61.   Schools could not afford to hire new teachers in the Depression.

62.   She called for more federal spending to hire teachers and to repair run-down schools.

63.   Sandra Feldman, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said that some of the surplus should go toward school construction as well as toward hiring more teachers.

64.   School districts are allowed to hire uncertified teachers for specific assignments.

65.   She said efforts to find and hire those teachers began in April.

66.   Some educators, already warning that school boards are hiring unqualified teachers to fill shortages, wonder where the new contingent will come from.

67.   Suddenly, tens of millions of dollars were pouring into the poorer districts, enabling them to build new schools, hire better teachers, and begin afternoon programs.

68.   Such schools receive state funding but are largely autonomous when it comes to developing academic programs and hiring teachers.

69.   Such schools are not required to hire certified teachers, although most still do.

70.   The bill included a large increase in federal education spending, including increases in grants for college tuition and money for local districts to hire teachers and modernize schools.