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United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Endowment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to assist in the development of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, located at the University of Oklahoma. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1987 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1981 - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish Veterans' Benefits Counselors to provide assistance and outreach benefits to veterans and eligible persons at locations such as school campuses. Eliminates the periods of eligibility restriction for vocational rehabilitation. Arranges for money to be transferred between the revolving fund loans and appropriations for readjustment benefits for veterans pursuing rehabilitation programs. Includes within the term "program of education" any course pursued by a veteran because it is required as a condition to obtaining financial assistance under the Small Business Act. Eliminates the restrictions on enrollment in certain courses for both veterans and eligible dependents. Disapproves any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field. Permits a veteran to retain educational assistance to pursue continuing education or training in a field in which such veteran has already qualified if required by law to attain relicensure or retain employment in a particular profession or vocation. Requires the forfeiture of educational benefits for fraud. Extends for one year deadlines in the Armed Forces educational assistance program for members on active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981
Requests the President to designate March 19, 1982, as "National Energy Education Day."
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1981
Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 - Expresses the sense of Congress, with respect to the education of handicapped children, that: (1) the Education of All Handicapped Children Act needs to be amended in the light of limited financial resources and questions of administration and application; and (2) it would not be advisable at this time to consolidate funds for the education of disadvantaged children. Declares that the national interest in the education of handicapped children would be best served by the establishment of a national commission to study the operation of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act and to advise the President, the Secretary of Education, and the Congress on appropriate amendments to or restructuring of such Act by January 15, 1982. Title I: Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to continue to provide financial assistance to State and local educational agencies to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children, on the basis of entitlements calculated under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), in a manner which will eliminate burdensome and unproductive paperwork and free the schools of Federal supervision. Directs the Secretary of Education, during fiscal years 1983 through 1987, to make payments to State educational agencies for grants made on the basis of entitlements created under title I of ESEA and calculated in accordance with provisions of such title in effect on September 30, 1982. Directs the Secretary, in making such payments, to continue to utilize specified provisions of title I of such Act, with the exception of provisions relating to local program requirements and applications and to State and Federal administration of programs and projects. Requires that State and local educational agencies use such payments for programs and projects (including the acquisition of equipment and the construction of school facilities) designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children. Requires that State agency programs be designed to serve those categories of children (migratory, handicapped, neglected and delinquent) counted for eligibility for grants under specified ESEA provisions in accordance with the requirements of this title. Requires that local educational agencies use ESEA funds received under this title only for programs and projects: (1) designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children identified in accordance with specified provisions of this title; and (2) included in an application for assistance approved by the State educational agency and containing specified assurances concerning such programs and projects. Provides for the participation of children enrolled in private schools in special educational services and arrangements. Provides for appeals by State and local educational agencies of determinations by the Secretary that a local educational agency has substantially failed to provide for such participation on an equitable basis and that an alternative provider of such services should be sought. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of funds limited to excess costs; (3) Federal funds to supplement, not supplant regular non-Federal funds; (4) comparability of services (and written assurances thereof by local agencies); (5) exclusion of special State and local program funds; and (6) allocation of funds in certain States. Title II: Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education - Declares it to be the purpose of this title: (1) to consolidate the program authorizations contained in titles II through IX of ESEA into a single authorization of grants to States for the same purposes set forth in such titles, but to be used in accordance with the educational needs and priorities of each State as determined by the State; and (2) to financially assist State and local educational agencies to improve elementary and secondary education (including preschool education) for public and private school children, in a manner which eliminates administrative and paperwork burdens on the schools. Vests basic responsibility for the administration of funds made available under this title in State educational agencies. Admonishes such agencies to discharge such responsibility in a manner which will not impose an unreasonable administrative burden. Declares the intent of Congress that the responsibility for the design and implementation of programs assisted under this title is mainly that of local boards of education, school superintendents and principals, classroom teachers, and supporting personnel. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1987. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States and for State grant applications. Requires that a State educational agency distribute at least 80 percent of the sums received as a State allotment to local educational agencies. Provides that such allocation be according to relative enrollments in public and nonpublic schools within the school districts of the local agencies, adjusted to provide higher per pupil allocations to agencies with the greatest numbers or percentages of children whose education imposes a higher average cost per child, such as children: (1) from low-income families; (2) of limited English proficiency; or (3) living in sparsely populated areas. Directs the Secretary to approve State agency criteria for such allocation adjustment if such criteria are reasonably calculated to produce an equitable distribution of funds. Sets forth requirements for local educational agency applications to receive such allocations. Requires that specified funds be used by State and local educational agencies to develop and implement a basic skills improvement program, as formerly authorized under title II of ESEA (Basic Skills Improvement). Authorizes State educational agencies to provide leadership and support for the basic skills improvement program. Sets forth requirements for school level basic skills improvement programs which local educational agencies must meet in applying for program funds. Authorizes State education agencies to carry out selected activities from among the full range of programs and projects formerly authorized under titles IV, V, VI, and VII of ESEA (Educational Improvement, Resources, and Support; State Leadership; Emergency School Aid; and Bilingual Education Programs) and titles III, VIII, and IX of ESEA (Special Projects; Community Schools; and Additional Programs for Gifted and Talented Children, Educational Proficiency Standards, and Women's Educational Equity), in accordance with requirements of this title, including a planned allocation of funds set forth in the State application. Sets forth authorized activities under such programs and projects. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) Federal funds being supplementary to, and not supplanting, non-Federal funds; and (3) participation of children enrolled in private schools. Authorizes the Secretary to use discretionary reserved funds for activities relating to the purposes of and programs under this Act, such as: (1) a national information source to assess program effectiveness and the needs of those served; (2) research and demonstrations; (3) teacher training improvement; and (4) implementation assistance for State and local educational agencies. Directs the Secretary to fund, from such discretionary reserved funds, the inexpensive book distribution program (Reading Is Fundamental), the special mathematics program, the national programs of arts in education, and the national diffusion network, as formerly authorized in specified provisions of ESEA, at least in amounts necessary to sustain these activities at the level of operations during fiscal year 1981, and then use the remainder of such funds for other authorized activities. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to this Act: (1) on duties specifically assigned to the Secretary; (2) on proper fiscal accounting for appropriations and on the method of making payments authorized; and (3) which reasonably insure compliance with the specific requirements and assurances required. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing regulations on all other matters relating to the details of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating State and local educational agency programs and projects. Permits the Secretary to consult with appropriate State, local, and private educational agencies and to provide, upon request, technical assistance, information, and suggested guidelines. Provides that regulations issued pursuant to this Act shall not have the standing of a Federal statute for the purposes of judicial review. Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments and for judicial review thereof. Provides that specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act (relating to "State Educational Agency Monitoring and Agency Applications") shall not: (1) apply to programs authorized under this Act except to the extent that such provisions relate fiscal control and fund accounting procedures; and (2) be construed to authorize the Secretary to require any reports or take any actions not specifically authorized by this Act. Declares that the provisions of this Act shall take effect October 1, 1982. Repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Provides that funds appropriated in fiscal year 1982 pursuant to authorizations repealed by this Act and intended for use in the school year 1982 through 1983 shall be used in accordance with, and to carry out the purposes of, this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1981
Freedom of Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for 100 percent of the tuition paid for the elementary, secondary, college, or post-secondary vocational education of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependents. Requires the individual for whom the tuition tax credit is allowed by this Act to be a full-time student during any four months of the calendar year. Forbids any construction of this Act as granting the Government additional authority to examine the books or activities of any church school. Specifies that the granting of a tax credit to a student due to his enrollment in any educational institution shall not be considered as Federal-assistance to such institution. Prohibits any Federal court from considering the constitutionality of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1981
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit local educational agencies from using Federal funds provided to meet special educational needs of children for construction of a school facility if there is a closed public school facility within two miles of the proposed school facility that could be renovated to provide education at one-half of the proposed construction cost.
United States · United States Senate · 15 June 1981
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981
Amends title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) to restrict the scope of such title to students. Limits the applicability of such title to those educational programs or activities which themselves receive Federal financial assistance which a Federal agency is expressly authorized by statute to extend by grant, loan, or contract (other than a contract of insurance or guaranty). Makes such title inapplicable to any educational program or activity on the basis that a student receives Federal financial aid, regardless of whether such aid is received through the institution. Applies the discrimination prohibition to any institution which has substantial responsibility for administering a Federal student aid program and has discretion to determine the receipt of assistance. Applies such title to admissions to institutions conducting federally assisted programs or activities.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Directs each Federal agency to require any grant applicant proposing to use grant funds to construct a building to determine whether there are any vacant schools which can be used in lieu of such building.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to authorize the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia to specify the purposes for which funds may be spent and the amount of such funds which may be spent for each program under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia Board of Education.
United States · United States Senate · 5 June 1981
United States · United States Senate · 5 June 1981
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1981
Postsecondary Student Assistance Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the amount of any student loan made after October 1, 1981, which may be covered by Federal loan insurance to the student's financial need for the period of instruction covered by the loan. Sets similar limits on loans insured under State or nonprofit private institutional student loan programs which receive Federal interest subsidy payments. Applies provisions for need analysis to such loans (under the guaranteed student loan program). Repeals provisions which counted specified student loans as part of the expected family contribution for purposes of other forms of student assistance. Permits loans to parents to be counted as part of the student's expected family contribution in the determination of need for all forms of student assistance under such Act. Revises need analysis provisions for higher education student assistance programs. Deletes provisions which specified that effective family income includes certain social security student benefits and one-half of veterans' education assistance. Directs the Secretary of Education to set a series of assessment rates to be applied to parental discretionary income in determining the expected family contribution. Eliminates a provision excluding all equity in a single principal place of residence from the computation of assets of a student or family. Raises the asset reserve which may be deducted from the net value of such assets from $10,000 to $25,000, or, in cases where a business or farm are part of such assets, from $50,000 to $100,000. Provides that the Secretary shall determine, for "cost of attendance" student assistance purposes, specified allowances for: (1) books, supplies, transportation, and personal expenses; (2) required residential training expenses for correspondence students; (3) expenses for formal study abroad; (4) child care expenses; and (5) expenses of handicapped students. Directs the Secretary, for purposes of the basic educational opportunity grant ("Pell grant") program, to determine specified room and board expenses. Raises the annual interest rate on loans to parents of dependent undergraduate students from nine percent to 14 percent. Sets forth formulas for computing the special allowance to be paid to holders of such loans. Removes the separate (and higher) borrowing limits for independent students for loans covered by Federal loan insurance. Eliminates grace periods after deferments of student loan repayments. Eliminates repayment deferments during Peace Corps or Domestic Volunteer service and during internships. Eliminates the program of payments by the Secretary to institutions to cover the administrative costs of the student loan program (at ten dollars per student lender per academic year). Authorizes eligible institutions to collect from student lenders up to ten dollars per academic year to cover such administrative costs. Provides for the reduction of special allowances to holders of loans made on or after October 1, 1981, by specified amounts of authorized origination fees. Authorizes eligible lenders, with respect to loans made on or after October 1, 1981, to charge borrowers an origination fee up to four percent of the principal amount of the loan, which may be deducted from the proceeds of the loan prior to payment to the borrower. Raises the minimum annual repayment on student loans from $360 to $600. Revises provisions relating to the Student Loan Marketing Association to expand the functions of the Association to: (1) cover student loans including, but no longer limited to insured loans; and (2) assure nationwide the establishment of adequate loan insurance programs for students by providing for an additional program of loan insurance to be covered by agreements with the Secretary. Authorizes the Association to: (1) buy, sell, hold, underwrite, and otherwise deal in tax-exempt obligations issued to make or purchase loans; (2) undertake a program of loan insurance pursuant to specified agreements with the Secretary relating to interest subsidy payments and loan insurance supplemental guaranties; (3) undertake any other activity which its Board of Directors determines to be in furtherance of programs of specified insured student loans or will otherwise support student credit needs; and (4) undertake any activity with regard to student loans which are not insured or guaranteed as it may undertake with regard to insured or guaranteed student loans. Subjects such loans to the same provisions, relating to warehousing advances made on loan security, as insured loans. Specifies that: (1) the obligations of the Association shall be deemed to be obligations of the United States, for purposes of exemption from State or local taxation; and (2) the Association shall be deemed a person for purposes of distribution of its property under the Bankruptcy Act. Removes certain limitations on subrogration of the United States to rights of any insurance beneficiary under specified student loan guarantee agreements. Requires guarantee agencies to assign to the Secretary any loan for which payment has been made under such guarantee agreements, whenever the Secretary determines this necessary to protect the Federal fiscal interest. Sets forth effective dates for various provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1981 - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish Veterans' Benefits Counselors to provide assistance and outreach benefits to veterans and eligible persons at locations such as school campuses. Eliminates the periods of eligibility restriction for vocational rehabilitation. Arranges for money to be transferred between the revolving fund for loans and appropriations for readjustment benefits for veterans pursuing rehabilitation programs. Includes within the term "program of education" any course pursued by a veteran because it is required as a condition to obtaining financial assistance under the Small Business Act. Eliminates the restrictions on enrollment in certain courses for both veterans and eligible dependents. Disapproves any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field. Permits a veteran to retain educational assistance to pursue continuing education or training in a field in which such veteran has already qualified if required by law to attain relicensure or retain employment in a particular profession or vocation. Requires the forfeiture of educational benefits for fraud. Extends for one year deadlines in the armed forces educational assistance program for members on active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1981
Provides for the participation of the Department of Defense education system for dependents in overseas areas in the Senate youth program.
United States · United States Senate · 29 May 1981
United States · United States Senate · 28 May 1981
United States · United States Senate · 27 May 1981
United States · United States Senate · 27 May 1981
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an income tax deduction, not to exceed $1,500, for the educational expenses paid for the college or postsecondary vocational education of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependents. Excludes from eligibility for the deduction educational expenses for graduate study. Requires the individual for whom the tuition tax deduction is allowed by this Act to be a full-time student or a half-time student during any four months of the calendar year. Excludes from the definition of "educational expenses" any amount paid for meals, lodging, transportation, and similar personal expenses. Forbids any construction of this Act as granting the Government additional authority to examine the books or activities of any church school except to the extent necessary to determine whether such school is an eligible educational institution under this Act. Provides for the immediate certification of any judicial action brought in a United States district court concerning the constitutionality of this Act to the appropriate circuit court of appeals. Authorizes direct appeal to the Supreme Court of any such decision by a circuit court. Requires the expedited consideration of such a case at both judicial levels. Requires that any amount received by the taxpayer as a tuition tax credit be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of the taxpayer for Federal, State, or local educational assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1981 - Amends the National School Lunch Act to reduce the national average lunch payment from ten cents to nine cents. Sets forth the special assistance factor for free and reduced lunches and provides for an annual adjustment (previously semi-annual) to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make changes in the school breakfast program to correspond to amendments made for the school lunch program. Eliminates the provision authorizing payment of 100 percent of the cost of operating the breakfast program for schools in severe need. Reduces the level of commodity assistance for lunches. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe changes as may be necessary in the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to achieve cost savings without endangering the nutritional integrity of the child feeding programs. Revises income eligibility criteria for free and reduced lunches to provide that: (1) guidelines for determining eligibility for free lunches shall be 30 percent above the poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), except that beginning July 1, 1983, such guidelines shall be the same as those prescribed for participation in the food stamp program; and (2) that such guidelines for reduced lunches shall be 85 percent above the poverty guidelines prescribed by OMB. Sets forth procedures for local school authorities in determining eligibility for free or reduced-price lunches. Eliminates provisions of the National School Lunch Act which prohibit school authorities from physically segregating or overtly identifying students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot study to verify data submitted on applications for such lunches, and to require that all application forms contain the social security numbers of all adult members of the household. Revises State revenue matching requirements to: (1) require State revenues for school food service to equal 30 percent of those provided by the Secretary for the school lunch program; and (2) declare that the purpose of such funds is to assist schools in obtaining agricultural commodities, rather than having the Secretary supply such commodities. Provides that States are not required to match funds granted to private schools if by law such States do not disburse funds to such schools. Authorizes direct disbursements to certain schools without the matching funds requirement. Terminates food service equipment assistance for the school lunch and breakfast programs. Makes the special milk program authorized by such Act available to educational institutions which do not participate in other food service programs. Prohibits private schools whose tuition exceeds a specified level from participation in food service programs. Terminates summer food service programs under the National School Lunch Act. Makes numerous revisions to the child care food program to reduce certain subsidies. Authorizes certain States to assume administration of any program under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to continue to withhold and disburse funds payable to a State for purposes of providing funds to schools, but only to that extent, if the Secretary has done so since October 1, 1980. Requires students in junior high school or middle schools participating in the school lunch program to accept food whether or not such foods will be consumed. Eliminates the requirement for State educational agencies to submit a plan of child nutrition operations to the Secretary as a prerequisite for Federal funds. Makes residential child care centers ineligible as schools under the National School Lunch Act. Provides that commodity only schools shall be eligible to receive donated foods and special assistance payments in furtherance of such a school's nonprofit lunch program. Authorizes States to carryover unused funds received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for any fiscal year to the next fiscal year. Requires States to match appropriated funds received under the special supplemental food program for any amounts received after fiscal year 1981 which exceed such amounts received during fiscal year 1981. Sets forth circumstances under which States will be exempted from such requirement. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to conform to provisions of this Act. Grants to the Secretary the authority to adjust and settle claims arising under provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from the definition of food additive the food itself, a combination of foods, or foods for special dietary use, or the ingredients thereof, unless being used as preservatives or flavors for a food. Provides that foods for special dietary use, or for preservation or treatment of dietary deficiency conditions, shall not be classified as drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Requests the President to designate March 19, 1982, as National Energy Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Higher Education Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the amount of any Federally-insured student loan made after June 30, 1981. Sets similar limits on loans insured under State or nonprofit private institutional student loan programs which receive Federal interest subsidy payments. Applies provisions for need analysis to such loans. Repeals provisions which counted specified student loans as part of the expected family contribution for purposes of other forms of student assistance. Permits loans to parents to be counted as part of the student's expected family contribution in the determination of need for all forms of student assistance under such Act. Eliminates the program of Federal interest subsidy payments for student loans. Eliminates payments to institutions to cover administrative costs of such program and administrative costs of the program of loans to parents. Increases the maximum repayment period for loans to parents of dependent students from ten years to 20 years. Limits the interest rate for such loans to a rate set by the Secretary of the Treasury, considering current market yields on outstanding U.S. marketable obligations of comparable maturity plus an allowance determined by the Secretary of Education ("the Secretary"). Eliminates the Federal payment of special allowances to lenders on such loans. Deletes provisions limiting subrogation of the United States to rights of any insurance beneficiary under Federal guaranty agreements with non-Federal student loan programs. Requires a guaranty agency to assign to the Secretary any loan for which the Secretary has made payment under such a guaranty agreement, if the Secretary deems this necessary to protect the Federal fiscal interest. Revises provisions for determining the amounts of basic educational opportunity grants ("Pell grants") and of supplemental educational opportunity grants to subtract an amount of expected student self-help as determined by the Secretary. Eliminates the deduction for State and local taxes from adjusted family income for purposes of determining a student's need for assistance under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to set assessment rates to be applied to parental discretionary income in determining the expected family contribution. Provides that the Secretary shall determine, for "cost of attendance" student assistance purposes, specified allowances for: (1) books, supplies, transportation, and personal expenses; (2) required residential training expenses for correspondence students; (3) expenses for formal study abroad; (4) child care expenses; and (5) expenses of handicapped students. Directs the Secretary, for purposes of the "Pell grant" program, to determine specified room and board expenses. Eliminates payments for institutional administrative expenses under the "Pell grant" program. Amends the Housing Act of 1950 to authorize the use of funds in the revolving account of the College Housing Loan Program for specified expenses and payments in connection with the sale of participations in certain acquired obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Elementary and Secondary Education Consolidation Act of 1981 - Title I: Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to provide financial assistance to States and local educational agencies to improve educational achievement, especially in basic skills and career preparation, for educationally deprived children, handicapped children, children in schools undergoing desegregation, migratory children, children in institutions for neglected or delinquent children or in adult correctional institutions, and adults lacking basic skills. Sets forth new formulas, based on low-income and school age populations, by which the Secretary of Education shall allot sums appropriated under this title to: (1) specified territories and possessions of the U.S.; (2) the Secretary of the Interior for special educational needs of Indian children on reservations; and (3) States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, for grants to local educational agencies and for the needs of specified groups for which the State has responsibility. Sets forth transitional formulas for such assistance for fiscal years 1982 and 1983, based on previous assistance received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Education of the Handicapped Act, the Emergency School Aid Act, and the Adult Education Act. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of sums received by States to: (1) local educational agencies; and (2) programs for handicapped children in specified schools, neglected or delinquent children or children in adult correctional institutions, migratory children, and adults lacking basic skills. Requires that local educational agencies use such funds only for programs to meet the special educational needs of: (1) educationally deprived children residing in public school attendance areas with high concentrations of such children; (2) handicapped children; and (3) children in schools undergoing desegregation. Allows the local agency to determine which needs to address with such funds and how to meet those needs. Title II: Financial Assistance for Improvement of School Resources and Performance - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to provide financial assistance to States for the improvement of instructional and management practices, student achievement, special needs services, and State oversight and management functions. Sets forth formulas for allotments to States of such funds, based on school-age population (with specified amounts reserved for territorial and Indian education). Sets forth transitional formulas for fiscal years 1982 and 1983, based on previous assistance received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Emergency School Aid Act, the Education of the Handicapped Act, the Career Education Incentive Act, the Economic Opportunity Act, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act, the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Higher Education Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sets forth the types of activities relating to preschool, elementary, secondary, and adult basic education for which funds allotted to States under this title may be used. Permits States to use such funds to directly supervise and control such activities or to make subgrants to and contracts with public or private agencies. Provides that subgrants may be made only to public or nonprofit organizations and clear consideration may be given to community-based self-help organizations of demonstrated effectiveness. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) State plans; (2) State activities reports; (3) audits; (4) local educational agency transition plans; (5) participation of children enrolled in private schools; (6) complaint resolutions; and (7) nondiscrimination. Authorizes the use of specified amounts received by States under this Act for administrative activities. Sets forth provisions relating to the availability of appropriations and insufficient appropriations. Specifies which provisions of the General Education Provisions Act are applicable, and which are inapplicable, to programs under this Act. Declares that the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 applies to such programs. Repeals: (1) titles I (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children), II (Basic Skills Improvement), III Parts B and C (Metric Education and Arts in Education), IV (Educational Improvement, Resources, and Support), V (State Leadership), VI (Emergency School Aid), VIII (Community Schools), and IX (Gifted and Talented Children, Educational Proficiency Standards, Women's Educational Equity, Special Grants for Safe Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) the Education of the Handicapped Act (except specified provisions for: definitions; centers and services for deaf-blind children; early education for handicapped children; research, innovation, training, and dissemination; regional educational programs; authorizations of appropriations; educational personnel recruiting and dissemination of information; reports; research; and instructional media); (3) the Teacher Corps and teacher centers programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (4) the Adult Education Act (except provisions for education of adult Indians); (5) the Career Education Incentive Act; (6) the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act; and (7) the Day Care Projects program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1981
Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide that commodity only schools are those schools which do not participate in the school lunch program but enter into an agreement to receive donated commodities for a nonprofit lunch program. Makes such schools eligible for special cash assistance under such Act, and ineligible for the special milk program authorized by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1981
Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act to eliminate the limitation on the amount of leave that may accumulate to the credit of a teacher employed by the Department of Defense (DOD) in a school located overseas. Requires that any person appointed to such a teaching position receive credit for any sick leave accumulated at a prior job with the Federal Government or the District of Columbia government, or at a job which is determined to have been a teaching position, provided the break in service does not exceed three years. Declares that any DOD teacher who is reappointed to another agency without a break in service exceeding three years shall receive credit for any sick leave or teacher's leave earned while the teacher worked for DOD.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1981
Declares it the sense of the Congress that no legislation that would change the operations of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program before October 1, 1981, should or will be enacted. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from promulgating any rule which changes the operations of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program before October 1, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1981
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Endowment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to assist in the development of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, located at the University of Oklahoma. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1987 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1981
Impact Aid Amendments of 1981 - Amends specified provisions of law relating to the Impact Aid program to eliminate payments to school districts for children whose parents either live or work on Federal property (or are in the uniformed services). Limits payments for children whose parents reside and work on Federal property (or who so reside and are on active duty) to those school districts in which the number of such children is at least 20 percent of total attendance. Revises formulas for determining the amount of impact aid payments. Eliminates phase-out entitlements to school districts losing a substantial number of children due to a decrease or cessation of Federal activities. Repeals provisions which authorize assistance for sudden and substantial increases in attendance resulting from Federal activities, as well as provisions relating to adjustments for certain decreases in Federal activities. Revises provisions relating to adjustments in impact aid payments where necessitated by insufficient appropriations. Makes conforming amendments. Eliminates certain hold harmless provisions relating to decreased military activities. Changes the threshold eligibility for major disaster assistance to a need for additional assistance as a result of a disaster of at least $10,000 or at least five percent of the school district's operating expenses during the preceding year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981
School Lunch Study Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study to determine the costs and feasibility of amending the National School Lunch Act to provide that all children shall be considered eligible for free lunches in any local educational agency having at least 60 percent of its children already eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. Requires the Secretary, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, to report to the appropriate Congressional committees on the results of such study.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981
Higher Education Savings Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction from gross income for cash contributions made to a savings account established exclusively for the purpose of paying certain education expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits such deduction to $750 per taxable year and $15,000 for all taxable years. Excludes distribution from such accounts from gross income so long as they are used exclusively for the payment of tuition and fees required for enrollment or attendance at an institution of higher education or a postsecondary vocational school. Permits the rollover of distributions from such accounts into another education savings account, individual retirement account, individual retirement annuity, retirement bond, or eligible retirement plan. Provides that such accounts may be in existence only for 20 years. Provides a tax penalty if a distribution from such an account is not used for qualified educational expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1981
White House Conference on Education Act - Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Education not later than January 15, 1982. Sets forth the purpose and composition of the Conference. Requires that the Conference be planned and conducted by an executive director, appointed by the President. Requires that a final report of the Conference, including recommendations, be submitted to the President, made public, and transmitted to the Congress. Sets forth provisions for the administration of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Education, other than funds appropriated pursuant to this resolution, to carry out such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1981
Pays tribute to Washington College (of Kent County, Maryland) on its two hundredth anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1981
Head Start Act - Restates specified provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 relating to Headstart programs. Retitles such programs "Head Start" programs under a "Head Start Act." Authorizes appropriations to carry out such programs for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Revises provisions relating to minimum funds required for Indian and migrant Head Start programs. Restates specified provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 relating to Native American programs. Retains as a title for such programs the "Native American Programs Act of 1974." Authorizes appropriations for such programs for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Repeals provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 relating to Headstart programs and Native American programs (having restated such provisions for purposes of this Act).
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981
Head Start Act - Restates specified provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 relating to Headstart programs. Retitles such programs "Head Start" programs under a "Head Start Act." Authorizes appropriations to carry out such programs for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Revises provisions relating to minimum funds required for Indian and migrant Head Start programs. Restates specified provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 relating to Native American programs. Retains as a title for such programs the "Native American Programs Act of 1974." Authorizes appropriations for such programs for fiscal years 1982 and 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1981
Higher Education Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the amount of any Federally-insured student loan made after June 30, 1981. Sets similar limits on loans insured under State or nonprofit private institutional student loan programs which receive Federal interest subsidy payments. Applies provisions for need analysis to such loans. Repeals provisions which counted specified student loans as part of the expected family contribution for purposes of other forms of student assistance. Permits loans to parents to be counted as part of the student's expected family contribution in the determination of need for all forms of student assistance under such Act. Eliminates the program of Federal interest subsidy payments for student loans. Eliminates payments to institutions to cover administrative costs of such program and administrative costs of the program of loans to parents. Increases the maximum repayment period for loans to parents of dependent students from ten years to 20 years. Limits the interest rate for such loans to a rate set by the Secretary of the Treasury, considering current market yields on outstanding U.S. marketable obligations of comparable maturity plus an allowance determined by the Secretary of Education ("the Secretary"). Eliminates the Federal payment of special allowances to lenders on such loans. Deletes provisions limiting subrogation of the United States to rights of any insurance beneficiary under Federal guaranty agreements with non-Federal student loan programs. Requires a guaranty agency to assign to the Secretary any loan for which the Secretary has made payment under such a guaranty agreement, if the Secretary deems this necessary to protect the Federal fiscal interest. Revises provisions for determining the amounts of basic educational opportunity grants ("Pell grants") and of supplemental educational opportunity grants to subtract an amount of expected student self-help as determined by the Secretary. Eliminates the deduction for State and local taxes from adjusted family income for purposes of determining a student's need for assistance under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to set assessment rates to be applied to parental discretionary income in determining the expected family contribution. Provides that the Secretary shall determine, for "cost of attendance" student assistance purposes, specified allowances for: (1) books, supplies, transportation, and personal expenses; (2) required residential training expenses for correspondence students; (3) expenses for formal study abroad; (4) child care expenses; and (5) expenses of handicapped students. Directs the Secretary, for purposes of the "Pell grant" program, to determine specified room and board expenses. Eliminates payments for institutional administrative expenses under the "Pell grant" program. Amends the Housing Act of 1950 to authorize the use of funds in the revolving account of the College Housing Loan Program for specified expenses and payments in connection with the sale of participations in certain acquired obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1981
Impact Aid Amendments of 1981 - Amends specified provisions of law relating to the Impact Aid program to eliminate payments to school districts for children whose parents either live or work on Federal property (or are in the uniformed services). Limits payments for children whose parents reside and work on Federal property (or who so reside and are on active duty) to those school districts in which the number of such children is at least 20 percent of total attendance. Revises formulas for determining the amount of impact aid payments. Eliminates phase-out entitlements to school districts losing a substantial number of children due to a decrease or cessation of Federal activities. Repeals provisions which authorize assistance for sudden and substantial increases in attendance resulting from Federal activities, as well as provisions relating to adjustments for certain decreases in Federal activities. Revises provisions relating to adjustments in impact aid payments where necessitated by insufficient appropriations. Eliminates certain hold harmless provisions relating to decreased military activities. Changes the threshold eligibility for major disaster assistance to a need for additional assistance as a result of a disaster of at least $10,000 or at least five percent of the school district's operating expenses during the preceding year.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1981
Student Assistance Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a needs basis for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs. Declares that a student qualifies for a portion of an interest payment if: (1) such student's adjusted family income is $25,000 or less; or (2) (if greater than $25,000) the eligible institution provides the lender with a statement of need determination and a loan recommendation to cover such need. Includes specified amounts paid under the Social Security Act or as veterans' benefits in a student's estimated financial assistance for such purposes. Raises the annual interest rate on loans to parents of dependent undergraduate students from nine percent to 14 percent. Revises need analysis provisions for higher education student assistance programs. Includes any amount paid the student under specified veterans' benefits provisions (formerly included only one-half such amount) in the determination of effective family income. Directs the Secretary of Education to set a series of assessment rates to be applied to parental discretionary income in determining the expected family contribution. Eliminates a provision excluding all equity in a single principal place of residence from the computation of assets of a student or family. Raises the asset reserve which may be deducted from the net value of such assets from $10,000 to $25,000. Repeals specified requirements relating to special regulations for determining the expected family contribution and effective family income of independent students. Revises the definition of "cost of attendance" for student aid purposes. Removes the separate borrowing limits for independent students for loans covered by Federal loan insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1981
Elementary and Secondary Education Consolidation Act of 1981 - Title I: Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to provide financial assistance to States and local educational agencies to improve educational achievement, especially in basic skills and career preparation, for educationally deprived children, handicapped children, children in schools undergoing desegregation, migratory children, children in institutions for neglected or delinquent children or in adult correctional institutions, and adults lacking basic skills. Sets forth new formulas, based on low-income and school age populations, by which the Secretary of Education shall allot sums appropriated under this title to: (1) specified territories and possessions of the U.S.; (2) the Secretary of the Interior for special educational needs of Indian children on reservations; and (3) States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, for grants to local educational agencies and for the needs of specified groups for which the State has responsibility. Sets forth transitional formulas for such assistance for fiscal years 1982 and 1983, based on previous assistance received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Education of the Handicapped Act, the Emergency School Aid Act, and the Adult Education Act. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of sums received by States to: (1) local educational agencies; and (2) programs for handicapped children in specified schools, neglected or delinquent children or children in adult correctional institutions, migratory children, and adults lacking basic skills. Requires that local educational agencies use such funds only for programs to meet the special educational needs of: (1) educationally deprived children residing in public school attendance areas with high concentrations of such children; (2) handicapped children; and (3) children in schools undergoing desegregation. Allows the local agency to determine which needs to address with such funds and how to meet those needs. Title II: Financial Assistance for Improvement of School Resources and Performance - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to provide financial assistance to States for improvement of instructional and management practices, student achievement, special needs services, and State oversight and management functions. Sets forth formulas for allotments to States of such funds, based on school-age population (with specified amounts reserved for territorial and Indian education). Sets forth transitional formulas for fiscal years 1982 and 1983, based on previous assistance received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Emergency School Aid Act, the Education of the Handicapped Act, the Career Education Incentive Act, the Economic Opportunity Act, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act, the the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Higher Education Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sets forth the types of activities relating to preschool, elementary, secondary, and adult basic education for which funds allotted to States under this title may be used. Permits States to use such funds to directly supervise and control such activities or to make subgrants to and contracts with public or private agencies. Provides that subgrants may be made only to public or nonprofit organizations and clear consideration may be given to community-based self-help organizations of demonstrated effectiveness. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) State plans; (2) State activities reports; (3) audits; (4) local educational agency transition plans; (5) participation of children enrolled in private schools; (6) complaint resolutions; and (7) nondiscrimination. Authorizes the use of specified amounts received by States under this Act for administrative activities. Sets forth provisions relating to the availability of appropriations and insufficient appropriations. Specifies which provisions of the General Education Provisions Act are applicable, and which are inapplicable, to programs under this Act. Declares that the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 applies to such programs. Repeals: (1) titles I (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children), II (Basic Skills Improvement), III Parts B and C (Metric Education and Arts in Education), IV (Educational Improvement, Resources, and Support), V (State Leadership), VI (Emergency School Aid), VIII (Community Schools), and IX (Gifted and Talented Children, Educational Proficiency Standards, Women's Educational Equity, Special Grants for Safe Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) the Education of the Handicapped Act (except specified provisions for: definitions; centers and services for deaf-blind children; early education for handicapped children; research, innovation, training, and dissemination; regional educational programs; authorizations of appropriations; educational personnel recruiting and dissemination of information; reports; research; and instructional media); (3) the Teacher Corps and teacher centers programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (4) the Adult Education Act (except provisions for education of adult Indians); (5) the Career Education Incentive Act; (6) the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act; and (7) the Day Care Projects program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1981
Compliance Review Reimbursement Act - Entitles State educational institutions to reimbursement for costs incurred in compliance review or similar investigations conducted by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Defines "educational institution" to include agencies, boards, or institutions under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and the Higher Education Act of 1965. Excludes reimbursement for costs related to corrective actions. Makes such entitlement available for expenditures from May 1, 1980, to September 30, 1984. Stipulates that payments shall be made from the Office for Civil Rights appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981
Headstart Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) continue the administrative arrangement responsible for meeting the needs of migrant and Indian children; and (2) assure that appropriate funding is provided to meet such needs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to eligible agencies for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Headstart program focused primarily on preschool age children from low-income families. Requires that such program provide: (1) comprehensive health, nutritional, educational, social, and other services; and (2) for direct participation, at the local level, of parents in the overall program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Allots 78 percent of the total appropriation to the States. Distributes one-third of such allotment on the basis of the relative number of children up to age five in families receiving payments under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, and two- thirds on the basis of the relative number of children up to age five in families below the poverty line. Reserves 20 percent (or 15 percent once appropriations reach a specified level) of the total appropriation for use according to the following order of priorities: (1) giving equal funding consideration to Indian and migrant Headstart programs and to services for handicapped children, but maintaining Indian and migrant programs at specified levels; (2) maintaining payments to each State or territory at specified levels; (3) training and technical assistance activities sufficient for program expansion and improvement; and (4) additional assistance to a State if its allotment for a fiscal year is below a specified level. Reserves two percent of the total appropriation for allotment among specified U.S. territories and possessions and for additional assistance to States below a specified level. Limits financial assistance for a Headstart program under this Act to 80 percent of the approved costs, with such exceptions as the Secretary may determine. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring non-Federal contributions greater than 20 percent of such costs. Requires that approved programs provide services in addition to, and not in substitution for, comparable services previously provided without Federal assistance. Directs the Secretary to establish policies and procedures to assure that for fiscal year 1976 and thereafter at least ten percent of total enrollment opportunities in Headstart programs in each State shall be available for handicapped children and that services to meet their special needs shall be provided. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the status of handicapped children in the Headstart programs. Directs the Secretary to assure equitable distribution of the benefits of this Act to rural and urban residents. Authorizes the Secretary to designate as a Headstart agency any local public or private nonprofit agency which: (1) has power and authority to carry out certain functions within a community; and (2) can plan, conduct, administer, and evaluate a Headstart program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) give priority to agencies already receiving Headstart program funds or operating Headstart programs; and (2) continue to involve parents and area residents in selection of such agencies. Sets forth the powers and functions of Headstart agencies. Requires that plans setting forth a proposed contract, agreement, grant, or other assistance for a Headstart program be submitted to the appropriate State Governor. Requires that the Secretary reconsider any plan disapproved by a Governor. Permits assistance for such plan if it is found to be fully consistent with the purposes of this Act. Exempts assistance to institutions of higher education from such review by a Governor. Sets forth administrative requirements and standards for each Headstart agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe eligibility criteria for participation in Headstart programs, including children from families below the poverty line and others who would benefit. Requires, whenever a program is operated in a community with less than 1,000 population and certain conditions exist, that such program establish eligibility criteria. Prohibits the Secretary from charging any fees for participation in Headstart programs. Directs the Secretary to prescribe procedures for appeal, notice, and hearings relating to denials or delays of delegate agency status or for suspensions or terminations of financial assistance. Sets forth provisions for record keeping by, and audits of, Headstart agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training for Headstart programs. Authorizes the Secretary to assist research, demonstration, and pilot projects to further the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an overall plan to govern the approval and use of such projects; (2) make a public announcement concerning contracts for, and results of, such projects; (3) assure that all project studies, proposals, and data become U.S. property; and (4) publish summaries of results and submit these to the appropriate Congressional committees. Sets forth provisions for the evaluation of Headstart programs, with the assistance of university faculty in the appropriate State. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish the results and summaries of evaluative research and to submit these to the appropriate Congressional committees; and (2) assure that products of such evaluation become U.S. property. Provides for annual revision of the poverty line used as a criterion of eligibility for Headstart program participation. Sets forth provisions for comparability of wages for those employed in Headstart programs with those paid for substantially comparable services. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Prohibits employees of agencies assisted under this Act, pursuant to or during performance of services so assisted, from aiding in the conduct of any unlawful demonstration, rioting, or civil disturbance. Sets forth prohibitions against specified political activities involving Headstart programs. Sets forth provisions for advance funding of programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981
Eliminates educational loans for veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981
Veterans' Education Training Act of 1981 - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for members of the armed forces who enlist or reenlist after the date of enactment of this Act and: (1) serve for no less than two years and are released from such service by honorable discharge, are placed on the retired list or the temporary disability retired list, or are transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; or (2) serve in the Selected Reserves for not less than six years. Entitles eligible members who serve on active duty to 18 months of educational assistance at the end of 24 months of such service, one-half month of such assistance for each additional month of service up to a total of 36 months, and one month of educational assistance for each month of total service between 36 and 48 months. Entitles eligible members who enlist for a period of six years of Reserve duty to nine months of assistance upon the completion of two years of service and one month of such assistance for each three additional months of service. Limits educational assistance entitlements to ten years beyond an eligible member's last discharge or release from active duty. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to submit a joint report to the Congress on their respective plans for implementation of programs provided by such act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress semiannually on the operation of such program. Terminates the Post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance program after December 31, 1981. Permits the Secretary to grant any eligible member a leave of absence from military duties to pursue an education program for up to 12 months. Requires such members to agree in writing to extend their current enlistment for a period of two months for each month of leave of absence granted. Sets forth the impact of such leave upon the payment of basic pay, determining eligibility for retirement pay, and time in grade for promotion purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1981
Provides for a gradual reduction in payments under the Impact Aid program for children residing on, or whose parents are employed on, Federal property. Reduces such payments based on numbers of such children to four-fifths for fiscal year 1983 and gradually thereafter until reduction to zero for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1987. Specifies that such reductions shall not apply to any local educational agency with respect to which the number of such children determined for any such fiscal year amounts to more than one-fourth of the total number of children in average daily attendance at the public schools of such agency.
United States · United States Senate · 27 April 1981
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United States · United States Senate · 22 April 1981
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1981
Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to fund model programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, for the improvement and expansion of foreign language study for children aged five through 17 who reside within their school districts. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of such grants based on State population. Sets forth provisions relating to the availability of such funds. Sets forth grant application requirements for State educational agencies. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to cover part of the costs of foreign language instruction for their students. Sets forth formulas to determine whether an institution is eligible for such grants, based on the percentage of its student body enrolled in qualified postsecondary language courses. Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards, including reporting requirements, for programs assisted by such grants. Sets forth formulas for determining the amounts of such grants, based on numbers of students enrolled in such courses. Directs the Secretary to make grants to each institution of higher education which requires at least two years of postsecondary credits in foreign language (or a competency equivalent) for each graduating student. Sets forth formulas for determining the amounts of such grants, based on the number of students enrolled in the institution. Prohibits any grant or contract under this Act except to such extent, or in such amounts, as may be provided in appropriation Acts. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1985 to carry out grant programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to revise provisions for the program of grants to States for vocational education by eliminating categorical requirements and to eliminate certain national programs. Authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1982 through 1986. Eliminates provisions which required: (1) a minimum State allotment based on a specified previous allotment; and (2) specified percentages of such State allotments to be available for designated programs. Eliminates provisions which required: (1) that State boards certify as to (a) specified delegations of their responsibilities and (b) specified opportunities for involvement in planning by certain groups or individuals; and (2) reservation of funds for a specified purpose. Eliminates requirements for State advisory councils relating to: (1) membership terms; (2) certification of establishment and membership; (3) meetings, selection of a chairman, rules for operating procedures and staffing; and (4) the duty to publish evaluations of vocational education programs, services, and activities assisted under such Act. Authorizes appropriations for grants to State advisory councils for fiscal years 1982 through 1986. Eliminates requirements that general applications for assistance under such Act include assurances that: (1) annual applications by eligible recipients will include descriptions of the relationship between the proposed vocational education programs and other programs in the area or community which are supported by State and local funds; and (2) no program will receive funds which cannot demonstrate specified types of results. Requires that such general applications assure that first priority will be given to applicants located in economically depressed and high unemployment areas (and only then will priority be given to applicants proposing new types of programs). Eliminates requirements for five-year State plans relating to: (1) meetings during the planning year between representatives of the State board and representatives of specified agencies, councils, and individuals; (2) appeals of State board planning decisions by such agencies or councils; (3) explicit descriptions of planned uses of funds in specified terms and with demonstrations of necessity, including descriptions of intended uses of funds to meet the special needs of handicapped and disadvantaged persons and persons with limited English-speaking ability; and (4) the special programs and placement services for displaced homemakers, single heads of households, part-time workers, and those seeking jobs in areas not traditionally considered job areas for those of their gender. Eliminates requirements for annual program plans and accountability reports relating to: (1) meetings between representatives of the State board and representatives of specified agencies, councils, and individuals; (2) appeals of State board decisions by such agencies or councils; (3) planning provisions setting forth explicitly the uses the State intends to make of such funds for a given fiscal year as these were set forth in this Act and differences between such uses and those which were set forth in the five-year plan; (4) reporting provisions including descriptions of goals and uses in specified terms and descriptions of uses for State administration and among specified authorized uses; and (5) modifications to avoid duplication of data-collection. Eliminates approval requirements that: (1) the Secretary of Education's findings as to the compliance of five-year plans and annual program plans and accountability reports with the provisions of such Act be in writing; (2) such plans and reports be reviewed by appropriate Federal vocational education agencies and by State agencies to assure equal access by both men and women to such programs; and (3) States compile such plans or reports with nationally uniform definitions and information elements. Eliminates requirements that specified percentages of assistance to States for vocational education be allotted to specified categories of programs. Sets forth the authorized uses of such assistance. Requires that State boards make specific findings that use of such funds for a particular activity is necessary due to inadequate services or inadequate funding of similar programs. Eliminates provisions for payments to States for the basic grant programs and for program improvement and supportive services for persons with special needs. Repeals provisions for Federal payment of part of the cost of State administration and implementation of specified plans and purposes. Directs the Secretary to pay the costs of State preparation of five-year plans, annual program plans, and accountability reports and of evaluations of programs. Directs the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education to continue a review of such programs during fiscal years 1982 through 1987. Directs the Department of Education to continue a fiscal audit of such programs during the same period. Eliminates the program of basic grants to States for vocational education programs in specified categories, including work study programs, cooperative vocational education programs, energy education grants for coal mining technology and installation of solar energy equipment, and residential vocation schools. Eliminates grants for program improvement and supportive services, including research coordinating units, exemplary and innovative programs, curriculum development projects, vocational guidance and counseling, vocational education personnel training, and grants to assist in overcoming sex bias. Eliminates special programs for disadvantaged persons. Eliminates consumer and homemaking education programs. Eliminates all provisions for national programs for vocational education, with the exception of provisions for vocational education data and occupational information data systems. Revises the latter provisions to repeal specified deadlines for required activities of the Secretary of Education, the Administrator of the National Center for Education Statistics, and the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Eliminates outdated provisions relating to the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education. Eliminates provisions for the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Eliminates specified programs of national significance, a national center for research in vocational education, personnel training and development programs, bilingual vocational training programs, and emergency assistance for remodeling and renovation of vocational education facilities. Revises definitions under such Act to conform to amendments made by this Act (such as the elimination of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education) and by previous transfers of authority to the Secretary of Education.