Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:

1965 - 1968 Johnson Administration

President:	Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 1965 - 1968
Secretary of H.E.W.:	John W. Gardner
	Wilbur J. Cohen (1968)
Commissioner of Education:	Francis Keppel
	Harold Howe II (1966)

Major education actions:

• 1965 - Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA; P.L. 89-10)) [Note 1]
• 1965 - Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329) [Note 3]
• 1965 - National Vocational Student Loan Insurance Act (P.L. 89-287) [Note 3]
• 1965 - Older Americans Act (P.L. 89-73) [Note 6]
• 1966 - Comprehensive Health Planning and Public Health Services Act (P.L. 89-749)
• 1966 - Elementary & Secondary Education Amendments of 1966 (P.L. 89-750)
• 1966 - Child Nutrition Act (P.L. 89-642) [Note 6]
• 1966 - Higher Education Amendments of 1966 (P.L. 89-752)
• 1966 - Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act (P.L. 89-358)
• 1966 - Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act (P.L. 89-754)
• 1967 - Elementary & Secondary Education Amendments of 1967 (P.L. 90-247)
• 1967 - Age Discrimination in Employment Act (P.L. 90-202) [Note 5]
• 1967 - Mental Health Amendments (P.L. 90-31)
• 1967 - Education Professionals Development Act (P.L. 90-35)
• 1967 - Mental Retardation Amendments (P.L. 90-170)
• 1968 - Bilingual Education Act (reauthorization of ESEA; P.L. 90-247)
• 1968 - Architectural Barriers Act (P.L. 90-480) [Note 4]
• 1968 - Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-538)
• 1968 - Higher Education Amendments of 1968 (P.L. 90-575) [Note 3]

 

89th Congress (1965-1966)

• SENATE:   68-Dem, 32-Rep.   
  • Vice-President:   Hubert H. Humphrey (D)
  • Majority Leader:   Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
  • Minority Leader:   Everett M. Dirksen (R-IL)
  • Committee:   Labor and Public Welfare
    • Chair: Lister Hill (D-AL)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)

  

• HOUSE:   295-Dem, 140-Rep.
  • Speaker:    John W. McCormack (D-MA)
  • Majority Leader:   Carl B. Albert (D-OK)
  • Minority Leader:   Gerald R. Ford (R-MI)
  • Committee:   Committee on Education and Labor
    • Chair: Adam C. Powell (D-NY)
    • Ranking Minority Member: William H. Ayres (R-OH)

90th Congress (1967-1968)

• SENATE:   64-Dem, 36-Rep.   
  • Vice-President:   Hubert H. Humphrey (D)
  • Majority Leader:   Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
  • Minority Leader:   Everett M. Dirksen (R-IL)
  • Committee:   Labor and Public Welfare
    • Chair: Lister Hill (D-AL)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)

• HOUSE:   247-Dem, 187-Rep.
  • Speaker:    John W. McCormack (D-MA)
  • Majority Leader:   Carl B. Albert (D-OK)
  • Minority Leader:   Gerald R. Ford (R-MI)
  • Committee:   Committee on Education and Labor
    • Chair: Carl D. Perkins (D-KY)
    • Ranking Minority Member: William H. Ayres (R-OH)

Notes and Sources

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