An Act to authorize the establishment of a public community and vocational college and a public college of arts and sciences in the District of Columbia
PL 89-791 (H.R.16958), enacted 11/07/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-791-NOV. 7, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
November 7, 1966 
[H. R.16958] 
Public Law 89-791 
AN ACT 
To authorize the establishment in the District of Columbia of a public college 
of arts and sciences and a vocational and technical institute. 
District of Co-
lumbia Public 
Education Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "District of Columbia Public Education Act". 
TITLE I—FEDERAL CITY COLLEGE 
Definitions 
SEC. 101. As used in this title— 
(1) The term "Federal City College" means the public college of 
arts and sciences established pursuant to this title. Such college shall 
be organized and administered to provide (A) a four-year program 
in the liberal arts and sciences acceptable toward a bachelor of arts 
degree, including courses in teacher education; (B) a two-year pro-
gram (i) which is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor's de-
gree or for a degree of associate in arts, and which may include courses 
in business education, secretarial training, and business administra-
tion, or (ii) in engineering, mathematics or the physical and biological 
sciences which is designed to prepare a student to work as a technician 
or at a semiprofessional level in engineering, sciences, or other tech-
nical fields which require the understanding and application of basic 
engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge; (C) 
educational programs of study as may be acceptable for a master's 
degree; and (D) courses on an individual, noncredit basis to those 
desiring to further their education without seeking a degree. 
(2) The term "Commissioners" means the Board of Commissioners 
of the District of Columbia. 
(3) The term "Board" means the Board of Higher Education 
established in section 102 of this title. 
(4) The term "Board of Education" means the Board of Educa-
tion of the District of Columbia established by section 2 of the Act 
of June 30,1906 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101). 
SEC. 102. (a) The Federal City College shall be under the control 
Control by Board of a Board of Higher Education, which sliall consist of nine members 
igher 
uca- 
^^ whom uot less than five shall have been residents of the District of 
Columbia for a period of not less than three years immediately prior 
to their appointments. 
The members of the Board (including all 
members appointed to fill vacancies on such Board) shall be appointed 
by the Commissioners. 
The members of the Board shall select a 
chairman from among their number. 
Such members shall be ap-
pointed for terms of three years; except that the terms of office of the 
members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the Com-
missioners at the time of appointment, three at the end of one year, 
three at the end of two years, and three at the end of three years. 
Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expira-
tion of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be ap-
pointed for the remainder of that term. 
Members of the Board shall 
serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for their travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons serving the 
Government without compensation. 
(b) The Commissioner shall have the power to remove any mem-
ber of the Board at any time for adequate cause, which relates to his 
character or to his efficiency as a member, after notice and opportunity 
for hearing. 
(c) The members of the Board shall not be personally liable in 
damages for any official action of the Board in which such members 
34 Stat. 316 
45 Stat. 1139; 
71 Stat. 340 
Ante, p. 499. 
Removal for 
Personal liabil 
ity, exemption. 
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participate, nor shall they be liable for any costs that may be taxed 
against them or the Board on account of any such official action by 
them as members of the Board, but such costs shall be charged to the 
District of Columbia and paid as other costs are paid in suits against 
the municipality; nor shall the Board or any of its members be re-
quired to give any bond or security for costs or damages on any appeal 
whatever. 
SEC. 103. (a) The Board is vested with the following powers and jy^°J^^'"^ ^"'^ 
duties: 
(1) To develop detailed plans for and to establish, organize, 
and operate in the District of Columbia the Federal City College. 
(2) To establish policies, standards, and requirements govern-
ing admission, programs, graduation (including the award of 
degrees) and general administration of the Federal City College. 
(3) To appoint and compensate, without regard to the civil po^nf^tm"'' ^^ 
service laws or chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of 
title 5, United States Code, a president for the Federal City 
College. 
(4) To employ and compensate such officers as it determines 
necessary for the Federal City College, and such educational em-
ployees for the Federal City College as the president thereof 
may recommend in writing. 
Such officers and educational em-
ployees may be employed and compensated without regard to— 
(A) the civil service laws, 
(B) chapter 61 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of title 
5, United States Code (relating to classification of positions ^^^^^' ^^' '''*^' 
in Government service), 
(C) sections 6301 through 6305 and 6307 through 6311 of 
title 5, United 
States Code (relating to annual and sick, ^"'e, p. si6. 
leave for Federal employees), 
(D) chapter 15 and sections 7324 through 7327 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to political activities of Gov- 52^"'^' ^P* '**'^' 
ernment employees), 
(E) section 3323 and subchapter I I I of chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code (relating to civil service retirement), 
and 
(F) sections 3326, 3501, 3502, 5531 through 5533, and 
6303 of title 5, United States Code (relating to dual pay and 
dual employment), 
but the employment and compensation of such officers and educa-
tional employees shall be subject to— 
(i) sections 7902, 8101 through 8138, and 8145 through 
8150 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 292 and 1920 
^"'^' P- ^30. 
through 1922 of title 18, United States Code (relating to gio"'^'"'' ^°^' 
compensation for work inj uries), 
(ii) chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
Government employees group life insurance), 
(iii) chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
health insurance for Government employees), and 
(iv) sections 1302, 2108, 3305, 3306, 3308 through 3320, 
3351, 3363, 3364, 3501 through 3504, 7511, 7512, and 7701 of 
title 5, United States Code (relating to veteran's preference). 
Subject to the approval of the Commissioners, the compensation uigg^^*^^ sched-
schedules for such officers and employees shall be fixed and ad- 
Periodic adjust-
justed from time to time consistent with the public interest and in 
accordance with rates for comparable types of positions in like in-
stitutions of higher education. Salary levels shall be determined 
based on duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. The Board, 
upon the recommendations of the president of the college, shall 
Ante, pp. 422, 
564. 
Ante, p. 423. 
Ante, p. 592. 
Ante, p. 599. 
Ante, p. 401. 
ment. 
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Noneducational 
employees. 
Tuition. 
Appropriation 
estimates. 
Trust fund 
account. 
establish, with the approval of the Commissioners and ^yithout 
regard to the provisions of any other law, retirement and leave 
systems for such officers and employees which shall be comparable 
to such systems in like institutions of higher education. 
(5) To employ and compensate noneducational employees of 
the Board and of the Federal City College in accordance with— 
(A) the civil service laws, 
(B) chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to classification of positions in 
government service), 
(C) section 3323 and subchapter I I I of chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code (relating to civil service retirement), 
(D) sections 7902, 8101 through 8138, and 8145 through 
8150 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 292 and 1920 
through 1922 of title 18, United States Code (relating to com-
pensation for work injuries), 
(E) chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
government employees group life insurance), 
(F) chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
health insurance for government employees), 
(G) sections 1302, 2108, 3305, 3306, 3308 through 3320, 
3351, 3363, 3364, 3501 through 3504, 7511, 7512, and 7701 of 
title 5, United States Code (relating to veteran's preference), 
and 
(H) any other laws applicable to noneducational employ-
ees of the Board of Education. 
(6) To fix, from time to time, tuition to be paid by students 
attending the Federal City College. 
Tuition charged nonresi-
dents shall be fixed in such amounts as will, to the extent feasible, 
approximate the cost to the District of Columbia of the services 
for which such charge is imposed. 
Receipts from the tuition 
charged students attending the college shall be deposited to the 
credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia. 
(7) To fix, from time to time, fees to be paid by students attend-
ing the Federal City College. Receipts from such fees shall be 
deposited into a revolving fund in a private depository in the 
District, which fund shall oe available, without fiscal year limita-
tion, for such purposes as the Board shall approve. The Board 
is authorized to make necessary rules respecting deposits into 
and withdrawals from such fund. 
(8) To transmit annually to the Commissioners estimates of 
the appropriation required for the Federal City College for the 
ensuing year. 
(9) To accept services and moneys, including gifts or endow-
ments, from any source whatsoever, for use in carrying out the 
purposes of this title. 
Such moneys shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of a trust fund ac-
count which is hereby authorized and may be invested and rein-
vested as trust funds of the District of Columbia. The disburse-
ment of the moneys from such trust funds shall be in such 
amounts, to such extent, and in such manner as the Board, in its 
judgment, may determine necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this title. 
(10) To submit to the Commissioners recommendations relat-
ing to legislation affecting the administration and programs of 
the Federal City College. 
(11) To make such rules and regulations as the Board deems 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. 
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D. C. Teachers 
College, transfer. 
D. C. Code 31-
721 et seq. 
(12) To assume control of the District of Columbia Teachers 
College established pursuant to the Act approved February 25, 
1929 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-118), from the Board of Education at 
^s stat. ure. 
such time as may be mutually agreed upon by such Boards and 
approved by the Commissioners. At such time, the personnel, 
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
allocations, and other funds available or to be made available 
for such Teachers College are authorized to be transferred to, 
and brought under the control of, such Board of Higher Educa-
tion, except that the laboratory schools shall remain under the 
control and management, and the employees assigned to such 
schools shall remain subject to the supervision of, the Board of 
Education. The noneducational employees of the Teachers Col-
lege at the time the control of such Teachers College is assumed 
by the Board of Higher Education, shall retain all benefits pro-
vided by any law applicable to noneducational employees of the 
Board of Education, and shall be subject to any benefits provid-
ed for noneducational employees of the Board of Higher Educa-
tion. The educational employees of the Teachers College at the 
time the control of such College is assumed by the Board of 
Higher Education shall be subject to the same benefits provided 
for all educational employees of the Board of Higher Education 
pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection, except that such 
educational employees may elect, within ninety days of such 
time, to remain subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An 
Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District 
of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 875). 
(13) To provide for the crediting to educational employees 
of the Teachers College, pursuant to the leave system established 
for educational employees of the Board of Higher Education 
under this title, leave accumulated pursuant to the provisions of 
the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949. 
"c^^code^ii-
(b) A person shall, at the time of his registration to attend the egi'no'te." 
Federal City College, be considered to be a legal resident of the 
^^^^^ resident. 
District of Columbia for purposes of paragraph (6) of subsection 
(a) i f -
(1) such person is domiciled in the District of Columbia on the 
date of such registration and has been so domiciled during all of 
the three-month period immediately preceding such date; and 
(2) in case such person on such date— 
(A) has not attained twenty-one years of age, 
(B) has not been relieved of the disabilities of minority by 
order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and 
(C) has a living parent or a court-appointed guardian or 
custodian, 
there is domiciled in the District of Columbia on such date an 
individual who is the parent or court-appointed guardian or 
custodian of such person, and Avho has been so domiciled for all 
of the three-month period immediately preceding such date. 
SEC. 104.. The Commissioners and the Board of Education may ^^^J'^"'' ^""^ ^^'''^ 
furnish to the Board, upon request of such Board, such space and 
facilities in private buildings or in public buildings of the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, records, information, services, per-
sonnel, offices, and equipment as may be available and which are neces-
sary to enable the Board properly to perform its functions under 
this title. 
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Fiscal 
ability. 
45 Stat. 1504. 
License 
validity. 
Definitions, 
34 Stat. 316; 
45 Stat. 1139; 
71 Stat. 340. 
Control by Board 
of Vocational 
Education. 
Ante, p. 499. 
Removal for 
SEC. 105. All obligations and disbursements foi* the purpose of this 
title shall be incurred, made, and accounted for in the same manner 
as other obligations and disbursements for the District of Columbia 
and, except as provided in paragraph (9) of section 103 of this title, 
under the direction and control of the Commissioners. 
SEC. 106. (a) Sections 586b-586e of subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of 
the Act of March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sees. 29-415—29-418), is 
amended (1) by striking out "Board of Education" wherever it ap-
pears in such subchapter and by inserting in lieu thereof "Board of 
Higher Education'-, and (2) by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new section: 
SEC. 586g. As used in this subchapter, the term 'Board of Higher 
Education' means the Board of Higher Education established pur-
suant to title I of the District of Columbia Public Education Act."' 
(b) Nothing contained in the amendment made by this section 
shall be construed as affecting the validity of any license issued by 
the Board of Education prior to the date of the enactment of this title. 
TITLE II—WASHINGTON TECHNICAL INSTITH TE 
SEC. 201. As used in this title— 
(1) The term "Washington Technical Institute" means the voca-
tional and technical school established pursuant to this title. 
Such 
institute shall provide (A) vocational and technical education de-
signed to fit individuals for useful employment in recognized occupa-
tions; and (B) vocational ajid technical courses on an individual, non-
credit basis. 
(2) The term "Commissioners" means the Board of Commissioners 
of the District of Columbia. 
(3) The term "Vocational Board" means the Board of Vocational 
Education established by section 202 of this title. 
(4) The term "Board of Education" means the Board of l^duca-
tion of the District of Columbia established by section 2 of the Act 
of June 30,1906 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101). 
SEC. 202. (a) The Washington Technical Institute shall be under 
the control of a Board of Vocational Education which shall consist 
of nine members appointed by the President of the United States. Of 
the nine members, at least six shall be selected from industry. 
The 
members of the Vocational Board shall select a chairman from among 
their own number. The members of the Vocational Board shall be 
appointed for terms of three years; except that the terms of office 
of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the 
President at the time of appointment, three at the end of one year, 
three at the end of two years, and three at the end of three years. Any 
member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration 
of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed 
for the remainder of that term. A vacancy in the Vocational Board 
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was 
made. Members of the Vocational Board shall serve without compen-
sation, but may be reimbursed for their travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, 
United States Code, for persons serving the Government without 
compensation. 
(b) The President of the United States may remove, in accordance 
with the provisions of this subsection, any member of the Vocational 
Board for adequate cause affecting his character and efficiency as a 
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member. If the President determines that, with respect to any such 
member, there is adequate cause affecting his character and efficiency 
as a member, the President may appoint a special investigating board, 
consisting of not more than three members, to consider the matter. 
The investigating board, in considering such matter, shall hold public ^ ^^P"'* *° 
hearings and, on the basis thereof, report to the President with respect 
to their findings of fact and recommendations. Following the receipt 
by him of such report, the President may remove such member from 
office. 
(c) The members of the Vocational Board shall not be personally . Personal uabii-
liable in damages for any official action of the Vocational Board in ^ ^' ^''^™P*^°"-
which such members participate, nor shall they be liable for any 
costs that may be taxed against them or the Vocational Board on ac-
count of any such official action by them as members of the Vocational 
Board, but such costs shall be charged to the District of Columbia 
and paid as other costs are paid in suits against the municipality; nor 
shall the Vocational Board or any of its members be required to give 
any bond or security for costs or damages on any appeal whatever, 
SEC. 203. (a) The Board is hereby vested with the following ^uuX" ^"^ 
powers and duties: 
(1) To develop detailed plans for and to establish, organize, 
and operate in the District of Columbia the Washington Tech-
nical Institute. 
(2) To establish policies, standards, and requirements govern-
ing admission, programs, graduation (including the award of 
degrees) and general administration of the Washington Tech-
nical Institute. 
(3) To appoint and compensate, without regard to the civil ^^ntmJlT*^' ^^ 
service laws or chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of 
title 5, United States Code, a president for the Washington Tech-
nical Institute. 
(4) To employ and compensate such officers as it determines 
necessary for the Washington Technical Institute, and such edu-
cational employees for the Washington Technical Institute as the 
president thereof may recommend in writing. Such officers and 
educational employees may be employed and compensated with-
out regard to— 
(A) the civil service laws, 
(B) chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to classification of positions in 
"*"'®' P- '*'*3. 
Government service), 
(C) sections 6301 through 6305 and 6307 through 6311 of 
title 5, United States Code (relating to annual and sick 
Ante, p. sie. 
leave for Federal employees), 
(D) chapter 15 and sections 7324 through 7327 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to political activities of Gov- 53^"'*' ^^' '^°^' 
emment employees), 
(E) section 3323 and subchapter I I I of chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code (relating to civil service retirement), gg^"'^' ^^' '*^^' 
and 
(F) sections 3326, 3501, 3502, 5531 through 5533, and 6303 
of title 5, United States Code (relating to dual pay and dual 
'^'®' ^- '^^^• 
employment), 
but the employment and compensation of such officers and educa-
tional employees shall be subject to— 
(i) sections 7902, 8101 through 8138, and 8145 through 
8150 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 292 and 1920 
^'^' P- " ° ' 
Ante, p. 592. 
Ante, p. 599. 
Ante, p. 401. 
Noneducational 
employees. 
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^Ante, pp. 608, 
tliiough 1922 of title 18, United States Code (relating to 
compensation for work injuries), 
(ii) chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
Government employees group life insurance), 
(iii) chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
health insurance for Government employees), and 
(iv) sections 1302, 2108, 3305, 3306, 3308 through 3320, 
3351, 3363j 3364, 3501 through 3504, 7511, 7512, and 7701 of 
title 5, United States Code (relating to veteran's preference). 
uies^^*^^ ^'^^^'^ 
Subject to the approval of the Commissioners, the compensation 
" Periodic ad- 
schedulcs for such officers and employees shall be fixed and ad-
justment, 
justed from time to time consistent with the public interest and 
m accordance with rates for comparable types of positions in like 
technical institutes. 
Salary levels shall be detennined based 
on duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. 
The Vocational 
Board, upon the recommendations of the president of the Wash-
ington Technical Institute, shall establish, with the approval of 
the Commissioner and without regard to the provisions of any 
other law, retirement and leave systems for such officers and em-
ployees which shall be comparable to such systems in like technical 
institutes. 
(5) To employ and compensate noneducational employees of 
the Vocational Board and the Washington Technical Institute in 
accordance with— 
(A) the civil service laws, 
(B) chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of title 
5, United States Code (relating to classification of positions 
in Government service), 
(C) section 3323 and subchapter I I I of chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code (relating to civil service retirement), 
(D) sections 7902, 8101 through 8138, and 8145 through 
8150 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 292 and 1920 
through 1922 of title 18j United States Code (relating to 
compensation for work injuries), 
(E) chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
Government employees group life insurance), 
(F) chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
health insurance for Government employees), 
(G) sections 1302, 2108, 3305, 3306, 3308 through 3320, 
3351, 3363, 3364, 3501 through 3504, 7511, 7512, and 7701 of 
title 5, United States Code (relating to veteran's preference), 
and 
(H) any other laws applicable to noneducational em-
ployees of the Board of Education. 
*r"i"°n- 
(6) To fix, from time to time, tuition to be paid by students 
attending the Washington Technical Institute. Tuition charged 
nonresidents shall be fixed in such amounts as will, to the extent 
feasible, approximate the cost to the District of Columbia of the 
services for which such charge is imposed. Receipts from the 
tuition charged students attending the institute shall be deposited 
to the credit of the general fund of the District of Columbia. 
^**"' 
(7) Tofix, from time to time, fees to be paid by students attend-
ing the Washington Technical Institute. Receipts from such fees 
shall be deposited into a revolving fund in a private depository in 
the District, which fund shall be available, without fiscal year 
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1433 
limitation, for such purposes as the Vocational Board shall 
approve. The Vocational Board is authorized to make necessary 
rules respecting deposits into and withdrawals from such fund. 
(8) To transmit annually to the Commissioners estimates of 
Appropriation 
the appropriation required for the Washington Technical Insti-
tute for the ensuing year. 
(9) To accept services and moneys, including gifts or endow- 
'^'•"^* ^""'^ 
ments, from any source whatsoever, for use in carrying out the 
purposes of the title. 
Such moneys shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of a trust fund account 
which is hereby authorized and may be invested and reinvested 
as trust funds of the District of Columbia. The disbursement of 
the moneys from such trust funds shall be in such amounts, to 
such extent, and in such manner as the Vocational Board, in its 
judgment, may determine necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this title. 
(10) To submit to the Commissioners recommendations relat-
ing to legislation affecting the administration and programs of 
the Washington Technical Institute. 
(11) To make such rules and regulations as the Vocational 
Board deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. 
(b) A person shall, at the time of his registration to attend the ^^^ai resident. 
Washington Technical Institute, be considered to be a legal resident 
of the District of Columbia for purposes of paragraph (6) of sub-
section (a) if— 
(1) such person is domiciled in the District of Columbia on the 
date of such registration and has been so domiciled during all of 
the three-month period immediately preceding such date; and 
(2) in case such person on such date— 
(A) has not attained twenty-one years of a^e, 
(B) has not been relieved of the disabilities of minority 
by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and 
(C) has a living parent or a court-appointed guardian or 
custodian, 
there is domiciled in the District of Columbia on such date an 
individual who is the parent or court-appointed guardian or cus-
todian of such person, and who has been so domiciled for all of the 
three-month period immediately preceding such date. 
SEC. 204. The Commissioners and the Board of Education may f^ff,^"^^"'^ 
furnish to the Vocational Board, upon request of such Board, such 
space and facilities in private buildings or in public buildings of the 
government of the District of Columbia, records, information, services, 
personnel, offices, and equipment as may be available and which are 
necessary to enable the Vocational Board properly to perform its func-
tions under this title. 
SEC. 205. All obligations and disbursements for tlie purpose of this 
title shall be incurred, made, and accounted for in the same manner 
as other obligations and disbursements for the District of Columbia 
and, except as provided in paragraph (9) of section 203 of this title, 
under the direction and control of the Commissioners. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 301. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated from the rev-
enues of the District of Columbia not to exceed $50,000,000 to carry 
out the purposes of titles I and I I of this Act. The authorization made 
facilities. 
Fiscal account-
ability. 
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[80 STAT. 
Loan authoriza-
tion. 
Ante, p. 857. 
by this subsection shall include any amounts made available pursuant 
to the amendment made by subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act approved June (5, 
1058 (D.C. (>ode, sec. i)-2'20(b)), is amended— 
(1) by striking out ''$250,000,000" in the first sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof ''$290,000,000", and 
(2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end of 
the first sentence the following: "and (3) $40,000,000 of the 
principal amcmnt of loans authorized to be advanced pursuant 
to this subsection shall be utilized to carry out the purposes of 
titles 1 and I I of the District of Columbia Public Education Act". 
Approved November 7, 1966. 
November 7, 1966 
[H.R. 16715] 
Public Law 89-792 
AN ACT 
To amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962. 
Manpower De-
velopment and 
Training Amend-
ments of 1966. 
79 Stat. 76. 
42 u s e 2572b. 
42 u s e 2572c. 
76 Stat. 25; 
77 Stat. 422. 
42 u s e 2582. 
Referral for 
training. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Manpower Development and Training Amendments 
of 1966". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 104(a) of the Manpower Development and 
Training Act of 1962 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is amended 
by striking out "1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "1968". 
(b) Section 105 of the Act is amended by striking out "1967" where 
it appears in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1968", 
and by amending the last sentence thereof to read as follows: "Of the 
funds appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this Act, not more than 
$300,000 may be used for purposes of this section." 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 202 of the Act is amended by redesignating sub-
section, (c) through (h), and all cross references thereto, as (d) 
through (i), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection: 
"(c) The Secretary of Labor shall provide, where appropriate, a 
special program of testing, counseling, selection, and referral of per-
sons foirty-five years of age or older for occupational training and 
further schooling designed to meet the special problems faced by such 
persons in the labor market." 
(b) Section 202 of the Act is further amended by striking out the 
last subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sub-
sections : 
"(]) Whenever appropriate, the Secretary of Labor may also refer, 
f 
qr the attainment of basic education and communications and employ-
ment skills, those eligible persons who indicate their intention to and 
will, thereby be able to pursue, subsequently or concurrently, courses 
of occupational training of a type for which there appears to be a 
reasonable expectation of employment, or who have completed or 
do not need occupational training but do require such other preparation 
to render them employable. 
Such referrals shall be considered a 
referral for training within the meaning of this Act. 
"(k) The Secretary of Labor may enter into an agreement with 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of 
furthering the objectives of this Act by facilitating the provision of 
appropriate physical examinations, medical treatment, and prostheses 
for persons selected or otherwise eligible to be selected for training 
under this Act. 
The agreement may provide that where any such 
person cannot reasonably be expected to pay the cost of the services