Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:-Continued Powell, Edward M., Ph. D., superintendent of schools, Dover, Del., Rea, Dale C., assistant to the superintendent, Community Unit 668 Reifsteck, Fred, superintendent, Rantoul Township High School Robinson, Mrs. Dorothy S., chairman, National Advisory Council Rorvig, W. O., superintendent, McLaughlin Independent School District No. 21, S. Dak., letter to Chairman Perkins, dated Feb- Saunders, Herbert J., acting division superintendent, The County School Board, Prince William County, Va., letter to Hon. Daniel J. Flood, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, Schuett, William, director, fiscal affairs, Township High School Dis- trict 113, Highland Park, Ill., statement of Scott, Hugh J., superintendent of schools, District of Columbia, Soriano, Jesse M., supervisor, Michigan Migrant Education Program, Spence, Eugene S., superintendent, Bethel Park School District, Pa., Spurlock, Emmett E., director, Office of Migrant Education, New 887 714 922 732 Storme, A. C., superintendent, Community Unit School District, 661 Statement of___. Sutton, J. E., superintendent, Midwest City-Del City Schools, Okla- Teague, Hon. Charles M., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 19, Thorson, Philip, superintendent, Gwinn Area Community Schools, Todd, William B., Charleston, S.C., statement of... Tynon, John C., superintendent of schools, Carbon County School Udall, Hon. Morris K., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 21, 1973, Udell, John V., teacher, Dade County, Fla., testimony of..-- Vinatieri, Robert F., director, special programs, Bloomington Public Schools, Minnesota, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 22, 542 687 717 710 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc. :-Continued Page Closing statement. 513 Statement by... 506 Way, Dr. Russell, program administrator, innovative programs, 531 600 White, Louis, business manager, Libertyville Elementary District "Changes in the percent of grade 4 pupils more than 1 year "Materials related to the testimony of officials of the Detroit Wright, A. G., superintendent, Stafford County Public Schools, 681 668 796 800 793 684 963 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1973 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1973 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Carl D. Perkins (chairman) presiding. Present: Representatives Perkins, Meeds, Clay, Mazzoli, Lehman, Quie, Bell, Steiger, Hansen, and Huber. Staff members present: John F. Jennings, counsel; Christopher T. Cross, minority legislative associate; and Toni Painter, secretary. Chairman PERKINS. The subcommittee will come to order. [Text of H.R. 16, H.R. 69, H.R. 5163, H.R. 5823, and summary of H.R. 69 follow:] (1) 93D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 16 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 1973 Mr. PERKINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To assist the States and local educational agencies in providing educational programs of high quality in clementary and secondary schools and to assist the States in equalizing educational opportunity, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "School Finance Act of 4 1973". 5 ז.. 6 TITLE I-BASIC GRANTS FINDING AND PURPOSE 7 SEC. 101. (a) The Congress finds that while the pri mary responsibility for providing elementary and secondary 9 education rests with the States the Federal Government has I 1 an obligation to assist the States in making available to all 2 children an education of high quality. 3 (b) It is therefore the purpose of this title to provide 4 financial assistance to the States and to local educational 5 agencies to assure that their resources when supplemented 6 by this Federal assistance will be adequate to provide to all 7 children an elementary and secondary education of high 8 quality. 9 10 AMOUNT OF BASIC GRANTS SEC. 102. (a) From the sums appropriated for the fiscal 11 year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the succeeding 12 fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1978, the Commissioner 13 shall reserve an amount not to exceed 2 per centum for basic 14 grants to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 15 Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands accord16 ing to their respective needs for such assistance under this 17 section, and the Commissioner shall set the maximum 18 amounts which their local educational agencies shall be 19 eligible to receive. 20 (b) (1) From the remainder of the sums appropriated for each such fiscal year, the Commissioner shall pay to each 22 local educational agency within a State the basic grant to 23 which it is entitled, as determined under paragraph (2). 24 (2) The amount of the basic grant to which a local 25 educational agency is entitled is equal to $100 for every child |