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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 600 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
States that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3927) to extend the Environmental Education Act for three years. Provides that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Requires that it shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of such consideration, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. Provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Bill· HRH.R. 10913 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1973
Fire Safety and Education Act - States the findings of the Congress that there is a need for professional training and education primarily oriented toward improving the effectiveness of fire departments, developing leadership for fire prevention, and reducing firefighter injuries. States the finding of the Congress that there is a need for a national fire data collection, analysis, and dissemination system to establish priorities for research and action. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to undertake the following functions: (1) to develop and carry out a comprehensive national fire research and development program designed to determine the causes and nature of fires, their frequency of occurrence, and other pertinent factors, and develop more effective measures of protection against the hazards of death, injury, and damage to property resulting from fire; (2) to develop and carry out educational and training programs in fire safety, including public awareness efforts; and (3) to develop and carry out a comprehensive fire data and information program. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a program of basic and applied fire research for the purpose of arriving at an understanding of the fundamental processes underlying all aspects of fire. Authorizes the Secretary to operate a fire data program based on the collection, analysis, publication, and dissemination of fire information related to the prevention, occurrence, control, and results of fires of all types. Provides that the program shall be designed to provide an accurate national picture of the fire problem, identify major problem areas and assist in setting priorities, determine possible solutions to problems, and monitor progress of programs to reduce fire losses. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify competing, overlapping, duplicative, or inefficient programs, and make recommendations to appropriate agency officials and to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget concerning the scope and funding of fire programs; (2) encourage Federal interagency transfer of fire technology; and (3) encourage existing and future fire development programs in the State and local government and in the academic and private industry sectors. Authorizes the Secretary, directly or by contract in cooperation and coordination with interested government agencies, fire services and industries, and appropriate fire service organizations to carry out a program to educate the public as to fire safety. Directs the Secretary to establish a Fire Safety Advisory Council which he may consult before taking any action under this Act. Provides that the Council shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall be composed of fifteen members. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 770 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and Educational Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 10870 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 10862 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Provides that 25 per cent of the gross value of timber harvested during any fiscal year from each national forest shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which such national forest is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may prescribe for public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which such national forest is situated. States that in sale of logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts made available for school and roads by this section shall be based upon the product of the volume of the sale times the selling price (formerly stumpage value). (Amends 16 U.S.C. 500)
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 767 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Designates the second week in February of each year as "National Vocational Education, and National Vocational Industrial Club of America (VICA) Week".
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 768 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and Educational Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Bill· SS. 2553 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Comprehensive Bilingual Education Amendments Act (Bilingual Education Act) - Sets forth the policy considerations of this Act. Authorizes, to be appropriated for carrying out the provisions of this Act, $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each succeeding fiscal year prior to July 1, 1977; and further authorizes to be appropriated such additional sums as the Congress may determine. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. States that funds available for grants shall be used for: (1) the establishment of bilingual education programs; (2) planning and providing technical assistance for such programs; (3) training designed to prepare persons to participate in such programs; and (4) auxiliary community activities designed to facilitate the implementation of a program. Specifies the requirements which an application for a grant must meet for approval. States that for carrying out programs for individuals on reservations serviced by elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children, a nonprofit organization of the Indian tribe which operates any such school may be considered to be a local educational agency for purposes of this Act. Establishes in the Office of Education a Division of Bilingual Education through which the Commissioner shall carry out his responsibilities relating to bilingual education and headed by a Director of Bilingual Education. Requires the Director to prepare and submit to the Congress and the President an annual report on the condition of bilingual education in the Nation. Specifies the items to be included in such report. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Bilingual Education to be composed of fifteen members, to advise the Commissioner in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this Act. Directs the National Institute of Education to carry out a program of research in the field of bilingual education in order to assist local educational agencies in planning and operating effective programs of bilingual education.
Bill· SS. 2552 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Bilingual Education Reform Act - Extends the Bilingual Education Act of 1967 through fiscal year 1978 with increased appropriations. Designates 35 percent of all appropriations in excess of $35 million for bilingual teacher training programs. Defines "bilingual education program." Requires that a bilingual education program make provision for the voluntary enrollment, of children whose language is English, in order that they may learn the language and cultural heritage of the children of limited English-speaking ability for whom the particular program of bilingual education is designed. Authorizes the making of grants to institutions for the establishment, and improvement of training programs for persons participating in bilingual education programs. Establishes, within the Office of Education, a Bureau of Bilingual Education to be headed by a Director of Bilingual Education. Requires the Director to submit to Congress a report on the activities of the Bureau. Specifies the items to be included in such report. Authorizes contracts with public agencies, institutions, and organizations in order to conduct research and experimental projects in the field of bilingual and bicultural education. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Bilingual Education consisting of 15 members appointed by the President. Provides that the Council shall review and evaluate the administration of this Act, including its effectiveness in improving the educational attainment of children with limited English-speaking ability. Provides, under the Vocational Education Act, for the development of bilingual education vocational programs. Authorizes $40,000,000 for the establishment of this program in each of the next 2 fiscal years. Provides, under the Adult Education Act and the Library Services and Construction Act, for bilingual programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 10821 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Removes, under the Higher Education Act, the needs provision for families with income less than $15,000 a year from the student loan subsidy provision of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10826 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Title I: Office of Rural Health Care - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare an Office of Rural Health Care. Provides that such office shall be utilized by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to: (1) administer all Federal laws for which the Secretary has administrative responsibility and which provide for or authorize the making of, grants to health care programs in rural areas; (2) provide a liaison with the activities carried on by other Federal agencies relating to health care programs in rural areas; and (3) coordinate training for necessary manpower for health care programs in rural areas. Requires the placing of representatives of the Office in each regional office of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of providing technical assistance to rural communities and to entities and individuals interested in the improvement of health care in rural areas. Title II: National Council on Rural Health - Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Council on Rural Health. Provides that such Council shall study and report within twenty-four months of its appointment to the Secretary and the Congress on: (1) the health of persons residing in rural areas of the United States; (2) health care delivery to such persons; and (3) the extent of Federal involvement in the improvement of the health of such persons and health care delivery for them.
Bill· HRH.R. 10751 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Removes, under the Higher Education Act, the needs provision for families with income less than $15,000 a year from the student loan subsidy provision of such Act.
Bill· SS. 2518 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums; (2) to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof: (3) to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs concerning women at all levels of education (preschool through adult education); (4) to disseminate instructional materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (5) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (6) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs, and to provide for community education programs; (7) to provide programs on the status, roles, and opportunities for women in this society; and (8) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials for use in mass media. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10639 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Freer Schools Act - Phases out specified Federal elementary and secondary education programs which would otherwise expire on June 30, 1974. Declares that nothing in this Act or in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: (1) shall be construed or applied in such a manner as to infringe upon or usurp the moral or legal rights or responsibilities of parents or guardians with respect to the moral, emotional, or physical development of their children, or (2) shall be construed or applied in such a way as to authorize the participation or use of any child in any research or experimentation program or project, or in any pilot project, without the prior, informed, written consent of the parents or legal guardians of such child.
Bill· HRH.R. 10598 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Rural Health Care Delivery Improvement Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide assistance to programs for the delivery of health services in order to increase the availability of health care services to residents of rural areas. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Rural Health to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary. Enumerates the powers of the Director, including (1) the authority to award grants for projects to examine existing models of rural health care delivery, (2) determination their applicability to other rural areas, and (3) assistance in the planning and demonstration of rural health care delivery models. States that in determining the eligibility of any entity for assistance, the Director will consider specified factors, including (1) identification of the demographic and geographic characteristics which categorize an area as rural; (2) emergency medical care components and systems available to meet the special problems of the rural areas; (3) education programs in rural areas, including health and nutrition education; and (4) development of community planning mechanisms so that the communities can develop health care delivery models appropriate to their needs. Directs the Director to: (1) provide liaison among agencies of the Federal Government for the purpose of coordinating health care programs in rural areas, (2) make a periodic evaluation of other Department of Health, Education, and Welfare programs relating to health care in rural areas, and (3) provide technical assistance for the development of rural health care delivery models. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants and contracts year 1974, $100 million for fiscal year 1975, and $125 million for fiscal year 1976. Specifies the terms and conditions under which the Director may approve an application for assistance under this Act. Establishes in the Treasury a rural health care delivery loan guarantee and loan fund to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities under guarantees issued by him and for direct loans to public entities. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund from time to time such amounts as may be required for the fund. Provides that the Director may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, may enter into contracts with public and private entities and individuals, and the Secretary may provide loans to public entities, and may provide loan guarantees to private entities and individuals. Establishes a Rural Health Care Advisory Committee which shall advise the Director with respect to overall planning, policies, objectives and priorities for the Office of Rural Health and the general administration of the program created under this Act. Sets forth the composition and compensation of Committee members.
Bill· HRH.R. 10538 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Bilingual Job Training Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for job training programs in the combined languages of English and of the person's dominant language and to provide for the development of skilled instructors and instructional materials and techniques for bilingual job training. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1075, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of making grants under this Act. Provides that 65 percent of such funds shall be utilized for grants for State bilingual job training programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to: (1) develop and disseminate accurate information on the status of bilingual job training in all parts of the Nation; (2) evaluate the impact of such training on the shortages of well-trained personnel, the unemployment of persons of limited English-speaking ability and the ability of such persons to contribute fully to the Nation's economy; and (3) report his findings annually to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to States, local educational agencies, post-secondary educational institutions, private vocational training institutions, or to nonprofit organizations to assist them in conducting bilingual job training programs in all communities of the State. Provides that grants under this Act may be made to the State Board of Vocational Education upon application to the Secretary, or directly to the institutions and organizations listed above if such individual applications are approved in advance by the State Board of Vocational Education. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to make grants States, or directly to educational institutions, to assist them in conducting training for instructors of bilingual job training programs. Specifies information which shall be included in an application for such a grant. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the development of instructional materials, methods and techniques for bilingual job training.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 746 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 563 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Disapproves regulations submitted to the House by the Commissioner of Education relating to the family contribution schedule under the basic educational opportunity grant program of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Bill· SS. 2478 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1973
Removes, under the Higher Education Act, the needs provision for families with income less than $15,000 a year from the student loan subsidy provision of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10462 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers for the purpose of meeting more effectively the needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Directs the Secretary to appoint a special task force on migrant and seasonal farmworkers to conduct a continuing study and investigation of the needs and problems of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Transfers all functions, powers, and duties under Federal laws and programs within the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which relate to migrant and seasonal farmworkers to the Office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10459 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums; (2) to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; (3) to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs concerning women at all levels of education (preschool through adult education); (4) to disseminate instructional materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (5) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (6) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs, and to provide for community education programs; (7) to provide programs on the status, roles, and opportunities for women in this society; and (8) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials for use in mass media. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10451 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Expands the membership of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to include elected school board officials.
Bill· HRH.R. 10375 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Increases veterans education assistance rates by 10 percent.
Bill· HRH.R. 10330 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Provides for a gradual phasing out of specified entitlement provisions of Federal aid to federally impacted school areas. Provides that for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1975, in determining the entitlement of a local educational agency to a specified allotment according to the number of children of Federal employees and the local contribution rate: (1) the Commissioner shall count: (a) each child who for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1973, was counted by that agency for two consecutive fiscal years, as three quarters, (b) each child who for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1973, was counted for the purpose of that sentence for three consecutive fiscal years, as one-half, and (c) each child who for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1973, was counted for four consecutive fiscal years, as one quarter; and (2) the Commissioner shall not count any child who for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1973, was counted by that agency for the purpose of that sentence for five consecutive fiscal years.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 302 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) equally rigorous economics shall be applied by congressional review to military, foreign assistance, space programs, and unwarranted tax preferences; and (2) Congress shall set as a target for action by the relevant committees with respect to the proposed Federal budget for fiscal 1974: (a) the realization of savings of $5,000,000,000 to $7,000,000,000 by paring unneeded weapons development, by reducing excessive forces in the military, and by economizing in foreign assistance and space programs, and (b) the elimination of unwarranted tax preferences in the Internal Revenue Code, to produce additional revenues of $5,000,000,000 to $7,000,000,000. Declares that these budgetary resources shall be redirected to promote full employment, quality education and health care for citizens, environmental protection, safe and improved living conditions in urban and rural areas, and equal opportunities for all Americans.
Bill· SS. 2414 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Elementary and Secondary Education Assistance Act - Title I: General Grants for Elementary and Secondary Education Grants Authorized - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make payments to State educational agencies for the Federal share of the cost of grants to local educational agencies and for other elementary and secondary education programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commissioner, for the purpose of carrying out this title, $4,500,000 annually for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Provides for the reservation of specified precentages for enumerated purposes, and for the apportionment of sums not reserved. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides that any State desiring to receive financial assistance shall submit a plan to reduce disparities in per pupil expenditures among local educational agencies within such State. Enumerates the criteria to be met by such plan. Requires the chief State officer to submit annually to the Commissioner an application in such detail and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. States that a local educational agency may receive a grant from the appropriate State educational agency under this title for any fiscal year only upon an application approved by the appropriate State educational agency, upon its determination consistent with such basic criteria as the Commissioner may establish, including: (1) that the programs and activities will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; and (2) that such agency will make provisions for the benefit of children in schools of secular, neutral, and nonideological educational services, materials, and equipment. Provides that the State shall not finally disapprove any application for funds without first affording the local educational agency reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. Provides that the Commissioner shall pay to each State which has established eligibility under this Act, in advance or by way of reimbursement, the amount of such State's apportionment. States that no payments shall be made to any State in which per pupil expenditures for elementary and secondary education for the preceding year from State sources, excluding the payment of the State share for grants, programs, and activities undertaken pursuant to this Act, are less in such State than such expenditures for the second preceding fiscal year. States that if any State or local educational agency is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of its application, they may file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit for which such agency is located a petition for review of that action. Title II: Experimental Achievement Progress Test - States that, after consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Education, the Commissioner is directed, on an experimental basis, to conduct a program to demonstrate the feasibility of administrating achievement progress tests in reading and mathematics to be given by local educational agencies to the elementary and secondary school children, in order to provide financial assistance to such agencies, in accordance with this Act, based upon the improvement reflected in such achievement progress tests.
Bill· HRH.R. 10249 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, a Deputy Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and an additional Assistant Secretary each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Abolishes the Office of Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Abolishes the office of Assistant Secretary for Administration. Provides that there shall be in the Department, in addition to any other officers appointed and compensated at the levels provided herein or pursuant to other laws or by other means, not more than nine additional officers appointed by the Secretary who shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed for offices and positions at level IV or level V of the Executive Schedule.
Bill· HRH.R. 10246 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Allows an income tax exclusion under the Internal Revenue Code for arbitrage bond obligations which are issued as a part of an issue substantially all of the proceeds of which are used to acquire evidences of loans for educational purposes to students enrolled in qualified educational institutions.
Bill· SS. 2409 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments - Increases the national average payment established under the National School Lunch Act to 12 cents per lunch (presently 8 cents). Sets forth the procedure and percentages of cash payments to be made to State educational agencies in lieu of commodities. Extends the special supplemental food program of the Child Nutrition Act to Indian Reservations, including the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that a school food authority that operates a lunch program under the National School Lunch Act in one or more of the public schools in its jurisdiction shall operate the program in all schools under its jurisdiction by no later than fiscal year 1976. Authorizes appropriations and expands eligibility for the special milk program of the Child Nutrition Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10171 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums; (2) to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; (3) to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs concerning women at all levels of education (preschool through adult education); (4) to disseminate instructional materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (5) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (6) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs, and to provide for community education programs; (7) to provide programs on the status, roles, and opportunities for women in this society; and (8) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials for use in mass media. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10176 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Elementary and Secondary Drug Abuse Eradication Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide local educational agencies with the financial resources to bring services and programs to students who are users and potential users of drugs, so that the traffic in drugs in elementary and secondard schools may be eliminated. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies to finance such programs. Sets forth the requirements to be met in applications for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $500,000,000 for each of the following four fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10133 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1973
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums; (2) to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; (3) to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs concerning women at all levels of education (preschool through adult education); (4) to disseminate instructional materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (5) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (6) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs, and to provide for community education programs; (7) to provide programs on the status, roles, and opportunities for women in this society; and (8) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials for use in mass media. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10078 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Authorizes, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, grants to institutions of higher education for the payment to students enrolled in psychology, sociology, or social work in such institutions to encourage their part-time employment and clinical training in hospitals for mental rehabilitation. Authorizes the appropriation of a total of $22,000,000 for the fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10083 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Education for Handicapped Children Act - Provides that any State which desires to receive grants for the education of its handicapped children shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, through its State education agency, a State plan accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Directs the Commissioner to approve any such State plan if he determines that such plan: (1) sets forth such policies and procedures as will provide satisfactory assurance that funds paid to the State under this Act will be expended by the State to initiate, expand, or improve programs and projects which are designed to meet the educational needs of handicapped children throughout the States; (2) provides for the identification of all handicapped children in the State; (3) includes a proposal for the study of the State's present procedures for the institutionalization of handicapped children; (4) provides for the reduction of the number of handicapped children in the State who are institutionalized; (5) provides for the establishment of procedures for the classification of a child as a handicapped child; (6) provides satisfactory assurance that provision will be made for participation of children not enrolled in public schools in special educational programs and services provided to handicapped children by the State or by local educational agencies; (7) provides for procedures and objective measurements for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of special educational programs and services in meeting the educational needs of handicapped children; (8) provides for making annual reports, to enable the Commissioner to carry out his functions under this Act; and (9) provides for keeping such records as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and vertification of reports and proper disbursement of funds under this Act and meet other specific provisions. Directs the Commissioner to disapprove a State plan or modificaton thereof only after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing to such State. Establishes a formula for the distribution of funds under this Act among the States. Directs the Commissioner to report to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, his recommendations with respect to changes which may be necessary in the amount and entitlement of grants under this Act. Establishes the conditions under which the Commissioner, after a reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may cancel payments made to the States under this Act and provides procedures for judicial review of such decisions. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next four fiscal years, for the purpose of making grants under this section. Provides that grants for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be in an amount equal to not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated for payments to the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 10096 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Provides that no local educational agency's allocation under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be reduced for the fiscal year 1974 below its allocation for fiscal year 1973. States that any such agency's allocation which would be reduced below the fiscal 1973 level shall be brought to that level by proportionately reducing the allocations of the remainder of such agencies. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 863)
Bill· HRH.R. 10080 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Provides for the cancellation of student loans under the student loan provisions of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for service in mental hospitals and schools for the handicapped. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 425(b)(3)(B))
Bill· SS. 2378 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Allows a tax credit, under the Internal Revenue Code, of 50 percent of the qualified State and local educational income taxes imposed on an individual and paid by him during the taxable year. Sets forth limitations on the allowable amount of such credit. Defines "State and local educational income taxes" and other terms used in this Act. Sets forth specified rules regarding educational income taxes paid by parnerships and by electing small business corporations. States that the amount of qualified State and local educational income taxes paid by an individual shall be reduced by the amount of any refund of such taxes, whether or not received during the taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 10049 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Community Education Development Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide recreational, educational, and a variety of other services, in accordance with the needs, interests, and concerns of the community, through the establishment of the community education program as a center for such activities in cooperation with other community groups. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974 through 1976 to accomplish this purpose. Requires each State desiring a grant to submit a plan to the Commissioner of Education which will promote the purposes of this Act. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher education to develop and establish, or to expand, programs which will train persons as community education directors and coordinators. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years, for making such grants. Establishes a national clearinghouse on community education programs within the Office of Education, to gather and disseminate information received from community education programs, including but not limited to information regarding new programs, methods to encourage community participation, and ways of coordinating community services. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 and each succeeding fiscal year for purposes of the clearinghouse. Requires the Commissioner to transmit an annual report to the President and the Congress of activities under this Act.
Bill· SS. 2357 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Automobile Driver Education and Highway Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestrians 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, attitudes and 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 fiscal year 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
Bill· SS. 2352 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under the Education Amendments of 1972, that the prohibition against sex discrimination shall apply to educational institutions whose primary purpose is the training of individuals for the military service of the United States or the merchant marine.
Bill· SS. 2367 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Extends the period for comment on regulations proposed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to skilled nursing facilities to October 13, 1973.
Bill· SS. 2336 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Public School Jurisdiction Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is necessary and proper that the Congress take action: (1) to enhance the enforcement of court determinations under the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (2) to make court enforcement uniform; and (3) to relieve the congestion of court calendars by providing for the orderly release of continuing Federal jurisdiction over desegregated public schools. Sets forth the definition of "unitary school system" under this Act. Provides, under title IV of the Civil Rights Act, that the continuing applicability of any court order requiring the desegregation of public schools shall terminate upon a determination by jury or by a court having review jurisdiction that such schools are and have been a unitary school system for a period of not less than a full school year. States that no district court or court of appeals of the United States shall have original, continuing, or pendent jurisdiction to issue in any case or controversy any command directing, forbidding, or changing: (1) the assignment or transportation of any student; (2) the employment, transfer, or retention of teaching or administrative staffs; (3) any appropriation or expenditure of any funds for any such school; or (4) the accreditation of any such school.
Bill· SS. 2351 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Prohibits sex discrimination by those educational institutions whose primary purpose is the training of individuals for the military services of the United States or the merchant marine.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 146 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
Bill· HRH.R. 10013 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse any person who was a student at Riverside University at Riverside, California for any principal and interest paid on any federally insured loan. Provides that any lending institution which has an outstanding loan shall be paid by the Secretary both for the principal and any outstanding interest on a student loan.
Bill· HRH.R. 10027 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Increases from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 the amount authorized for grants to Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, New York.
Bill· HRH.R. 9938 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Automobile Driver Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestrians, and others with respect to the dangers incurred when driving on or crossing highways. Imposes an additional tax of one-tenth of a cent per gallon on gasoline and other motor fuels, to be paid into the Highway Trust Fund, to pay for the costs incurred in carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9976 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Adult Education Amendments - Provides that not more than l5 percent of funds appropriated under this Act shall be reserved for special projects. Provides that State plans desiring an allotment of Federal funds under this Act shall provide for cooperation with manpower development and training programss and occupational education program and shall provide that the State agency will make available not to exceed 25 percent of the State's allotment for programs of high school equivalency certificates. Permits any State which receives assistance under this Act to establish and maintain a State advisory council which shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the functions of such Council. Authorizes to be appropriated $225,000,000 for each of the next six fiscal years to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9901 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Elementary and Secondary Drug Abuse Eradication Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide local educational agencies with the financial resources to bring services and programs to students who are users and potential users of drugs, so that the traffic in drugs in elementary and secondard schools may be eliminated. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies to finance such programs. Sets forth the requirements to be met in applications for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $500,000,000 for each of the following four fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9960 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants of (1) $4,500,000 to the Eisenhower College, New York; and (2) $500,000 to the Rayburn Library, Texas, in fiscal year 1974.