tions at the Bureau's Experimental Coal Mine. Estimated amounts spent for the Bureau of Mines Safety-Training Program for the past 10 years are given in table 84.

Table 84.-APPROXIMATE AMOUNTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDED FOR THE BUREAU OF MINES SAFETY-TRAINING PROGRAM: 1950-51 TO 1959-60

In addition, each new professional employee of the Bureau engaged in health and safety activities is sent to the Pittsburgh, Pa., Station of the Bureau where he receives approximately 4 weeks' instruction in the health and safety program and in Bureau policy. After completing this training, the new employee is assigned to one or more experienced persons in the particular field where he will work. He then works under the immediate supervision and guidance of experienced personnel who inform the proper authorities when the new employees is believed capable of carrying on independently. Bureau personnel engaged in safety-education activities receive additional training from time to time on teaching methods and are given material and guidance for maintaining interest among workers in mineral industries. Amounts for employee training are not included in table 84.

EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEES

The programs for education supported by the National Park Service stem primarily from responsibility to provide areas for public enjoyment and to give the fullest possible protection to natural and historic resources within these areas. In order to meet this responsibility, national park employees are often required to reside in places that are isolated and distant from public school services. To provide educational services for children in the families of the national park employees, the Department of the Interior arranges school programs. These programs, as reported by the Department of the Interior, are described here.

CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK

Authority has been given to the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to section 8 of the act of September 30, 1950, 20 U.S.C., chapter 13, to make arrangements for free public education for children of employees of Crater Lake National Park, Oreg. Pursuant to this authority, such facilities have been provided beginning with the 1951-52 school year. Schoolroom space is provided without additional expense by utilizing a room of the administration building at the park headquarters. Expenses for the salary of a teacher, textbooks, teaching supplies, heat, and janitor services are financed through working funds advanced to the National Park Service. The amounts of the advances are based upon expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance. Also, funds are advanced to pay tuition, board, and room of pupils to attend high schools outside the park. Column 4 of table 85 lists the actual and estimated expenditures for this program at Crater Lake over a period of 9 years.

Table 85.-FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDED FOR EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES OF CRATER LAKE, MAMMOTH CAVE, WIND CAVE, AND YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS: 1950-51 TO 1959-60

MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK

Similar authority to that for Crater Lake National Park has been given to the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to section 6 of the act of September 30, 1950, 20 U.S.C., chapter 13, to make arrangements for free public education for children of the employees of Mammoth Cave National Park. Pursuant to this authority, such services have been provided beginning with the 1954-55 school year. These services are financed through working funds advanced to the National

Park Service. From this fund, the park makes reimbursements to the local boards of education in Hart, Edmonson, and Barran Counties, in the State of Kentucky, based on the number of school children attending the individual schools. Actual and estimated expenditures for a 6-year period are shown in column 5 of table 85.

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK

Transportation is provided for children of park employees residing in Wind Cave National Park to attend schools in Hot Springs, S. Dak. Services rendered consist of transporting school children to the grade and high school buildings in Hot Springs from their residences at park headquarters. A Government-owned vehicle, driven by a park employee, is used for this service. Actual expenses incurred are financed through working funds advanced to the National Park Service. This arrangement, starting for 1958-59, was negotiated through the local board of education and the Office of Education under the provisions of subsection 8(a) of the act of September 30, 1950, 20 U.S.C., chapter 13. Actual and estimated expenditures for a 2-year period are shown in column 6 of table 85.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Financing educational services for children of employees of the park was authorized and approved by the act of June 4, 1948, 16 U.S.C., 40a-40c. Under this act, a portion of the revenue received from visitors to the Yellowstone National Park is used in providing educational facilities for the children of personnel employed in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the park. A special fund appropriation account has been set up for this purpose. From this fund, operation of the elementary school located in the park is financed and reimbursement is made to local boards of education in the surrounding communities on a pro rata per pupil basis covering tuition and transportation costs.

In the act of June 4, 1948, three provisions seek to improve educational facilities which are inadequate. If, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, facilities are inadequate the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with State and local school agencies (1) for the operation of school facilities, (2) for the construction and expansion of local facilities at Federal expense, and (3) for a contribution by the Federal Government on an equitable basis satisfactory to the Secretary to cover the increased expenditures by local agencies for providing the educational services required.

A 10-year summary of actual and estimated expenditures for the education of children of employees of the Yellowstone National Park is given in column 7 of table 85.

EDUCATION FOR INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES

Educational programs for Indian children and adults are provided or arranged by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior. These services by the Bureau are in addition to assisting the Indians with their land and money management and providing certain welfare services. In the administration of the educational programs the Bureau has three major objectives: (1) To provide educational opportunities for the Indian children of school age, including the provision of a sound educational program for children who attend schools operated and supported by the Federal Government; (2) to transfer responsibility for Indian educational services to the public school systems as rapidly as feasible; and (3) to develop and provide adult educational programs for Indians as long as the wide discrepancy of educational attainment exists between Indian adults and the general population.

Educational services were supplied to 131,927 Indian children, ages 6 to 18, for the 1958-59 school year. Of this number, 81,098 were enrolled in public schools, 38,911 in Federal boarding and day schools, and 11,918 in mission and other schools. An additional 7,739 students who were outside the 6 to 18 age group were enrolled in 1958-59.

The Johnson-O'Malley Act, which became law in 1934, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with States for the education of Indians and to permit the use of Federal school buildings and equipment by local school authorities. As a result of of the operation of this law, some States with large Indian populations have no Federal schools within their boundaries.

Under the terms of Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, 64 Stat. 1100, as amended August 12, 1958, and administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a new Federal aid resource was made available to school districts educating eligible Indian children. This aid is available to meet partial costs of school operation. Additional supplemental aid under the Johnson-O'Malley program is limited to covering educational expenditures due to extraordinary circumstances, special services, and to districts educating Indian children without assistance under Public Law 874.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs negotiated contracts with 14 States and with 10 school districts in 5 States for the 1958-59 school year. In addition, contracts were negotiated for the education in public schools of 1,755 out-of-district Indian children living in dormitories operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in seven towns adjacent to the Navajo Reservation. Of the 81,098 Indian children of school age enrolled in public schools, an estimated 43,000, or 53 percent, attended schools receiving Federal aid from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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In addition to the operation of Federal schools for eligible Indian children, the Bureau of Indian Affairs conducts a limited program for adult Indians on reservations. This program was started during the 1955-56 school year on five reservations. The initial projects were so well received that the program was expanded in 1957-58 and remained at approximately the same level in 1958-59. Reservation adult educational units served 80 communities under the jurisdiction of 24 agencies or area field offices in 1958-59. Courses are planned to meet specific needs of the individual and the community group, and range from the most elementary reading and writing to practical and business skills and citizenship training.

With the enactment of Public Law 959 on August 3, 1956, vocational training was extended to Indians between the ages of 18 and 35. The purpose of the act is to equip eligible Indians with a practical skill for employment away from the reservations as an aid in relieving the economic pressures existing on the reservations. Vocational training courses are approved at institutions located throughout the United States in off-reservation communities. Many Indians are taking advantage of this opportunity and are gainfully employed as skilled workers.

A 10-year summary of Federal funds expended for the education of Indians in the United States, which includes similar services in Alaska, is given in table 86. Recent annual expenditures for these services when compared with expenditures in individual States, are as much as expenditures for public education in 10 of the less populous States.

Table 86.-FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDED FOR THE EDUCATION OF INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES:1 1949-50 TO 1958-59