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Bill· SS. 2535 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Reading Improvement Program Amendments - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to enter into national contracts with public agencies and private nonprofit organizations which have as their primary purposes motivating children to learn to read, to support and promote the establishment of reading motivational programs which include the distribution of inexpensive books to students. Authorizes the Commissioner to pay the Federal share of the cost of such programs. Sets forth conditions and standards to be met in each such national contract under this Act. Stipulates that the Commissioner shall make no payment of the Federal share of the cost of acquiring and distributing books pursuant to a contract unless he determines that the national contractor or the subcontractor, as the case may be, has made arrangements with book publishers or distributors to obtain books at discounts at least as favorable as discounts that are customarily given by such publisher or distributor for book purchases made under similar circumstances in the absence of Federal assistance. Defines terms used in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums through September 30, 1978, to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10241 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 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 appointed by the President. States that it shall be the principal function of the Department to improve the quality of education throughout the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) advise the President with respect to the progress of education; (2) 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 especially in the light of long-range requirements; (3) exercise leadership at the direction of the President in coordinating Federal activities affecting education; (4) conduct continuing comprehensive surveys, collect, analyze, and disseminate relevant information concerning education in the United States; (5) provide information and such other assistance as may be authorized by the Congress to aid in the maintenance of efficient school, college, and university systems; and (6) encourage comprehensive long-range planning by State and local governments, especially with respect to coordinating Federal, State, and community educational activities at the local level. Transfers the education functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Department of Education. Transfers various specified education functions of other executive departments to the Department of Education. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Education of specified membership and qualification to review and make recommendations with respect to the administration, regulation, and operation of Federal education programs. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10235 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Includes the District of Columbia under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for purposes of authorizing the Commissioner of Education to make grants for the strenthening of leadership resources within the District's educational agencies.
Bill· SS. 2513 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Revises the Emergency School Aid Act to provide that educational agencies which are not implementing a court-ordered desegregation plan or which are implementing such a plan which contains no provision as to assignment of facility; and which have a disproportionate assignment of minority group full-time classroom teachers at any school, shall not become ineligible for assistance under such Act on the basis of discrimination unless such disaproportionate assignment cannot reasonably be the result of any factor other than discrimination.
Bill· HRH.R. 10145 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Federal Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to assume the obligation to provide financial assistance to the States amounting to one-third of their costs of providing public elementary and secondary education. Sets forth a schedule for determining amounts of grants to the States under this Act. Sets requirements to be met by the States in seeking entitlement for grants under this Act. Provides for the distribution of funds within the States receiving grants. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums for grants commencing with the fiscal year 1977. Defines the terms used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10146 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
National Educational Opportunities Act - Title I: Definition and Guarantee of a Unitary School System and Equal Educational Opportunity - Provides that each State and its local educational agencies shall establish and maintain desegregated, unitary school systems which offer equal educational opportunities to all students, regardless of race, color, or national origin. States that a desegregrated unitary school system shall be presumed to exist unless a State or local educational agency denies equal educational opportunities to an individual on account of race, color, or national origin by specified acts which have the natural, probable, foreseeable, or actual effect of segregating students on the basis of race, color or national origin. Prohibits local educational agencies from denying equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of race, color, or national origin by maintenance of practices or provision of resources in schools in which minority students are concentrated that are less favorable for educational success and advancement than in schools attended primarily by students of any other race, color, or national origin. Gives examples of such denials of equal educational opportunity. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in Federal court for equitable relief in any case where he has reasonable cause to believe that the provisions of this Act are being violated. Title II: State Equal Educational Opportunities Plans - Requires each State to prepare and submit to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for his approval a plan to carry out the purpose of this Act. Requires that such plan shall provide for the establishment of State and local advisory bodies to advise State and local educational agencies on development and participation in such plans. Requires such plans to provide a viable mechanism for States and local educational systems to implement a policy of equal educational opportunities that delineates the fundamental prerequisites for a desegregated, unitary school system. Provides that such State plans shall include specific means for implementing some or all of the following components: (1) a majority transfer plan on both an intradistrict and interdistrict basis; (2) an open communities educational resources compensation program which shall provide for payments to any school district in which students from minority families comprised not more than 10 percent of total school enrollment during the school year 1976-1977, or in which students from low-income families comprised not more than 10 percent of total enrollment in such district during such year; (3) a school district reorganization plan; and (4) an approved, concentrated compensatory education program for basic instructional programs, supportive services, and vocational guidance and for programs having potential for improving the achievement performance of educationally deprived students. Authorizes to be appropriated for carrying out this title not in excess of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $500,000,000 for each fiscal year for the next three fiscal years. Provides a formula for allotment of such funds to the States and for allocation among various programs and agencies. States that whenever the Secretary, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing: (1) disapproves such a plan; or (2) finds that no plan has been submitted by a State, that a State plan approved under this Act has been so changed that it no longer complies with the requirements of this Act, that plan administration fails to comply substantially with any such provisions, or that a grantee is in violation of title II of this Act, the Secretary shall notify the grantee that further payments will not be made to the grantee under this title or any other educational enrichment of desegregation assistance program until he is satisfied that there will no longer be any failure to comply. Provides that, until he is so satisfied, the Secretary shall make no further payments under such titles. Provides for review of the Secretary's action in such cases by the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the claimant State is located. Title III: General Provisions and Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10172 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided thereunder to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older.
Bill· SS. 2488 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1975
Revises the National School Lunch Act to require that free lunches be served to all children in schools participating in the school lunch program under such Act. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress within 60 days, outlining plans for the implementation of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10063 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax amounts paid by an individual during the taxable year for the expenses of higher education for himself or any other individual. Limits such credit to 100 percent of the first $300 of such educational expenses, 50 percent of the next $300, and 10 percent of the next $400 of such expenses. Reduces such credit by 2 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $20,000. Reduces the amount of educational expenses otherwise recognized by this Act by the amounts received as scholarships, fellowships, and veterans benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 10047 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1975
Provides that no State shall be required to apply a means test, or limit benefits on the basis of federally prescribed income levels, in determining the individuals for whom education, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services may be provided under the Social Security Act, if such services are provided in a manner consistent with State plans approved under the Older Americans Act of 1965.
Bill· HRH.R. 10018 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1975
Student Aid Abuse Act - Provides that any person who receives funds under the provisions of this Act for the making of grants or loans as provided in this Act shall be deemed a custodian of public funds and shall not disburse or otherwise use any of such funds for any purpose other than as expressly authorized by the provisions of this Act. Provides criminal penalties for: (1) payment to any student of any amount as a loan or grant under this Act except by check to the student or to an institution of higher education, or both, and no such check shall be negotiated unless personally endorsed by such student; (2) deceiving or defrauding any student attending or intending to attend an institution of higher education with regard to: (A) benefits which may be available under any Federal student aid or loan or loan guarantee program; or (B) tuition and fees for which Federal student aid or loans or loan guarantees are available or rights to refunds of such tuitions and fees; (3) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in any application for any guaranteed student assistance loan, or in any application requesting interest or special allowance payment by a lender for any guaranteed student assistance loan. Provides that any student enrolled in the programs of any educational organization or institution operated for profit who receives a Federal student assistance grant or loan, and who withdraws from such programs, shall be entitled to a pro rata refund of tuition and fees, and any such refund shall first be applied to reduction of such student's obligations under Federal student loan programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 9971 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax amounts paid by an individual during the taxable year for the expenses of higher education for himself or any other individual. Limits such credit to 100 percent of the first $200 of such educational expenses, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1000 of such expenses. Reduces such credit by 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $22,500. Reduces the amount of educational expenses otherwise recognized by this Act by the amounts received as scholarships, fellowships, and veterans benefits.
Bill· SS. 2435 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to make assistance payments for municipal services to the cities of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington, the Richland School District, the Los Alamos School Board and the county of Los Alamos, New Mexico, after June 30, 1976, in the case of the schools and after June 30, 1977, in the case of the county. Sets forth guidelines which the Administrator shall use in determining the amount of such payments. Provides that the Administrator shall, not less than six months prior to the expiration of such assistance, make recommendations to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy as to the need for any further assistance. Allows the Administrator to reduce such assistance by an amount, as the Administrator determines equitable, based on municipal services being performed by the Energy Research and Development Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 9898 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1975
Denies Federal courts, departments, agencies, officers, or employees the power to force, by order or financial coercion, any pupil to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence.
Bill· HRH.R. 9865 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1975
Allows a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of up to $1000 for amounts paid by a taxpayer for tuition to provide an education for himself or for his dependents at a vocational school, an institution of higher education, a secondary school, or an elementary school.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 745 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1975
States that the House of Representatives, in the exercise of its authority under the Higher Education Act, disapproves of the proposed amendments to the family contribution schedule and regulations submitted on August 8, 1975, by the Commissioner of Education.
Bill· HRH.R. 9856 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1975
Allows individuals a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition expenses in excess of 3 percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the higher education of themselves, their spouses, or their dependents.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 668 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975
Removes the numerical limitation on Allen J. Ellender Fellowships to disadvantaged secondary school students. Authorizes $750,000 each for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and $1,000,000 each for fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 9776 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1975
Sets forth a method of computation for the Commissioner of Education to follow in determining the amount of additional Federal assistance due under the Education Amendments of 1974 to educational agencies which lack property of sufficient assessed valuation to generate revenue from a reasonable tax levy sufficient to enable such agency to provide a level of education equivalent to that maintained in comparable school districts of the State.
Bill· HRH.R. 9762 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1975
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that federally insured student loans may be made with endorsement, but shall not be required by eligible lenders to be made with endorsement.
Bill· HRH.R. 9732 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose staffing standards for day care centers shall require staff-to-child ratios of one adult for each child under six weeks old and (subject to State action in specified cases) one adult for each eight children between six weeks and three years old.
Bill· HRH.R. 9706 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1975
Limits to five years the period in which State and local educational agencies may be held accountable to the Federal Government for the use of equipment purchased with funds from programs administered by the Office of Education.
Bill· HRH.R. 9731 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1975
Provides that the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose staffing standards for day care centers under Title XX (Social Services Amendments) of the Social Security Act shall require staff-to-child ratios (except in States with higher standards) of one adult for each child under six weeks old, one adult for each eight children between six weeks and three years, and one adult for each 10 children between three and four years, and one adult for each 12 children between four and six.
Bill· HRH.R. 9715 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act States that the Secretary shall give priority to small businesses and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a vist; or (2) if conditions are found during such a vist which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9686 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1975
Revises the Emergency School Aid Act to provide that educational agencies which are not implementing a court-ordered desegregation plan or which are implementing such a plan which contains no provision as to assignment of faculty; and which have a disproportionate assignment of minority group full-time classroom teachers at any school, shall not become ineligible for assistance under such Act on the basis of discrimination unless such disproportionate assignment cannot reasonably be the result of any factor other than discrimination.
Bill· HRH.R. 9682 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 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. Provides for a reduction of such credit by 1 percent of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $22,500. Defines expenses of higher education as: (1) tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at a level above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education; and (2) fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education. Provides that the amount of higher education expenses taken into consideration shall be reduced by any amounts received as a scholarship or fellowship grant or as veterans' benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 9684 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 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. Provides for a reduction of such credit by 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $25,000. Defines expenses of higher education as: (1) tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at a level above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education; and (2) fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education. Provides that the amount of higher education expenses taken into consideration shall be reduced by any amounts received as a scholarship or fellowship grant or as veterans' benefits.
Bill· SS. 2356 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of up to $1000 for amounts paid by a taxpayer for tuition to provide an education for himself or for another individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 9662 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
Juvenile Delinquency in the Schools Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to curb juvenile delinquency, violence, and vandalism in the public schools. Authorizes appropriations under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Reserves 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for discretionary use by the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for grants to States and the District of Columbia to carry out programs complementary to the purposes of this Act. Reserves up to 3 percent of the amounts appropriated for grants to territories and Indian schools. Requires the remainder of funds to be allocated to local educational agencies within the States according to the following criteria: (1) the financial need of local educational agencies; (2) the extent and impact of delinquency and crime in the schools of the district to be served; and (3) the degree to which the district to receive funds under the Act has established effective procedures for the protection of the constitutional rights of students and employees of the school district affected. Requires recipients to expend not less than fifty percent of funds granted under this Act for educational programs, including renovation of facilities, but not including programs utilizing security technology and personnel. Directs that the remainder of funds appropriated under this Act be expended on specified activities designed to achieve the purposes of this Act, including utilization of security technology and personnel. Stipulates that no funds may be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school. Defines terms used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9654 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 9613 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the higher education of any individual in the following amounts: (1) 75 percent of so much of the expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 50 percent of the expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Provides for the proration of such credit between taxpayers where more than one taxpayer pays the expenses. States that the amounts otherwise taken into account for determination of such credit shall be reduced by the amount of any scholarships, fellowship grants, or veterans' educational benefits received during the taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 9614 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
Allows a credit against the individual income tax for 50 percent, up to $200, of tuition paid for the education of dependents who are full-time students at an elementary or secondary institution.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 718 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to furnish the House of Representatives a list of public school systems in the United States which will be receiving Federal funds and will be engaging in the busing of schoolchildren to achieve racial balance. Provides that such information shall be provided for the period from August 1, 1975, to June 30, 1976. Requires the Secretary to furnish any documents respecting the rules and regulations of the Department with respect to the use of Federal funds, administered by the Department, for such busing.
Bill· HRH.R. 9594 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1975
Provides that handicapped children residing on Federal property or residing with parents who are employed on Federal property may be counted for purposes of determining local educational agency entitlements under programs providing assistance to areas affected by Federal activities. Makes available Federal funding for the education of handicapped children with specific learning disabilities in private schools.
Bill· HRH.R. 9590 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose staffing standards for day care centers shall require staff-to-child ratios of one adult for each child under six weeks old and (subject to State action in specified cases) one adult for each eight children between six weeks and three years old.
Bill· HRH.R. 9578 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Provides that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for the provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided under the Social Security Act to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older. Limits to 6 months the frequency of recertifications of eligibility for services under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9545 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Revises the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 so as to include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia with respect to the program of grants for educational research and training as established by such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9579 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Provides that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for the provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided under the Social Security Act to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older. Limits to 6 months the frequency of recertifications of eligibility for services under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9530 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose staffing standards for day care centers shall require staff-to-child ratios of one adult for each child under six weeks old and (subject to State action in specified cases) one adult for each eight children between six weeks and three years old.
Bill· HRH.R. 9523 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 9499 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 9485 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1975
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim retained rights to specified land in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to the State superintendent of education of the State of South Carolina.
Bill· HRH.R. 9450 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Establishes in the Office of Education a National Student Financial Assistance Data Bank to assist students in identifying public and private sources of financial assistance for higher education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to (1) collect and assemble all available information pertaining to scholarships, loans, grants, and other financial assistance, and (2) disseminate such information without change to individuals applying to data bank.
Bill· HRH.R. 9430 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act States that the Secretary shall give priority to small businesses and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a vist; or (2) if conditions are found during such a vist which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9422 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
School Safety Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, financial assistance to aid local educational agencies throughout the Nation to meet special needs incident to providing security for children, employees, and facilities in elementary and secondary schools by reducing and preventing crimes against them and to assure that crimes committed in schools are reported to local law enforcement agencies. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that a local educational agency may receive a grant under this Act only upon the determination of the Commissioner of Education that the local agency has adopted and is implementing a plan to reduce crime and increase the safety and security of the students, employees, and facilities of its schools. Sets forth specified measures to be included as such a plan, including: (1) the provision of additional staff members; (2) planning and evaluation activities; and (3) minor alterations of school plants and facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 9428 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Provides that a veteran who is pursuing an educational program at the end of the ten-year delimiting period shall continue to be entitled to receive educational assistance until either he completes such program, or ceases to pursue such program whichever first occurs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 9382 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1975
Guaranteed Post-Secondary Education for Americans Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, a refundable credit against tax for post-secondary education expenses for tuition and fees paid by the taxpayer attributable to the attendance of a student at an institution of post-secondary education. Stipulates that the credit allowed for post-secondary education expenses attributable to one student shall not exceed: (1) 80 percent of the amount of such expenses which does not exceed $500; (2) 60 percent of the amount of such expenses which is greater than $500 but does not exceed $1,000; and (3) 40 percent of such expenses which is greater than $1,000 but does not exceed $2,250. Permits the taxpayer to elect to apply the credit to the preceding taxable year. States that no deduction shall be allowed for any amount of post-secondary education expenses which is taken into account in determining the amount of the credit allowed under the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9365 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1975
Denies special unemployment assistance under the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1975 to employees of educational institutions during periods between academic years if such employee has a contract to perform services for the next academic year.
Bill· HRH.R. 9368 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 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).
Bill· HRH.R. 9330 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided thereunder to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older.