DOCUMENT RESUME ED 134 641 UD 016 689 Subcommittee , TITLE Emergency School Aid Hearings Before a of the Committee on Appropriations,United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress. Second Session. Special Hearing. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. Senate Committee on4Appropriations. PUB DATE 76 NOTE 67p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.;83 HC-$3.50 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Educational Needs; Educational Problems; *Federal Aid; Federal Court Litigation; Federal Government; *Federal Legislation; Financial Support; Integration ffects; Integration Litigation; Integration Methods; Integration plans; Public Schools; School Districts; *School Integrdtion; *School Support IDENTIFIERS Kentucky (Louisville); Massachusetts (Boston) ABSTRACT- The purpose of these hearings was to heartestimony on an amendment to theEmergency School Aid Act proposed by-Sbnator Jackson. This amendment would provide 50 million dollarsin discretionary funds to the Commissioner of Education.These funds . could be used in,areas having special problemswith school integration. Testimony was given on the needs andproblems of two _desegregating school systems: the Louisville-Jeffersoncombined school system in Kentucky, and the Boston, Mass.,public'schools. The needs and problems Of the Cleveland, OhiopulAio schools were also discussed in testimony. The followingcongresSiOn4l witnesses gave testimony: the Hon. E. Brooke, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts;the Hon. H. Jackson, U.S. Senator from Washington;and\t Hon. E. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. The Hon.K.Ws te Mayor, Boston, Mass, also testified. Letters,telegrams and prepa d statements were received from governmentofficials ind privat citizens affiliated with such organizations as:kelt Detroit, Inc.- the Detroit public schools; the\OmahaNebraskavipublic schools; -Equal-l-dien-fional Opportunity Program, Departent ofJlealth, Education, and Welfare; Jefferson County. andLouisville, Kentucky; the Clevefand, Ohio, public schools; theBoston' School Committee and the Boston City Council. (Author/AM) ik *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIc include manyinformal unpublished * materials not available from other sources.ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available.Nevertheless, i ems of marginal '* * reproducibility are often encounteredand this-aff cts the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopyreproductions ERIC akes available* * * 4ia the ERIC Document ReproductionService (EDRS)4 EDRS is -not \ * responsible for the quality of theoriginal docum nt. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can bemade from the original. **********************44********************************************** .1; EMERGENCY SCH OL AID rc,t HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE _ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Vrinted for the use Of the Committee on Appropriations SPECIAL HEARING U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION &WELFAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE Or' EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EOUCATION POSITION OR POLICY U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1;9 - 2.76 i, WASHINGTON :1976 2 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUDCOMM iTTEE ON DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND 'HEALTH, EDUCATION,AND WELFARE AND RELATED AGENEIE6 WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman JOHN C. STENNIS, Mississippi EDWARD W. BROOKE, Massachusetts ROBERT C. BYRD, West 'Virginia 'CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii . JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico. TED STEVENS, Alaska ERNEST F. HOLIANGS, South Carolina RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri MILTON It. YOUNG, North Dakota, BIRCH BAYH, Indiana ex officio LAWTON CIIILES, Florida JOHN L. McCLELLAN, Arkansas, ca.' officio Professional Staff - HARLEY M. DIRKS Dom itcsclo JIM SOURWINE TERRY LIERMAN SAM HUNT GAR EADANONVICH (Minority Staff) (n) CONTENTS . WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,.1070 . \ iNtge. Statement of Hon. Edward W. Brooke, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts__ 1 Statement of Hon. Henry M. Jack Son, U.S. Senator from Washington__ 3 Telegram from Frank .1. Kel IQ', attorney general, Michigan 5 Telegram from.Lawrence I'. Doss, President, New Detroit. Inc ..,t-. --. Telegram .from Arthur Jefferson, general superintendent, Detroit Public Schools ,, 5 Telegrazn frozn-Owen A Knutzen, snperintendent, Oninha Public Schools 6 Statt;of Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 7 . .10 Prepared statement . Statement of Hon. Kevin II. White. mayor, Boston, Mass 14 Prepared statement_ 17 Letter from 20 Letter from Berman It.Goldberg, Associate Cmninissioner for Equal Eduentbmal Opportunity Program. -Department of Health, Education. and Welfare 23 Prepared statement of William .1Bellinger, research and development coordinator. Jefferson County, Ky 25 Prepared stateent of Hon. Harvey I. Sloane. mayor, Louisville, Ky 31 Prepared staten ent of Paul W. Briggs, !.Mperintendent of schools, Cleve- land, Ohio ._ 34 Letter front Members of the Boston City Council, Boston..Mass -, 43 Prepared statement of Louise Day Hieks, president, Boston City Council. Bosten, Mass ,. -4.4' Prepared statement of. John McDonough. chairman. Boston School Com- mittee. Boston, Mass. 47 Prepa redstatementofHon.JoeMoakley.Staterepresentative, Massachusetts 48 Letter from Hon. Henry M. jackson, U.S. Senator from Washington 50 .t. Mummy, FEBRUARY 20. 1070 f ...... Statement of Rudolph F Pierce, Esq.. Freedom House Coalition. 13r.don: Mass: 53 t, 4 EMERGENCYSCHOOL AID WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1976 . U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION,_AND WELFARE AND RELA;rED AGE3cCIES, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 2 p.m., in room 1114,Everett-McKinley Dirksen Office Building, Hon. Warren G. Mar-nuson (chairman) presiding. I'resent : Senators Magnuson and Brooke. , DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,EatTCATION, AND WELFARE AMENDMENT TO EMERGINCY SCHOOL AID ACT CONGRESSIONAL VITNESSES Senator MAGNUSON. The subcommitt e will come to order. We will now hear- testimony on an Imendment submitted tothis subcommittee for' the upcoming se&mcImplemental appropriation bill. Senator Jackson has proposed an amendment for an additional $50 million for emerfiency schOol aid. The currenefunding levelfor this account is $241 million, and the President's bndgetfor next'year, fiseal yea r 1071, is $249 million. Senator Jackson and our colleague,. Senator ICennedy,--are'here, to discussi the proposed amendment: the amendment would proVideaddi- tional -discretionary funds which could be targeted on areashaving \ special problems with deser:regation, such as Bostun and LonisVille. This subcommittee is. now holding- hearings with HEW on the1077 udget. The budget request. proposes to shift funds, $10 million, away fi.ont State grants into the Commission's discretionary fund. ..eriator Brooke, who is ranking Republican on our suhcornittee, woUld like to say a few words at this point. / / PRIORITIES FOR EMERGENCY .SCIM f, AID PROGRAM / Senator Broom:. Thank you Mr. Chairman. I We can rejoice in the fact I-flat we have saved the emercrency scho o1 /aid program frmn rad ichl ehange or obTivion. bnt it is »ot vet thefully effective, tool we ne dealing with problemS incident to school desenTerration. / I-, I-, 2 a 1 a. ...Our first11'iwity itt, this,t itiAe last. year was to preVent the dis- mantling of the program which assures each State a proportionate share of the available fmuls then running at about, $230 million a year. In the place of tliis the admiristrat ion offered-a $75 nullioi proghm xiPhich plit all of the funds at the dis,posal of the commissioner of Educat 1011 tO Le used as he saw fit. Fortunately, Corarress did not po along with this. TiU, members recognized the importance of providing i*ach Stfite with a base of sup- port. And T. 1)elieve they also recognized that school tlesegregation not something that -can be resolved over 1 or 2 Years but requires con- .t humus attent ion ,Ina ion...AC.1M funding. Tints, there reajly was little, iany, support. foi' revamping and re- diwing the ESA.pro,rrani. Rather, C.ongress and particularly the Sell-. ate wanted to po in the other direetionstrengthenin-g and e'xpanding t he effort. Tn this regard I wps glad to lead the successful Senate effmkt`to pro- vide a more adequate fundi-ng level than the. budget requilsted and even the House was willing to allow. I am !-dad the,Senate position prevailed antibat funding-for both 'fiscal years 1-975n d-1976 is_at, the $215 mil- lion level for t lie ESA °program.-- And I am pleased to report that for fiscal yen t 1977 the adthraistra- t ion not only has abandoned its plansfor a truncated ESA program, it has requested the hio.her level of funding Cougress provided in the last 2 fiscal years. Obvioysly..,;we in ConoTess have. made pn;gress. but problems 'remain. One orthese centers on the ability of the ESA program to play an expanding .role. This\ arises as the courts issue additional .orders for the desegregation of public school systemstahd more communities look. to ESA for financial assistance during the transition to unitary scgmls. - Under )resent law. each State receiVes its ESA allocation on the hasis formula directly related io its number of minority children bet w en fie agas of 5- and 17..This means that mnre than one city n a State may qualify for ESA. the basic level of funding stays pnt v