Michigan Could Get $34 MillionUnder Proposed Federal Aid Plan

Sep 21, 2026

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Report details proposed federal education aid that could allocate $34,395,332 to Michigan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1963, highlighting how the plan would authorize funding without direct assistance to parochial schools. It also describes Denver teachers’ overwhelming approval of professional negotiations, the ratified agreement between the DCTA and the Denver Board of Education, and additional federal education recommendations and congressional activity affecting schooling and adult education.

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Michigan Could Get $34 Million Under Proposed Federal Aid Plan

Rights and Responsibilities Will Be Subject of Early March Meeting

MAR1163 ■,一再FASE DO NOT REMM # Michigan Could Get $34 MillionUnder Proposed Federal Aid Plan Denver Teachers OKProfessional NegotiationsBy Overwhelming Vote appears to be that Roman Catholics willI cation which President John F.give up demands for aid to parochialKennedy has recommended to Congressschools because the National Educationwould authorize $34,395,332 for Mich-Improvement Act of 1963 does notigan in the fiscal year beginning July 1,stipulate direct assistance to public1963-as estimated by the U.S.Office ofschools.Segregationists can be expectcdEducation,based on those segments ofto continue their opposition because theythe program for which specific state allot-fear that federal aid will force integra-ment formulas are spelled out in thetion in southern schools.In commentingPresident's special message to Congresson the omnibus bill and the nation's direon aid to education.needs in education,President Kennedytold Congress: 个HE program for federal aid to edu- Denver tcachers-by an overwhelming 2,245 to 357 vote-in January approvedprofessional negotiations for their schoolsystem.The favorable vote represcnted 59.9 per cent of the 3,746 contract teach-ers in the city's schools. The ratified agreement between theDenver Classroom Teachers Association(DCTA)and the Denver Board of Edu-cation,recognizing the DCTA as thenegotiating unit for all Denver teachers,is thc capstone of DCTA efforts since1961 to cstablish a formal procedure forprofessional negotiations in the schoolsystem. Overall,Mr.Kennedy recommendedexpenditures of $1.5 billion for educationnext year and $4.6 billion over the nextthree years.Out of this amount the totalfor which a state-by-state allotment canbc fixed-because the formula has beenspelled out-is $831 million,or a littlemore than half of the aggregate. "I am not the first but I hope to bethe last President compelled to call theseneedless shortcomings to the nation’s at-tention." Other news from Washington:Morethan 2,000 new bills,many of them aid-to-education proposals,were introducedin the House during the first week ofthe Eighty-eighth Congress.Among theHouse proposals introduced on openingday was a bill to establish a two-year,$225-million program of federal match-ing grants to construct "co-operative edu-cational centers”which two or more col-leges would operate jointly for their ownand the public's benefit.The centers,which would be built in 15 areasthroughout the country,could be used asresearch libraries,science laboratories orjoint television stations.Or,they mightoffer courses that no single institutioncould provide. The teachers'vote followed the adop-tion of a "Statement of Teacher-Admin-istrator-Board of Education Relation-ships”by the Denver school board lastDecember.This statcmcnt gives recogni-tion “for the purpose of negotiating pro-posals”to the majority membership or-ganization of teachers in Denver.TheDCTA represents 80 per cent of all Den-ver classroom teachers. On this basis,then,the White Houseproposcs that Michigan receive the fol-lowing amounts:-For student loans $5,941,444 -For a student work-study program$990,240 -For community colleges $2,283,418 -For state statistical services $102,716 The new policy has been criticized bythe 150-member Denver Federation ofTeachers,which wants a collective bar-gaining election. -For elementary and secondary schools$16,203,451 -For science,math,foreign languages $3,189,161-For guidance,testing $776,918 ## Rights and Responsibilities Will BeSubiect of Early March Meeting -For vocational education $2,703,631 —For university extension courses$364,496-For adult basic education $134,233 The threat posed by “undereducation”to efforts to relieve the unemploymentproblem is mustering increased supportin Congress for legislation that will pro-vide opportunities for out-of-school youthand adults to complete an elementaryand secondary education as a prerequisiteto technical or higher education. The MEA a

FAQs

How much federal aid would Michigan receive under the proposed plan?

The proposal recommends authorizing $34,395,332 for Michigan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1963.

What did Denver teachers vote to approve in January?

Denver teachers approved professional negotiations for their school system by an overwhelming vote of 2,245 to 357.

When is the conference on Professional Rights and Responsibilities scheduled?

The MEA and NEA co-sponsor the conference for March 8-9 in Detroit.

Sep 21, 2026

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