PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 324-JULY 25, 1947
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OPERATING EXPENSES
Ante, p. 369.
49 Stat. 1488.
20 U. S. C.0§ 15h-
15q.
Ante, p. 244 .
Repairs to other
municipal buildings.
Report to Congress.
Deaf and dumb,
and blind persons.
34 U. s..C. 945.
41 Stat. 387.
D.C . Code §§ 31-701
to 31-720.
60 Stat. 875.
Ante, p. 260; post, p.
750.
General administration: For expenses necessary for the general
administration of the public-school system of the District of Columbia,
$556,300.
General supervision and instruction: For expenses necessary for
supervision, instruction, and education in the teachers colleges and
in the day, evening, and summer public schools of the District of
Columbia, and the education of foreigners of all ages in the American-
ization schools; including textbooks; and subsistence supplies for
pupils attending the schools for crippled children; $13,546,620.
Vocational education, George-Barden program: For expenses
necessary for the development of vocational education in the Dis-
trict of Columbia in accordance with the Act of June 8, 1936, as
amended, including allowances for privately owned automobiles used
for the performance of official duties within the District of Columbia
(not to exceed $100 per annum for each automobile), $185,900.
Operation of buildings and grounds and maintenance of equip-
ment: For expenses necessary for the operation of school buildings
and grounds and the purchase and repair of equipment, including
insurance of District-owned or borrowed passenger motor vehicles,
$2,542,000.
Repairs and maintenance of buildings and grounds: For expenses
necessary for the repair, maintenance, and improvement of school
buildings, mechanical equipment, and school grounds, $1,130,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for making
repairs to other municipal buildings, subject to reimbursement from
other applicable appropriations for the cost of such work, and a
report of all such expenditures shall be submitted to Congress in the
annual Budget.
Auxiliary educational services: For the maintenance and instruc-
tion of deaf and dumb persons of the District of Columbia admitted
to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, and for the maintenance
and instruction of colored deaf mutes of teachable age, and blind
children, of the District of Columbia, in Maryland or some other
State, by contract entered into by the Commissioners, for the trans-
portation of children attending schools or classes established by the
Board of Education for physically handicapped children, and for
carrying out the provisions of the Act of December 16, 1944 (58 Stat.
811), $96,600.
Teachers' retirement appropriated fund: To carry out the Act of
January 15, 1920, as amended by the Act of June 11, 1926 (44 Stat.
727), and the Act of August 7, 1946 (Public Law 624), $1,707,000:
Provided, That the Treasury Department shall prepare the estimates
of the annual appropriations required to be made to the teachers'
retirement fund, and shall make actuarial valuations of such fund
at intervals of five years, or oftener if deemed necessary by the
Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioners are authorized
to expend from money to the credit of the teachers' retirement fund
not exceeding $5,000 per annum for this purpose, including personal
services, without regard to the civil-service and classification laws.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
For furnishing and equipping the following school buildings:
Bunker Hill Elementary School, Central Senior High School,
Chamberlain Vocational High School, Crummell Elementary School,
Dunbar Senior High School, Kimball Elementary School, Kramer
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