional Record-Senate, April 29, 1971).

Section-by-Section Analysis.--
President's Message to Congress, excerpts of, April 6, 1971..

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1971
Richardson, Hon. Elliot L., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,

accompanied by Stephen Kurzman, Assistant Secretary for Legislation;
Christopher Cross, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Educa-
tion); and Professional Staff Members; and Statement of Hon. Sidney P.

Marland, Jr., U.S. Commissioner of Education.
Morrison, Donald E., President, National Education Association; accom-

panied by Stanley J. McFarland, Assistant Executive Secretary for
Government Relations and Citizenship, and Mrs. Jean Flannigan,
Assistant Director, Research Division --

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1971
Lillywhite, B. Alden, on behalf of Byron Hansford, executive secretary,

Council of Chief State School Officers.--
Phillips, F. E. "Bud”, First Vice President; August W. Steinhilber, Direc-

tor of Federal and Congressional Relations; and Michael A. Resnick,
Legislative Specialist, comprising a panel representing the National

School Boards Association..
Geer, William C., executive secretary, Council for Exceptional Children;
accompanied by David Braddock, Council for Exceptional Children.--

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1971
Selden, David, president, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO,

accompanied by Carl Magel, legislative director.
Frieder, Mrs. Philip, national board member, National Council of Jewish

Women, accompanied by Olya Margolin..
D'Alessio, Edward, coordinator of governmental programs, division of

elementary and secondary education, accompanied by Rev. Frank J.
Monahan, assistant director of governmental programs.

STATEMENTS
American Library Association, prepared statement-
Conner, James E., Senior Associate for Education, Chamber of Com-

merce of the United States, prepared statement..
D'Alessio, Ph. D., director, Division of Elementary and Secondary Educa-

tion, U.S. Catholic Conference, accompanied by Rev. Frank H. Brede-
weg, C.S.B., director of Special Projects, National Catholic Education
Association; and Frank J. Monahan, assistance director of Govern-
mental Programs, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education,
U.S. Catholic Conference.

Prepared statement -
Frieder, Mrs. Philip, national board member, National Council of Jewish
Women; accompanied by Olya Margolin..
Prepared statement.

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Geer, William C., executive secretary, Council for Exceptional Children;
accompanied by David Braddock, Council for Exceptional Children ---

Prepared statement.--
Lilly white, B. Alden, on behalf of Byron Hansford, executive secretary,
Council of Chief State School Officers..

Prepared statement..
Morrison, Donald E., president, National Education Association; accom-

panied by Stanley J. McFarland, Assistant Executive Secretary for
Government Relations and Citizenship, and Mrs. Jean Flannigan,
Assistant Director, Research Division -

Prepared statement -
Phillips, F. E. "Bud”, first vice president; August W. Steinhilber, Director

of Federal and Congressional Relations; and Michael A. Resnick, Legis-
lative Specialist, a panel representing the National School Boards
Association.

Prepared statement-
Richardson, Hon. Elliot L., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,

accompanied by Stephen Kurzman, Assistant Secretary for Legislation;
Christopher Cross, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Educa-
tion); and Professional Staff Members; and Statement of Hon. Sidney P.
Marland, Jr., U.S. Commissioner of Education-

Prepared statement of Mr. Richardson.

Prepared statement of Mr. Marland.
Scott, Hon. Robert W., Governor of North Carolina, and chairman of the

education commission of the States, prepared statement.---
Selden, David, president, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO,
accompanied by Carl Magel, legislative director -

Prepared statement.-

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Articles, publications, etc.:

Consolidation of Certain Education Programs and Rationale for Doing

So..
“Revenue Sharing and the Proposed Educational Revenue Sharing

Act," by Burnell Larson, Superintendent of Public Instruction,

Nevada State Department of Education, Carson City, Nev--Communications by:

Bible, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of Nevada, from

Burnell Larson, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department
of Education, State of Nevada, Canon City, Nev.:

March 18, 1971.

March 18, 1971 (with enclosure).
Marland, Dr. Sidney, Commissioner of Education, U.S. Office of

Education, Washington, D.C., from David T. Tronsgard, execu-
tive secretary, National Association of State Boards of Education,

Denver, Colo., April 30, 1971..
Packwood, Hon. Robert, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.,

from Frank J. Van Dyke, Chairman, Oregon Board of Education,

Salem, Oreg., November 3, 1971.--
Pell, Hon. Claiborne, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island,
Chairman, Subcommittee on Education, from:
Findley, W. L. Ed. D., Supervisor of Special Education, Special

Education Center, Great Falls, Mont., May 3, 1971.-
Krettek, Germaine, Director, American Library Association,

Washington Office, Washington, D.C., December 10, 1972..
Marmins, Mrs. A. R., legislative chairman, Pittsburgh Section

National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh, Pa., November
10, 1971 (telegram)-
Martin, Anita L., chairman, Legislative Policies Committee,

Adult Education Association of the U.S.A., Weston, Mass.,

January 10, 1972-
Scott, Robert W., Governor of North Carolina, chairman, Educa-

tion Commission of the States, 1971–72, December 22, 1972
(with enclosure) --

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