educational topics in the several States of the Union and in foreign countries as may be deemed of value to the educational interests of the States, and there shall be printed one edition of not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred copies of each issue of said bulletin for distribution by the Office of Education, the expense of printing and binding such bulletin to be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for the Federal Security Agency. (May 28, 1896, ch. 252, § 1, 29 Stat. 171; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, § 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Office of Education was originally established in the Department of the Interior from which it was transferred to the Federal Security Agency by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I. which is set out in note under section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

In the appropriation act of July 12, 1870, ch. 251, 16 Stat. 242, the Office was designated the Bureau of Education. This designation was retained until the act of May 14, 1930, ch. 273, 46 Stat. 281, 319, which made appropriations for the "Office of Education." Since that time, all appropriations have been made to the "Office of Education."

§ 4. Report of Commissioner.

The Commissioner of Education shall present annually to Congress a report embodying the results of his investigations and labors, together with a statement of such facts and recommendations as will, in his judgment, subserve the purpose for which the Office is established. (R. S. § 518.)

DERIVATION

Act Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 158, § 3, 14 Stat. 434.

§ 5. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1 (36), 65 Stat. 702.

Section, R. S. § 519; acts Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 339, § 3, 43 Stat. 983; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, § 1, 48 Stat. 389; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 103, 63 Stat. 380, provided that the Administrator of General Services should furnish proper offices for the use of the Office of Education.

§ 11. Annual appropriations.

There is annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amounts hereinafter provided for, to be paid to the respective States for the purpose of cooperating with the States in paying the salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects, and teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects, and in the preparation of teachers of agricultural, trade, industrial, and home economics subjects, and for the use of the Federal Security Agency for the administration of sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title and for the purpose of making studies, investigations, and reports to aid in the organization and conduct of vocational education, which sums shall be expended as provided in said sections. (Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 114, § 1, 39 Stat. 929; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 15, June 10, 1933; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The functions of the Federal Board for Vocational Education were transferred to the Department of the Interior and the Board required to act in an advisory capacity without compensation, by section 15 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, set out in note under section 132 of Title 5. Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

The Office of Education, including the Federal Board for Vocational Education, was transferred to the Federal Security Agency by Reorganization Plan No. I, which is set out in note under section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

ABOLITION OF BOARD

The Federal Board for Vocational Education and its functions were abolished by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2. § 8. eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1095, set out in note under section 133y-16 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

CROSS REFERENCES

Continuance of appropriations by Vocational Education Act of 1946, see section 150 of this title.

§ 12. Same; paying salaries of teachers of agricultural subjects; amounts; allotment of funds to States.

For the purpose of cooperating with the States in paying the salaries of teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects there is annually appropriated for the use of the States, subject to the provisions of sections 11-15 and 16-28, of this title, the sum of $3,000,000. Said appropriation shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their rural population bears to the total rural population in the United States, not including outlying possessions, according to the last preceding United States census. The allotment of funds to any State shall be not less than a minimum of $10,000 for any fiscal year. There is appropriated for each fiscal year the sum of $27,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotment to the States provided for in this section. (Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 114, § 2, 39 Stat. 930.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Continuance of appropriations by Vocational Education Act of 1946, see section 150 of this title.

§ 13. Same; paying salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects; amounts; allotment of funds to States.

For the purpose of cooperating with the States in paying the salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects there is annually appropriated for the use of the States the sum of $3,000,000. Said appropriation shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their urban population bears to the total urban population in the 1 United States, not including outlying possessions, according to the last preceding United States census. I The allotment of funds to any State shall be not less than a minimum of $10,000 for any fiscal year. I There is appropriated the sum of $50,000 annually, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotment to the States provided for in this section.

Not more than 20 per centum of the money appropriated under sections 11-15 and 16-28, of this title for the payment of salaries of teachers of trade, home ceconomics, and industrial subjects, for any year, shall be expended for the salaries of teachers of home economics subjects. (Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 114. §3, 39 Stat. 930.)

CROSS REFERENCES Continuance of appropriations by Vocational Education 1 Act of 1946, see section 150 of this title.

§14. Same; preparing teachers of agricultural subjects; amounts; allotment of funds to States. For the purpose of cooperating with the States in preparing teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects and teachers of trade and industrial and home economics subjects, there is annually appropriated for the use of the States the sum of $1,000,000. Said sum shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States, not in

cluding outlying possessions, according to the last preceding United States census. The allotment of funds to any State shall be not less than a minimum of $10,000 for any fiscal year. And there is appropriated the sum of $90,000 annually, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotment provided for in this section. (Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 114,

§ 4, 39 Stat. 931.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Continuance of appropriations by Vocational Education Act of 1946, see section 150 of this title.

§ 15. Same; studies, investigations, and reports; salaries and expenses.

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Security Agency the sum of $200,000 annually, for the purpose of making or cooperating in making the studies, investigations, and reports provided for in section 17 of this title, and for the purpose of paying the salaries of the officers, the assistants, and such office and other expenses as the Agency may deem necessary to the execution and administration of sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title; this appropriation is also made available for printing and binding, law books, books of reference and periodicals, and postage on foreign mail. (Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 114, § 7, 39 Stat. 933; Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 79, § 1, 40 Stat. 345; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 15, June 10, 1933; June 26, 1934, ch. 756, § 2, 48 Stat. 1226; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204 eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 1728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 8, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1196.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Federal Board for Vocational Education and its functions were abolished by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 8, set out in note to section 133y-16 of Title 5.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Effective July 1, 1935, the permanent appropriation for salaries and expenses provided for in this section was repealed by act June 26, 1934, such act authorizing, in lieu thereof, annual appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury in identical terms and in such amounts as provided by the laws making such permanent appropriations. See section 725a (b) (22) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

CROSS REFERENCES

Continuance of appropriations by Vocational Education Act of 1946, see section 150 of this title. §§ 15a-15g. Omitted.

CODIFICATION

Sections 15a-15c, act Feb. 5, 1929, ch. 153, §§ 1-3, 45 Stat. 1151, appropriated money to be used for further development of vocational education in the States and Territories but appropriations were authorized for only four years after the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930.

Sections 15d-15g, act of May 21, 1934, ch. 324, §§ 1—4, 48 Stat. 792, provided for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories by authorizing additional appropriations for the fiscal years 1935-37.

Section 7 of act of June 8, 1936, ch. 541, 49 Stat. 1490, incorporated in section 150 of this title, provided that the appropriations authorized by the act of June 8, 1936, incorporated in sections 15h-15p of this title, "shall be in lieu thereof and not in addition to the appropriations authorized in" sections 1 and 2 of the act of May 21, 1934.

§ 15h. Further development of vocational education in States and Territories; appropriation; matching by States and Territories; allotment. CODIFICATION

Section acts June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 1, 49 Stat. 1488; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, § 1, 60 Stat. 775, provided for a popular name and is now set out as a note under section 151 of this title. Subject matter of section prior to its amendment related to the development of vocational education in States and Territories, appropriations and their allotment, and matching of funds by States and Territories, and is now covered by sections 15] and 15k of this title.

§ 15i. Same; definitions.

As used in sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title

(1) 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;

(2) the terms "State plan" and "State board" shall have the meaning which said terms have in the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act; and

(3) the term "Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" means the Act approved February 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 929, ch. 114). (June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 2, 49 Stat. 1488; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The "Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" approved Feb. 23, 1917, referred to in subsec. (3) of this section, constitutes sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 1, 1946, amended section generally to define terms used in sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title. Subject matter of section prior to its amendment related to appropriations for training in distributive occupational subjects and is now covered by sections 15] and 15k of this title.

SHORT TITLE

Congress, in amending sections 15h-15p of this title by act Aug. 1, 1946, provided in section 1 of act June 8, 1936, as amended by act Aug. 1, 1946, that sections 15115m, 150-15q of this title shall be popularly known as the "Vocational Education Act of 1946".

§15j. Same; appropriations for vocational education; use of funds; minimum amounts.

(a) For the purpose of assisting the several States and Territories in the further development of vocational education, there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1946, and annually thereafter

(1) $10,000,000 for vocational education in agriculture, including supervision by the vocational agriculture teachers of the activities, related to vocational education in agriculture, of the Future Farmers of America and the New Farmers of America, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Territories in the proportion that their farm population bears to the total farm population of the States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census;

(2) $8,000,000 for vocational education in home economics, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Territories in the proportion that their rural population bears to the total rural population of the States and Ter

ritories, according to the last preceding United States census;

(3) $8,000,000 for vocational education in trades and industry, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Territories in the proportion that their nonfarm population bears to the total nonfarm population of the States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census;

(4) $2,500,000 for vocational education in distributive occupations, to be apportioned for expenditure in the several States and Territories in the proportion that their total population bears to the total population of the States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census;

(b) The funds appropriated under authority of paragraphs (1)—(4) of subsection (a) of this section may be used for assisting the several States and Territories, for the purposes therein specified. in the maintenance of adequate programs of administration, supervision, and teacher-training; for salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, teacher-trainers, vocational counselors, supervisors and directors of vocational education and vocational guidance; for securing necessary educational information and data as a basis for the proper development of programs of vocational education and vocational guidance; for training and work-experience training programs for out-ofschool youths; for training programs for apprentices; for purchase or rent of equipment and supplies for vocational instruction: Provided, That all expenditures for the purposes as set forth in this section shall be made in accordance with the State plan for vocational education.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the amount to be available for expenditure in any State or Territory shall be not less, for any fiscal year, than $40,000 each for vocational education in agriculture, in home economics, and in trades and industry; $15,000 for vocational education in distributive occupations and there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1946, and annually thereafter, such additional sums as may be needed for the purpose of providing such minimum amounts. (June 8, 1936 ch. 541, § 3, 49 Stat. 1489; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725. 60 Stat. 775.)

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 1, 1946, amended section generally to provide for funds for vocational education in various subjects, for maintenance of programs for teachertraining, etc., and for the minimum amount to be avai able to any State or Territory. Prior to amendment, this section related only to funds for preparing teachers supervisors and directors of agricultural, trade and industrial and home economics subjects, with provisions fcr allotment to States and Territories and minimum amounts.

§ 15k. Same; requirements as to matching of funds.

The several States and Territories, in order to receive the benefits of sections 15i-15m and 15015q of this title, shall be required to match by State and local funds or both 100 per centum of the appropriations made under authority of section 15) of

this title. (June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 4, 49 Stat. 1489; Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775.)

AMENDMENTS

1946 Act Aug. 1, 1946, amended section generally to provide for matching of funds by States and Territories. Subject matter of section prior to amendment related to an appropriation for the Office of Education and is now covered by section 15q of this title.

§ 151. Same; making of payments.

The Secretary of the Treasury, through the Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department, shall, upon the certification of the United States Commissioner of Education, pay, in equal semiannual payments, on the first day of July and January of each year, to the custodian for vocational education of each State and Territory designated in the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, the moneys to which the State or Territory is entitled under the provisions of sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title. (June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 5, 49 Stat. 1489; Reorg. Plan No. III, § 1 (a) (1), 5 F. R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, referred to in text, constitutes sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 1, 1946, amended section by substituting "the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" for "section 23 of this title" and "sections 151-15m and 150-15q" for "sections 15h, 151 and 15j."

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in note under section 241 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 15m. Same; availability of funds for salary and expenses of state directors.

Funds appropriated under authority of section 15j of this title shall be available, on a prorated basis determined by the State board, for the salary and necessary travel expenses of a State director of vocational education selected by the State board, in accordance with the requirements of the State plan, on the basis of his technical and professional qualifications including experience in vocational education. (June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 6, 49 Stat. 1489; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775.)

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 1, 1946, amended section to provide for the salary and expenses of State directors of vocational education. Subject matter of section prior to amendment related to conditions and limitations on appropriations and is now covered by section 150 of this

title.

§ 15n. Industrial-plant programs; limitations on expenditures. CODIFICATION

Section, act June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 6a, 49 Stat. 1490, which was omitted in amendment of that act by act

Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775, limited expenditures on industrial plant training and is now covered by section 15p of this title.

§ 150. Applicability of Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act to development of vocational education. The appropriations made under authority of sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title shall be in addition to, and shall be subject to the same conditions and limitations as, the appropriations made to carry out the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act; except that (1) the appropriations made under authority of sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title for home economics shall be subject to the conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for agricultural purposes under the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, with the exception of that part of section 20 of this title which requires directed or supervised practice for at least six months per year; (2) such moneys as are provided under authority of sections 15i15m and 150-15q of this title for trade and industrial subjects, and public and other service occupations, may be expended for part-time classes operated for less than one hundred and forty-four hours per year; (3) the provisions of section 21 of this title, requiring at least one-third of the sum appropriated to any State to be expended for parttime schools or classes shall be held to include any part-time day-school classes for workers sixteen years of age and over, and evening-school classes for workers sixteen years of age and over; (4) the appropriations made by sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title for distributive occupational subjects shall be limited to part-time and evening schools as provided in the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, for trade, home economics, and industrial subjects and is qualified by the provisions of this section; (5) preemployment schools and classes organized for persons over eighteen years of age or who have left the full-time school may be operated for less than nine months per year and less than thirty hours per week and without the requirement that a minimum of 50 per centum of the time must be given to shop work on a useful or productive basis; and (6) the appropriations available under section 15q of this title shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings 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 sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title. (June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 7, 49 Stat. 1490; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act referred to in text of this section constitutes sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 1, 1946, amended section to provide for the applicability of sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title to sections 151-15m and 150-15q of this title. Before amendment, this section provided that appropriations formerly authorized by sections 15h-15p of this title should be in lieu of appropriations formerly authorized by sections 15d and 15e of this title.

§ 15p. Restrictions and conditions on appropriations for vocational education.

(a) No part of the appropriations made under authority of sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title 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.

(b) After June 30, 1951; not more than 10 per centum of the amount appropriated for each of the purposes specified in section 15j (a) of this title shall be used for the purchase or acquisition of equipment. (June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 8, 49 Stat. 1490; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775.)

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 1, 1946, amended section generally to restrict the use of funds for industrial-plant training and for the purchase and acquisition of equipment. Before amendment this section contained the definition of States and Territories which is now found in section 151 (1) of this title.

§ 15q. Appropriations to Office of Education for vocational education.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 15i-15m and 150-15q of this title there is authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 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 15 of this title. (June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 9, as added Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, 60 Stat. 775.)

§ 16. Acceptance of benefits of appropriations by States; creation of State boards.

In order to secure the benefits of the appropriations provided for in sections 12-14 of this title, any State shall, through the legislative authority thereof, accept the provisions of sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title and designate or create a State board, consisting of not less than three members, and having all necessary power to cooperate, as herein provided, with the Federal Security Agency in the administration of the provisions of sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title. The State board of education, or other board having charge of the administration of public education in the State, or any State board having charge of the administration of any kind of vocational education in the State may, if the State so elect, be designated as the State board, for the purposes of sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title.

Any State may accept the benefits of any one or more of the respective funds provided for in sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title, and it may defer the acceptance of the benefits of any one or more of such funds, and shall be required to meet only the conditions relative to the fund or funds the benefits of which it has accepted, except that no State shall receive any appropriation for salaries of teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects, until it shall have taken advantage of at least the

minimum amount appropriated for the training of teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects, as provided for in sections 11-15 and 16— 28 of this title, and no State shall receive any appropriation for the salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects until it shall have taken advantage of at least the minimum amount appropriated for the training of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects, as provided for in sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title. (Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 114, § 5, 39 Stat. 931; 1933 Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 15, June 10, 1933; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I. §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Federal Board for Vocational Education to Interior Department and from there to the Federal Security Agency and in 1946 the abolishment of the Board and its functions, see notes set out under sections 11 and 17 of this title.

§ 17. Cooperation between Federal Security Agency and State boards; investigations and reports: employment of assistants.

The Federal Security Agency shall have power to cooperate with State boards in carrying out the provisions of sections 11-15 and 16-28 of this title. It shall be the duty of the Federal Security Agency to make or cause to have made studies, investigations, and reports, with particular reference to their use in aiding the States in the establishment of vocational schools and classes and in giving instruction in agriculture, trades and industries, commerce and commercial pursuits, and home economics. Such studies, investigations, and reports shall include agriculture and agricultural processes and requirements upon agricultural workers; trades, industries, and apprenticeships, trade and industrial requirements upon industrial workers, and classification of industrial processes and pursuits; commerce and commercial pursuits and requirements upon commercial workers; home management, domestic science, and the study of related facts and principles; and problems of administration of vocational schools and of courses of study and instruction in vocational subjects.

When the Federal Security Agency deems it advisable such studies, investigations, and reports concerning agriculture, for the purposes of agricultural education, may be made in cooperation with or through the Department of Agriculture; such studies. investigations, and reports concerning trades and industries, for the purposes of trade and industrial education, may be made in cooperation with or through the Department of Labor; such studies, investigations, and reports concerning commerce and commercial pursuits, for the purposes of commercial education, may be made in cooperation with or through the Department of Commerce; such studies. investigations, and reports concerning the administration of vocational schools, courses of study and instruction in vocational subjects, may be made in cooperation with or through the Office of Education. The Commissioner of Education may make such recommendations to the Federal Security Agency relative to the administration of sections 11-15 and