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Bill· HRH.R. 2522 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1975
New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants each fiscal year to each State, and to each gateway city, on such terms and conditions as he shall establish, for programs in education, job training, counseling (including health counseling), orientation, and other similar activities for the benefit of immigrants. Defines "gateway city" as meaning any city or unit of local government having a population of fifty thousand or more, 5 percent of such population being immigrants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant arriving in the United States not more than one year prior to the making of the grant, to enable such immigrant to travel for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located, if an employer in the place to which such immigrant is to travel under the grant certifies that such employer will employ that immigrant. Permits the Secretary to make additional discretionary grants to gateway cities to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for new immigrant grants and such sums as are necessary for the purposes of grants to States and gateway cities.
Bill· HRH.R. 2479 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Directs the Commissioner of Education to make payments to local educational agencies for establishing or improving educational programs for children of migrant agricultural employees. Directs the Commissioner to determine the full-time equivalent of the estimated number of such children who resided part time in the school district of such agency for the purpose of computing the amount of payments. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2460 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, that the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall be responsible to the Assistant Secretary for Health of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. States that the Director shall not delegate any of his functions to any other officer who is not directly responsible to him.
Bill· HRH.R. 2491 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Allows a refundable tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents at a private, nonprofit school. States that such tax credit shall be limited to 50 percent of tuition paid of $400, whichever is less.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 171 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Authorizes the President to designate February 9 to 15, 1975, as "National Vocational Education and National Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 119 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of budget authority represented by the failure of the President to apportion specified funds to the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare as set forth in the communication of the Comptroller General (H. Doc. 94-33).
Bill· HRH.R. 2392 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Magnet School Assistance Act - Establishes, within the Office of Education, the Office of Magnet Schools. Defines Magnet School as a school which enrolls students on a volunteer basis from geographic attendance areas which are designed to achieve desegregation. Makes it the duty of such Office to administer a program of encouraging the voluntary integration of school systems through payment of Federal financial assistance. Prohibits the implementation of judicially ordered busing during any period in which a school system is applying for or receiving financial assistance under such program of assisting voluntary integration. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2364 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Declares that no student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on account of race, creed, color, or national origin or in order to achieve racial balance in any school, except with the express approval of a local elected school board. States that nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in the manner requested or authorized by his parents, or shall affect the right of a religious educational institution to select its pupils from members of such religion.
Bill· HRH.R. 2331 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Authorizes grants to State educational agencies for programs of educational assistance for homebound handicapped children utilizing college students as tutors. Requires that preference be given to tutors who are veterans, needy, or handicapped themselves. Authorizes an appropriation of $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and such sums as necessary for the two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to grant sums and advise States in their applications for assistance under this Act. Sets aside twenty-five percent of the appropriations to be tentatively allocated to the States in proportion to the number of children aged three to twenty-one in each of the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2272 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
National Overseas Education Act - Creates within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Overseas Education Board of eight members to be appointed by the President. Specifies that the Board shall have full and complete responsibility for the maintenance and operation of elementary and secondary schools for minor dependents of military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense stationed in foreign countries. Authorizes the Board to utilize the services of other Federal agencies. States that functions vested in the Board which are now being performed by other Federal agencies shall be transferred to the Board.
Bill· HRH.R. 2213 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Provides, under the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, that no U.S. department, agency, officer, employee, or agent shall, as a prerequisite or condition to the receipt of Federal funds, require any school to provide access to any information or records which concern race, religion, sex, or national origin and which relate to: (1) public enrollments; (2) the employment or assignment of professional and other presonnel; and (3) disciplinary actions or procedures. Allows the Federal Government to seek access to such information by obtaining prior, voluntary, written consent of the school, or by submitting to an appropriate U.S. court a petition accompanied by affidavits by or on behalf of students or parents of students alleging unlawful discrimination by the school. Requires that the school be given reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
Bill· HRH.R. 2162 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
States that any officer or employee of the United States may accept voluntary service for the United States if such service is performed by a person who is enrolled as a student in an institution of higher education or a secondary school.
Bill· HRH.R. 2154 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the higher education of any individual in the following amounts: (1) 100 percent of so much of the expenses as does not exceed $200, (2) 25 percent of the expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and (3) 5 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $2500. Provides for the proration of such credit between taxpayers where more than one taxpayer pays the expenses. Provides for the reduction of the credit authorized by this Act by an amount equal to 2 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year exceeds $15,000. States that the amounts otherwise taken into account for determination of such credit shall be reduced by the amount of any scholarships, fellowships, grants, or veterans' educational benefits received during the taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 2129 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the amount of expenses paid for higher education in the taxable year for education above the twelfth grade paid for by the taxpayer for himself or any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceed $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Defines expenses of higher education as: (1) tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at a level above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education; and (2) fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education. Provides that the amount of higher education expenses taken into consideration shall be reduced by any amounts received as a scholarship or fellowship grant or as veterans benefits.
Bill· SS. 335 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Fisheries Manpower Education Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares it to be the purpose of this Act to undertake a pilot program to promote the interest of youth in careers in the fishing industry and to develop improved educational opportunities for such youth. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce: (1) to establish a Fisheries Manpower Development Office; (2) to develop an elementary and secondary school program in coastal States to acquaint youths with the Nation's commercial fishing industry; (3) to make information available to State educational agencies; and (4) to make grants for educational promotion in coastal States. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with vocational schools, community colleges, or private vocational training institutions for: (1) pilot projects in fishery careers for sixteen - to twenty-year-old youths; and (2) pilot projects for working fishermen to acquire additional skills. Sets forth the conditions of such contracts. Provides for the awarding of scholarships for graduate and undergraduate fisheries studies. Establishes an Advisory Council on Fisheries Manpower Education to make recommendations to the Secretary relative to the carrying out of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act not to exceed three years from the date of enactment.
Bill· SS. 348 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Student Loan Protection Act - Provides that no Federal student loan or Federal insured student loan may be made to an individual to assist that individual to attend a new private educational institution; and that no veterans educational allowance may be paid to an individual attending a new private educational institution, unless the private educational institution has provided assurances satisfactory to the Secretary (by the posting of a bond or otherwise) that, in the event such institution ceases operations, it will make the payments required by this Act with respect to each individual then attending such institution with the assistance of a Federal student loan or a federally insured student loan or who is receiving a veterans educational allowance. States that the amount to be paid with respect to an individual under this Act is an amount equal to the expenses paid by such individual to enable him to attend such institution during the academic period in which such institution ceases operations. Provides for additional protection to losses not covered by such guarantees. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2020 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the higher education of any individual in the following amounts: (1) 100 percent of so much of the expenses as does not exceed $200, (2) 25 percent of the expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and (3) 5 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1500. Provides for the proration of such credit between taxpayers where more than one taxpayer pays the expenses. Provides for the reduction of the credit authorized by this Act by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year exceeds $18,000. States that the amounts otherwise taken into account for determination of such credit shall be reduced by the amount of any scholarships, fellowship grants, or veterans' educational benefits received during the taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 2043 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Authorizes the Commission of Education to make grants during the period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act through fiscal year 1978, to the Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University to be used for its development and improvement. States that such grants shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may prescribe. Authorizes to be appropriated $35,000,000 in the aggregate for making grants under this Act during such period.
Bill· HRH.R. 1978 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Provides that an individual may deduct under the Internal Revenue Code amounts paid for his higher education, or for the higher education of any of his dependents up to $1000 per taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 1953 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Establishes a division of funds between vocational and occupational education in allotments to States under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds granted to States for occupational education may be used for: (1) the provision of occupational education; and (2) ancillary services and activities to assure quality in all occupational education programs, such as program evaluation, special demonstration and experimental programs, development of instructional materials, and improved State leadership, including periodic evaluation. Directs any State desiring to receive the amount of its occupational education allotment for a fiscal year to submit a State plan for occupational education at such time, in such detail, and containing such information as the Commissioner of Education may prescribe. Sets forth criteria to be met for approval of State plans by the Commissioner. Provides that the Commission shall pay, from the State's occupational education allotment for a fiscal year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total expenditures made in carrying out the State's approved plan. Directs each State to establish a local coordinating committee for each locality in the State. Provides that each local coordinating committee shall make a continuing study of the needs in its locality for vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs. States that on the basis of the information derived from such study, the local coordinating committee shall develop and propose a strategy which will present a coherent, intergrated, and comprehensive set of vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs designed to meet such needs. Stipulates that aggregate expenditures for administration, guidance and counseling, and technical assistance may not exceed 20 percent of the State's vocational education allotment for that year. Provides for the consolidation, under the Vocational Education Act, of programs for research and training, exemplary programs, and project and curriculum development. Sets forth provisions governing how appropriated sums shall be divided by the Commissioner among specific projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 1893 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be headed by a Secretary appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that the purpose of the Department is to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the Nation. Enumerates the responsibilities of the Secretary, including: (1) to advise the President with respect to the progress of education; (2) to develop and recommend to the President appropriate policies and programs to foster the orderly growth and development of the Nation's educational facilities and resources; (3) to conduct continuing comprehensive surveys, collect data, and make available findings, on the progress of education; and (4) to provide information and such other assistance as may be authorized by the Congress to aid in the maintenance of efficient school systems. Grants to the Secretary the appropriate administrative powers to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the orderly transfer of the United States Office of Education from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Department of Education. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to the President and the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1927 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Allows and income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the higher education of any individual in the following amounts: (1) 75 percent of so much of the expenses as does not exceed $200, (2) 50 percent of the expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Provides for the proration of such credit between taxpayers where more than one taxpayer pays the expenses. States that the amounts otherwise taken into account for determination of such credit shall be reduced by the amount of any scholarships, fellowship grants, or veterans' educational benefits received during the taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 1882 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct and provide shoreside facilities for the education and convenience of visitors to the United States Ship Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, and to transfer responsibility for their operation and maintenance to the National Park Service. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the planning, construction, equipping, and furnishing of such facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 1862 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each suceeding fiscal year for basic grants under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 1982 for special programs for the disadvantaged under such Act. Extends for seven years in the case of each such program the present authorizations under such Act for the exemplary programs and projects, for residential vocational education demonstration schools, for cooperative vocational education programs, for work-study programs, and for curriculum development in vocational and technical education.
Bill· HRH.R. 1887 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that the transfer of teachers between State schools is impeded by the possibility of forfeiture of retirements, and that the resulting immobility hinders the growth of new communities. Sets forth the terms and definitions of this Act. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet to receive Federal financial benefits under this Act. Provides that the Federal contribution to each qualified State system for each retiring teacher's out-of-State service shall be 50 percent of the total cost, as determined by the retirement system at such teacher's age on date of retirement. Contributes to the State retirement system an additional 2 percent of the Federal amount under this Act for the costs of administration. Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal year 1976 and each succeeding year the amounts necessary to effectuate this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1822 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to contract private collection agencies to collect claims due and owing under the guaranteed student loan program and related programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965. States that the Commission shall include in every such contract reasonable conditions to safeguard the student borrower.
Bill· SS. 297 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1975
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that the transfer of teachers between State schools is impeded by the possibility of forfeiture of retirements, and that the resulting immobility hinders the growth of new communities. Sets forth the terms and definitions of this Act. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet to receive Federal financial benefits under this Act. Provides that the Federal contribution to each qualified State system for each retiring teacher's out-of-State service shall be 50 percent of the total cost, as determined by the retirement system at such teacher's age on date of retirement. Contributes to the State retirement system an additional 2 percent of the Federal amount under this Act for the costs of administration. Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal year 1976 and each succeeding year of amounts necessary to effectuate this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1804 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Sets forth standards, relating to the rights of patients under the General Provisions of the Social Security Act, to be met by intermediate care facilities participating in programs under title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Provides that the statement of rights required to be adopted by such facilities shall include guarantees: (1) that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) that the patient has the right to private communications with his physician, attorney, or any other person; and (3) that the patient has the right to have privacy in treatment and in caring for personal needs and confidentiality in the treatment of personal and medical records.
Bill· HRH.R. 1792 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Extends, under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, for an additional five years (from January 1, 1976, to January 1, 1981) the existing authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to grant temporary waivers of requirements for the purpose of enabling small hsopitals in rural areas to qualify under the medicare program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1805 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Sets forth standards, relating to the rights of patients under the General Provisions of the Social Security Act, to be met by intermediate care facilities participating in programs under title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Provides that the statement of rights required to be adopted by such facilities shall include guarantees: (1) that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) that the patient has the right to private communications with his physician, attorney, or any other person; and (3) that the patient has the right to have privacy in treatment and in caring for personal needs and confidentiality in the treatment of personal and medical records.
Bill· HRH.R. 1740 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Allows and income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the higher education of any individual in the following amounts: (1) 75 percent of so much of the expenses as does not exceed $200, (2) 50 percent of the expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Provides for the proration of such credit between taxpayers where more than one taxpayer pays the expenses. States that the amounts otherwise taken into account for determination of such credit shall be reduced by the amount of any scholarships, fellowship grants, or veterans' educational benefits received during the taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 1729 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each suceeding fiscal year for basic grants under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 1982 for special programs for the disadvantaged under such Act. Extends for seven years in the case of each such program the present authorizations under such Act for the exemplary programs and projects, for residential vocational education demonstration schools, for cooperative vocational education programs, for work-study programs, and for curriculum development in vocational and technical education.
Bill· HRH.R. 1708 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Energy Materials Conservation Education Act - Establishes within the Office of Education the Council on the Conservation and Nonuse of Energy-Materials, the members of which shall broadly represent the public and private sectors. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on programs established under this Act. States that funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act shall be available for (but not limited to) such activities as: (1) community education programs concerning the conservation and nonuse of energy and materials, including special programs for adults; (2) dissemination of information to public and private nonprofit preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, adult, and community education programs; (3) research, development, and dissemination of curriculums, texts and materials, tests, and programs for adequate vocational and technical education and career counseling for persons in the field of energy-materials conservation and nonuse; and (4) programs and projects to recruit, train, organize, and employ professional and other persons, and to organize and participate in energy-materials conservation and nonuse educational programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and other institutions for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on the conservation and nonuse of energy materials in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community, labor and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1743 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Authorizes the deduction from gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, by teachers of the expenses of advanced education (including travel) primarily for the purpose of such advanced education) undertaken by them. Prescribes the method of proving entitlement to such deduction. Defines the term "advanced education" for purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1709 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Establishes the Asian Studies Institute in order to achieve greater understanding in the United States about nations of Asia and the Pacific. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this title the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1978, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1979, and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. Provides for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a library which will be adequate to meet the needs of the Asian Studies Institute. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976 for the construction of the library and there is further authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance and operation of such library.
Bill· HRH.R. 1707 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Teachers' Sabbatical Leave Act - Establishes a program for the award of sabbatical leave grants, not to exceed one year at $300 per month, to experienced elementary and secondary school teachers, for the purpose of improving their teaching skills. Authorizes grants to institutions of higher education for the tuition and fees of grantees. Provides a basis for the allocation of funds for sabbatical leave grants among the several States. Renders ineligible for such grants study at schools of divinity. Prohibits Federal control over the educational institutions involved in the program. Authorizes $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years thereafter to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 231 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Prohibits the use of funds to furnish food stamps under the Food Stamp Act to persons over 18 years of age, enrolled in institutions of higher education, and who are claimed as dependents for income tax purposes by households not eligible for food stamps.
Bill· HRH.R. 1583 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Allows an income tax of up to $300 under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition expenses of the taxpayer, his spouse, or a dependent at a qualified institution of higher education. Provides an additional credit for charitable contributions of up to 20 percent of the donor's income tax or $500, whichever is less, made to any institution of higher education. States that, with respect to corporations, the limitations of such credit shall be 5 percent of its income tax or $5,000, whichever is less.
Bill· HRH.R. 1575 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Defines the term "special dietary uses" to mean: (1) uses of supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of a physical, physiological or other condition, including, but not limited to, the conditions of diseases, convalescence, pregnancy, lolactation, allegic hypersensitivity to food, underweight and overweight; (2) uses for supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of age, including but not limited to, the ages of infancy and childhood; and (3) uses for supplementing or fortifying the ordinary or usual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other dietary property. Makes provisions for the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to foods for special dietary use.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 108 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Authorizes the President to designate February 9 to 15, 1975, as "National Vocational Education and National Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Law· SS. 6 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Education for All Handicapped Children Act - States the findings of the Congress, including that: (1) the special educational needs of handicapped children are being fully met in only a few school systems; (2) one million of the handicapped children in the United States are excluded entirely from the public school system and will not go through the educational process with their peers; and (3) it is in the national interest that the Federal Government assist State and local efforts to provide programs to meet the educational needs of handicapped children in order to assure equal protection of the laws. Describes the purposes of this Act, including to insure that all handicapped children have available to them not later than 1978 special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Provides that during July 1, 1975, and September 30, 1980, the Commissioner of Education shall, in accordance with provisions of the Education of the Handicappped Act, make payments to State educational agencies for grants made for assistance in providing full educational opportunity to all handicapped children. Provides for State entitlement and eligibility under this Act. States that funds allocated under this Act shall be used by the State to initiate, expand, and improve special education and related services for handicapped children in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Sets forth requirements for eligibility including the following which a State must demonstrate to the Commissioner: (1) the State has in effect a policy that assures all handicapped children the right to a free appropriate public education; and (2) each local educational agency in the State will maintain an individualized written education program for each handicapped child and review at least annually and revise its provisions when appropriate with the agreement of the parents or guardian of the handicapped child. Requires that, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall prescribe uniform categories and accounting procedures to be utilized by State agencies in submitting an application for assistance under this Act in order to assure equity among the States. Authorizes to be included for each fiscal year in the appropriation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare such sums as are necessary to administer provisions of this Act. States that in carrying out his responsibilities under this part, the Commissioner shall conduct directly, or by grant or contract such studies, investigations, and evaluations as are necessary to assure effective implementation of this Act. States that a maximum of 1 1/2 percent of the total of the grants paid under this Act for one year to a State agency or $75,000, whichever is greater, may be paid to such agency by the Commissioner for the administration of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for this purpose.
Bill· SS. 83 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Allows a credit against income tax under the Internal Revenue Code to individuals for expenses of higher education. States that the amount of such credit shall be: (1) 100 percent of higher education expenses up to $200; (2) 20 percent of the amount of such expenses that exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; (3) 6 1/2 percent of the amount of such expenses exceeding $500 up to $1,500. Defines the terms "expenses of higher education" and "institutions of higher education" for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1484 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Uniform Criteria Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to specify appropriate criteria for the formulation of remedies for the orderly elimination of the vestiges of dual school systems. Title I: Assignment Provisions - States that the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student is not a denial of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is made for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Provides that the failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, or socioeconomic status of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal protection of the laws. Title II: Remedies - Requires a court, department, or agency of the United States in formulating a remedy for a denial of the equal protection of the laws, to seek or impose only such remedies as are essential to correct particular denials of equal protection of the laws. Provides that in formulating a remedy for a denial of the equal protection of the law, which may involve the transportation of students, a court, department, or agency of the United States shall consider and make specific findings on the efficacy in correcting such denial of specified remedies and shall require implementation of the remedies or on the first combination thereof which would remedy such denial: (1) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account school capacities and natural physical barriers; (2) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student, taking into account only school capacities; (3) permitting students to transfer from a school in which a majority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin to a school in which a minority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin; (4) the creation or revision of attendance zones or grade structures without requiring transportation beyond the next closest school to a student's residence; or (5) the development and implementation of any other plan which is educationally sound and administratively feasible. Prohibits any court, department, or agency of the United States from ordering the implementation of a plan that would require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school closest or next closest to his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student. Prohibits any court, department, or agency of the United States from requiring directly or indirectly the transportation of any student if such transportation poses a risk to the health of such student or constitutes a significant impingement on the educational process with respect to such student. Provides that when a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a school system is desegregated, or that it meets the constitutional requirements, or that it is a unitary system, or that it has no vestiges of a dual system, and thereafter residential shifts in population occur which result in school population changes in any school within such a desegregated school system, no education agency shall because of such shifts be required by any court, department, or agency of the United States to formulate, or implement any new desegregation plan or modify or implement any modification of the court approved desegregation plan to compensate wholly or in part for such shifts in school population. States that in the formulation of remedies under this Act, the lines drawn by a State, subdividing its territory into separate school districts, shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Asserts that nothing in this Act prohibits an educational agency from proposing, adopting, requiring, or implementing any plan of desegregation, otherwise lawful, that is at variance with the standards set out in this title, nor shall any court, department, or agency of the United States be prohibited from approving implementation of a plan which goes beyond what can be required under this title, if such plan is voluntarily proposed by the appropriate educational agency. Provides that on the application of an educational agency, court orders, or desegregation plans under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and intended to end segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin, shall be reopened and modified to comply with the provisions of this Act. States that any court order requiring the desegregation of a school system shall be terminated, if the court finds the schools of the defendant educational agency are a unitary school system, one within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Title III: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the provision of the Emergency School Aid Act authorizing the construction of integrated education parks. Provides that if any provision of this Act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Bill· HRH.R. 1477 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Student Freedom of Choice Act - States that no department employee of the United States empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program at any public school shall withhold, or threaten to withhold, such financial assistance: (1) on account of the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class where the school board maintains, in respect to such public school and class, a freedom of choice system: (2) to coerce or induce the school board to transport students to any other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; (3) to coerce or induce any school board to close any public school, and transfer the students from it to another public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; and (4) to coerce or induce the school board to transfer any faculty member from the public school in which the member of the faculty contracts to serve to some other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the faculty. Provides that whenever this Act is violated, the school board aggrieved, or the parent of any student affected, or any student affected, or any member of any faculty affected, may bring a civil action against the United States in a district court of the United States. Provides that no court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order: (1) requiring any school board to make any change in the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school to which students are assigned in conformity with a freedom of choice system; or (2) requiring any school board to transport any students in order to effect a change in the racial composition of the student body; or (3) denying to any student the right or privilege of attending any public school or class at any public school chosen by the parent of such student in conformity with a freedom of choice system; or (4) requiring any school board to close any school and tranfer the students from the closed school to any other school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; or (5) precluding any school board from carrying into effect any provision of any contract between it and any member of the faculty of any public school it operates specifying the public school where the member of the faculty is to perform his or her duties under the contract.
Bill· HRH.R. 1462 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides that basic educational opportunity grants awarded to students shall not be included in household income and other financial resources to be used as criteria of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1458 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides an additional appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for research on the cause and treatment of diabetes.
Bill· HRH.R. 764 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Higher Education Funding Act - Authorizes an income tax deduction for contributions to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer for the purposes of funding the higher education of his dependents. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of: (1) $500 times the number of qualified beneficiaries; (2) 10 percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income; or (3) $2,500. Provides that a qualified education fund must be established by the taxpayer pursuant to a written plan: (1) solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of room, board, and tuition at an institution of higher education of one or more eligible beneficiaries; (2) which provides that no distribution shall be made by the fund (except upon termination thereof) other than to, or on behalf of, eligible beneficiaries; (3) which provides that upon termination of the fund all assets of the funds shall be distributed to the taxpayer or to his estate; (4) which prohibits contributions to the fund in excess of amounts deductible: and (5) under which the taxpayer consents to the income tax treatment upon termination of the fund. Defines "institution of higher education" as an educational institution: (1) which regularly offers education at a level above the twelfth grade; (2) contributions to or for the use of which constitute charitable contributions; (3) which is legally authorized to provide and does provide a program of postsecondary education; and (4) which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education. Sets forth the tax treatment revisions to the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the creator of a qualified higher education fund and the tax treatment upon termination of such fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 769 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Automobile Driver Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a national campaign to educate drivers to the dangers of improper uses of motor vehicles. Imposes an additional tax of one-tenth of one cent per gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel sold to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 765 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Allows a credit against the individual income tax for 50 percent, up to $200, of tuition paid for the education of dependents who are full-time students at an elementary or secondary institution.
Bill· HRH.R. 751 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Allows a deduction for income tax purposes of expenses including tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment, food, and lodging incurred by the taxpayer for the education of a dependent at a primary or secondary educational institution. Provides that the amount of the deduction attributable to food and lodging shall not exceed $200 per semester, or $400 per year.
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