One or all of the levels specified may be reported as appropriate for a program. The companion study, Federal Support of Education: Fields, Levels, Recipients, 1959–60, will provide separate tabulations showing amounts summarized by fields of study and academic levels, and the numbers of recipients. From the academic levels specified for the different programs and from the amounts of annual Federal support in the period from 1950-51 to 1958-59, an impression may be gained of the Federal emphasis in recent years. These items indicate both the direction and magnitude of change. It is evident, for example, that the Federal Government has given special emphasis to programs in science and technology in the elementary and secondary schools as well as in the colleges. It is further evident that skill development and scientific research is accepted as an important function in several Federal agencies and that the educational services provided by the Veterans Administration have been declining. STATE-BY-STATE DISTRIBUTIONS How much Federal support for education was received in my State? In response to this kind of question, tables 3 through 8 present summaries indicating amounts by States. Educators, legislators, and citizen committees make inquiries concerning the amount "our" State received from school lunches, land-grant colleges, aid to federally affected areas, vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, education of veterans, and for numerous other educational services. The answers to some of these questions are summarized in tables of this chapter. For some of the programs State-by-State amounts can be reported, but the purposes of several programs are national in scope and it is inappropriate to report the amount of support funds by States. The latter group includes such educational programs as are financed through appropriations for Federal military schools and academies, the Office of Education, and educational exchange programs. A summary of these "national" programs is provided in table 2 to indicate the locations at which they are discussed in this bulletin and the amount of funds reported for them. Expenditures for programs reported in table 2 which are national in scope and which cannot be reported by States are shown in table 7, opposite "National and other," in order that they may be included for national totals. Table 2.-FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NATIONAL AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT CANNOT BE REPORTED BY STATE AND TERRITORY: 1958-59 School Support in Federally Affected Areas-Transferred to Federal FEDERALLY AIDED CORPORATIONS: Gallaudet College.. Howard University. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE: Communicable Disease Center.. Education in Hospitals.. Indian Health. Research Fellowships.. Traineeships and Training Grants. Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: Children's Bureau Training Program. Bureau of Public Assistance Consultation and Training.. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.. COOPERATIVE REGIONAL CONTRACTS. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING RESEARCH. AGRICULTURAL REGIONAL RESEARCH... DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.. 9 8, 228, 965 668, 945 Table 2.-FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NATIONAL AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT CANNOT BE REPORTED BY STATE AND TERRITORY: 1958-59-Continued U.S. COAST GUARD OFFICER POSTGRADUATE AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING.. 1 Consists of $6,800,524 for current expense mentioned in table 33 plus $10,246,610 for school facilities given in table 36. In tables 3, 4, 5, and 6, State-by-State amounts are reported for the 1958-59 school year in a total of 38 separate columns. All of these amounts are summarized for table 7 which indicates a total of $2,413,188,176 as the amount of Federal funds for education. The final table in this chapter is table 8 which gives a summary of Federal funds loaned for educational purposes. Amounts listed here are separated from the other amounts because they are not used as grants but are loans which remain obligations of the recipients and must be repaid according to the conditions governing the loan programs. The extent to which the Federal Government has entered into this kind of special assistance for education is indicated by the $216,127,000 reported in column 2. Columns 3, 4, and 5 report the amounts loaned under the three separate programs. |