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PUBLIC LAW 90-35-JUNE 29, 1967

[81 STAT.

AMENDMENTS TO P A R T A ( GENERAL PROVISIONS) OF TITLE V OF H I G H E R EDUCATION ACT O F 1965

20 USC /ogf.'

SEC. 2. Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended ^

(a) striking out " T E A C H E R P R O G R A M S " in the heading of such title and inserting in lieu thereof " E D U C A T I O N PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT"; (b) redesignating section 502 as section 508; and (c) striking out section 501 and inserting in lieu thereof the following sections: uSTATEMENT

OF PURPOSE

"SEC. 501. The purpose of this title is to improve the quality of teaching and to help meet critical shortages of adequately trained educational personnel by (1) developing information on the actual needs for educational personnel, both present and long ran^e, (2) providing a broad range of high quality training and retraining opportunities, responsive to changing manpower needs; (3) attracting a greater number of qualified persons into the teaching profession; (4) attracting persons who can stimulate creativity in the arts and other skills to undertake short-term or long-term assignments in education; and (5) helping to make educational personnel training programs more responsive to the needs of the schools and colleges. " N A T I O N A L A D VI S O R Y C O U N C I L O N EDUCATION PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT

Membership.

"SEC. 502. (a) The President shall, within ninety days after the enactment of this section, appoint a National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Council'), for the purpose of reviewing the operation of this title and of all other Federal programs for the training and development of educational personnel, and evaluating their effectiveness in meeting needs for additional educational personnel, and in achieving improved quality in training programs as evidenced in the competency of the persons receiving such training when entering positions in the field of education. The Council shall, in addition, advise the Secretary and the Commissioner with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this title and any other matters, relating to the purposes of this title, on which their advice may be requested. u^^^) rpj^^ Councll shall be appointed by the President, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, and shall consist of fifteen persons. The members, one of whom shall be designated by the President as Chairman, shall include persons broadly representative of the fields of education, the arts, the sciences, and the humanities, and of the general public, and a majority of them shall be engaged in teaching or in the education of teachers.

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