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OCR Page 1 of 13FEDERAL AID FOR SCHOQL HOUSING*
The Proplem
The schools of the Nation are facing today an increasingly
critical shortage of classroom space to house the swelling school
enrollments. The high war-time birth rates were reflected in the
number of children entering school for the first time in the fall
of 1947. Entering classes are increasing and will continue to
increase by about one million children each year until at least
1955.
The United States Bureau of the Census estimates that
34,040,000 pupils will be enrolled in grades 1-12 in 1958-59 as
contrasted with approximately 25,800,000 during the current year.
This means that at least 7,500,000 additional pupils must be
provided for in the public schools during this ten-year period.
It will take at least 250,000 additional classrooms to house this
increased school enrollment.
But the increased enrollments due to high war-time birth rates
is not the only factor contributing to the increasingly critical
shortage of school housing. The recent war resulted also in the
greatest population shifts of any period in our history. Cali-
fornia, Washington, Oregon, and many other States gained population
Statement by Earl J. McGrath, Commissioner of Education, Federal
Security Agency, to the Subcomm ittee of the Senate Committee on
Labor and Public Velfare, June 7, 1949
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Population Estimates. Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce
Series P-25, No. 18. February 1949.
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