Office of Education

Office of Education elementary and secondary educational activities For grants and payments under titles II, III, V, VII, and VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $258,126,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be for school library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials under title II of said Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; $165,876,000 shall 82 Stat. 975be for supplementary educational centers and services under title 111 of said Act; $29,750,000 shall be for strengthening State departments of education under title V of said Act; $7,500,000 shall be for improving the education of bilingual children under title VII of said Act; and $5,000,000 shall be for preventing school dropouts under title VIII of said Act For grants to States and loans to nonprofit private schools for equipment and minor remodeling under title III of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, as amended, and for grants to States for administrative services under said title III, $78,740,000; and for grants to States for testing, guidance, and counseling under title V of said Act, $17,000,000: Provided, That allotments under sections .‘102(a) and 305 for equipment and minor remodeling shall be made on the basis of $75,740,000 for grants to States and on the basis of $2,038,630 for loans to nonprofit private schools, and allotments under section 302(b) for administrative services shall be made on the basis of $2,000,000. For meeting the special educational needs of educationally deprived children under Title II of the Act of September 30, 1950, as amended, $1,123,127,000, for the fiscal year 1969: Provided, That the aggregate amounts otherwise available for grants therefor within States shall not be less than 92 per centum of the amounts allocated from the fiscal year 1968 appropriation to local educational agencies in such States for grants. For meeting the special educational needs of educationally deprived children under Title II of the Act of September 30, 1950, as amended, not to exceed 90 per centum of the amounts available for each of the activities and objects thereunder for fiscal year 1969 shall be available for the same activities and objects for the fiscal year 1970: Provided,That the aggregate amounts otherwise available for grants therefor within States shall not be less than 90 per centum of the amounts allocated from the fiscal year 1969 appropriation to local educational agencies in such States for grants.