quarterly repayment intervals, the charge may be $3 and $6, respectively. Institutions would be authorized to elect whether to add these charges to the principal amount of loans as of the first day after the day on which such installment or evidence was due, or to make the amount of the charge payable to the institution not later than the due date of the next installment after receipt by the borrower of notice of the assessment of the charge.

Subsection (b) of the section amends section 204 (2) of the NDEA to provide that the charges collected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deposited into the institution's student loan fund.

Subsection (c) provides that the amendment made by subsection (a) is applicable only with respect to loans made after the date of enactment.

Financial Assistance for Strengthening Instruction in Critical Subjects Section 467. Economics, Civics, and Industrial Arts

Subsection (a) of this section amends clauses (1) and (5) of section 303 (a) of the NDEA pertaining to State plans under which financial assistance is extended for strengthening instruction in science, mathematics, modern foreign languages, and other critical subjects, to include "economics" among subjects which may be included in programs by State educational agencies. Subsection (a) also authorizes increased appropriations (from $90 to $100 million) for fiscal years 1966, 1967, and 1968 for carrying out title III of the NDEA.

Institutes

Subsection (b) of section 467 amends section 1101 of the NDEA (authorizing short-term or regular session institutes for advanced study) to provide for the authorization of $50 million (rather than $32,750,000) for fiscal 1966 and for each of the 2 succeeding years. It also amends section 1101 to expand the categories of eligible support to include institutes to improve the qualification of individuals who are engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching or the supervising of training of teachers, of economics, civics, and industrial arts.

Section 501. Advisory Council on Teacher Preparation

Subsection (a) of this section provides that the Commissioner shall establish an Advisory Council on Quality Teacher Preparation in the Office of Education. The Commissioner will be Chairman of the Council, and he will appoint (with the approval of the Secretary) the 12 members of the Council. Such 12 members shall include persons knowledgeable with respect to teacher preparation and the needs of urban and rural schools. The purpose of the Council will be to review the administration and operation of the programs carried out under this title and under all other Federal programs for complementary purposes.

Subsection (b) provides for compensation of Council members who are not regular full-time employees of the United States.

Subsection (c) allows the Council to appoint an Executive Secretary and such other employees as it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this title.

Section 502. Limitation

This section provides that nothing contained in this title shall be construed to authorize the making of any payment under this title for religious worship or instruction.

Section 511. Statement of Purpose and Authorization of Appropriations Subsection (a) states that it is the purpose of this part to improve the educational opportunities available to children in areas having a concentration of low-income families, and at the same time to encourage the development of broader programs of teacher preparation in colleges and universities, by attracting and training both qualified teachers and inexperienced teacher-interns who will be made available to local educational agencies in low-income areas.

Subsection (b), for the purpose of carrying out this part, authorizes the appropriation of $36,100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and $64,715,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967.

Section 512.

Establishment of National Teacher Corps

A National Teacher Corps, to be headed by a Director (compensated at the rate prescribed for grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949), and a Deputy Director (compensated at the rate prescribed for grade 16), is established in the Office of Education in order to carry out the purposes of this part.

Section 513. Teacher Corps Program

Subsection (a) authorizes the Commissioner to (1) recruit, select, and enroll both experienced teachers and inexperienced teacher-interns (who have a bachelor's degree or its equivalent) in the Teacher Corps for periods of up to 2 years; (2) enter into arrangements with institutions of higher education or State or local educational agencies to provide members of the Teacher Corps with appropriate training, including a maximum of 3 months' training before undertaking their teaching duties; (3) enter into arrangements (including the payment of cost of such arrangements) with local educational agencies to furnish either or both (a) experienced teachers and (b) teaching teams (consisting of one experienced teacher and a number of teacher-interns) for service during regular or summer sessions, or both, in the schools of such agencies in areas having concentrations of children from low-income families, and under which arrangements teacherinterns shall be afforded time by the local educational agency for a teacher-intern training program carried out under the guidance of the experienced teacher in cooperation with an institution of higher education; and (4) pay to local educational agencies the amount of compensation which such agencies pay to members of the Teacher Corps assigned to them.

Subsection (b) provides that, wherever possible, arrangements with institutions of higher education to furnish training to teacher -interns while such interns are teaching shall provide for training leading to a graduate degree.

Subsection (c), paragraph (1) provides that when the demand for the services of Teacher Corps members exceeds the supply, the Commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, allocate those members available among the States in accordance with paragraph (2). Paragraph (2) provides an allocation not to exceed 2 percent of such teacher or teacher teams to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands according to the needs of each. remainder shall be allocated in proportion to the number of children counted in each State for the purpose of making basic grants under section 203 of title II of Public Law 874, 81st Congress, as amended, for the fiscal year for which such allocation is made.

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Subsection (d) provides that Teacher Corps members may be utilized b a local educational agency to provide educational services available to children enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools, in the manner described in section 205 (a) (2) of Public Law 874, 81st Congress, as amended.

Subsection (a) requires that an arrangement with a local educational agency under paragraph (3) of section 513 (a) shall provide that Teacher Corps members shall be compensated by that agency at the following rates: (1) experienced teachers shall receive pay equivalent to that received by teachers with similar training experience and duties who are employed by the local educational agency, (2) experienced teachers leading teaching teams are to be compensated at a rate agreed upon by the Commissioner and the agency, and (3) teacher-interns shall be compensated at the lowest rate paid by such agency for full-time teaching in the school system and grade to which the intern is assigned.

Subsection (b) authorizes the Commissioner to pay stipends to Teacher Corps members while such members are in training. Such payments shall include allowances for subsistence and other expenses for such members and their dependents, and are to be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported training programs.

Subsection (c) authorizes the Commissioner to pay certain necessary expenses of Teacher Corps members and their dependents, including travel, transportation of household goods, and readjustment allowances proportionate to service.

Subsection (d) authorizes the Commissioner to arrange to protect the tenure, retirement rights, and similar employee benefits of any Teacher Corps member who indicates his intention to return to the local educational agency or institution of higher education by which he was employed immediately prior to his service in the Corps.

Section 515. Application of Provisions of Federal Law

Subsection (a). A Teacher Corps member is not to be deemed a Federal employee, except as is otherwise specifically provided in this section, and is not subject to those provisions of law relating to Federal employment.

Subsection (b) provides, however, that Teacher Corps members shall be deemed to be Federal civil employees within the meaning of section 40 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (5 U.S.C. 790) for the purposes of the administration of that act, and the provisions of that act shall

apply except as hereinafter provided. For purposes of this subsection the term "performance of duty" in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act shall not include any act of a member of the Teacher Corps while on authorized leave, or while absent from his assigned post of duty, except while participating in an activity authorized by the Commissioner. computing compensation benefits for disability or death under the Federal Employee's Compensation Act, the monthly pay of a member of the Teacher Corps shall be deemed to be his actual pay or that received under the entrance salary for GS-6, whichever is greater.

Subsection (c) provides that members of the Teacher Corps shall be deemed to be employees of the Government for the purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Section 516. Local Control Preserved

Members of the Teacher Corps shall be under the direct supervision of the local educational agencies to which they are assigned, and such agencies shall (except as provided in paragraph (3) of section 513 (a)) retain the authority to assign such members within their systems, make transfers within their systems, determine the subject matter to be taught, and determine the terms and continuance of the assignment of such members within their systems.

Section 517. Maintenance of Effort

No member of the Teacher Corps may be used by any local educational agency to replace any teacher who is or would otherwise be employed by such agency.

Part C

Fellowships for Teachers

Section 521. Statement of Purpose

This part contains a Congressional finding that it is the policy of the United States to improve the quality of education in elementary and secondary schools by improving the quality of education of persons pursuing or planning to pursue careers in elementary and secondary education. "Career in elementary and secondary education" as used in Part C means a career of teaching in elementary or secondary schools, or a career of teaching, guiding, or supervising such teachers or persons who plan to become such teachers, or a career in fields directly related to teaching in elementary or secondary schools.

Section 522. Fellowships Authorized

Subsection (a) authorizes the Commissioner to award fellowships for graduate study leading to an advanced degree other than a doctor of philosophy, or equivalent degree, for persons pursuing or planning to pursue a career in elementary or secondary education. Fellowships are for periods determined by the Commissioner but not to exceed 24 months.