OFFICE OF EDUCATION General and special funds: EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION For carrying out the provisions of titles I, [and] II, and III of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, as amended (20 U.S.C. 15i-15m, 150-15q, 15aa-15jj, [Public Law 88-210] 15aaa-1599g), section of the Act of March 3, 1931 (20 U.S.C. 30), the Act of March 18, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 31-33), section 9 of the Act of August 1, 1956 (20 U.S.C. 34), section 2 of the Act of September 25, 1962 (48 U.S.C. 1667), and the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (20 U.S.C. 35-35n); [$158,296,000] $257,491,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for [allotment for] practical nurse training under [such) title II of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, [$180,000] $375,000 shall be for vocational education in the fishery trades and industry including distributive occupations therein, and $5,000,000 for carrying out section 13] under Title I of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, $15,000,000 shall be for area vocational education programs under title III of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, $25,000,000 shall be for work-study programs under section 13 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, $5,000,000 for a residential vocational education school under section 14 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and [$118,500,000 $177,500,000 shall be for vocational education programs under section 4 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. [carrying out other provisions of that Act.] (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.) Note. Includes $15 million for activities previously carried under "Defense Educational Activities." The amounts obligated in 1964 and 1965 are shown in the schedule as comparative transfers. Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) educational activities are made to support the training of highly skilled technicians. It is estimated that the number of students served under these programs will total 5.8 million in 1966 compared to 5.2 million in 1965 and 4.4 million in 1964. Grants are made for research and special project activities designed to meet special vocational education needs of youths, particularly those in economically depressed communities that have academic, socioeconomic, or other handicaps that prevent them from succeeding in the regular vocational education programs. A work-study program provides employment for students enrolled in vocational classes who are in need of financial assistance in order to continue their education. Funds will be provided to construct and operate a residential vocational school in the District of Columbia to attack problems of school dropouts and youth unemployment. HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION For grants, loans, and payments under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, [$463,150,000] $641,750,000. [to be immediately available,] of which not to exceed [$230,000,000 $460,000,000 shall be for grants for construction of academic facilities under title I; $60,000,000 shall be for grants for construction of graduate academic facilities under title II; and [$169,250,000] $119,050,000 shall be for loans for construction of academic facilities under title III. (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 106,650 159,750 34,661 34.796 34,991 15,000 15.000 15,000 11.850 17,750 5,000 25.000 5.000 3. Construction loans.. 169,250 119,050 10 Total program costs, funded-obligations (object class 41.0)... 4. Grants for State administrative ex 3,000 257,491 5. Technical services.. 900 2,700 Under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, loans are made for academic facilities and grants are mathematics, engineering, and foreign language classawarded on a matching basis for undergraduate science, colleges and technical institutes; and for graduate academic rooms and laboratories; for libraries; for public junior facilities. Grants are available in 1965 for expenses incurred by States in administration of the undergraduate and public junior college and technical institute grants. Technical engineering and other review services are rendered by the. Housing and Home Finance Agency for construction projects. Payments are made to assist in the maintenance and operation of schools in areas where enrollments are affected by Federal activities. Such payments are made principally to school districts; however, where such districts cannot assume responsibility for educating federally-connected children, payments are made to other agencies for the provision of such education under Federal auspices. Also, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Education may make arrangements for the provision of free public education for children of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, not residing on Federal property. Personnel compensation: Payments will be made in 1966 to about 4,300 eligible school districts and Federal agencies on account of the attendance of approximately 2 million federally-connected children in all States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and Wake Island. This provides for payments of 100 percent of entitlements. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Total personnel compensation.. 12.0 Personnel benefits... 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons.. 22.0 Transportation of things.---. 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities. 25.1 Other services. 1964 actual 26.0 Supplies and materials.. 31.0 Equipment.... 41.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions.... 301,166 -2 OFFICE OF EDUCATION 41.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions... 301,015 332,000 347,000 Subtotal 95.0 Deduct quarters and subsistence charges. Total obligations, allocation accounts.. Total obligations.--- 301,164 332,000 347,000 75,476 83,039 114,131 -83,039-114,131 -130,131 -9,991 -10,000 -10,000 170 92 -92 283,688 291,000 321,000 1964 actual 1965 1966 estimate estimate 70 12 18 332,000 100 4 1 1 2 23 10 4 347,000 12 157 -6 151 301,166 1965 1966 estimate estimate ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION For an additional amount for providing school facilities and for grants to local educational agencies in federally affected areas, as authorized by the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended (20 U.S.C., ch. 19), including not to exceed $820,000 for necessary expenses during the current fiscal year of technical services rendered by other agencies, [$58,400,000] $50,190,000, [to be immediately available, and] to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries or other direct expenses of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Provided further, That applications filed on or before June 30, [1964] 1965, shall receive priority over applications filed after such date. (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 1964 actual 13.721 9,962 702 1965 1966 estimate estimate 332,000 347,000 23,740 1965 1966 estimate estimate 55,000 44,190 10,000 10,000 820 820 24,385 65,820 55,010 -2,431 21,954 65,820 55,010 Financing: 21 Unobligated balance available, start of year. -44,833 -46,619-39.199 24 Unobligated balance available, end of year. 46,619 39,199 34,379 40 New obligational authority (appro- 58,400 50,190 21,954 65,820 55,010 64,441 35,794 64,614 -35,794 -64,614-72,624 50,601 37,000 47,000 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders. 1963, $6.700 thousand; 1964, $4,269 thousand; 1965, $4,269 thousand; 1966, $4,269 thousand. Payments are made to assist in construction of schools in areas where enrollments are affected by Federal activities. From 1951 through 1965, $1,233 million has been 332,000 347.000 appropriated for this program, aiding in the construction of an estimated 63,000 classrooms to house about 1.84 million pupils in the 50 States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Wake Island. The estimate for 1966 will allow funds to pay all approvable construction projects of local educational agencies in federally affected areas and assist in providing approximately 2,300 classrooms for 68,000 pupils. 1. Assistance to local educational agencies.-Grants are made to local districts for school construction, principally on behalf of increased numbers of children residing on Federal property or residing with a parent employed on Federal property. 2. Assistance for school construction on Federal properties.-Where the local educational agency is unable to provide school facilities for increased numbers of children living on Federal property, the Commissioner of Education is authorized to arrange for the construction of schools. Under certain circumstances, the Commissioner may also arrange to provide school facilities on a temporary basis for children of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, who do not reside on Federal property. 3. Payments for technical services.-Technical services are rendered by the Housing and Home Finance Agency in connection with the construction of school facilities. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) minor remodeling shall be made on the basis of [$61,600,000] $79,200,000 for grants to States and [shall be made on the basis of] [$8,400,000] $10.800,000 for loans to private[,] nonprofit schools, and allotments under section 302(b) for supervisory and other services shall be made on the basis of [$5,000,000 $9,00,000; [$15,000,000 shall be for grants to States for area vocational education programs;] and [$17,500,000] $24,500,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be for grants to States for testing, guidance, and counseling under title V: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of science, mathematics, and modern language teaching equipment, or equipment suitable for use for teaching in such fields of education, which can be identified as originating in or having been exported from a Communist country, unless such equipment is unavailable from any other source: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for graduate fellowships awarded initially under the provisions of the Act after the date of enactment of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1962, which are not found by the Commissioner of Education to be consistent with the purpose of the Act as stated in section 101 thereof. Loans and payments under the National Defense Education Act, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after March 31 of the current fiscal year, loans and payments under title II of the National Defense Education Act, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation for the same purpose for that fiscal year: Provided, That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid for the same purposes for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. [For an additional amount for "Defense educational activities," $60,750,000, of which $10,300,000 shall be for capital contributions to student loan funds and loans for non-Federal capital contributions (not to exceed $300,000) to student loan funds, $10,000,000 shall be for grants to States for equipment and minor remodeling of facilities for the purposes included in section 301 of Public Law 85–864, as amended, and for supervisory and other services, and $3,000,000 shall be for grants to States for testing, guidance, and counseling: Provided, That, in lieu of amounts heretofore specified, allotments for grants to States under sections 302(a) and 305 for acquisition of equipment and minor remodeling shall be made on the basis of $70,400,000, allotments for loans to private nonprofit schools shall be made on the basis of $9,600,000, and allotments under section 302(b) for supervisory and other services shall be made on the basis of $6,000,000: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available only upon enactment of S. 3060, Eighty-eighth Congress, or similar legislation, amending the National Defense Education Act of 1958.] (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965; Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1965.) Note. Excludes $15 million for activities transferred in the estimates to "Expansion and Improvement of Vocational Education." The amounts obligated in 1964 and 1965 are shown in the schedule as comparative transfers. 11.3 Personnel compensation: Positions other than permanent.... 50 12.0 Personnel benefits.. 5 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons. 7 10 25.2 Services of other agencies.. 702 32.0 Lands and structures....... 9.901 9,925 820 9,925 Total costs. Housing and Home Finance Agency.. Total costs, funded.. 10,664 10,820 10,820 24.385 65,820 55,010 94.0 Change in selected resources. -2,431 Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) DEFENSE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES For grants, loans, and payments under the National Defense Education Act of 1958 [(72 Stat. 1580-1605), $287,853,000], as amended (20 U.S.C. ch. 17: Public Law 88-665), $412,608,000, of which [$136,000,000 $180,900,000 shall be for capital contributions to student loan funds and loans for non-Federal capital contribu tions to student loan funds under title II, of which not to exceed [$1,000,000] $1 600,000 shall be for such loans for non-Federal [capital] contributions, [$66,600,000] $88,200,000 shall be for grants to States and loans to nonprofit private schools for [science, mathematics, or modern language] equipment and minor remodeling [of facilities] under title III and for grants to States for supervisory and other services under title III: Provided, That allotments under sections 302(a) and 305 for [acquisition of] equipment and (a) Contribution to loan funds... 2. Instructional assistance: (a) Acquisition of equipment and minor remodeling: (1) Grants to States.. (2) Loans to nonprofit private schools.. (b) Grants to States for supervision and administration.. 3. Graduate fellowships... 4. Guidance, counseling. and testing: (a) Grants to States.. (b) Institutes for counseling person nel.. 5. Advanced training: (a) Language and area centers. (b) Research.. 6. Educational media research. 7. Grants to States for statistical services.. 8. Institutes.... 5,869 8,200 1,838 4.107 4,799 5,015 1,807 7,267 2,100 2.250 21,413 31,640 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963. $14,947 thousand (1964 adjustments. -$907 thousand); 1964, $15.933 thousand: 1965, $27,317 thousand: 1966. $27.881 thousand. Grants and payments are made to States, educational institutions, and individuals. Amendments passed in 1964 (Public Law 88-665) expanded several programs. 1. Student loans.-Funds are allotted among the States for payments to institutions of higher education, including post-secondary business schools and technical institutes to provide capital contributions to student loan funds. These payments must be matched at the rate of one dollar from institutional sources for each nine Federal dollars. In addition, loans are made to institutions which are unable to provide matching funds. 2. Instructional assistance.-Grants are made to States on a matching basis for acquisition of equipment and minor remodeling of laboratory or other space in order to strengthen instruction in science, mathematics, foreign languages, history, civics, geography, English, and reading. Loans are made to nonprofit private schools for similar uses, and matching grants are made to States for supervision and administration of the program. Number of language and area study centers 1963 actual 1964 actual 1965 1966 estimate estimate 55 55 127 127 1,035 29 1,130 45 1,745 1,985 75 80 6. Educational media research.-Research and demonstrations, financed by grants and contracts, are conducted in the use of new media for educational purposes. It is estimated that 70 projects will be initiated in 1966, in comparison with 63 in 1963, 69 in 1964, and 75 in 1965. 7. Grants to States for statistical services.-Grants are made on a matching basis to assist the States in improving educational statistics. Total payments to any State may not exceed $50 thousand annually. 8. Institutes.-Contracts are made with institutions of higher education for full costs of institutes for teachers or supervisors (or student teachers or supervisors) of modern foreign languages, reading, history, geography, English, disadvantaged youth, school library personnel, and educational media specialists. Stipends are paid to persons in attendance. Prior to 1965, the program was restricted to the advanced training of modern foreign language teachers. 1966 estimate 4,440 4,468 18,804 21,385 Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) 3. Graduate fellowships.-Grants are made to institutions of higher education for expansion of graduate programs, and include both fellowship stipends for individuals and cost-of-education allowances for participating insti- 94.0 Change in selected resources. tutions. A primary objective is to promote better geographic distribution of graduate facilities throughout 99.0 Total obligations..... |