EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

A. FIRST SESSION, 1963

Convened January 9, 1963; adjourned December 30, 1963. 1. The Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963

H.R. 6143, the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, was introduced by Representative Edith Green, of Oregon, on May 6, 1963, and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. The bill was reported from that committee on May 21, 1963 (Rept. No. 310). It passed the House on August 14, 1963. It was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on October 7, 1963 (Rept. No. 557). The bill passed the Senate, amended, on October 21, 1963, and the Senate asked for a conference on that date. Pursuant to House Resolution 555 the House agreed to a conference on October 29, 1963. The conference report was filed on November 4, 1963 (Rept. No. 884). The House agreed to the conference report on November 6, 1963. The Senate agreed to the conference report on December 10, 1963. The bill was approved on December 16, 1963, and became Public Law 88-204.

Following is a summary of the principal provisions of the act:

Title I-Grants for construction of undergraduate academic facilities.(1) Authorization of $230 million for fiscal 1964 and for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years (and for fiscal years 1967 and 1968 sums later to be authorized) for grants to public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education, including junior colleges and technical institutes, for undergraduate academic facilities, provided the construction will result in an urgently needed and substantial expansion of the institution's student enrollment capacity, or in the case of a new institution of higher education, result in creating urgently needed enrollment capacity.

(2) Limitation of the Federal grant to a maximum of 33% percent of the development cost of the project (40 percent for community colleges).

(3) Determination of the relative priorities of eligible projects by State commissions, according to plans submitted by them to the U.S. Commissioner of Education.

(4) Requirement that at least 22 percent of the funds allotted to a State be made available only to junior colleges and technical institutes. Title II-Grants for construction of graduate academic facilities.— (1) Authorization of $25 million in fiscal 1964 and $60 million in each of the 2 succeeding years (and for fiscal years 1967 and 1968 sums later to be authorized) to improve or assist in the establishment of graduate schools and cooperative graduate centers.

(2) Limitation of the Federal grant to a maximum of 33% percent of the development cost of the project.

(3) Approval of grants by the Commissioner of Education subject to the advice of an 11-member Advisory Committee on Graduate Education to be established in the Office of Education.

(4) Requirement that at least three of the eight appointed members of the Committee be from the field of the humanities and at least one from a graduate school of education.

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Title III-Loans for the construction of academic facilities.—(1) Authorization of $120 million for fiscal 1964 and each of the 2 succeeding years (and for fiscal years 1967 and 1968 sums later to be authorized) for loans to institutions of higher education or to higher education building agencies for construction of academic facilities.

(2) Limitation of loans to institutions or building agencies in any one State to 12 percent of the total funds provided under this title. (3) Requirement that at least one-fourth of the development cost of the facility be financed from non-Federal sources.

(4) Requirement that loans be repaid within a maximum of 50 years with an interest rate not less than one-quarter of 1 percent above the average annual interest rate on all interest-bearing obligations of the United States forming a part of the public debt as computed at the end of the preceding fiscal year.

Title IV-General provisions.-(1) Definition of "academic facilities" to include structures suitable for use as classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and related facilities necessary or appropriate for instruction of students, or for research, or for the administration of the educational or research programs, of an institution of higher education, and maintenance, storage, or utility facilities essential to the operation of the foregoing facilities.

(2) Exclusion of grants and loans for: Any facility intended primarily for events for which admission would be charged to the general public; any gymnasium or other facility especially designed for athletic or recreational activities other than for an academic course in physical education; any facility to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship, or to be used primarily in connection with any part of the program of a school or department of divinity; and any facility to be used by a school of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, nursing, or public health.

(3) Definition of the term "construction" as meaning: (a) erection of new or expansion of existing structures, and the installation of initial equipment therefor; (b) acquisition of existing structures not owned by the institution involved; (c) rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, or improvement (including the acquisition and installation of initial equipment, or modernization or replacement of built-in equipment) of existing structures; or (d) a combination of any two or more of the foregoing.

2. The Vocational Education Act of 1963

H.R. 4955 was introduced on March 18, 1963, by Representative Carl D. Perkins, of Kentucky. The bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It was reported from that committee on June 18, 1963 (Rept. No. 393). It passed the House on August 6, 1963. It was reported in the Senate (from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare) on October 1, 1963 (Rept. No. 553). It passed the Senate, amended, on October 8, 1963, and the Senate asked for a conference on that date. Pursuant to House Resolution 554 the House agreed to a conference on October 29, 1963. The conference report was filed on December 10, 1963 (Rept. No. 1025). The House agreed to the conference report on December 12, 1963. The Senate agreed to the conference report on December 13, 1963. The act was approved on December 18, 1963, and became Public Law 88-210.

Part A of Public Law 88-210 is the "Vocational Education Act of 1963." Following is a summary of the provisions of this act:

Authorizes Federal grants to States to assist them to maintain, extend, and improve their programs of vocational education for persons of all ages. Authorizes $60 million for 1964, $118,500,000 for 1965, $177,500,000 for 1966, and $225 million for 1967 and each year thereafter.

Provides that 90 percent of the annual appropriation shall be allotted among the States on the basis of the per capita income and the number of persons in three age groups in the respective States.

Provides that the funds shall be used for vocational education for persons attending high school, for persons who have completed or left high school and who are available for full-time study in preparation for entering the labor market, for persons who need training or retraining to achieve stability or advancement in employment, for persons who have academic, socioeconomic, or other handicaps, for construction of area vocational education facilities, and for ancillary services and activities.

Establishes in the Office of Education an Advisory Committee on Vocational Education to advise the Secretary with respect to the approval of pilot projects.

Establishes an Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the purpose of reviewing the program and laws.

Provides for work-study programs for vocational education students and for grants to establish residential vocational education schools.

3. National Defense Education Act amendments and extension (1963) On September 11, 1963, the Senate Subcommittee on Education approved the expansion of the House-passed vocational education bill into a "junior omnibus education bill", including amendment and extension of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. H.R. 4955 was reported from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and passed by the Senate containing such provisions for amendment and extension of the NDEA. The subsequent history of H.R. 4955 leading to its becoming Public Law 88-210 has been included in the legislative history of that bill given in the immediately preceding section of this report (88th Cong., A, 2).

Part B of Public Law 88-210 extends and amends the National Defense Education Act, briefly and in substance as follows:

Includes American Samoa for participation in the National Defense Education Act programs. Extends benefits of the act to schools operated by Federal agencies, except that no such school may receive a grant, loan, or other payment under the act. Extends the student loan program for 1 year (until June 30, 1965). Increases the authorization for low-interest student loans from $90 million annually to $125 million in fiscal 1964, $135 million in fiscal 1965, and such sums in 1966 and the next 3 fiscal years as will be necessary to enable students who receive loans prior to July 1, 1965, to complete their education. Increases from $250 to $800 million the amount available to any one educational institution for student loans in a given year. Extends the loan forgiveness feature to teachers serving in U.S. Government schools abroad.

Extends for 1 year (until June 30, 1965) the program of grants and loans to States for improving instruction in science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages. Broadens the category of materials for which the grants may be used to include test grading equipment and audiovisual library equipment. Provides for the reallotment of funds among the States and the cancellation of the carryover provision in title III of the act.

Extends the national defense fellowship program for 1 year (until June 30, 1965). Authorizes the U.S. Commissioner of Education to make appointments to fill vacated fellowships. Places the cost of education allowance to institutions in the graduate fellowship program (title IV) on a flat-grant basis of $2,500 per year.

Raises the authorization for guidance, counseling, and testing from $15 million a year to $17.5 million for each of the fiscal years 1964 and 1965. Increases the minimum State allotment for guidance, counseling, and testing from $20,000 to $50,000 a year. Authorizes the U.S. Commissioner of Education to reallocate unused State allotments. Extends the guidance institutes program to include seventh and eighth grade guidance counselors. Extends to June 30, 1965, the program to aid the establishment and operation of modern foreign language centers and provide stipends for persons undertaking advanced training in any modern foreign language. Includes English as a modern foreign language when it is taught persons to whom it is a second language. Extends to June 30, 1965, the program of research and experimentation in more effective utilization of television, radio, and other teaching aids. Includes printed and published materials as teaching aids.

Extends for 1 year the program of aid to States in improving educational statistics programs.

4. School assistance to federally affected areas extension

On September 11, 1963, the Senate Subcommittee on Education. recommended that the vocational education bill, H.R. 4955, which had passed the House on August 6, 1963, be amended by striking the text of the bill and substituting, therefor, four new parts. One of these new parts (pt. C) called for amendment of Public Laws 815 and 874, 81st Congress, relating to public school construction and operation and maintenance costs of public schools in federally affected areas. The full Committee on Labor and Public Welfare reported H.R. 4955, containing part C on October 1.

The subsequent history of H.R. 4955 leading to its becoming Public Law 88-210 has been recounted in this report under the preceding heading "The Vocational Education Act of 1963" (88th Cong., A, 2).

Part C of Public Law 88-210 amends Public Laws 815 and 874, 81st Congress, so as to extend for 2 years (to June 30, 1965) the programs of Federal assistance for public school construction and operation and maintenance of public schools in federally affected areas.

5. Manpower Development and Training Act amendments

H.R. 8720, a bill to amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, was introduced on October 7, 1963, by Representative Elmer J. Holland, of Pennsylvania, and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It was reported from that committee on

October 18, 1963 (Rept. No. 861). It passed the House on December 12, 1963. It passed the Senate on December 13, 1963. It was approved on December 19, 1963, and became Public Law 88-214. Following is a digest of Public Law 88-214:

Provides that whenever appropriate the Secretary of Labor shall provide a special program for the testing, counseling, selection, and referral of youths 16 years of age or older, for occupational training and further schooling, who because of inadequate educational background and work preparation are unable to qualify for and obtain employment without such training and schooling.

Permits the Secretary of Labor under provisions of the Manpower Development and Training Act to refer for attainment of basic education and work skills eligible persons who will be able to pursue courses of occupational training of a type for which there appears to be reasonable expectation of employment. Makes such persons eligible for training allowances for not to exceed an additional 20 weeks.

Training allowances shall not exceed $10 more than the average weekly unemployment compensation payment. The training allowance of a person engaged in full-time training shall not be reduced on account of his part-time employment which does not exceed 20 hours per week but shall be reduced in an amount equal to his full earnings for hours worked in excess of 20 hours per week. Generally training allowances shall be paid only to unemployed persons who have had not less than 2 years of experience in gainful employment and who are heads of families or heads of households. Payments may be made to youths 17 years of age or older under certain conditions.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, any amount paid to a State for training allowances or as reimbursement for unemployment compensation shall be paid on condition that the State shall bear 33% percent of the amount of such payments, and for each year thereafter such amounts shall be paid on condition that such State shall bear 50 percent of the amount of such payments. For the purpose of making expert assistance available to persons formulating and carrying on training programs under this act, the Secretary of Labor shall, where appropriate, require the organization of a community, State, and/or regional basis of labor-management-public advisory committees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to develop labor-mobility demonstration projects, to provide assistance in the form of grants or loans to involuntarily unemployed individuals who cannot reasonably be expected to secure full-time employment in the community in which they reside. Such grants may not exceed 50 percent of the expenses incurred reasonably necessary to the transportation of the person who is relocating, and his family, and their household effects. Aid in the form of loans, or a combination of grants and loans, may not exceed 100 percent of such expenses and shall be made subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe.

Increases the authorization for training programs under this act from $161 million for the fiscal year 1964 to $407 million for the fiscal year 1965, and $281 million for the fiscal year 1966.