Box 3, Folder 17, Document 83

Box 3, Folder 17, Document 83

DR. JOHN W. LETSON JOHN F. STANDRIDGE

SUPT. OF SCHOOLS Atlanta Public Schools EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
VOGATIONAL-TECHNICAL & ADULT EDUCATION

2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30315

MEMORANDUM February 20,1969

TO: Fulton County Delegation
Advisory Committee Members
Other Interested Parties

FROM: John F. Standridge, Executive Director 7
Vocational—-Technical and Adult Education ‘

In order to meet the needs of students as well as the needs of business and
industry, it is necessary to provide Vocational Education in various fields
where the needs occur. More funds are needed in Vocational Education to help
meet these needs.

Programs which have ‘been authorized nationwide by the new 1968 Vocational
Education Amendments and other Vocational Acts for the Fiscal Year 1970
amounts to $773,661,455. The President in his Budget Proposal for Fiscal
Year 1970 requested only $286,377,455 which is $487,284,000 less than the
authorization.

Some of the programs that will be affected by this cut includes the Work Study
Program, which provides needy students with part-time jobs while they are going
to school. This program was completely eliminated from an authorization of
$35,000,000. The Cooperative Education Programs were cut from $35,000,000 to
$14,000,000. Programs for Students with Special Needs were completely eliminated
from an authorization of $40,000,000 and Construction of Residential Vocational
Schools was eliminated from an authorization of $55,000,000. These are just four
of several programs that received cuts. However. these four programs are most
significant if we are to eliminate the problems of unemployment and proverty in
Atlanta and Fulton County.

We are again asking your continued support of Vocational Education and that you
enlist the support of Congressman Fletcher Thompson and Senators Richard Russell
and Herman Talmadge requesting that they vote for the full appropriation. We
understand that Congress will finalize the Budget Proposal shortly after the
first of March so time is fleeting. We must have action now!

JES: pf

Serving the Atlanta and Gulton County School Systems