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PUBLIC LAW 85-864-8EPT. 2, 1968

TITLE VII — R E S E A R C H AND EXPERIMENTATION I N MORE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION 07 TELEVISION, RADIO, MOTION PICTURES, AND RELATED MEDIA FOR EDUCATioNAt, PURPOSES PART A — R E S E A R C H AND EXPERIMENTATION

Sec. 701. Functions of the Commissioner. Sec. 702. Grants-in-aid; contracts. PART B — D I S S E M I N A T I O N

OF INFORMATION ON N E W EDUCATIONAL MEDIA

Sec. 731. Functions of the Commissioner. PART C—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 761. Establishment of the advisory Sec. 762. Special personnel. Sec. 763. Appropriations authorized.

committee.

TITLE VIII — A R E A VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

PROGRAMS

Sec. 801. Statement of findings and purpose. Sec. 802. Amendment to Vocational Education Act of 1946. TITLE IX — S C I E N C E INFORMATION

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

901. 902. 903. 904.

SERVICE

Functions of the service. Science information council. Authority for certain g r a n t s and contracts. Appropriations authorized. TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS

PROVISIONS

Sec. 1001. Administration. Sec. 1002. Advisory committees. Sec. 1003. Exemption from conflict-of-interest laws of members of advisory committees or information council. Sec. 1004. Administration of State plans. Sec. 1005. Judicial review. Sec. 1006. Method of payment. Sec. 1007. Administrative appropriations authorized. Sec. 1008. Allotments to Territories and possessions. Sec. 1009. Improvement of statistical services of State educational agencies.

TITLE I—GENEKAL PROVISIONS FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the Nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women. The present emergency demands that additional and more adequate educational opportunities be made available. The defense of this Nation depends ujjon the mastery of modern techniques developed from complex scientific principles. I t depends as well upon the discovery and development of new principles, new techniques, and new knowledge. We must increase our efforts to identify and educate more of the talent of our Nation. This requires programs that will give assurance that no student of ability will be denied an opportunity for higher education because of financial need; will correct as rapidly as possible the existing imbalances in our educational programs which have led to an insufficient proportion of our population educated in science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages and trained in technology. The Congress reaffirms the principle and declares that the States and local communities have and must retain control over and primary responsibility for public education. The national interest requires, however, that the Federal Government give assistance to education for programs which are important to our defense. To meet the present educational emergency requires additional effort at all levels of government. I t is therefore the purpose of this

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