Public Law 74–541

That for the purpose of providing for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter, the sum of $12,000,000: Provided, That the several States and Territories shall be required to match by State or local funds or both 50 per centum of the appropriations authorized under the provisions of this section until June 30, 1942, 60 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1943, 70 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1944, 80 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1945, 90 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1946, and annually thereafter 100 per centum of the appropriations authorized under the provisions

Bases of apportionments.

Farm population.

of this section. One-third of this sum each year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their farm population bears to the total farm population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects in such States and

Rural population.

Territories. One-third of the sum appropriated for each fiscal year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their rural population bears to the total rural population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is to be made, and shall be used for the salaries and travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of home-economics subjects in

Nonfarm population.

such States and Territories. One-third of the sum appropriated for each fiscal year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their nonfarm population bears to the total nonfarm population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is to be made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of trade and industrial subjects, in such States and Territories:

Minimum allotment.

Provided further, That the allotment of funds to any State or Territory for each of the three purposes enumerated in this section

State or local cooperation.

shall be not less than a minimum of $20,000 for any fiscal year, 50 per centum of which shall be matched by State or local funds or both, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the sum of $175,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotments to the States and Territories provided for in this section.

Sec. 2.

In addition to the sum authorized to be appropriated by section 1 hereof, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, and required to be matched in the same proportions as such sum, the sum of $1,200,000, to be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their total population bears to the total population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of, and maintenance of teacher training in, distributive occupational subjects in such States and Territories: Provided, however, That the allotment

Proviso.

Minimum allotment.

of funds to any State or Territory for the purpose of this section shall be not less than a minimum of $10,000 for any fiscal year after July 1, 1937, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the

Appropriation authorized.

sum of $54,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotments to the States and Territories provided for in this section.

Sec. 3.

That for the purpose of cooperating with the States and

Preparation of teachers, etc.; cooperation with States and Territories.

Territories in preparing teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural, trade and industrial, and home-economics subjects there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the use of the several

Appropriation authorized.

States and Territories for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the sum of $1,000,000. Said sum shall be allotted

Apportionment.

to the several States and Territories in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census: Provided, That the allotment of funds to any State or Territory

Proviso.

Minimum allotment.

Appropriation authorized.

shall be not less than a minimum of $10,000 for any fiscal year. And there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning after the enactment of the Act and annually thereafter the sum of $54,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotments to the States and Territories provided for in this section.

Sec. 4.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

Administrative expenses.

Appropriation authorized.

Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Education, Department of the Interior, for vocational education, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the sum of $350,000, to be expended for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided in section 7 of the Act approved February

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23, 1917, as amended October 6, 1917.

Sec. 5.

The Secretary of the Treasury, through the Division of

Disbursements.

Disbursement of the Treasury Department, shall, upon the certification of the United States Commissioner of Education, pay, in

Semiannual payments.

equal semiannual payments, on the 1st day of July and January of each year, to the custodian for vocational education of each State and Territory designated in the Act approved February 23, 1917, the moneys to which the State or Territory is entitled under the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 6.

The appropriations made by this Act shall be in addition

Appropriations additional to former Act.

to, and shall be subject to the same conditions and limitations as, the appropriations made by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for

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the promotion of vocational education; to provide cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and in the trades and industries; to provide cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects ; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditures”, approved February 23, 1917, except that the appropriations made by this Act for home economics

Home economics; limitations on appropriations for.

shall lie subject to the conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for agricultural purposes under such Act of February 23, 1917, with the exception of that part of section 10 thereof which

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requires directed or supervised practice for at least six months per year; that such moneys as are provided by this Act for trade and

Part-time classes.

industrial subjects, including public and other service occupations, may be expended for part-time classes operated for less than one hundred and forty-four hours per year; that the provisions of section 11 of the Act of February 23, 1917, requiring at least one-third of the sum appropriated to any State to be expended for part-time schools or classes shall be held to include any part-time day-school classes for workers fourteen years of age and over, and

Distributive occupational subjects.

evening-school classes for workers sixteen years of age and over; except that the appropriations made by this Act for distributive occupational subjects shall be limited to part-time and evening schools as provided in said Act of February 23, 1917, for trade, home economics, and industrial subjects and as qualified by the provisions of this

Attendance at meetings, etc.

section; and that the appropriations available under section 4 of this Act shall be available for expenses of attendance at meeting of educational associations and other organizations and for expenses of conferees called to meet in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, are necessary for the efficient discharge of the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 6a.

No part of the appropriations herein authorized shall be expended in industrial-plant training programs, except such industrial-plant training be bona-fide vocational training, and not a device to utilize the services of vocational trainees for private profit.

Sec. 7.

The appropriations authorized by this Act shall be in lieu thereof and not in addition to the appropriations authorized in sections 1 and 2 of Public Law Numbered 245, Seventy-third Congress, approved May 21, 1934.

Sec. 8.

As used in this Act the term “States and Territories” means the several States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, the Island of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.