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92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 1669

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 29, 1971

Mr. PROUTY (for himself, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BROCK, Mr. BUCKLEY, Mr. DOMINICK, Mr. FONG, Mr. GRIFFIN, Mr. PERCY, Mr. SCHWEIKER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. TAFT, and Mr. TOWER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To strengthen education by providing a share of the revenues of the United States to the States and to local educational agencies for the purpose of assisting them in carrying out education programs reflecting areas of national concern.

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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 "Education Revenue Shar4 ing Act of 1971".

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FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that, while public 7 education is primarily the responsibility of the States and 8 local communities of this country, the Federal Government

9 has a responsibility to assist them in meeting the costs of edu

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1 cation in areas of special national concern. The Congress

2 finds, however, that prior programs of Federal financial assist

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ance for elementary or secondary education are too narrow in

4 scope to meet the needs of State and local school systems.

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(b) It is therefore the purpose of this Act to replace

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or secondary education by a system of Federal revenue shar8 ing for education designed to meet such needs, to encourage 9 innovation and development of new educational programs 10 and practices, to provide for educationally disadvantaged 11 children an education comparable to that available to their classmates, to provide the special educational services needed

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by the physically and mentally handicapped, to encourage

greater attention to the vital field of vocational and career

education, to assure to children whose parents live or work 16 on Federal property an education comparable to that given to other children, and to provide State and local educational officials with the flexibility and responsibility they need to make meaningful decisions in response to the needs of their students.

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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PLANNING

PAYMENTS

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SEC. 3. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973,

and for each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be

appropriated, to be available without fiscal year limitation,

such sums as may be necessary for carrying out this Act.

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(b) There are also authorized to be appropriated such 2 sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to make, 3 during the period beginning January 1, 1972, and ending 4 with the close of June 30, 1972, payments to States to assist 5 them in planning for the transition from the system of cate

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gorical grants authorized by the statutes and parts thereof

repealed by section 21 to the system of revenue sharing for 8 education authorized by this Act. Such payments shall be made on such terms and conditions as the Secretary specifies for the purpose of carrying out this subsection.

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ALLOTMENT AND USE OF SILARED REVENUES

SEC. 4. (a) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 3 (a) for any fiscal year and not reserved pursuant to

section 11, the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount

equal to 60 per centum of the average per pupil expenditure

in the United States multiplied by the number of children in

average daily attendance in the public elementary or second

ary schools of such State during such year who resided on

Federal property, which amount shall be available for any

educational purpose.

(b) From the remainder of such sums, the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same

ratio to such remainder as the sum of the products determined under paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection

with respect to such State bears to the total of the sums of

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any State shall be

(1) 1.0 multiplied by the number of children aged

5 to 17, inclusive, in such State who are in low-income

families;

(2) 0.6 multiplied by the number of children in average daily attendance in the public elementary or secondary schools of such State during such fiscal year who (A) resided on other than Federal property with a parent employed on Federal property, or (B) had a

parent on active duty in the uniformed services (as de

fined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code); and

(3) 0.1 multiplied by the number of children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, in the State.

(c) (1) That portion of each State's allotment derived from application of the provisions of paragraph (1) of

subsection (b) shall be available only for programs and

projects designed to meet the special educational needs, at

the preschool or any other educational level, of educationally disadvantaged children—

(A) who reside in school attendance areas having

high concentrations of low-income families;

(B) who are migratory children of migratory agri

cultural workers; or

(C) who are neglected or delinquent children for

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3 (2) That portion of each State's allotment derived from 4 application of the provisions of paragraph (2) of sub5 section (b) shall be available for any educational activity. 6 (3) Except as provided in section 6—

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(A) one-sixth of that portion of each State's allotment derived from application of the provisions of paragraph (3) of subsection (b) shall be available only for programs and projects at the preschool or any other educational level designed to meet the special educational needs of handicapped children;

(B) one-third of that portion of each State's allotment derived from application of the provisions of paragraph (3) of subsection (b) shall be available only for vocational education activities; and

(C) one-half of that portion of each State's allotment derived from application of the provisions of paragraph (3) of subsection (b) shall be available only for supporting materials and services.

(d) Programs, projects, or activities assisted under

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(e) In the event that any State is not eligible to re24 ceive funds under this Act for any fiscal year, or notifies 25 the Secretary that it does not desire to receive such funds,

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