Chapter 153. To provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories

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Chap. 153: To provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories. 1929-02-05 153 Chapter 45 Stat. 1151 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 153.— An Act To provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories.

February 5, 1929.[[S. 1731](/us/bill/70/s/1731).][[Public, No. 702](/us/pl/70/702).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That for the purposeVocational education.Additional appropriations authorized for further promotion of.Vol. 39, p. 929. 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 ending June 30, 1930, the sum of $500,000, and for each year thereafter, for four years, a sum exceeding by $500,000 the sum appropriated for each preceding year.

One-half of such sums shall be allotted to the States and TerritoriesAllotment in proportion of State, etc., farm population to total of United States. in the proportion that their farm population bears to the total farm population of the United States, exclusive of the insular possessions, 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 of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects in such States and Territories.

The remaining halfAllotment in proportion of State, etc., rural population to total of United States. of such sums 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, exclusive of the insular possessions, 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 of teachers, supervisors, and directors, development and improvement of home economics subjects in such States and Territories.

Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this ActAdditional amount for Board for Vocational Education. there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Board for Vocational Education out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000 annually to be expended for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided in sectionVol. 39, p. 933; Vol. 40, p. 345. 7 of the Act approved February 23, 1917, as amended October 6, 1917.

Sec. 3. The appropriations made by this Act shall be in additionAuthorizations additional to the former Act.Vol. 39, p. 929. to, and shall be subject to the same conditions and limitations as, the appropriations made by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for 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 appropriation made by this Act for home economicsHome economics provisions. shall be 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 thereofAgriculture practice excepted. which requires directed or supervised practice for at least six months per year, and that the appropriations available to the Federal BoardAttendance at meetings. for Vocational Education for salaries and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of eductional associations and other organizations, which, in the opinion of the board, are necessary for the efficient discharge of its responsibilities.

Approved, February 5, 1929.

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