Key Federal Education Policymakers, 1969-1972, Nixon Administration

1969 - 1972 Nixon Administration

President:

Richard M. Nixon (R) 1969 -1972

Secretary of H.E.W.:

Commissioner of Education:

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)
- Minority Leader: 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)