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JOHN F. STANDRIDGE DR. JOHN W. LETSON Atlanta Public Schools VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL & ADULT EDUCATION SUPT. OF SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 MEMORANDUM TO: Fulton Coun.ty Delegation Advisory Committee Members Other Interested Parties FROM: John F. Standridge, Executive Director Vocational-Technical and Adult Education February 20,1969 ~-;,;t:/~ In order to meet the needs of students as well as the needs of business and industry, it is necessary to provide Vocational Education in various fields where the needs occur. More funds are needed in Vocational Education to help meet these needs. Programs which have rbeen authorized nationwide by the new 1968 Vocational Edu.cation Amendments and other Vocational Acts for the Fiscal Year 1970 amounts to $773,661,455. The President in his Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 1970 requested only $286 , 377,455 which is $487,284 , 000 less than the authorization. Some of the programs that will be affected by this cut includes the Work Study Program, which provides needy students with part-time jobs while they are going to school. This program was completely eliminated from an authorization of $35,000,000. The Cooperative Educa tion Programs were cut from $35,000 , 000 to $14, 000,000. Programs for Students with Special Needs were completely eliminated from an authorization of $40,000,000 and Construction of Residential Vocational Schools was eliminated from an authorization of $55,000 , 000. These are just four of several programs that received cuts. However , these four programs are most significant if we are to eliminate the problems of unemployment and proverty in Atlanta and Fulton County. We are again asking your continued support of Vocational Education and that you enlist the support of Congressman Fletcher Thompson and Senators Richard Russell and Herman Talmadge requesting that they vote for the full appropriation. We understand that Congress will finalize the Budget Proposal shor tly after the first of March so time is fle eting. We must have action now! JFS : pf �