Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, etc.-Cont. Odden, Allen, director, Education Finance Center, Education Commission Letter to Jack Jennings, with enclosures, dated October 6, 1977 Quindry, Kenneth E., research professor, Center for Business and Econom- "Summary of State-Wide School Finance Cases Since 1973," a booklet "School Finance Reform in the Seventies: Achievements and Failures," by Lawrence L. Brown III, Alan L. Ginsburg, Neil J. Killalea, and Esther "The School Finance Activities of the National Institute of Education," by Denis P. Doyle, Chief, and David R. Mandel, Program Officer, School Finance and Organization Division, National Institute of Education National Conference of State Legislatures reports: "Big City Schools: 1970-1975-A Profile of Changing Fiscal Pressures," by John J. Callahan, Seymour Sacks, and William H. Wilken. "State School Finance Reform in the 1970's (Excerpted from School Hickrod, Dr. G. Alan, Director, and Hubbard, Dr. Ben C., Co-Director, 413 424 Letter from Chairman Perkins to Dr. Mary Berry, Assistant Secretary for Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, October 3, 1977, requesting additional material for hearing record.. Response to Chairman Perkins' letter from Dr. Mary Berry. "Congress' Role in Fostering High Aspirations for Equal Educational Opportunity Among the States" by Mr. David C. Long, Director, School Finance Reform Project, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice at 8:30 a.m., in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, the Hon. Ronald Mottl, Members present: Representatives Perkins, Mottl, and Quie. Staff present: John F. Jennings, majority counsel; Christopher Cross, minority senior education consultant; and Nancy L. Kober, (1) 95TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1138 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 1977 Mr. PERKINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To assist the States and local educational agencies in providing educational programs of high quality in elementary and secondary schools and to assist the States in equalizing educational opportunity, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "School Finance Act of 4 1977". 5 6 TITLE I-BASIC GRANTS FINDING AND PURPOSE 7 SEC. 101. (a) The Congress finds that while the pri S mary responsibility for providing elementary and secondary education rests with the States the Federal Government has 2 1 an obligation to assist the States in making available to all 2 children an education of high quality. 3 (b) It is therefore the purpose of this title to provide 4 financial assistance to the States and to local educational 5 agencies to assure that their resources when supplemented 6 by this Federal assistance will be adequate to provide to all 7 children an elementary and secondary education of high 8 quality. 9 10 AMOUNT OF BASIC GRANTS SEC. 102. (a) From the sums appropriated for the fiscal 11 year ending September 30, 1978, and for each of the suc12 ceeding fiscal years ending prior to October 1, 1982, the 13 Commissioner shall reserve an amount not to exceed 2 per 14 centum for basic grants to Puerto Rico, Guam, American 15 Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the 16 Pacific Islands according to their respective needs for such 17 assistance under this section, and the Commissioner shall set 18 the maximum amounts which their local educational agencies 19 shall be eligible to receive. 20 (b) (1) From the remainder of the sums appropriated 21 for each such fiscal year, the Commissioner shall pay to cach 22 local educational agency within a State the basic grant to 23 which it is entitled, as determined under paragraph (2). (2) The amount of the basic grant to which a local 25 educational agency is entitled is equal to $100 for every child 24 3 1 in average daily membership in elementary and secondary 2 schools in the school district of such agency, reduced by the 3 percentage that its non-Federal per pupil expenditure exceeds 4 5 6 115 per centum of the State average per pupil expenditure. APPLICATIONS FOR BASIC GRANTS SEC. 103. (a) Any local educational agency which 7 desires to receive for any fiscal year the basic grant to which 8 it is entitled under section 102 must submit to the appro 9 priate State educational agency an application which con10 tains (1) an assessment of the educational needs of the children enrolled in the schools of such agency and its plans for meeting those needs with funds provided under this title; (2) an evaluation of the effectiveness, including objective measurements of educational achievement of programs funded in the preceding fiscal year from funds provided under this title; (3) such other information as the State educational agency may reasonably need to enable it to perform its duties under this title; and (4) assurances that (A) (i) to the extent consistent with the number of children in the school district of such agency who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and |