UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1956 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. Price 60 cents Foreword Contents Chapter I. Federal Participation in Education. Purpose of this Bulletin National Summaries of Federal Activities in Education. National Purposes Itemized Methods of Distributing Federal Funds for Education. Land Area... Population Flat Grants Matching Funds Cost of Educational Programs. Payments in Lieu of Taxes. Equalization Aid Cost of Tuition. Contracts for Services. Combinations of Methods General and Special Aids for Education Page xi 1 1 2 4 4 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 16 Trends in Federal Funds for Education.. State-by-State Distributions. Chapter II. Educational Programs of the Department of Health, Grants to the States Used for the Education of Public Health Chapter III. Educational Programs of the Department of Agriculture 67 Agricultural Experiment Stations.. Federal Grants-in-Aid Agricultural Extension Service. Revenue from National Forests. School Lands in National Forests. Revenue from Submarginal Lands. The School Lunch Program. National School Lunch Act. Special School Milk Program 67 71 74 75 77 77 78 79 Chapter IV. Educational Programs of the Department of Defense 83 92 93 94 94 Department of the Navy Off-Duty Education Program.. Department of the Air Force Educational Services Program. Marine Corps Off-Duty Education Program.. Chapter V. Educational Programs of the Department of the Interior 96 Bureau of Mines Safety Training Program.. 858 97 Education of Indians in the United States 98 Chapter VI. Educational Programs of the Department of State Educational Exchange Program.. Coordination of Educational Exchange Programs. International Cooperation Administration Inter-University Contracts. Country Missions Page 109 109 111 113 115 117 Chapter VII. Educational Programs of the Veterans Administration 121 Basic Laws on Rehabilitation and Education.......... Public Laws 16 and 894. Public Laws 346 and 550 Educational Facilities and Contracts. Counseling and Vocational Guidance. Number in Training. 121 122 122 123 125 126 127 Expenditures for Educational Benefits.. Chapter VIII. Educational Programs of Other Federal Offices... 130 1. Number of Federal Programs in Education for the 1949-50 School Year Described in the Quattlebaum Report 2. Trends in the Financial Support of Federal Programs for Education: 3. Federal Funds for National and Other Educational Programs that Cannot be Reported by States or Territories: 1954-55 4. Summary of Federal Assistance to the States and Territories for Edu- cational Purposes Administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: 1954-55. 5. Summary of Federal Funds Allotted to the States and Territories for Programs of Federal Assistance to Education Administered by the Department of Agriculture: 1954-55 6. Summary of Federal Funds Expended in the States and Territories for the Education of Veterans: 1954-55 7. Summary of Federal Funds for Education: 1954–55.. 8. Federal Funds Appropriated for the Administration of the Office of 9. Federal Funds Appropriated for Instruction at Land-Grant Colleges: 10. Per Pupil Amounts for Current Operating Expenses Contributed 11. Federal Assistance for the Maintenance and Operation of Schools in Federally Affected School Districts: 1950-51 to December 30, 1955 33 12. Federal Funds Disbursed to the States and Territories for Assistance in the Maintenance and Operation of Schools in Federally Affected 13. Federal Assistance for the Construction of School Facilities in Feder- ally Affected School Districts and on Federal Properties and Tem- porary Buildings in Certain School Districts: 1950-51 to 1954-55 35 14. Federal Funds Reserved for the States and Territories as of August 31, 1955, for the Construction of School Facilities in Federally Affected School Districts, and Funds Disbursed: 1950-51 to 1954-55 36 15. Federal Funds Reserved for the States and Territories by August 31, 1955, for the Construction of School Facilities on Federal Proper- ties and for Temporary Buildings in Certain School Districts.. 16. Federal Funds Allotted and Expended for the School Facilities Sur- 39 45 |