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fice of Education, The National Science Foundation, the National 

 Foundation for the Arts and Humanities (when established), and 

 National Institutes of Health for innovation in curricular areas. The 

 Study Committee might also recommend the development of special 

 studies and investigations in the various areas of the curriculums. 



Perhaps the appointment of this Committee might be initiated 

 through activity of the President's Council on Natural Beauty, U.S. 

 Office of Education, by a foundation, or other interested groups. 



( 2 ) The establishment of an interdepartmental Board of Review 

 on Conservation, Redevelopment and Natural Beauty to be appoint- 

 ed for the purpose of coordinating publication activities of depart- 

 ments of government concerned with conservation, redevelopment 

 and natural beauty. 



The various departments of government, e.g., Agriculture, In- 

 terior, and their divisions, have been producing a great variety of ex- 

 ceedingly useful books, pamphlets, films, and filmstrips. There is an 

 important need to coordinate these educational and publication activ- 

 ities to increase effectiveness and eliminate duplication. 



(3) The need for coordinating State and local activities. 



Many States and cities and private organizations have produced, 

 and will continue to produce, excellent educational materials. There 

 is an important need 



(a) To establish a definitive bibliography of such materials, (b) 

 To develop "model" libraries of such materials, and (c) To stimulate 

 development of university and school centers with such libraries. 



It is recommended that an appropriate agency or university un- 

 dertake a study of the feasibility of this coordination, possibly under 

 Public Law 531, the cooperative research program, or under title II, 

 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, sections 201, 202. 



(4) Incentive grants, or demonstration grants, should be made 

 available (through appropriate agencies such as the Office of Edu- 

 cation, National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foun- 

 dation, among others) to universities and institutions, acting in col- 

 laboration with local school systems, to encourage the development 

 of school construction plans with adjoining natural areas, or with ap- 

 propriate "natural" landscaping useful for study of natural environ- 

 ments (sometimes called outdoor education). The schools them- 

 selves need to be examples of beauty. This might be done under title 

 III, sections 301, 303, Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

 of 1965. 



