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United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Authorizes the President to designate the week of February 9 to 15, 1975, as "National Vocational Education Week".
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for the relief of Ball State University and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Consumers' Nutritional Education Act - Expresses the finding of Congress that adequate resources do not exist for educating and informing consumers about the nutritional value and economic aspects of food purchasing. Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to remedy the inadequacy of such resources. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and private nonprofit agencies for (1) the development of new curriculums to educate consumers on the nutritional and economic aspects of commodities; (2) community consumers' agricultural commodity education programs; and (3) for mass media materials dealing with consumer education of commodities. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act for fiscal year 1976 and each succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate five institutions of higher education at which comprehensive centers, short and long term training institutes, and undergraduate and postgraduate educational programs will be established and conducted to prepare persons to (1) conduct research, (2) operate laboratories, (3) plan, build, and operate mines, (4) plan, build, and operate liquefaction or gasification plants, or other fuel utilization or conversion facilities, (5) engage in ecological studies, and (6) enter other related professional or technical pursuits, dealing with coal as a major national energy resource. States that such centers shall be located in those States containing a major portion of the estimated coal reserves in the United States, but that not more than one comprehensive coal center established pursuant to this Act shall be located in a single State. Authorizes to be appropriated through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979 up to $125,000,000, for the construction of facilities at comprehensive centers established pursuant to this Act, including initially installed fixed equipment. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the operation of the center and the conduct of programs at each center. Establishes an Advisory Council on Coal Education, Training, and Research to advise the Secretary with respect to the administration of this Act, and specifies the composition of such Council. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to one thousand five hundred fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the five succeeding fiscal years, for graduate study and research in those areas of applied science and engineering that are related to the production, conservation, and utilization of coal. Provides a stipend of $4,000 to each person awarded such a fellowship for each academic year of study, up to four years. Authorizes to be appropriated $11,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years for the awarding of such fellowships.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Comprehensive Child Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a variety of quality child development and family services in order to assist parents who request such services in providing their children with an opportunity for a healthful and stimulating development, with priority to those preschool children and families with the greatest economic or social needs, in a manner designed to strengthen family life and to insure decisionmaking at the community level through a partnership of parents, State and local governments and the Federal Government, building upon the experience and success of Headstart and other existing programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes to be appropriated $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of providing training, technical assistance, planning, and such other activities as the Secretary deems necessary. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Headstart, Child Development and Family Services Programs - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall provide financial assistance to prime sponsors and to other public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations for the purpose of carrying out child development and family service programs for children and their families, including comprehensive child development services and programs designed to meet individual needs of children, to assist children in attaining their full potential and to prepare them for school. Provides that the Secretary may designate as a prime sponsor for the purpose of entering into arrangements directly with the Secretary to carry out programs under this title within a State the following: (1) any State; (2) a unit of general local government or any combination of such units; (3) any Indian tribal organization; and (4) certain other public or private nonprofit agencies. Sets forth the requirements of a prime sponsorship plan for assistance under this Act, including provision for establishing and maintaining a child and family services council, and assurances that the Council will provide: (1) child-related family, social, and rehabilitative services; (2) coordination with educational agencies and providers of educational services; (3) health and mental health services; (4) nutrition services; (5) training of professional and paraprofessional personnel; and (6) where necessary, full-time administrative personnel to conduct the program. Provides for review in the courts of appeal of the United States of adverse determinations on applications for sponsorship under this title by the Secretary. Provides that each prime sponsor shall establish and maintain a Child and Family Services Council. Provides that at least one-third of the total membership of the Council shall be persons who are economically disadvantaged. Provides that financial assistance under this Act shall be provided to prime sponsors pursuant to a program statement, submitted by the prime sponsor. Sets forth standards for financial assistance under this title to be provided to a project applicant for any fiscal year. Authorizes additional assistance under this title to a State for services under this title upon a determination by the Secretary that there is an adequate agreement between State and local prime sponsors for maximum coordination of child development and family services within the State. Authorizes assistance to educational agencies and institutions in cooperation with other project applicants pursuant to program statements for the purpose of planning, carrying out, and evaluating cooperative programs and activities designed to provide continuity between preschool programs, after-school programs and educational and related programs conducted by such agencies and institutions, and to maximize community involvement in child development and family services programs. Provides a formula for the allocation of funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Provides that applications for financial assistance for projects including construction or acquisition may be approved only if the Secretary determines that construction or acquisition of such facilities is essential to the provision of adequate child care services, and that rental, lease, or lease-purchase, remodeling, or renovation of adequate facilities is not practicable. Provides that the Secretary shall pay an amount not in excess of 90 percent of the cost of carrying out programs, services, and activities under this title. Provides that the Secretary shall pay an amount equal to 100 percent of the costs of providing child development and family services programs for children of migrant agricultural workers and their families under this title, and for children in Indian tribal organizations under this title. Title II: Training, Technical Assistance, Planning, and Evaluation - Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to enable individuals employed or preparing for employment in child development and family services programs assisted under this Act, including volunteers, to participate in programs of preservice or inservice training for professional and nonprofessional personnel, to be conducted by public or private nonprofit organizations including institutions of higher education, State and local child development and family service agencies, State and local educational agencies, agencies carrying out child development and family service programs, organizations engaged in teacher training, teacher training institutions, and national child development and family service organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make technical assistance available to prime sponsors and to project applicants participating or seeking to participate in programs assisted under this Act on a continuing basis, to assist them in planning, developing, and carrying out child development and family services programs. Title III: Supportive Services and Special Activities - Authorizes the Secretary to make an evaluation of Federal involvement in activities and services for children and families. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program of research and demonstration projects. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance for the purpose of establishing and operating child care programs for the children of employees of the Federal Government. Provides that, within six months after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a common set of program standards which shall be applicable to all programs providing child development and family services under this Act. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Special Committee on Federal Standards for Child Development and Family Services to advise him on the formulation of such standards. Directs the Secretary to appoint a special committee to develop a uniform minimum code for facilities, to be used in licensing child development and family services facilities receiving assistance under this Act or in which programs receiving assistance under this Act are operated. Authorizes the Secretary to provide mortgage insurance for child development facilities under this Act on mortgages not exceeding $250,000. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Child Development in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to coordinate child development and family service programs under his jurisdiction. Establishes a Child Development Research Council consisting of representatives of various agencies to assure coordination of child development and related family service activities under their respective jurisdictions. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold payments under this Act for failure to comply with the requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Social Security Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (in the case of the Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance program or the Medicare program) or the appropriate State agency (in the case of any of the public assistance or Medicaid programs) shall be liable for attorney's fees incurred by an individual in successfully challenging a decision which denies him the benefits or assistance, or reduces or limits the benefits or assistance, to which he is entitled under such program.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Neighborhood School Act - Prohibits the Federal courts from having jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order with regard to the assignment of pupils to a particular school on the basis of their race, color, religion, or nation origin. Prohibits the withholding of Federal financial assistance by any Federal department, agency, officer or employee to achieve such student assignment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Defines a "unitary school system", for purposes of the equal protection guarantee of the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as 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. Declares it to be the policy of the United States to encourage school systems to adopt programs permitting any student who attends a school in which persons of his race, color, or national origin constitute a majority of the students to transfer, if he desires to do so, to the nearest appropriate school in which persons of his race, color, or national origin constitute a minority of the students.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Equal Education Opportunities Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that: (1) all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, or national origin; and (2) the neighborhood is an appropriate basis for determining public school assignments. Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide Federal financial assistance for educationally deprived students and to specify appropriate remedies for the orderly removal of the vestiges of the dual school system. Title I: Assistance - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education, in administering title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and any program designed to assist local educational agencies in achieving desegregation or preventing, reducing, or eliminating isolation based on race, color, or national origin in the public schools, shall take such action consistent with the provisions of this title to provide assistance under such programs in such a manner as to concentrate the funds available for carrying out such programs for the provision of basic instructional services and basic supportive services for educationally deprived students. Provides that a local educational agency shall be eligible for such assistance under such programs if it: (1) operates a school in which a substantial proportion of the students enrolled are from low-income families; and (2) provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that services provided from State and local funds with respect to each such school will be at least comparable to the services provided from such funds with respect to the other schools of such agency. Provides that nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or the Commissioner to alter the amount of grants or the basis for funds appropriated under pre-existing programs. Title II: Unlawful Practices - Provides that no State shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his race, color, or national origin. Provides that the failure of an educational agency to attain or balance, on the basis of race, color, or national origin, students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal educational opportunity, or equal protection of the laws. Title III: Enforcement - Provides that an individual denied an equal educational opportunity may institute civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against such parties, and for such relief, as may be appropriate. Authorizes the Attorney General to intervene in such an action, but only after he: (1) gives to the appropriate educational agency notice of the condition or conditions which, in his judgment, constitute a violation of this Act; and (2) certifies to the appropriate district court of the United States that he is satisfied that such educational agency has not, within a reasonable time after such notice, undertaken appropriate remedial action. Title IV Remedies - Provides that in formulating a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of the equal protection of the laws, a court, department, or agency of the United States shall seek or impose only such remedies as are essential to correct particular denials of equal educational opportunity or equal protection of the laws. Provides that no court, department, or agency of the United States shall order, in pursuance of the above, the implementation of a plan that would require an increase for any school year in: (1) either the average daily distance to be traveled by, or the average daily time of travel for, all students transported by an educational agency over the comparable averages for the preceding school year; or (2) the average daily number of students transported by an educational agency over the comparable average for the preceding school year, disregarding the transportation of any student which results from a change in such student's residence, his advancement to a higher level of education, or his attendance at a school operated by an educational agency for the first time. Provides 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, and had the effect, of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Title V: Definitions - Provides that expenditures for basic instructional services or basic supportive services do not include expenditures for administration, operation and maintenance of plant, or for capital outlay, or such other expenditures as the Secretary may prescribe.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that one percent of all Federal income taxes be designated as direct aid for educational purposes for the State or territory within which it was collected.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides a 30-percent tax credit against the individual income tax for amounts paid as tuition or fees to qualified public and private institutions of higher education.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a deduction for income tax purposes of expenses (including tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment, transportation, food, and lodging) incurred by the taxpayer for the education of a dependent. Provides that the deduction for food and lodging shall be limited to $200 per semester or $400 per calendar year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Federal Student Loan Act - Title I: Loans for College Students - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to enter into an agreement with any public or nonprofit institution of higher education which desires to participate in a program making financial loans to students. Sets forth the terms which must be included in the agreement. Provides that the average loan shall not exceed $1,500 per year for an undergraduate student or $2,000 per year for a graduate student. Provides for repayment of such loans commencing 2 years after the recipient ceases to be a bona fide student. Establishes repayment terms based on a percentage of personal net taxable income or a percentage of the total amount of the loan. Title II: Definitions and Other Provisions Applicable to Entire Act - Defines "institution of higher education", "high school", "non-profit educational institution" and "States". Authorizes the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of HEW, to appoint advisory committees to consult with him with respect to the administration of his functions under this Act. Title III: National Study - Directs the Commissioner to undertake a study and to report his findings and recommendations concerning the extent to which this Act can reasonably replace various other Federal grants or assistance programs.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop a system for the payment, on a staggered or cyclical basis during each month, of old-age, survivors and disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act. Requires that such system shall take effect not later than July 1, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants during the period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act, and ending June 30, 1977, 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 the period ending June 30, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
National Act for School Construction - Requires the Commissioner of Education to develop and carry out a program under which he will make grants to local educational agencies to share in the construction costs of projects to replace deficient elementary and secondary schools. States that a school shall be deemed to be deficient if: (1) it is so situated that it is in particular danger from the effects of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods; (2) it is so constructed or is in such condition that students and teachers are in physical danger from fire or other threat; or (3) by reason of obsolescence, deterioration, or design is no longer suitable for providing high quality elementary or secondary education. Provides that a grant under this Act shall not exceed one-third of the cost of the project with the remainder of the cost borne equally by the State and the local educational agency. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 1973 and each succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for the establishment of veterans assistance centers to offer a veterans outreach services program in the Veterans' Administration to assist eligible veterans, especially those recently separated from the Armed Forces. Directs that functions of centers will include assisting veterans in obtaining benefits and services to which they are entitled by law and in obtaining education, training, and employment. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to report semiannually on the activities carried out under this Act. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 240-243)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents. States that such tax credit shall be limited to 50 percent of tuition paid or $400, whichever is less.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for Federal assistance for interscholastic athletic programs in secondary schools associated with community improvement programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each succeeding year thereafter for grants under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Consumer Education Act - Establishes, within the Office of Education, a Director of Consumers' Education who, subject to the management of the Commissioner, shall have primary responsibility for carrying out the provisions of the consumer education programs established by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires the Director to carry out a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to provide consumer education to the public except that no grant may be made other than to a nonprofit agency, organization, or institution. Provides that financial assistance under this Act may be made available only upon application to the Director at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Director shall prescribe by regulation. Requires applicants for assistance under this Act to set forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available by the applicant for the purposes described in this section, and in no case supplant such funds. Requires applicants to make annual reports and such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may reasonably require and to keep such records, and for affording such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. Provides that applications from local educational agencies for financial assistance may be approved by the Director only if the State educational agency has been notified of the application and been given the opportunity to offer recommendations. Provides that Federal assistance to any program or project under this subsection, other than those involving curriculum development, dissemination of curricular materials, and evaluation, shall support up to 100 percent of the cost of such program, including costs of administration; and provides that contributions in kind are acceptable as local contributions to program costs. Requires each recipient of Federal funds to make such reports and evaluations as the Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $3,000,000, for fiscal year 1979 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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 1975 and each succeeding year of amounts necessary to effectuate this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that in the determination of eligibility for student loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965, a student whose adjusted family income is equal to or more than $15,000 at the execution of the loan shall be assessed the interest on such a loan in installments beginning not earlier than nine months nor later than one year after the date on which the student ceases to carry a specified academic workload.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
National Fire Education and Training Act - Establishes, as a nonprofit and nongovermental instrument, a National Academy of Fire Prevention and Control. Provides that the Board of Directors of the Academy shall be reasonably representative of the various regions of the country, of the various segments of the community including private industry and labor, of all levels of government, of consumer interests, and of the various types of experience which are appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the Academy. Provides that the functions of the Academy shall be to: (1) recommend actions which can be taken by Federal, State, and local government, and by private individuals and organizations to improve and strengthen fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (2) promote and encourage eligible individuals to pursue careers as administrators of fire service organizations at all levels; (3) develop a curriculum and carry out programs of instructional assistance and special workshops, seminars, conferences, and other such instructional devices that are necessary for the purpose of introduction and dissemination of information gained from investigation, research, and development concerning the areas of fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (4) develop fire service extension programs to encourage and assist States, counties, and local communities to provide continuous training and operational programs in firefighting techniques and procedures concerning the utilization of firefighting equipment, fire suppression and other areas related to firefighting in general; (5) promote and assist universities, community colleges, and other institutions of learning, in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, and carrying out programs and projects concerning fire administration; (6) assist States, counties, and local communities in the development of training programs for firemen; (7) gather data and disseminate information to States, counties, and local communities with respect to firefighting equipment, firefighting techniques, fire services administration, and other areas related to firefighting and to establish and maintain educational programs for the purpose of informing the public of fire hazards and fire safety techniques, and to encourage avoidance of such hazards and use of such techniques; and (8) establish a voluntary, uniform national testing program for the purpose of enabling States, counties, and local communities to evaluate the skills level of their firefighting and fire administrations. Authorizes the Academy to accept contracts and grants from Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and other entities, and to accept grants and donations from private organizations, institutions, and individuals, and to establish fees and other charges for services provided by the Academy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Academy such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Automobile Driver Education and Highway Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestians, and others with respect to: (1) the dangers incurred when driving on, crossing, or otherwise using the highways, and (2) improving safety on the highways by improving driver skills, driver attitudes, and driver knowledge of highway regulations. Permits the Secretary to engage in research, provide training, and engage in any other activity which will effectuate the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $85,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that local educational agencies shall not receive Federal financial assistance unless they provide educational services to all handicapped children at levels of expenditure at least equal to expenditures for other children. Provides that a parent of a handicapped child may institute a civil action in the United States district court against those responsible for withholding Federal financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Education in 1976 in order to stimulate a national assessment of the condition, needs, and goals of education and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of findings and recommendations resulting from such assessment. Requires the Conference to include 5 areas of study in its agenda, as follows: (1) pre-school education, including child care and nutritional programs, and the needs of disadvantaged children; (2) the adequacy of primary education in teaching the skills of communication-reading, writing, and arithmetic; (3) the place of occupational education in helping to meet the nation's requirements for skilled workers; (4) higher education, including ways of providing adequate levels of institutional support and student help; and (5) the adequacy of education at all levels in meeting the special needs of individuals. Authorizes the President to appoint a 35-member National Conference Committee, twelve members of which would be educators, and the remainder representative of the public interest in education. Authorizes the Committee to describe the guidelines, organize the Conference, and make its final report before December 1, 1976. Authorizes grants ranging from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $75,000 to each State to defray the expenses of the conferences. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Declares ineligible for purposes of federally assisted student loans, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, any institution of higher education or vocational school which does not have a policy of refunding an appropriate portion of tuition and fees to a student who withdraws from a course of study during the academic year. Requires educational institutions to disclose such policies to their students before the payment of fees. Directs the Commissioner of Education to prescribe regulations for determining the appropriate portion of fees to be refunded and for determining whether institutions have complied with the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner to, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, under the Education of the Handicapped Act, to make grants to public or private nonprofit institutions which work with profoundly mentally retarded children in order to develop comprehensive education programs and inservice training programs for teachers and parents. States that, in determining whether to make a grant under this subsection, the Commissioner of Education shall give priority to programs aimed at reducing the dependence of profoundly mentally retarded children on custodial care. Provides that such a grant shall be made only if the Commissioner determines that: (1) there are no requirements that participants in the program possess self-help skills; (2) no children would be excluded from the program because such child has in addition to mental retardation, one or more handicapping conditions; (3) that there are no standard accreditation requirements governing selection and training of personnel in the program; (4) the teacher-child ratio is at least one to six; and (5) Federal funds shall be used solely to supplement and not to supplant State, local, and private funds. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to keep State educational agencies fully informed about the various programs for severely profoundly mentally retarded children. Requires the Commissioner to seek to achieve an equitable distribution of such programs throughout the nation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Safe Schools Act - Authorizes appropriations for local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that not in excess of 3 percent of such funds be set aside for schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and to the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated for Indian children. Provides that the remainder of such appropriations be allotted to other local educational agencies. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for such grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Provides that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents. States that such tax credit shall be limited to 50 percent of tuition paid or $400, whichever is less.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants during the period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act, and ending June 30, 1979, 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 the period ending June 30, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Schoolchildren's Assistance Act - Authorizes a 2 year program of financial assistance for all elementary and secondary school children. Declares that it is the intent of Congress to: guarantee the right of the parent to have his child educated in a school of his own choosing; perpetuate freedom of choice at all levels of education; continue the pluralistic system of education presently operative in the United States; avoid direct or indirect contravention of constitutionally guaranteed rights in matters of education; provide equal opportunity for all children; and provide educational opportunity to all children. Prohibits Federal Government officers or employees administering this Act from exercising direction or control over the policy determination, personnel, curriculum, or administration of any school. Authorizes appropriations, without any condition inconsistent with this Act being placed on such appropriations, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972 in the sum of $5,070,000,000 and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, in the sum of $5,070,000,000. Provides that the sum of $100 shall be allotted annually to each school pupil for the purposes of defraying the costs of his education. Asserts that if a parent or legal guardian declares to the Commissioner of Education his intention to have his ward attend private school, the allotment may be granted to such private school by the Commissioner who has the power to promulgate the rules to protect the interest of the child and of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 50 percent of tuition expenses incurred in providing private nonprofit elementary and secondary education up to a mazimum of $500 per year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Entitles veterans to 45 months (now 36 months) of educational assistance for undergraduate or any other authorized programs of education. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661).
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents to a private nonprofit school. States that such credit shall be limited to 50 percent of tuition paid or $400, whichever is less.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual for tuition paid by him to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of any dependent. Provides that the amount allowable for the taxable year with respect to any dependent shall not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent, or (2) $400. Reduces the aggregate amount which would be allowable by an amount equal to $1 for each full $20 contained in the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer (or, if the taxpayer is married, the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer and his spouse) for the taxable year exceeds $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for one-half of the expenses incurred by the taxpayer for the higher education of his children.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that expenses paid for the education of a dependent attending a college or university, to the extent that such expenses exceed the exemption allowed for such dependent, shall be deductible from gross income. States that such expenses shall include sums as are necessarily incurred in the pursuit of the education of such dependent at the college or university, and in his maintenance while pursuing such education.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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 throughtout 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 and 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 Education Division 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. Establishes a Federal Interagency Commission on Education to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Authorizies to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to assist elementary and secondary schools in establishing programs that teach the principles of ethics and citizenship. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 1975 through 1977 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
School Finance Act - Title I: Basic Grants - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide financial assistance to the States and to local educational agencies to assure that their resources when supplemented by this Federal assistance will be adequate to provide to all children an elementary and secondary education of high quality. Entitles a local educational agency to a basic grant of $100 for every child in average daily membership in elementary and secondary schools in the school district of such agency, reduced by the percentage that its non-Federal per pupil expenditures exceeds 115 percent of the State average per pupil expenditure. Makes provisions for entitlement to grants to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make such grants under this title. Requires a local educational agency desiring such grant to submit to the appropriate State educational agency an application which contains an assessment of the educational needs of its children and plans for meeting those needs with funds provided under this title; and assurances that the agency will provide nonideological services to private school students, that the control of funds shall be in a public agency, and that the funds provided shall be used to increase the level of funds that would be made available from non-Federal sources for the education of pupils participating in programs assisted under this title. Requires any State desiring to participate under this title to submit through its State educational agency to the Commissioner of Education an application which provides satisfactory assurances that payments will be used only for programs meeting the specifications of this title, and that the State educational agency will make such periodic reports as may be necessary. Title II: Equalization Grants - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide financial assistance to the States to assist them in equalizing educational opportunity. Creates in the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Education Trust Fund, with the Commissioner of Education as the trustee. Provides that any State desiring to receive equalization grants under this title, in lieu of basic grants under title I of this Act, shall submit a State plan to achieve an equalization of resources for elementary and secondary education within such State within five fiscal years of the date of its application. Requires such an equalization plan to make various guarantees, including: (1) the quality of education provided to a child within that State cannot be the result of the wealth of the school district in which he attends school but rather must result from the wealth of the State taken as a whole; (2) amounts commensurate with their needs are expended on children with greater educational needs, including educationally disadvantaged, handicapped, and vocational education students; (3) by the end of the fifth fiscal year per pupil expenditure of any local educational agency shall not vary more than 10 percent from that of any other local agency within the State (except for additional amounts as in paragraph (2)); and (4) the State will provide nonideological services to private school students, and the control of funds shall be in a public agency. Specifies that the amount of an equalization grant to which a State is entitled shall be an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of children in the elementary and secondary schools in the State by: $200 for the first fiscal year in which the State participates in the program authorized by this title; $300 for the second such fiscal year; $400 for the third such fiscal year; $500 for the fourth such fiscal year; and $600 for each such succeeding fiscal year. Title III: General Provisions - States that, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act for any fiscal year when funds are not appropriated for the program authorized under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at least equal to the sum of $3,000,000,000. Provides for a suspension of payments to a State under this Act whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to such State, finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with the requirements set forth under this Act. Permits judicial review by a State dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action on its plan, or by his suspension of funds.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Higher Education Funding Act - Authorizes an income 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: (1) an educational institution: (A) which regularly offers education at a level above the twelfth grade; (B) contributions to or for the use of which constitute charitable contributions; (C) which is legally authorized to provide and does provide a program of postsecondary education; and (D) which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education; and (2) a business or trade school, or technical institution or other technical or vocational school in any State, which: (A) is legally authorized to provide, and provides within that State, a program of postsecondary vocational or technical education designed to fit individuals for useful employment in recognized occupations; (B) is accredited by a nationally recognized agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education; and (C) has been in existence for two years or has been specially accredited by the Commissioner as an institution meeting the other requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be headed by a Secretary of Education to whom shall be transferred all functions of the Office of Education and of the Commissioner of Education. Transfers to the Secretary of Education specified functions of the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Assistant Secretary of Education. Provides for the redesignation of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare. Grants to the Secretary of Education the administrative powers necessary to the performance of his functions. Makes amendments to other Federal laws to bring them into conformity with the provisions of this Act. Provides that any matter of legal privilege or prohibition which has become effective under any provision of law amended by this Act shall continue in effect according to its terms until modified, terminated, or superceded by order of the Secretary, court of competent jurisdiction, or operation of law.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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.