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THE URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL Memorandum on Budget Allowances for HEW and OEO I. HEW Appropriations EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education Act Activities 1. Title I - Educationally deprived children Offers financial assistance to state and local public edu~ational agencies to expand and improve their education programs to meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged childr en in low-income areasi also handicapped, delinquent, neglected, and foster children; children of migratory ·agricultural workers; and American Indian children attending Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. A wide range of educational activities is permitted so long as the focus is on services for educationally disadvantaged children. 1968 Appropriation 1969 Budget Request 1969 House Allowance HEW Appeal to Senate from House Allowance 2. $1.191 billion 1.2 billion 1 . 073 billion 126.873 million Dropout Prevention Programs A grant program direct to local education, agencies for carrying out programs to prevent dropouts in schools with a high percentage of dropouts and a high percentage of poor children~ 1968 Appropriation 1969 Budget Request 1969 House Allowance HEW Appeal to Senate from House Allowance 3. $ ---- 30 million 20 million Bilingual Education Programs A federal grant program to local education agencies for the purpose of establishing and developing bilingual education programs. It is for public school systems that have schools with a high concentration of poor children coming from homes which speak other than the English language. 1968 Appropriation 1969 Budget Request 1969 House Allowance HEW Appeal to Senate from House Allowanc e $ - - -5 million 5 mill i o n �-2Teacher Corps A program to improve educational opportunities for children in areas h a ving conc entr a tions of low-income families by recruiting and training teaching te a ms for local educational agencies . The local school di s t r ict selects corps~ en for its schools and adminis te rs the program locally. 1968 Appropriation 1969 Budg e t Re quest 1969 House Allowance HEW Appea l to Senate from House Allowance II. The the OEO r programs are Head 1. $13.5 million 31 million 15 million 9.667 million OEO Appropriations House App r o p riations Committe e cut $300 million from e que s t without indicating specific areas. The educational that would be cut d r astically because of this reduction Star t, Upward Bound, and Follow Throug h. Head Start A program d es igned for the economically dis a dvant aged pre-school c h ild. The full y ear Head Start p r ogr ams are primar ily for childre n of age 3 u p to the age th e child enters th e s chool sy stem . Summe r Head Start programs are · f or childre n who a re eli g ibl1e for kind ergarten or fi rst g rad e , and will be attending school for the first time in the fall. / · 2. Upward Bound Upward Boun d is a p r e - coll ege program for hi g h school students fro m low-i n come f ami l ie s. Any acc re dited ins t itution wi th r es i d ent i al f acilities may submit a p r o p o sa l f o r a n Upward Bound p rog ram. Youn g s ters in thei r sec ond or t h ird ye ar of hi g h school· whose famili e s have an n u a l income s b e low the pove r t y line are scr ee n e d and s e l e cte d by the educat io na l insti t ution conducting th e pr o gram. 3. Follow Thr ough To sustain the g ains made b y c h ildren in Head St ar t pro grams fund e d b y OEO and p res cho ol p rog r a ms f u nde d by Ti tl e I o f t he El e ment a r y and Secondary Education Act, a s we ll as o the r q u ality preschoo l pro g r ams, the U . S . Of fic e o f Ed u cat i o n in coll abor at ion wi th t h e Off ice of Economi c Opportun i ty h as e s t a b l i she d the Follow Th r o ugh prog ram. Jul y 1 8 , 19 68 �