Table 25.-FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDED AND NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED FOR LANGUAGE STUDY, BY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY: 1959-60 ment of specialized materials. All but 5 of these are for a period of not more than 18 months, and all but 12 are fully financed from 1958-59 appropriations. Included in the projects are the following: (1) A comprehensive survey of the status and trends of modern foreign language instruction at all levels of American education, public and private; (2) preparation of experimental visual aids for basic grammatical problems of Spanish; (3) the development and modifications of instruments for the electronic analysis of speech and application of the instruments to the phonetic comparison of English with French, German, and Spanish; (4) development of teaching materials in Lomongo, a Bantu language of the Belgian Congo, and Gio, a language of Liberia; and (5) preparation and validation of tests for measuring the qualifications of teachers of French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, language analysis, culture, and professional preparation. Table 26.-FEDERAL FUNDS OBLIGATED FOR ADVANCED TRAINING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL SUBJECTS, RESEARCH, AND FOR LANGUAGE TEACHER INSTITUTES: 1958-59 AND 1959-60 Total Federal funds obligated during the 1958-59 and 1959-60 school years for advanced training in foreign languages and cultural subjects by training centers and fellowships, research, and institutes for language teachers are reported in table 26. State-by-State expenditures for the 1958-59 school year are given in column 12 of summary table 3, while the Federal funds obligated for the 1959-60 school are reported in table 27. year Table 27.-FEDERAL FUNDS OBLIGATED FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION Title III of the National Defense Education Act contains provisions for assistance at the elementary and secondary school levels in the fields of science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages. This program has an authorization of $75 million for each year of a 4-year period, or $300 million in total. As described below, specific portions of this authorized amount are to be used for defined purposes. State supervision.-Provision is made for allotments to State educational agencies for the expansion and improvement of State supervisory and related services to the public elementary and secondary schools in the subject areas of science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages. For this purpose, Congress authorized $5 million for State supervision and related services for each year of a 4-year period beginning in 1958-59. The actual appropriations were $1.35 million and $4 million for supervision and related services in 1958-59 and 1959-60, respectively. The States share proportionately in the funds appropriated. State allotments are determined by reference to (1) the school-age population, and (2) an allotment ratio based on income per child of school age for the State. The allotment ratios which may be applied ranging from one-third to two-thirds, were established in the public laws but each State receives at least $20,000 for this program. From the sums appropriated, the U.S. Commissioner of Education is required to reserve an amount that does not exceed 2 percent of the appropriation and allot it among Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam and the Virgin Islands according to their respective needs for the type of assistance furnished under this title. During the first year, matching of Federal funds by State funds was not required. This provision permitted States to staff and organize where State funds were not available during the first several months of the program. Dollar-for-dollar matching of Federal funds with State funds is required after the first year. Facilities for local school systems. Provisions are made for allotments to State educational agencies to strengthen instruction in science, mathematics, or modern foreign languages by the acquistion of laboratory or other special equipment and by minor remodeling of laboratory or other space for the use of such equipment in the public elementary and secondary schools. To obtain payment under its allotment, a State educational agency submits a State plan to the U.S. Commissioner of Education for approval. In turn, local educational agencies submit their projects to the State departments of education for approval under the State plan. For this purpose, $70 million per year for each year of a 4-year period beginning with 1958-59 is authorized. Twelve percent of this authorization is reserved for loans to nonprofit schools. An important feature of the legislation provides for a 1-year carryover of funds for the acquisition of equipment. Thus funds approved during the 1958-59 school year will be available until June 30, 1960. After that date money appropriated in 1958-59 and not obligated or expended will no longer be available. Appropriations for equipment acquisitions for 1958-59 and 1959-60 were $56 million and $60 million, respectively. Dollar-for-dollar matching of Federal funds was required for the first and the succeeding years in the equipment acquisition and minor remodeling program. States may use variable reimbursement ratios in supporting the programs of local educational agencies as long as the total Federal moneys are matched by an equal amount within the State. The acquisition money used to match Federal dollars may be money of the State, of a local educational agency, or any combination of the two. Approvals and allocations.—As indicated, to participate in this program States must submit a State plan to the U.S. Commissioner of Education. In the plan the State department of education (1) affirms that it is legally responsible for the administration of the State plan; (2) provides for submitting appropriate reports on accomplishments under the plan; and (3) provides for proper fiscal control and accounting. In addition, the State plan must meet the following five requirements before funds are made available for distribution to the local educational agencies: (1) Describe a program under which funds paid from the State's allotment will be expended; (2) set forth principles for determining priority of projects; (3) provide an opportunity for a hearing before the State department of education to any applicant for a project; (4) provide for the establishment, at the State level, of standards for laboratory and other special equipment; and (5) announce plans under which funds paid will be expended solely for the expansion or the improvement of supervisory or related services in public elementary and secondary schools in the fields of science, mathematics, and modern foreign language; and for the administration of the State plan. By June 30, 1959, plans had been approved for 49 States and Territories, and 32 States had approved 8,947 projects proposing expenditures of $23,544,713. However, only 25 of these States had as many as 3 months of operation under their State plan during 1958-59. At the present time, all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands have approved plans under title III. Columns 3 and 5 of table 28 indicate the amounts obligated during 1959-60 for public school equipment and minor remodeling, and the estimated amount for State supervisory and related services. Amounts for the 1958-59 school year will be found in column 13 of summary table 3. Loans for private schools.-Title III of the National Defense Education Act also authorizes the U.S. Commissioner of Education to make loans to nonprofit private schools. Loan funds are allotted to |