Education

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a presidential program for the improvement of science and technology, to be administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Office). Directs the Office to assess particular problems of science and engineering manpower, including teacher shortages, and retraining of workers. Requires the Office to submit these assessments to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation before the presidential budget submission for FY 1984. Establishes a Federal program for university research facilities and science and technical manpower improvement to upgrade academic research for the physical and biological sciences. Authorizes specified Federal agencies to make grants. Directs the Office to establish guidelines for agency participation. Requires the Director to submit such guidelines to the aforementioned committees before such budget submission. Requires the Director to report at least annually to such committees. Terminates such program after five years. Establishes within the Executive Office the presidential science and engineering young investigators awards program to encourage young scientists at the university level to pursue careers in academic research. Requires that the program be administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Requires the Director of the Office to select recipients from among untenured faculty members in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, or engineering at universities with established doctoral research programs. States that such an award shall consist of a base research support grant of $25,000 per year for five years. Permits the Director to make an additional award for five years which requires the matching of the Federal share on a two for one basis, up to a $75,000 annual total. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987. Establishes within the Executive Office a presidential science and mathematics improvement program to improve the skills of precollege science and math teachers. Requires the coordination of this program with each State. Provides stipends for eligible teachers. Requires State and local school authorities to nominate participants to be selected by the Director. Requires half the stipend money to come from non-Federal sources. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987.

A bill to prohibit prisoners from being eligible for basic educational opportunity grants (BEOG).

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude prisoners from eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants.

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 - Establishes within the National Science Foundation the presidential science and engineering young investigators awards program to encourage young scientists at the university level to pursue careers in academic research. States that the program be administered in cooperation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Requires the Director of the Foundation to select recipients from among untenured faculty members in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, or engineering at universities with established doctoral research programs. States that such award shall consist of a base research support grant of $25,000 per year for five years. Permits the Director to make an additional award for five years which requires the matching of the Federal share on a two-for-one basis, up to a $75,000 annual total. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987. Establishes within the Foundation a presidential science and mathematics improvement program to improve the skills of precollege science and math teachers. Requires the coordination of this program with each State. Provides stipends for eligible teachers. Requires State and local school authorities to nominate participants to be selected by the Foundation. Requires half the stipend money to come from non-Federal sources. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987. Directs the Foundation to assess particular problems of science and engineering manpower, including teacher shortages and retraining of workers. Requires the Foundation to submit these assessments to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation prior to the presidential budget submission for FY 1984. Establishes a Federal program for university research facilities and science and technical manpower improvement to upgrade academic research for the physical and biological sciences. Authorizes specified Federal agencies to make grants. Directs the Foundation to establish guidelines for agency participation. Requires the Director to submit such guidelines to the aforementioned committees before such budget submission. Requires the Director to report at least annually to such committees. Terminates such program after five years.

Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide financial assistance to the States to carry out educational programs for criminal offenders in juvenile and adult correctional institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 to enable the Secretary of Education to make grants to States under this Act, with such appropriations to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies and grants for programs of national significance. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for purposes inconsistent with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Sets forth permissible uses of grants made to States under this Act, including: (1) academic programs for basic education, special education, bilingual or bicultural study, secondary school credit, postsecondary study, fine arts, recreation and health, and curriculum development; (2) vocational training; (3) library development and services; (4) teacher training; (5) educational release programs; (6) guidance; (7) supportive services; and (8) job training. Sets forth requirements for State applications for assistance under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make, from specified reserved funds, grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, State correctional agencies, and other public and nonprofit organizations and institutions to meet the costs of programs of national significance which the Secretary determines give promise of improving the education of criminal offenders. Sets forth provisions for payment and withholding of funds under this Act.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to clarify the time limitations for the completion by veterans of a program of education, and to include alcohol and drug dependence or abuse as medical conditions for purposes of determining the eligibility of veterans for readjustment and related benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Requires the extension of the delimiting period for educational assistance to veterans for on-job training or for a course with an approved vocational objective unless the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the veteran is not in need of such a program to obtain a reasonably stable employment situation. Extends the availability of such assistance through December 31, 1984. Extends the delimiting period for veterans prevented from initiating or completing a program of education because of an alcohol or drug dependence from which such veteran has recovered.

A concurrent resolution disapproving certain regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982

Disapproves regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, by the Secretary of Education which revised certain parts of the Code of Federal Regulations with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to supplement Federal funds for higher education by providing a procedure under which individuals may contribute with their income tax returns up to $10 of any refund for purposes of providing funds for Federal student financial assistance programs.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to contribute up to ten dollars of any income tax refund to Federal student financial assistance programs. Identifies such programs as any student financial assistance programs established under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Congressional Page Education and Dormitory Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982

Congressional Page Education and Dormitory Act - Establishes the Congressional Page Board to establish and maintain a school and dormitory for the education and housing of congressional pages. Authorizes appropriations as necessary. Prohibits a person from serving as a page before the age of 16 years (currently 14 years for a Senate page).

Veterans' Employment and Education Assistance Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982

Veterans' Employment and Education Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Employment Assistance - Extends eligibility for the program for employment and training of disabled and Vietnam-era veterans programs to include a veteran rated at any level of disability, rather than only those rated 30 percent or more disabled. Continues the 30 percent or more disabled requirement for purposes of giving preference in employment as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claims examiners. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to promulgate regulations to administer such program. Requires that eligible veterans and persons be given priority in the provision of employment and training services. Makes officials within the Department of Labor who help administer this program responsible to the Assistant Secretary. Changes the position of State veterans' employment representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Assigns to each regional office of the Assistant Secretary a regional director for veterans' employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be specifically set forth in appropriation Acts. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to establish a program providing job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans through grants to State agencies and private, nonprofit organizations. Encourages such agencies to make cooperative arrangements with industry. Directs the Secretary to coordinate this program with other veterans' job training programs and to determine the effectiveness of an agency in providing services under this program. Permits the Secretary to furnish technical assistance as necessary. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress on the conduct of this program. Establishes within the Department of Labor the Secretary's Committee on Veterans' Affairs to meet quarterly to bring veterans' employment problems to the attention of the Secretary. Extends eligibility for the employment and training programs for disabled and Vietnam-era veterans to include persons who, but for the receipt of military retired pay, would be eligible to receive compensation. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make quarterly reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the state veterans' employment director. Requires each Federal department and agency to list openings with a local employment service office, which shall give veterans priority in referral. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to publish a report which includes the number of openings and the number of veterans who were referred to and/or received a job. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title II: Education Assistance - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialize training. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Permits enrollment of a veteran in a farm cooperative training course. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Sets forth class hour attendance requirements for laboratory and shop portions of courses. Permits the Administrator to discontinue educational assistance to eligible veterans and persons enrolled at institutions or in courses with uncorrected violations of specified requirements. Reduces the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Secretary of a military department to the Administrator for the administration of an educational assistance program. Permits accelerated payments of assistance to veterans enrolled in a high-cost, short-term course. Increases from $75 to $100 the maximum monthly deduction from a person's military pay for contribution to a matching fund for educational assistance. Amends the Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976 to extend eligibility for educational benefits for post-Vietnam era veterans. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires applications for recovery of payments or over payments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years.

Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title II Program Changes - Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for 14 or more days. Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or of a foot. Requires that additional compensation for dependents be adjusted downward to the nearest dollar. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a flag for burial (and subsequent retention by the next of kin) for persons designated by the Administrator as eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Eliminates the requirement that the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Army be a disabled veteran.

Veterans Education and Employment Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1982

Veterans' Education and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Veterans Rehabilitation and Education - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account, a matching fund, to receive and disburse funds for the education assistance program sponsored by each of the military departments. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Reduces from ten years to six years the delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December 31, 1989. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Prohibits the payment of anything but a books and supplies allowance for non-tuition courses taken by veterans in a penal institution. Lessens the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Title II: Veterans Employment - Requires that priority in jobs training programs be given to disabled, Vietnam era, and recently separated veterans. Changes the position of State Veterans' Employment Representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be monitored by the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make annual reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the state veterans' employment director. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to assist in the placement of veterans using existing Federal and State agencies. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Requires applications for recovery of payments or overpayments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years.

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for such payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreements which require commitments to teach or commitments to repay such loans). Provides for cancellation of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled.

Math and Science Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five hours of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.

National Teacher Retraining Demonstration Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

National Teacher Retraining Demonstration Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to, and contracts with, teacher retraining demonstration centers established in accordance with specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to make such grants and contracts for the establishment of two such centers emphasizing elementary school and two emphasizing secondary school. Sets forth requirements for such grants and contracts, including the appointment of panels to review proposals for such centers. Makes the General Education Provisions Act applicable to the program authorized under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987.

A bill to establish the United States Capitol Page Board for supervision and education of congressional pages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Establishes the United States Capitol Page Board for the supervision and education of congressional pages. Repeals the eligibility of Supreme Court pages for attendance and residence at the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. Requires the Board to provide for personnel to perform duties with respect to such school.

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science,and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for sych payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreement which require commitments to teach or repay such loans). Provides for cancellaton of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled.

Math and Science Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.

A bill to establish the United States Capitol Page Board for supervision and education of congressional pages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982

Establishes the United States Capitol Page Board for the supervision and education of congressional pages. Repeals the eligibility of Supreme Court pages for attendance and residence at the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. Requires the Board to provide for personnel to perform duties with respect to such school.

Harry M. Singleton, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Clarence Thomas.

United States · United States Senate · 12 July 1982

A bill to establish the United States Capitol Page Board for supervision and education of congressional pages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1982

Establishes the United States Capitol Page Board for the supervision and education of congressional pages. Repeals the eligibility of Supreme Court pages for attendance and residence at the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. Requires the Board to provide for personnel to perform duties with respect to such school.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the higher or vocational educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits eligibility for such deduction to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's dependent child unless such child has attained age 21 or has attended an institution of higher education as a full-time student for more than four weeks in the year of his twenty-first birthday. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions.

A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide that claims of governmental units arising from dischargeable educational loans shall have priority and that educational loans which are not dischargeable under chapter 7 of such title shall not be dischargeable under chapter 13 of such title, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the collection of defaulted Federal student loans from income tax refunds.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982

Amends the bankruptcy law to include among priority claims allowed, unsecured claims of governmental units for an educational loan made, insured, or guaranteed by such unit. Excludes such loans from discharge after completion of the court confirmed plan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an offset against overpayment of taxes for defaulted amounts on Federal student loans owed by an individual. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of Education monthly as to the amounts recovered and to transfer such amounts as necessary to the governmental unit or fund to be repaid.

Scientific Research, Education, and Technical Equipment Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982

Scientific Research, Education, and Technical Equipment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 65 to 100 percent the corporate income tax credit for the cost of certain basic research performed by colleges, universities, and certain research organizations and for scientific education. Sets special rules for grants made to certain research funds. Disqualifies subchapter S corporations, personal holding companies, and personal service corporations for the credit. Allows an income tax credit for ten percent of the qualified costs of sharing scientific and technical equipment with an education or other nonprofit organization. Revises requirements for the deduction for contributions of research equipment to certain educational institutions. Allows a tax deduction for the value of services provided under a standard service contract with a qualified organization in connection with a research and education contribution. Limits the deduction to 150 percent of the costs of the taxpayer in providing such services.

American Defense Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982

American Defense Education Act - Establishes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve instruction in mathematics, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and new technology. Requires local education agencies which desire to participate in the national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement. Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating local educational agencies to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to two percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Entitles agencies which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an additional incentive payment equal to two percent of the established payment rate. Sets forth a formula for establishing such payment rate. Sets forth requirements for payment applications for submission to the Secretary of Education. Directs the Secretary to administer the program and to pay each local educational agency with an approved application the amount to which it is entitled for each fiscal year. Provides for a joint survey and report to Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Education, for each year from 1983 through 1987, on the academic achievement levels of 18-year-old persons in the United States and the personnel training and educational needs of the Armed Forces. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989 to carry out this Act.

American Defense Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982

American Defense Education Act - Authorizes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve: (1) instruction in math, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and technology; and (2) guidance and counseling. Requires local education agencies which desire to participate in such national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement. Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating local educational agencies to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to two percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Entitles agencies which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an incentive payment equal to an additional two percent of the established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Sets forth a formula for establishing such payment rate. Sets forth requirements for payment applications for submission to the Secretary of Education. Sets forth provisions for participation in such program of children enrolled in private schools. Directs the Secretary to administer the program and to pay each local educational agency with an approved application the amount to which it is entitled for each fiscal year. Provides for a joint survey and report to Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Education, for each year from 1983 through 1987, on the academic achievement levels of U.S. 18-year-olds and the personnel training and educational needs of the armed forces.

Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982

Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide increased maximum student loans for certain students who lost benefits under the Social Security Act as a result of amendments made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Conditions any students' eligibility for such additional maximum loan amount on the receipt by the lender of a statement from the student's institution verifying the student's need for such amount.

National Science and Technology Revitalization Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982

National Science and Technology Revitalization Act of 1982 - Establishes a program of five-year presidential teaching and research fellowships to be awarded to untenured university faculty in mathematics, engineering, and the physical and biological sciences. Directs the National Science Foundation to select the fellows and administer the program. Establishes a presidential precollege science and mathematics inservice teaching program to assist States in improving the skills of secondary school science and mathematics teachers. Directs the Intergovernmental Science, Engineering, and Technology Panel of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to coordinate this program and develop a plan and guidelines. Directs the National Science Foundation to administer this program as well. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987 for the fellowships program and for FY 1983-1986 for the inservice teaching program.

Gary L. Jones, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education, vice William C. Clohan, Jr., resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 18 June 1982

National Diffusion Network Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982

National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the spread of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide for evaluation, information, materials, training, and technical assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1983 through FY 1986.

A bill to make permanent certain provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 waiving priority of the United States over the indebtedness of the Student Loan Marketing Association.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make permanent the waiver of priority of the United States over the indebtedness of the Student Loan Marketing Association.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash and other contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the higher or vocational educational expenses of an eligible beneficiary. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Prohibits an individual from being the beneficiary of more than one account. Disallows such deduction after the beneficiary attains age 19. Exempts such accounts from taxation. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Specifies penalties for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 27, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Education use the 1980 census data in determining the amount of grants under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1982

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Education should use the 1980 census data in determining the amount of basic grants to local educational agencies under title I (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Children) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the inmates of penal institutions from receiving student financial assistance under that Act.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit inmates of penal institutions from receiving student financial assistance under such Act.

Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982

Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1982 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes through research, demonstration, and educational activities. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to coordinate Federal and private activities. Requires the Committee to meet at least four times a year. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to change existing label warning provisions to require cigarette packages and advertisements to carry specified health warnings. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package cigarettes for sale or distribution in the United States without package disclosure of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide levels (based on Federal Trade Commission tests). Requires the Commission to perform these tests at least once a year. Increases the fine for Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act violations from $10,000 to $100,000.

A concurrent resolution to reaffirm the policy of the United States that public education is the cornerstone of our democratic system and its belief that continuing support for our public schools is essential to the realization of the social and economic goals upon which the future of our country depends.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982

Reaffirms the policy of the United States with respect to continuing support for public schools.

An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow student interns of the Internal Revenue Service to have access to certain information required by such students in the performance of their official duties.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982

Declares that students performing volunteer Government service shall be considered to be Federal employees for purposes of specified provisions relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of tax returns and return information.

An original bill to amend the Act to establish a Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982

Amends the Federal law which established an Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise Fund in the Treasury to revise provisions for determining amounts appropriated to the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to invest moneys in the Fund in accordance with specifications prescribed by the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. Authorizes the Committee to receive royalties or other income which becomes payable to the Fund.

Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1982

Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to include in the definition of "contribution" donations made to draft clearly identified individuals to become candidates for Federal office. Exempts from the definition of contributions any donations to political parties or committees designated to defray establishment, administration, or solicitation costs of the Committee. Requires that these donations be reported on a semiannual basis. Extends to the national committee of a political party certain exemptions that are given to State committees. Requires that reports filed under this Act be filed only with the Federal Election Commission (Commission). States that a principal campaign committee terminates automatically three years after the date of the last election (except in the case of a presidential candidate eligible for payments from tax deductible contributions to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund). Eliminates the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate as ex-officio members of the Commission. Allows a political committee of a party to utilize the expedited procedure for advisory opinion requests during the 60-day period before an election. Requires the Commission to establish time limits for investigations. Revises the investigatory procedures of the Commission. Deletes the requirement that the Court of Appeals sit en banc when hearing cases involving the constitutionality of the Act. Requires the Commission to make available to the public reports and statements filed with it, following regularly scheduled elections. Requires committees other than authorized committees to file in the State in which they are headquartered. Increases the contribution limitations for certain offices. Permits a separate segregated fund to solicit contributions from another separate segregated fund. Amends the definition for "stockholder" for purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Permits political committees of political parties to engage in bona fide commercial transactions in order to defray establishment, administration, and solicitation costs. Repeals authority for the voting system study. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide the opportunity for a presidential general election candidate to request a hearing before the Commission if a demand for repayment of funds is made available.

Scientific Research and Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1982

Scientific Research and Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 65 to 100 percent the amount of expenses eligible for the tax credit for amounts paid by a corporation for certain basic research by colleges, universities, and certain research organizations. Allows such credit for amounts paid by a corporation for scientific education at an institution of higher education. Limits such credit to the extent such amounts are used by the recipient for the payment of wages. Sets special rules for grants made to certain research funds. Disqualifies subchapter S corporations, personal holding companies, and personal service corporations for the credit.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend until December 31, 1984, the special provisions allowing Vietnam era veterans whose G.I. Bill educational assistance eligibility has otherwise expired to pursue programs of vocational or on-job training or a program of secondary education.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1982

Extends through December 31, 1984, the program allowing Vietnam-era veterans whose educational assistance eligibility has otherwise expired to pursue an apprenticeship, vocational training, or a program of secondary education.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of certain employees of institutions of higher education under State unemployment compensation laws.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that employees of institutions of higher education not working in an instructional, research, or administrative capacity may be denied unemployment compensation for periods between two successive academic years or terms if there is reasonable assurance that such an employee will perform services in the next academic year or term.

Guaranteed Student Loan Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982

Guaranteed Student Loan Reform Act - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require student borrowers to make in-school interest payments under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program. Revises income limitations for the GSL program. Limits to borrowing only according to financial need those students from families whose adjusted gross income is over $25,000 (currently, $30,000). Prohibits borrowing by students from families with adjusted gross incomes over $40,000, with adjustments for family size. Replaces GSL program provisions for Federal interest subsidy payments with provisions for student borrower in-school interest payments and revises accordingly the terms of agreements with States and nonprofit private institutions. Adds the amount of the in-school interest payment to the amount of the maximum Federal loan insurance limitations for undergraduate students and for graduate or professional students under the GSL program. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Provides that the amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1,1982. Directs the Secretary of Education to pay the required interest subsidies to holders of loans made prior to such effective date under the GSL program and authorizes appropriations necessary for such payments.

A bill to provide additional funding from the Department of Defense for allocation under the impact aid for education program, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to direct the Secretary of Defense to identify funds from Department of Defense appropriations to be transferred by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Department of Education for allocation under the impact aid for education program in FY 1983 and 1984 if a specified amount is not directly appropriated for such program. Permits any local educational agency aggrieved by any action or failure to act in violation of this Act to bring an action for damages or equitable relief in an appropriate district court of the United States.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make certain alterations in Federal, State, and private programs of low-interest insured loans for students in institutions of higher education.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982

Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to take necessary actions, including direct payments to eligible institutions, to insure that the proceeds of any loan under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program are used for educational expenses. Requires, as a condition for a loan under the GSL program, the endorsement of: (1) an individual who claims the student as a dependent for Federal income tax purposes for the taxable year during which the loan is made; or (2) any individual at least 21 years of age, if the student is not claimed as such a dependent. Shortens from six months to three months the deferral period before repayment of such loans must begin. Provides for a late charge for GSL installment payments not paid within ten days after due date. Revises provisions for Federal interest subsidy payments under the GSL program to require student borrowers to pay the holder of a GSL loan an amount equal to nine percent of the unpaid principal amount of the loan. Requires that such interest assessment be paid in four equal installments at three-month intervals during the 12 months beginning on the date the proceeds of such loan are received by the student. Permits the holder to keep the amount of one of such payments, unless the Secretary determines that this violates State law. Directs the holder to deduct the amount of any other such payments from the amount of the principal and interest of the loan. Directs the holder to notify the Secretary of any such payment which is not made during a required three-month installment period. Directs the Secretary to determine with respect to each eligible institution under the GSL program the outstanding amount of all loans which: (1) are either insured under a student loan insurance program for which Federal interest subsidy payments are provided or covered by Federal loan insurance; (2) were made after the date of enactment of this Act by any student borrower accepted or in attendance on the date the loan was made; and (3) are in default on the first day of each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to determine the average of such outstanding amounts for all eligible institutions on the first day of such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to require each eligible institution to provide information necessary to make such determinations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify each eligible institution for which the outstanding amount exceeds the national average; (2) review such institution's outstanding amounts and eligibility under the GSL program; and (3) require such institution to pay a penalty of 25 percent of the sum by which its outstanding amounts exceed the national average. (Prohibits assessing such penalty during the first fiscal year in which the Secretary notifies the institution.) Authorizes the Secretary to refuse under the GSL program to make Federal interest subsidy payments for, or to cover by Federal loan insurance, any student loan at any institution refusing to pay such penalty. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring all eligible institutions to take all possible actions to determine the location and financial resources of any student borrower receiving a loan under the GSL program and to cooperate with lenders in collecting on such loans. Repeals provisions for origination fees under the GSL program.

A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from October 3, 1982, through October 9, 1982, as "National Schoolbus Safety Week of 1982".

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982

Requests the President to designate October 3 through October 9, 1982, as National Schoolbus Safety Week.

A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to allow the issuance of revenue bonds to finance college and university programs which provide student educational loans.

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982

Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to authorize the District of Columbia Council to issue revenue bonds to finance college and university programs that provide student educational loans.

Scientific Research and Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982

Scientific Research and Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporations a full income tax credit for payments to institutions of higher education and certain research organizations for basic research or scientific education (present law permits a credit for only 65 percent of expenses). Eliminates the requirement that corporations claiming a credit in subsequent years for research expenses must take into account the amount of expenses paid in previous years in computing the amount of expenses available for the credit. Includes as an organization eligible to receive payments from a corporation a post-secondary or adult education organization which grants a one- or two-year certificate and has occupational specific programs. Requires that amounts paid by corporations to educational institutions as payments for scientific education be used to pay salaries of teachers providing scientific education. Disqualifies subchapter s corporations, personal holding companies, and service organizations from eligibility for the tax credit.

Resources for Handicapped Individuals Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982

Resources for Handicapped Individuals Act - Title I: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids, and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for Center operation and maintenance in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Defines "Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults" to mean that facility and its affiliated network established pursuant to an agreement approved in 1969 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and continued pursuant to specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (Repeals such provisions of such Act in title IV of this Act.) Provides that nothing in this Act shall in any way cause to affect or modify any existing or future agreement between any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality and the Industrial Home for the Blind, Inc., or its successors or assignees, with respect to the Helen Keller National Center for the Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title II: Instructional Media for the Handicapped - Directs the Librarian of Congress to establish a loan service of capitioned films and educational media for handicapped individuals, their parents, and others directly involved in activities for the advancement of the handicapped. Authorizes the Librarian to: (1) acquire such films, educational media, and equipment; (2) provide, by grant or contract, for film captioning, for distribution of media and equipment to State schools and other appropriate local or regional agencies, for production and distribution of such media, and for research and training in their use; (3) utilize other governmental agencies' facilities and services; and (4) accept gifts, contributions, and voluntary and uncompensated services of individuals and organizations. Authorizes the Librarian to enter into specified types of agreements with institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, or other appropriate nonprofit agencies for the establishment and operation of centers on educational media and materials for the handicapped. Directs the Librarian to give preference to the proposals of institutions and agencies which: (1) have demonstrated the capabilities necessary for development and evaluation of such media; and (2) can serve the educational technology needs of the Model High School for the Deaf. Directs the Librarian to report annually to the Congress on the activities of the centers on educational media and materials for the handicapped. Authorizes appropriations in each fiscal year as necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Regional Postsecondary Educational Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts with institutions of higher education, including junior and community colleges, vocational and technical institutions, and other appropriate nonprofit educational agencies, for the development and operation of specially designed or modified programs of vocational, technical, postsecondary, or adult education for deaf or other handicapped indviduals. Directs the Secretary to give priority to programs: (1) serving multistate regions or large population centers; (2) adapting existing programs of vocational, technical, postsecondary,or adult education to the special needs of handicapped individuals; and (3) designed to serve areas where a need for such services is clearly demonstrated. Directs the Secretary to conduct, directly or by contract, a continuing evaluation of the effectiveness of each program assisted under this title. Authorizes appropriations in each fiscal year as may be necessary to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary, in each fiscal year after September 30, 1982, to assure that each recipient of funds in FY 1982 under regional educational program provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act which the Secretary determines will provide effective services for that fiscal year will continue to receive financial assistance for that fiscal year. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which relate to the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Repeals provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act which relate to instructional media for the handicpped and to regional education programs.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction from gross income for contributions of cash, stocks, bonds, or other securities to a savings account for the purpose of paying the educational expenses of the taxpayer's children or grandchildren who have not attained the age of 21 before the close of the calendar year for which the contribution is made. Limits such deduction to $1,000 per calendar year adjusted for inflation. Prohibits the establishment of an account for the benefit of more than one individual. Prohibits an individual from being a beneficiary of more than one account. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the taxpayer so long as such distributions are used to pay the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books, supplies, and reasonable living expenses at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Provides that distributions used for the educational expenses of the beneficiary shall not be included in the gross income of the beneficiary.

National Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982

National Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Act of 1982 - Requires the President to coordinate the activities of all executive agencies in implementing a national policy to maintain a competent employment force of technical, engineering, and scientific personnel and an adequate supply of educators in science and mathematics. Directs each executive agency, in cooperation with State and local governments and private organizations, to establish technical, engineering, and scientific training and education programs and activities which shall be reviewed by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and coordinated by the National Coordinating Council on Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education. Establishes in the National Science Foundation a National Coordinating Council on Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education which shall: (1) monitor and assess the need for trained technical, engineering, and scientific personnel, including educators, for industry, academia, the military, and the Government; (2) coordinate Federal efforts in technical, engineering, and scientific manpower and education with State, municipal, and private sector efforts; (3) cooperate with executive agencies in reviewing all Federal programs in technical, engineering, and scientific manpower and education; (4) encourage high quality scientific and mathematical education and promote careers in such areas; (5) encourage access into the technical, engineering, and scientific fields for minorities and women; (6) help with long range technical manpower assessments and policy recommendations; and (7) prepare annually a national technical manpower and education plan which the Council shall use in carrying out its responsibilities. Requires the Council to report directly to the National Science Board. Establishes a Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Fund which shall be available: (1) in the first year after enactment of this Act to pay for the preparation of the first national technical manpower and education plan; and (2) after the first year to pay the Federal share of research, fellowships, grants, capital equipment, salaries, instrumentation, and other activities necessary to carry out this Act. Limits the Federal share of any financial assistance under this Act to 50 percent. Provides for administration of the fund by the Council. Requires the Council's review and and approval of any obligation or expenditure of fund money that exceeds $500,000 to an institution or $200,000 to an individual. Terminates the fund five years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Council to transmit annually to Congress a report which shall include: (1) the funds obligated and expended from the fund; (2) all of the Council's activities in carrying out this Act; (3) the state of the Nation's engineering, technical, and scientific manpower and education resources; (4) legislative recommendations for incentives to develop technical, engineering, and scientific personnel; and (5) the national technical manpower and education plan required by this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and thereafter to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the fund for FY 1983 through 1987.