amendments to title v—guidance, counseling, and testing

amendments to title v—guidance, counseling, and testing Sec. 25. (a) Section 501 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by striking out “$15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years” and inserting in lieu thereof “$15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and $17,500,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and the succeeding fiscal year”. (b) (1) Effective with respect to allotments under section 502 of such Act for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1963, the third sentence of such section is amended by striking out. “$20,000”‘ wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “$50,000”. (2) Effective with respect to allotments under such section 502 for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1963, such section 502 is further amended by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 502.” and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) The amount of any State’s allotment under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which the Commissioner determines will not be required for such fiscal year for carrying out the State plan (if any) approved under this title shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates during such year as the Commissioner may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to such States under 77 Stat. 418such subsection for such year, but with such proportionate amount for any of such States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Commissioner estimates such State needs and will be able to use for such year for carrying out the State plan; and the total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amount reallotted to a State under this subsection during a year from funds appropriated pursuant to section 501 shall be deemed part of its allotment under subsection (a) for such year.” (c) (1) Subparagraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 503 of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(1) a program for testing students who are not below grade 7 in the public elementary or secondary schools of such State, and if authorized by law in corresponding grades in other elementary or secondary schools in such State, to identify students with outstanding aptitudes and ability, and the means of testing which will be utilized in carrying out such program; and”. (2) Subparagraph (2) of subsection (a) of such section 503 is amended by striking out “public secondary schools” and inserting in lieu thereof “public elementary or secondary schools”, and by inserting “who are not below grade 7” after “students” in clause (A) thereof. (d) (1) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 504 of such Act is amended by striking out “four succeeding fiscal years”, and inserting in lieu thereof “five succeeding fiscal years”, and by inserting before the semicolon “, including amounts expended under the State plan for State supervisory or related services in public elementary or secondary schools in the fields of guidance, counseling, and testing, and for administration of the State plan”. (2) The first sentence of subsection (b) of such section 504 is amended by striking out “the cost of testing students in any one or more secondary schools”, and inserting in lieu thereof “the cost of testing students, who are not below grade 7, in any one or more elementary or secondary schools”, and by striking out “five succeeding fiscal years” and inserting in lieu thereof “six succeeding fiscal years”. (e) (1) Section 511 of such Act is amended to strike out “five succeeding fiscal years” and to insert in lieu thereof “six succeeding fiscal years”. (2) Such section is further amended to insert “who are not below grade 7 in elementary or” after “students”, and to insert “elementary or” after “counseling or guidance in a public”.