Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:

1969 - 1972 Nixon Administration

President:	Richard M. Nixon (R) 1969 -1972
Secretary of H.E.W.:	Robert H. Finch
	Elliot L. Richardson (1970)
Commissioner of Education:	James E. Allen, Jr.
	Sidney P. Marland, Jr. (1970)

Major education actions:

• 1969 - Educational Television and Radio Amendments (P.L. 91-97)
• 1969 - Elementary & Secondary Education Amendments of 1969 (P.L. 91-230)
• 1970 - National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act (P.L. 91-345) [Note 4]

• 1970 - Experimental Schools Program (ESP) and National Institute of Education (NIE) launched
• 1972 - Title IX of Elementary & Secondary Education Amendments (P.L. 92-318) [Note 1]
• 1972 - Emergency School Aid Act (in P.L. 92-318)
• 1972 - Higher Education Act reauthorization including NIE (in P.L. 92-318)

91st Congress (1969-1970)

• SENATE:   57-Dem, 43-Rep.   
  • Vice-President:   Spiro T. Agnew (R)
  • Majority Leader:   Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
  • Minority Leader:   Everett M. Dirksen (R-IL), died on 9/7/1969

    Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R-PA), elected 9/24/1969

  • Committee:   Labor and Public Welfare
    • Chair: Ralph Yarborough (D-TX)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)

• HOUSE:   243-Dem, 192-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)

92nd Congress (1971-1972)

• SENATE:   54-Dem, 44-Rep, 2-Other
  • Vice-President:   Spiro T. Agnew (R)
  • Majority Leader:   Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
  • Minority Leader:   Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R-PA)
  • Committee:   Labor and Public Welfare
    • Chair: Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)

• HOUSE:   255-Dem, 180-Rep.
  • Speaker:    Carl B. Albert (D-OK)
  • Majority Leader:   Hale Boggs (D-LA)
  • Minority Leader:   Gerald R. Ford (R-MI)
  • Committee:   Committee on Education and Labor
    • Chair: Carl D. Perkins (D-KY)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Albert H. Quie (R-MN)

Notes and Sources

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