SECTION 1. The Board of National Education is hereby directed and authorized to: Make a thorough study of the problems confronting the financing of public schools and prepare appropriate solutions thereto for submission to Congress; and
To pass upon all measures and proposals for the financing of public schools.
For this purpose, the Board is hereby empowered to: Secure from any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, such assistance as may be needed, such as the detail of officials and employees, technical information, the production of records, and the submission of suggestions or plans as it may require; and
Generally to exercise all the powers that are necessary and incidental to the purpose of this Act.
The Board, or any member or committee thereof, may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, and take such testimony, as it may, by internal rules, provide. Any member of the Board is authorized to administer oaths or affirmation to witnesses appearing before it or before any member thereof.