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YOUR
CONGRESSMAN
REPORTS
Bt Rep. Burr P. Harrison
Washington—Federal aid to edtlcftfion—a very broad -s ubj ect ranging in compass from construction of school buildings to teaching teachers how to teach—is receiving early active consideration in this Congress. In both House and Senate, committees have been taking testimony from government tal and public witnesses on a variety of aid proposals, some of them tremendously expensive. *
Without dealing at this time with the' pros and coiis of these controversial schemes, it might be worthwhile to note briefly some of the major bills now up for ex-, animation.
The National Education Association gave its endorsement last week to a measure which would spend $11.5 billion over a fouryear period. Tfie NEA contended the trill represents “the minimum 6teps required to strengthen public education at this time”. The NEA said the proposed expenditure was “necessary and reasonable”,
Under this bill, the money pro- vided would be passed out among the States on a basis ,oi $25 per sdiool-age child in the first year of the program. The rate of payment would rise to $100 per child in the fourth year. The States would have discretion as to whether the money would be used for construction df additional classrooms or for increasing the pay of teachers.
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