Education

A bill to establish a program of Federal grants to assist local educational agencies to establish and provide for a school year of not less than 240 days and to establish Federal grants to recognize achievement in education by local educational agencies.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program of grants to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and provide for a school year of not less than 240 days. Directs the Secretary, in considering LEA applications, to ensure an equitable distribution of such assistance among LEAs in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of grants to LEAs whose students perform above the national average on national educational competency and achievement examinations. Directs the Secretary, in considering LEA applications, to ensure an equitable distribution of such assistance among LEAs in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Authorizes appropriations.

R. James Woolsey, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term of two years. (New Position)

United States · United States Senate · 5 August 1987

Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987

Technology to Educate Children With Handicaps Act - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to add provisions for assistive device resource centers. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing assistive device resources centers. Directs the Secretary to make State allotments based on the number of handicapped children. Sets forth a minimum State allotment. Requires that each center serve: (1) severely handicapped infants and toddlers; (2) severely handicapped children and youth; and (3) severely handicapped individuals who have attained 21 years of age if the State plan prescribes a targeted population of such individuals. Requires each center to: (1) train and assist specialists in local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations to evaluate a handicapped student's potential to benefit from assistive devices; (2) instruct teachers, therapists, paraprofessionals, parents, and handicapped students in the appropriate use of assistive devices; (3) provide follow-up services and collect data to determine the effectiveness of the services provided; (4) develop a statewide service delivery system for severely handicapped children; (5) be able to assist in the development of assistive devices to meet the needs of handicapped individuals; (6) disseminate information to local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations; and (7) provide in-service training to specialists, teachers, parents, and others on the benefits of assistive devices to promote improved educational performance and increased interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped individuals. Requires each State to assure priority of services for handicapped children from birth through age 21. States that nothing in this Act precludes the provision of center services to handicapped individuals who are no longer eligible for services under the Education of the Handicapped Act. Requires each center to establish an Advisory Committee. Prohibits Federal funds from being used for the operations of such Committee. Sets forth required contents of State allotment applications. Allows any public agency or private nonprofit organization or institution to apply to a State for a grant to establish a center. Makes the Federal share of the cost 70 percent in FY 1988, 65 percent in FY 1989, and 60 percent in FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

Even Start Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987

Even Start Act - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to add a new Chapter 3: Even Start Programs. Provides for grants to integrate early childhood education and adult education for parents into a unified program. Allocates program grants to States in the same proportion as under the allocation of ECIA chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) funds. Sets a maximum and minimum for such State allotments. Requires that funds made available to local educational agencies (LEAs) under this Act be used to pay the Federal share of the cost of providing family-centered education programs to help parents to become full partners in the education of their children and assist children to reach their full potential as learners. Sets forth program elements. Limits the Federal share to 80 percent of program costs in the first year, 60 percent in the second, 40 percent in the third, and 20 percent in the fourth and any subsequent year. Allows the non-Federal share to be obtained from any available source, including Federal, State, and local programs. Makes eligible for participation in this program families that include: (1) a parent who is eligible for participation in an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act; and (2) a child aged one to seven, inclusive, who resides in a school attendance area designated for participation in chapter 1 programs. Set forth LEA application requirements. Requires each State educational agency to award grants on the basis of proposals which meet specified criteria. Provides that grants may be awarded for up to four years. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the annual independent evaluation of programs under this part; and (2) submit to the Congress an annual review and summary of the results of such evaluations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993 to carry out this Act.

Family-School Partnership Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987

Family-School Partnership Act - Establishes a demonstration grant program in the interest of encouraging local educational agencies (LEAs) to increase the involvement of families in the improvement of the educational achievement of their children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to make demonstration grants to eligible LEA applicants for the development of innovative family-school educational partnership activities designed to: (1) support family efforts to work with children in the home; (2) train families, teachers, and other school personnel to work effectively as partners; and (3) evaluate the family participation in activities of the schools and ways in which to increase involvement in such activities. Suggests possible uses for the grants, including: (1) regular conferences for families of students; (2) training of appropriate educational personnel to foster communication among families, students, and educators; and (3) provision of complementary curriculum materials to families and assistance in implementing home-based education activities. Provides for the participation of private school children, families, teachers, and other staff personnel in the programs and services assisted or carried out under this Act. Establishes within the Department of Education a National Center for Family-School Partnerships in Education (Center). Directs the Secretary, through such Center, to collect and disseminate information and to serve as a clearinghouse with respect to relevant successful programs. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1993 appropriations. Designates a specified percentage of such funds for provisions related to the Center.

National Education Savings Trust Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987

National Education Savings Trust Act of 1987 - Title I: Establishment of National Education Savings Trust - Establishes the National Education Savings Trust. Creates a Board of Trustees including the Secretaries of Education and of the Treasury, ex officio, and representatives of postsecondary education institutions and of the general public, to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Creates under the jurisdiction and control of the Board an Advance Tuition Payment Fund. Sets forth the general duties of the Board, including paying money directly to postsecondary institutions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, as Managing Trustee, to invest portions of Fund moneys in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in federally-guaranteed obligations. Sets forth restrictions on uses of the Fund. Requires the Board to make annual reports to the Congress. Allows a purchaser to enter into an agreement with the Trust for the purchase of an advance tuition payment plan for use by a qualified beneficiary to pay a portion of the tuition and fees required to attend a postsecondary education institution. Sets forth required contents and design of advance tuition payment plan agreements. Directs the Trust to provide that a purchaser may purchase an advance payment tuition plan for an eligible beneficiary at any time following the beneficiary's birth. Sets forth certain restrictions and conditions for termination of agreements and for refunds upon termination. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that not more than 75 percent of any corpus or income under any advance tuition payment agreement from the Trust with respect to which the student is a qualified beneficiary shall be considered as income or resources with respect to any student in determining eligibility for assistance under any program funded under title IV of such Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit a postsecondary education institution to request information concerning an advance tuition payment plan agreement with the Trust unless such information relates to eligibility for Federal financial assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or some other Federal law. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit any postsecondary education institution to charge any differential in the cost of attendance at such institution for qualified beneficiaries of such a plan agreement. Authorizes appropriations for a period not to exceed seven fiscal years after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Board to notify the Congress whenever, prior to the end of such period, it determines that the Trust is self-supporting. Title II: Tax Treatment of Advance Tuition Payment Plan Agreements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the amount paid in cash by the taxpayer to the Trust under any advance tuition payment plan agreement. Makes the applicable percentage: (1) 100 percent if the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer is not over $25,000; (2) 50 percent if between $25,000 and $60,000; (3) 25 percent if between $60,000 and $100,000; and (4) zero percent if over $100,000. Reduces such dollar amounts by 50 percent in the case of a married individual filing a separate return. Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment for years after 1988. Allows such deduction only if: (1) the taxpayer is the qualified beneficiary under the agreement and is not the dependent of another taxpayer; or (2) the taxpayer is entitled to a specified deduction with respect to the qualified beneficiary under such agreement for the taxable year. Limits maximum deductible payments per beneficiary to $2,000 for any taxable year and $48,000 for all taxable years. Disallows such deduction for the taxable year in which the beneficiary dies or attains age 30 or for any year thereafter. Disallows such deduction to a taxpayer who is a dependent of another taxpayer. Disallows such deduction with respect to a beneficiary who is the taxpayer's spouse, unless the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption for the spouse and files a joint return. Deems payments to an advance tuition payment plan agreement as made for the preceding taxable year if they are made not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the return. Provides that the deduction for payments under advance tuition payment plan agreements is also allowable to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions. Excludes from gross income any amount paid from the Trust to any postsecondary education institution pursuant to any advance tuition payment plan agreement. Includes in the gross income of the person to whom the amount is paid any other amount paid for the Trust which is not described in the preceding sentence. Adds a penalty tax for such refunds from the Trust, except where the beneficiary under the agreement dies (the penalty is equal to 20 percent of gross income, or ten percent of gross income for taxable years ending before the qualified beneficiary attains age 25).

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1988 - Makes appropriations to the Department of Labor for FY 1988 for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration for program administration, training and employment services, Federal unemployment benefits and allowances, and State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (2) the Labor-Management Services Administration for salaries and expenses; (3) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (4) the Employment Standards Administration for special benefits, salaries and expenses, and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (5) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (6) the Mine Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (7) the Bureau of Labor Statistics for salaries and expenses; and (8) departmental management for salaries and expenses, the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training, and the Office of the Inspector General. Makes such appropriations which are available for salaries and expenses available for supplies, services, and rental of conference space within the District of Columbia, as deemed necessary for the settlement of labor-management disputes. Prohibits such funds from being used to grant variances, interim orders, or letters of clarification to employers which will allow exposure of workers to workplace hazards in excess of existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for the purpose of conducting experiments on worker health or safety. Prohibits the use of funds to close certain Job Corps Centers prior to January 1, 1989. Prohibits the use of funds to execute any contract with a non-governmental entity to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps which was not under such contract as of September 1, 1984. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1988 - Makes appropriations for FY 1988 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the following agencies: (1) the Office of the Secretary for priority disease control and research with respect to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); (2) the Health Resources and Services Administration for health resources and services, and for the Medical Facilities Guarantee and Loan Fund; (3) the Centers for Disease Control; (4) the National Institutes of Health for the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Eye Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, research resources, the National Center for Nursing Research, the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, buildings and facilities, and the Office of the Director; (5) the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health programs and Saint Elizabeth's Hospital; (6) the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health for public health service management and retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service; (7) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and program management; (8) the Social Security Administration for payments to Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, the supplemental security income program, assistance payments programs, low income home energy assistance, family support payments to States, and refugee and entrant assistance; (9) the Office of Human Development for social services block grants, human development services, and family social services; (10) departmental management; (11) the Office of the Inspector General; (12) the Office for Civil Rights; and (13) policy research. Prohibits any of the funds appropriated for grants-in-aid to State agencies from being withheld from the agencies of any State which have established a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering their employees because of any disapproval of the manner of their selection or the rates of pay. Prohibits the use of funds for the National Institutes of Health for forward funding or multiyear funding of research project grants, except where the Director of the National Institutes of Health has determined that such funding is specifically required because of the scientific requirements of a particular project grant. Makes specified funds available for expenses for active commissioned officers in the Public Health Service Reserve Corps and for a limited number of commissioned officers in the Regular Corps. Makes such funds also available for specified activities of the Corps. Prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Makes funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund available for the expenses of sharing medical care facilities and resources under the Public Health Service Act. Makes funds appropriated for the Social Security Administration available for official reception and representation expenses. Makes funds appropriated for the Health Care Financing Administration available for official reception and representation expenses. Prohibits the use of any funds for basic pay, special pay, basic allowances for subsistence and basic allowances for quarters of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service above a specified level. Prohibits the use of any funds to transfer the general administration of programs authorized under the Native American Programs Act from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of the Interior. Authorizes the use of funds for one-year contracts which are to be performed in two fiscal years, if the total amount for such contracts is obligated in the year for which the funds are appropriated. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assign not more than 50 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities with funds provided by the Agency for International Development the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. Authorizes the use of funds to pay physicians' comparability allowances only to those persons who are licensed to practice medicine, except those individuals receiving such allowances prior to January 1, 1988. Makes funds available for the purchase of dedicated telephone service between the private residences of employees assigned to computer centers funded under this Act and the computer centers to which such employees are assigned. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1988 - Makes appropriations for FY 1988 to the Department of Education for: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) special programs; (4) bilingual education; (5) education for the handicapped; (6) rehabilitation services and handicapped research; (7) vocational and adult education; (8) guaranteed student loans; (9) higher education; (10) college housing loans; (11) educational research and statistics; (12) libraries; (13) special institutions (American Printing House for the Blind, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Gallaudet College, and Howard University); (14) departmental management for salaries and expenses, the Office for Civil Rights, and the Office of the Inspector General; (15) student financial assistance; and (16) college construction loan insurance; and (17) college housing and academic facilities loans. Prohibits withholding of funds appropriated by this title for grants-in-aid to cover State agency operating expenses because of any disapproval of their personnel or manner of personnel selection if a merit system and classification and compensation plan are in operation. Subjects the funds appropriated in this Act to the American Printing House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet College to an audit by the Secretary of Education. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to: (1) force any school or school district which is desegregated to take any action to force the busing of students, to force on account of race, creed, or color the abolishment of any such school, or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending such a school to or from a particular school over the protest of the student's parents; (2) transport students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalances or to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system; or (3) transport any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home. Prohibits using funds appropriated under this Act to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1988 to: (1) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the Public Broadcasting Fund; (2) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for salaries and expenses; (3) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (4) the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for salaries and expenses; (5) the National Council on the Handicapped for salaries and expenses; (6) the National Labor Relations Board for salaries and expenses; (7) the National Mediation Board for salaries and expenses; (8) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (9) the Physician Payment Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (10) the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (11) the Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, for the Federal payment to the Railroad retirement accounts, for the expense of the Railroad Retirement Board, including the administration of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act; (12) the Soldier's and Airmen's Home for operation and maintenance; and (13) the United States Institute of Peace. Title V: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds appropriated for salaries and expenses under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for any loan, loan guarantee, grant, salary, or other remuneration for any individual applying for admission, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at an institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance to others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure of property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such institution. Authorizes the Secretaries of Labor, of Education, and of Health and Human Services to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act, provided that such transferred balances are used for the same purposes, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from: (1) remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided; (2) being used for publicity or propaganda to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself or for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships; (3) being used to pay for activities by grant or contract recipients or their agents designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress; or (4) being used for research, experimental, or other activities presenting a danger to participants or subjects, without their written, informed consent (or that of parents or legal guardians in the case of minors). Authorizes the Secretaries to make available specified amounts from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I, II, and III, for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board to make available specified amounts for such expenses.

A bill to authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to make necessary repairs to the Riverdale School in Riverdale, North Dakota.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987

Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to make necessary repairs to the Riverdale School in Riverdale, North Dakota, to repair damage resulting from the failure of the Corps of Engineers to properly maintain the school during the time when the Corps was responsible for the school's operation and maintenance.

Dean Burch, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term of six years. (New Position)

United States · United States Senate · 27 July 1987

Literacy Corps Assistance Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1987

Literacy Corps Assistance Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education for up to two years to carry out literacy corps programs. Authorizes use of funds under this Act for: (1) grants to institutions of higher education for institutional participation costs and student coordinator stipends in the Literacy Corps Program; and (2) technical assistance, information collection and dissemination, and evaluation. Limits to $50,000 the amount of a grant to an institution of higher education. Limits to $25,000 the amount of such grant which may be expended in the first year. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires the institution to have one or more courses of instruction for academic credit which are designed to combine the training of undergraduates in various academic departments with experience as tutors. Requires such individuals, as a condition of receiving credit in such course, to perform at least six hours of voluntary, uncompensated service each week of the academic term as a tutor in a public community agency's educational or literacy program. Requires that such tutoring service be under the supervision of qualified personnel. Requires the institution to demonstrate that it has participated in community service activities, including the use of a portion of its work study program allotment for community service learning, or the conduct of a cooperative education program. Allows a waiver of such institutional community service requirement if the institution has conducted another significant program involving community outreach and service, or its prior failure will not impede its ability to engage in necessary outreach efforts, and it will use a portion of any work-study program allotment it receives for community service learning programs. Authorizes the Secretary, directly or by other arrangement, to: (1) provide technical assistance to grant recipients; (2) collect and disseminate information on programs under this Act; and (3) evaluate and report on such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1988 and thereafter, but limits such authorization to two fiscal years.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of a dependent at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of $1,000 or the earned income includible in the taxpayer's gross income for the year. Disallows the deduction for contributions to an account maintained for any individual who has attained age 19. Provides that: (1) no account may have more than one beneficiary; and (2) no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Permits the exclusion from gross income of payments and distributions from an education savings account as long as such amounts are used exclusively for the educational expenses of the eligible beneficiary or are distributions of excess contributions before the due date of the tax return. Exempts the accounts themselves from taxation (except for the tax on unrelated business income of a charitable organization) unless they cease to be proper education savings accounts because either the contributor-taxpayer engages in prohibited transactions or the account's beneficiary pledges the account as security. Imposes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are used for other than educational purposes. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's beneficiary on the maintenance of the account. Extends the deduction for contributions to an educational savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Imposes a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to an education savings account. Provides that contributions to an education savings account shall not be subject to gift tax. Imposes a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to an education savings account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file required reports concerning the education savings account. Excludes from the gross income of an individual any distributions from an education savings account used exclusively for that individual's educational expenses.

A bill to amend the Head Start Act to prevent the Secretary of Health and Human Services from disqualifying from eligibility to receive discretionary payments any Head Start agency that then serves less than one-third of the children eligible to participate in its Head Start program.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987

Amends the Head Start Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from excluding from eligibility to receive discretionary payments any Head Start agency that then serves less than one-third of the children eligible to participate in its Head Start program.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of a dependent at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of $1,000 or the earned income includible in the taxpayer's gross income for the year. Disallows the deduction for contributions to an account maintained for any individual who has attained age 19. Provides that: (1) no account may have more than one beneficiary; and (2) no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Permits the exclusion from gross income of payments and distributions from an education savings account that are used exclusively for the educational expenses of the eligible beneficiary or are distributions of excess contributions before the due date of the tax return. Exempts the accounts themselves from taxation (except for the tax on unrelated business income of a charitable organization) unless they cease to be proper education savings accounts because either the contributor-taxpayer either engages in prohibited transactions or the account's beneficiary pledges the account as security. Imposes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are used for other than educational purposes. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's beneficiary on the maintenance of the account. Extends the deduction for contributions to an educational savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Imposes a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to an education savings account. Provides that contributions to an education savings account shall not be subject to gift tax. Imposes a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to an education savings account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file required reports concerning the education savings account. Excludes from the gross income of an individual any distributions from an educational expenses.

Children's Television Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1987

Children's Television Education Act of 1987 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each television broadcasting station to broadcast a substantial amount of programming which: (1) serves the educational and informational needs of children who are 12 years old or younger; (2) is reasonably scheduled throughout the week; and (3) is directed to specific age groups of children. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to designate for hearing any license renewal application by a television station if a petition for denial is filed alleging that the applicant has failed to broadcast a specific minimum amount of such programming. Provides that the burden shall be on the applicant to prove it has fulfilled its obligation to serve the child audience. Requires the Commission's annual report to the Congress to: (1) list the television licensees whose licenses were renewed notwithstanding a failure to meet children's programming requirements, with an explanation of each such renewal; and (2) describe the implementation of this Act and its impact on children's programming. Directs the Commission to conduct and report to the Congress on an inquiry into program length commercials and interactive programs for which the primary audience is children who are 12 years old or younger.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning November 15, 1987, as "African American Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987

Designates the week beginning November 15, 1987, as African American Education Week. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon: (1) the Department of Education and State and local governments to support activities observing such week; (2) schools and communities with African Americans to demonstrate their commitment to the education of African Americans; and (3) community organizations to intensify their support of academic excellence by African Americans.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit institutions of higher education to make loans to their students, if such institutions continue to hold such loans until the beginning of the repayment period of the loan, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove certain restrictions on the making of guaranteed loans to their students by institutions of higher education. Permits such institutions to make loans to their students if the institutions continue to hold such loans until the beginning of the loan repayment period.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning November 15, 1987, as "African American Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987

Designates the week beginning November 15, 1987, as African American Education Week. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon: (1) the Department of Education and State and local governments to support activities observing such week; (2) schools and communities with African Americans to demonstrate their commitment to the education of African Americans; and (3) community organizations to intensify their support of academic excellence by African Americans.

Student Loan Amendments Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1987

Student Loan Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the insurance premium rule for the guaranteed student loan program. Requires the collection of a single insurance premium which shall be applied uniformly to all loans. Requires that such premium be not less than 0.5 percent nor more than three percent of the principal amount of the loan. Provides that a multistate guaranty agency may set the premium for each State for which it has received advances as the designated State guarantor, with a single uniform rate to be set for the balance of the activity of the agency with other States. Permits a guaranty agency, after 60 days' notice, to cease to guarantee loans for students at an otherwise eligible institution if the cumulative default rate of loans at such institution in repayment exceeds 25 percent of the amount insured by the guaranty agency which holds the preponderance of the value of the loans outstanding at such institution (unless the guarantor is the designated State guaranty agency in the State where the eligible institution is located and insures loans for the lender of last resort in that State under specified provisions).

A bill to limit the promulgation of rules relating to impact aid payments pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 81-874.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987

Prohibits the Secretary of Education, except as expressly provided by Act of Congress, from changing, amending, or modifying rules and regulations in effect on April 30, 1987, and issued pursuant to specified provisions of Federal law relating to impact aid payments.

A bill to amend Public Law 874, 81st Congress, relating to impact aid payments.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987

Amends Federal law relating to impact aid payments. Revises the title and policy declaration to use the term reimbursement (rather than assistance) with respect to local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activity. Refers to school membership (rather than attendance) throughout the Act. Revises formulas for determining the amount of payments to local educational agencies. Provides that certain increases in such payments shall be sufficient to allow the school district to have an operating cost no greater than the State average or the average of comparable school districts in the State. Provides that a reasonable tax effort has been made if the agency receives at least 80 percent of the taxes levied which would have been received if the applicant district had an operational tax rate equal to the average of comparable districts. Reduces certain payments to an agency by the percentage of the difference that the actual taxes levied of such agency are of the taxes that would have been levied if the applicant district had an operational tax rate equal to the average of comparable districts or State average. Provides that, for FY 1988 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the local contribution rate for agencies whose school district boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of a military installation shall not be less than 70 percent of the average per pupil expenditure in all States during the second preceding year prior to the current fiscal year. Provides that any agency eligible for an increase under certain provisions shall receive 100 percent of the amount to which it is entitled under other specified provisions. Provides for rounding of payments to the nearest whole dollar. Changes the formulas determining how the Secretary of Education shall allocate among various categories of local educational agencies additional funds left over after the initial allocation. Revises provisions concerning State treatment of Federal impact aid payments with respect to a local educational agency's eligibility for, and the amount of, State aid. Requires that the State formula ensure that the local agency will have sufficient funds available to expand at or above the State average per pupil expenditure or the average per pupil expenditure for comparable districts, whichever is greater. Provides that specified types of impact aid shall not be taken into consideration as local resources by the State. Directs the Secretary, for any fiscal year following FY 1987, to allocate to any local educational agency which received certain payments in FY 1987 an amount which is not less than the product of 100 percent of the year pupil amount paid to such agency in FY 1987 or FY 1986, whichever is higher, and the number of children in current average daily membership. Permits a local educational agency receiving funds for impact aid payments to agencies also to receive funds for education of children where local agencies cannot supply facilities. Revises provisions relating to Federal acquisition of property within a school district to require that the amount which a local educational agency is entitled to receive under such provisions for any fiscal year be at least as much as the agency received for FY 1983, except where Federal activity has declined since 1983.

Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987

Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish within the Department of Education an Office of Comprehensive School Health Education. Makes it the function of such Office to: (1) encourage State and local educational agencies to provide comprehensive school health education to elementary and secondary school students; (2) provide technical support to State and local educational agencies for health education programs and curricula; (3) make grants to State and local educational agencies; (4) provide an annual report on the progress of the Office and the status of school health education in the United States; (5) cooperate with other Federal agencies carrying out school health education programs to ensure coordination of such programs; and (6) advise the Secretary on school health education policy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and improving comprehensive school health education programs. Sets forth authorized uses of such grants and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992.

Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987

Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993 to enable the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to carry out educational programs for criminal offenders in correctional institutions. Directs the Secretary, in each fiscal year in which such appropriations exceed a specified amount, to reserve three percent of such funds for programs of national significance. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States of the remainder of such funds. Sets forth allowable uses of grant funds under this Act. Sets forth grant application requirements. Sets forth provisions for grants for programs of national significance. Sets forth provisions for grant payments and withholding.

Technology Literacy Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987

Technology Literacy Act of 1987 - Defines "technology education" as a comprehensive educational process designed to develop a population that is knowledgeable about technology and its evolution, systems, techniques, utilization in industry and other fields, and cultural significance. Directs the Secretary of Education, subject to the availability of appropriations under this Act, to establish a program of grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), State educational agencies (SEAs), and institutions of higher education for up to ten demonstration programs in technology education for secondary schools. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary to consider equitable geographic distribution in making such grants. Permits such grants to be used to develop a model demonstration program for technology education with specified components. Includes among such components research and development of curriculum materials, a program to develop teacher capabilities in technology education, and multidisciplinary teacher workshops for interfacing mathematics, science, and technology education. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the costs of programs or projects assisted under this Act. Directs the Secretary to disseminate the results of such programs or projects so as to improve the training of educational personnel. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1988 and 1991.

A bill entitled the "Riverdale, North Dakota, School Rehabilitation Act".

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987

Amends the Water Resources Development Act, 1986 to authorize the Corps of Engineers to rehabilitate the existing school building at Riverdale, North Dakota, which was transferred to such community, in order to bring such building up to State standards for continued safe operation.

A bill to establish a program for repayment of certain student loans on behalf of persons who teach in public elementary, secondary, or vocational schools.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987

Amends the Higher Education Act to establish a loan repayment program with respect to guaranteed student loans and direct loans. Directs the Secretary of Education to make 100 percent of the payments due on such loans on behalf of any full-time teacher in a public elementary or secondary school who began such teaching within 18 months of graduation from an institution of higher education. Continues this repayment program for as long as the teacher remains employed by a public elementary or secondary school.

Commission on Values Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987

Commission on Values Education Act of 1987 - Establishes a Commission on Values Education to investigate how the Federal Government can promote the teaching of values in public schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of its final report to the Congress. Requires congressional hearings 90 days after submission of the Commission's report.

Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987

Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish within the Department of Education an Office of Comprehensive School Health Education. Makes it the function of such Office to: (1) encourage State and local educational agencies to provide comprehensive school health education to elementary and secondary school students; (3) provide technical support to State and local educational agencies for health education programs and curricula; (3) make grants to State and local educational agencies; (4) provide an annual report on the progress of the Office and the status of school health education in the Untied States; (5) cooperate with other Federal agencies carrying out school health education programs to ensure coordination of such programs; and (6) advise the Secretary on school health education policy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and improving comprehensive school health education programs. Sets forth authorized uses of such grants and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992.

A joint resolution to establish the Speaker's Civic Achievement Awards Program to be administered under the Librarian of Congress to recognize achievement in civic literacy by students, classes, and schools throughout the Nation in grades 5 through 8, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987

Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to make grants to the Close Up Foundation to help carry out the Speaker's Civic Achievement Awards Program to recognize achievement in civic literacy by students, classes, and schools in grades five through eight. Provides that the program shall be conducted in cooperation with the National Association of Elementary School Principals. Establishes a National Advisory Committee on the Speaker's Civic Achievement Awards within the Library of Congress to advise the Librarian on the structure and administration of the programs. Sets forth audit requirements for grant applications, payments, and audits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993.

Voluntary Education Program Study Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987

Voluntary Education Demonstration Program Act - Authorizes the Director of the Peace Corps to carry out a training and educational benefits demonstration program. Provides that eligible students must: (1) have completed two years of study at an institution of higher education; (2) agree to enter the Peace Corps for a period of two years; and (3) be selected pursuant to a competitive process. Describes the selection process, training, and educational benefits. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1987

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (Director), to prepare and transmit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a comprehensive national plan containing specified elements relating to education, information, and risk reduction activities concerning AIDS. Directs the Secretary to submit to the committees each year for the next ten years a revision of the plan. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director, to make grants to States for the development, implementation, or expansion of State plans for education, information, risk reduction, and other activities relating to AIDS. Requires States, in order to receive grants, to submit an application with specified contents. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to States relating to these grants. Directs the Secretary to make grants to local governments and public and private nonprofit entities for development, establishment, or expansion of programs for targeted education, information, and risk reduction activities relating to AIDS. Directs the Secretary to give grant priority to activities directed toward individuals at highest risk of becoming infected with the acquired immunodeficiency virus. Prohibits grants from being made unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Directs the Secretary to give preference to community-based organizations which are located in, have a history of service in, and will serve specified areas. States that the Secretary may review the content of any educational or information materials developed with grants only for scientific and factual validity. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control for the training of individuals to develop skills in epidemiology, surveillance, testing, counseling, education, information, laboratory analysis, and risk reduction relating to AIDS. Declares that individuals receiving fellowships shall not be counted in determining the number of full time equivalent employees of the Department of Health and Human Services for specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to make grants to international organizations concerned with public health for: (1) programs of education, information, and risk reduction relating to AIDS; (2) projects to train individuals to develop skills and technical expertise regarding AIDS; and (3) epidemiological research relating to AIDS. Directs the Secretary to inform the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development of grants made under this provision. Prohibits grants from being made unless an application is submitted. Requires that not less than 50 percent of the grants be made through the World Health Organization and, in the Western Hemisphere, through the Pan American Health Organization. Requires grants to be in furtherance of the global strategy of the World Health Organization Special Programme on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for grants to States, for grants to local governments and public and private nonprofit entities, for fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control, and for grants to international organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the development, establishment, or expansion in a service area of networks of comprehensive medical services for individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Requires networks to provide: (1) comprehensive services, or referrals to comprehensive services, for such individuals, including specified services; and (2) continuing education for health care personnel involved in the delivery of services to individuals infected with the virus. Specifies allowed and prohibited uses of grants. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Requires entities applying for a grant, prior to applying, to establish a network advisory committee to assist in development of grant applications, provide support for the development, establishment, or expansion of the network, and monitor the implementation of, and the services provided through, the network. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give priority to specified types of applicants. Directs the Secretary to make at least one grant each fiscal year to an applicant in each service area in which there is a high incidence of children who are infected with the virus. States criteria for selecting such applicant. Directs the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate innovative models for cost-effective delivery of health services to individuals with AIDS. Requires projects supported with such grants to provide for the delivery of health services in conjunction with the comprehensive medical services networks. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for comprehensive medical service networks and for innovative models for cost-effective delivery of health services for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities for the development, establishment, or expansion of programs to: (1) provide long-term counseling to individuals who have AIDS or who have tested positively for the presence of antibodies to the virus; and (2) conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of such counseling. Specifies purposes for which grants may be used. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give priority to entities based at, or having relationships with, entities providing comprehensive health services to individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to make grants to public and nonprofit private agencies for the study of, and projects for the demonstration of, effective methods, with regard to intravenous drug abusers, to reduce the transmission of the virus and provide treatment to individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to create the National Program on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, consisting of: (1) a research program on AIDS, including a research program relating to the prevention of AIDS; (2) demonstration, education, and other programs for the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of AIDS and for the provision of counseling concerning AIDS. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to designate one of the Directors of the national research institutes as the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Coordinator. Makes the AIDS Coordinator responsible for administration of the Program. Directs the AIDS Coordinator to develop and implement a plan for NIH to expedite the award of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements by any agency of NIH for projects relating to AIDS, including projects initiated by investigators not in response to any solicitation for proposals. Requires the plan to provide, in the case of applications made in response to solicitations for proposals, for making of awards or disapproval of applications within six months after the date on which a solicitation is issued. Directs the AIDS Coordinator, in conjunction with the Directors of the national research institutes and in consultation with the National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Advisory Board (Advisory Board), to promote cooperation between specified agencies in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of AIDS. Directs the AIDS Coordinator to prepare and transmit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report with specified contents. Directs the AIDS Coordinator to expand clinical trials of treatments and therapies for AIDS and infection with the virus. Authorizes the AIDS Coordinator to: (1) establish or support the large-scale production or distribution of specialized biological materials or other therapeutic substances for research relating to AIDS and set standards of safety and care for persons using such materials; (2) support, in consultation with the Advisory Board, research relating to AIDS outside the United States in certain circumstances, collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, the training of American scientists abroad and foreign scientists in the United States, and programs of education and training, including education and laboratory and clinical research training; (3) encourage and coordinate research relating to AIDS by industrial concerns in certain circumstances and provide for the exchange of information between Federal agencies and private entities involved in specified ways with therapies and vaccines for AIDS; (4) acquire, improve, repair, operate, and maintain, in consultation with the Advisory Board, laboratories and other real and personal property, make grants for the renovation of facilities, and lease certain spaces for a limited period; (5) enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to expedite and coordinate research relating to AIDS; and (6) maintain and operate the International Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Data Bank. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the AIDS Coordinator, to establish in NIH a National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Advisory Board to: (1) review and evaluate the implementation of the Program; (2) advise and make recommendations to the Congress, the Secretary, the Director of NIH, the AIDS Coordinator, and the heads of other Federal agencies; and (3) maintain liaisons with other advisory bodies and key non-Federal entities involved with the control of AIDS. Requires the Advisory Board to prepare an annual report for the AIDS Coordinator describing the Advisory Board's activities and making recommendations regarding the Program. Authorizes the Director of the Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with and make grants to public or private nonprofit entities for planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for, centers for basic and clinical research into, and training in, advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for AIDS. Specifies permitted uses for Federal payments under a cooperative agreement or grant. Limits support of a center to five years, subject to extension for periods of up to five years, if recommended by a peer review group. Requires, in the Institute, appointment of an Associate Director for Prevention to coordinate and promote the programs in the Institute concerning the prevention of infectious diseases, including AIDS. Directs the Associate Director for Prevention to prepare, for inclusion in a biennial report required by existing law, a description of the prevention activities of the Institute. Requires the Director of the Institute to establish a virus and serum bank in which all human immunodeficiency virus serotypes and serum are available to qualified investigators. States that AIDS is included within the scope of the purpose of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to make awards, under existing provisions for National Research Service Awards, for the training of individuals to participate in national research efforts relating to AIDS. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, or the Administrator of General Services to respond to any priority request made by the AIDS Coordinator of the NIH within 14 calendar days.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program for the purpose of providing for certain State programs of education with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to the States to enable each State to develop and implement in public school systems: (1) a curriculum for educating students regarding prevention and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and (2) a program for educating teachers with respect to teaching the curriculum. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988.

A bill relating to internships under the sea grant fellowship program.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to award sea grant fellowships to support the placement of qualified individuals in positions with the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government for periods not to exceed one year.

Satellite Public Education and Information Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1987

Satellite Public Education and Information Act of 1987 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the encryption of any satellite broadcast program intended for private viewing if the production or broadcasting is subsidized by the Government. Defines a program or broadcast as subsidized by the Government if: (1) tax-derived funds defray any part of the cost of producing the program; (2) tax-derived sources have paid for at least part of the broadcast's direct cost; (3) tax-exempt organizations provide any direct grant or other payment for defraying production or broadcasting costs; or (4) tax-exempt organizations produce or broadcast the program.

A bill to permit certain payments under the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) based on incorrect determinations under section 2(a)(1)(C) of that Act.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987

Ratifies certain payments made prior to FY 1986 to certain local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activities even though the payments were based on incorrect determinations related to the assessed valuation of real property within the relevant school district.

Parental Assistance for Tuition Investment Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

Title I: Establishment of National Postsecondary Education Trust - Parental Assistance for Tuition Investment Act of 1987 - Establishes the National Postsecondary Education Trust. Creates a Board of Trustees of the Trust, to be composed of: (1) the Secretaries of Education and the Treasury, serving ex officio; and (2) five representatives of postsecondary education institutions and five members of the general public (not more than half of whom may be from the same political party), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Creates under the jurisdiction and control of the Board an Advance Tuition Payment Fund. Sets forth the general duties of the Board, including holding the funds of the Trust, establishing necessary policy and procedures for operating the Trust, paying money directly to postsecondary institutions, collecting necessary fees for its operation, imposing reasonable time limits on use of tuition benefits, and other related administrative matters. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, as Managing Trustee, to invest portions of Fund moneys in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed by the United States. Sets forth restrictions on uses of the Fund. Requires the Board to make annual reports to the Congress. Allows a purchaser to enter into an agreement with the Trust, on behalf of itself and the Federal Government, for the purchase of an advance tuition payment plan for use by a qualified beneficiary to pay a portion of the costs of tuition and fees required to attend a postsecondary education institution to which the qualified beneficiary is admitted. Sets forth required contents and design of advance tuition payment plan agreements. Directs the Trust to provide that a purchaser may purchase an advance payment tuition plan for an eligible beneficiary at any time following the beneficiary's birth. Sets forth conditions for termination of agreements and for refunds upon termination. Sets forth certain restrictions. Authorizes appropriations. Provides that at such time as the Trust is capable of self-support the annual report shall indicate no need for subsequent appropriations. Title II: Tax Treatment of Advance Tuition Payment Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in an amount equal to the amount paid in cash during the year to the National Postsecondary Education Trust pursuant to any advance tuition payment plan agreement. Allows such deduction only if: (1) the taxpayer is the qualified beneficiary under the agreement and is not the dependent of another taxpayer; or (2) the taxpayer is entitled to a deduction with respect to the qualified beneficiary under such agreement for the taxable year. Limits maximum deductible payments per beneficiary to $2,000 for any taxable year and $48,000 for all taxable years. Sets forth certain adjustable gross income limitations above which such maximum deductible amounts are to be reduced. Disallows such deduction for the taxable year in which the beneficiary dies or attains age 25 or for any year thereafter. Disallows such deduction to a taxpayer who is a dependent of another taxpayer. Disallows such deduction with respect to a beneficiary who is the spouse of the taxpayer, unless the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption for the spouse and files a joint return. Deems payments to an advance tuition payment plan agreement as payments for the preceding taxable year if they are made not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the return. Provides that the deduction for payment under advance tuition payment plan agreements is also allowable to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions. Excludes from gross income any amount paid from the National Postsecondary Education Trust to any postsecondary education institution pursuant to any advance tuition payment plan agreement. Includes in the gross income of the person to whom the amount is paid any other amount paid from the National Postsecondary Education Trust which is not described in the preceding sentence. Adds a ten percent penalty tax for such refunds from the Trust, except where the beneficiary under the agreement dies.

Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (the Act) to recognize that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve limited English proficient students have the equally important goals of developing academic achievement and English proficiency. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to 25 percent of bilingual education financial assistance appropriations for special alternative instructional programs, programs of developmental bilingual education, programs of academic excellence, family literacy programs, and bilingual preschool, special education, and gifted and talented programs preparatory or supplementary to programs such as those assisted under this Act. Provides that the 25 percent reservation shall not result in changing the terms, conditions, and negotiated levels of any grant awarded in FY 1987 to which specified provisions apply. Limits individual student enrollment in a bilingual program to three years, except under specified circumstances under which it may be extended for one or two more years. Allows for intensification of instruction for limited English proficient students by: (1) including before and after school and summer programs; (2) lowering per pupil ratios; and (3) applying technology to the course of instruction. Sets forth priorities for applications for special alternative instructional program grants.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide reduced rates of interest under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program to individuals who enter the teaching profession.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to apply an interest rate of four percent (the current minimum rate is seven percent) on the unpaid balance of a guaranteed student loan of any borrower who has a deferment to serve as a full-time elementary or secondary teacher in a teacher shortage area. Applies this reduced rate from the end of such deferment until the end of the loan repayment period or until the person ceases full-time teaching, whichever occurs first. Excludes supplemental loans, PLUS loans, and consolidation loans from such treatment.

Adult Education Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987

Adult Education Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Adult Education Act to revise the definition of "adult" for purposes of such Act and remove the limitation on the percentage of funds that a State may use to support adult education programs for institutionalized individuals, including persons who are incarcerated. Alters the basis on which grant funds are allotted to the States, including Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Revises provisions that require a State plan to include programs to address the needs of persons with limited proficiency in English. Decreases from 90 percent to 75 percent the Federal share of expenditures to carry out a State plan and prescribes actions that the Secretary of Education must take when it is determined that a State has not met its expenditure requirements with respect to non-Federal funds. Limits a State educational agency's costs of administering the State's program. Eliminates provisions authorizing the Director of the National Institute of Education to use certain funds to support research on the special needs of individuals requiring adult education. Delays until October 1, 1992, the termination date for the National Advisory Council on Adult Education (currently due to terminate on October 1, 1988.) Revises the membership and reporting requirements of the Council. Authorizes FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations.

Secondary School Basic Skills Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987

Secondary School Basic Skills Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to provide assistance to local educational agencies with high concentrations of low-income children to improve the achievement of educationally deprived children enrolled in secondary schools of such agencies. Sets forth the authorized uses of such funds. Requires local educational agencies to include in applications for such funds a plan of operation as specified by this Act. Describes the process for the award of grants by State educational agencies to local agencies. Requires local educational agencies to evaluate their programs and report to the State educational agency at least biennially. Requires the State agency to make a public report of such programs at least biennially and to collect data on the race, age, and gender of children served by such programs. Provides for improving programs which show a decline in achievement by children served under them. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993.

Workplace Literacy Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987

Workplace Literacy Act of 1987 - Amends the Adult Education Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to eligible States for adult education programs which teach literacy skills needed in the workplace through partnerships between the business community and educational agencies or schools. Sets forth State eligibility and program requirements. Allows the Secretary to make direct grants to qualified applicants from ineligible States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 5) to improve elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5 (education programs funding).

Higher Education Prepayment Tax Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987

Higher Education Prepayment Tax Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an income tax exclusion for the value of any benefits covering tuition and related expenses and reasonable living expenses while away from home when such benefits are provided in accordance with a qualified prepaid college education contract, except for payments by an employer under such a contract. Defines eligible contracts as those between a payor and either a State or one or more institutions of higher education under which: (1) educational benefits are provided to eligible beneficiaries enrolled in certain undergraduate or vocational courses in pursuit of a degree or certificate; and (2) all payments made by the payor must be deposited into a prepaid college education trust created by a State or by one or more qualified institutions of higher education for the exclusive purpose of funding benefits under such contracts.

Star Schools Program Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987

Star Schools Program Assistance Act - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to add a title establishing a star schools program. Cites the new title as the Star Schools Program Assistance Act. Empowers the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants of up to a fiscal year maximum of $20,000,000 per grant to eligible telecommunications partnerships for the development, construction, and acquisition of telecommunications facilities and equipment and for technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992, subject to fiscal year limitations. Mandates that at least 50 percent of funds under this Act for any fiscal year be used for the cost of facilities, equipment, teacher training or retraining, technical assistance, or programming for certain local educational agencies. Sets forth eligibility criteria to identify eligible telecommunications partnerships, which must be organized on a statewide or multistate regional basis and be either: (1) a public agency or corporation established to provide education-related telecommunications networks to certain educational or health institutions or to industries; or (2) a partnership that will provide a telecommunications network and whose membership includes certain specified educational entities (especially elementary and secondary schools eligible for funds under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or such eligible schools operated by the Department of the Interior for Indian children) or public or private organizations experienced with telecommunications. Authorizes eligible partnerships to submit a grant application: (1) describing the telecommunications facilities, equipment, and technical assistance for which aid is being sought; (2) demonstrating that the services offered will increase the availability of courses of instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign languages; (3) describing teacher training policies to be implemented to ensure the effective use of the relevant facilities; (4) providing assurances that the financial interest of the United States in the telecommunications facilities and equipment will be protected for their useful life; (5) assuring that a significant portion of the facilities, equipment, technical assistance, and programming will be made available within local educational agencies having a high percentage of educationally deprived students; (6) describing how traditionally underserved students will participate in the benefits of such technology; and (7) containing other assurances and information as required by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications, to assure an equitable geographic distribution of grants and to give priority to certain applicants, including those partnerships that: (1) have the capacity to serve the broadest range of targeted institutions; (2) have substantial academic and teaching capabilities; (3) will serve a multistate area; and (4) demonstrate strength in mathematics, science, and foreign language resources which by distribution through the partnership will offer new educational opportunities, especially to traditionally underserved populations and to areas with limited access to such resources; and (5) will meet the needs of individuals traditionally excluded from careers in mathematics and science because of discrimination, inaccessibility, or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires each grantee to report to the Secretary concerning courses and materials to be transmitted by satellite to educational institutions and teacher training centers and to specify the locus and time of such transmissions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) compile and prepare for dissemination a listing and description of the courses and materials submitted by each grantee; and (2) distribute such list to all State educational agencies. Authorizes the Office of Technology Assessment, upon request, to: (1) conduct a thorough evaluation of the use of the telecommunications system supported by the grants awarded under this Act and report to the Congress on such evaluation; and (2) study and evaluate the cost of designing, building, and launching a satellite for educational purposes, including an analysis of potential users' ability to repay such costs. Requires a report to the Congress if such study indicates that potential users would be able to repay such costs within ten years.

A bill to amend Public Law 874 of the 81st Congress relating to entitlement to impact aid payments.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1987

Amends Federal law relating to entitlement to impact aid payments to direct the Secretary of Education to allocate certain sums among local educational agencies which have unsatisfied entitlements.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the development and operation of a visitor and environmental education center in the Pinelands National Reserve, in the State of New Jersey.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987

Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement an interpretive program for the Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey, through the preparation of interpretive materials and the construction and operation of a visitor and environmental education center. Authorizes the use of donated, State, or municipal land for such center. Provides Federal funds for 75 percent of the costs of construction and maintenance. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to provide for the continuing evaluation and improvement of curricula in the fields of mathematics, science, and technology, and for the continuing evaluation of developments in educational applications of new technologies.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987

Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to direct the National Science Foundation to establish and maintain a program for the evaluation and development of curricula in mathematics, science, and technology for educational use at all levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires the Foundation to evaluate the status of developments in the area of educational applications of new technologies, supporting research, developing curricula, and encouraging private sector and university collaboration in teacher training. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.

Family-School Partnership Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987

Family-School Partnership Act - Establishes a demonstration grant program in the interest of encouraging local educational agencies (LEAs) to increase the involvement of families in the improvement of the educational achievement of their children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to make demonstration grants to eligible LEA applicants for the development of innovative family-school educational partnership activities designed to: (1) support family efforts to work with children in the home; (2) train families, teachers, and other school personnel to work effectively as partners; and (3) evaluate the family participation activities of the schools and ways in which to increase involvement in such activities. Suggests possible uses for the grants, including: (1) regular conferences for families of students; (2) training of appropriate educational personnel to foster communication among families, students, and educators; and (3) provision of complementary curriculum materials to families and assistance in implementing home-based education activities. Establishes within the Department of Education a National Center for Family-School Partnerships in Education (Center). Directs the Secretary, through such Center, to collect and disseminate information and to serve as a clearinghouse with respect to relevant successful programs. Authorizes FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations. Designates a specified percentage of such funds for provisions related to the Center.

School Dropout Retention and Recovery Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987

School Dropout Retention and Recovery Act of 1987 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add a new title, the Dropout Retention and Recovery Program. Directs the Secretary of Education, from amounts appropriated to carry out this title for FY 1988 through 1990, to allocate grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and demonstrate: (1) model systems for collecting and reporting data on the incidence of and reasons for school dropouts; and (2) effective programs to identify potential dropouts and to encourage dropout reentry into the educational system. Permits a State educational agency (SEA) to apply for a grant upon an agreement with a group of LEAs or request of an LEA that the State agency will apply on behalf of the local group or groups. Directs the Secretary, from the amount allotted, to award as many grants as practicable to applicants who propose a program of sufficient size and scope to be of value as a demonstration. Limits the number of such grants an applicant may receive to one grant in each of three fiscal years. Requires that the amount of such a grant to an LEA be proportionate to the extent and severity of the local dropout problem, but limits that amount to not more than 90 percent of project cost in the first fiscal year, 75 percent in the second, and 50 percent in the third. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to conduct and disseminate the results of a study of the nature and extent of the school dropout problem in the United States. Sets forth requirements for such study, including the development of a model dropout information collection and reporting system and minimum reporting system requirements. Requires each LEA (and, where appropriate, each SEA) to: (1) conduct a planning process with specified components relating to dropout prevention and reentry; and (2) develop a plan for the implementation of an appropriate project, including the establishment of an advisory council. Suggests provisions to be included in such an implementation plan. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary, in considering applications for approval, to: (1) assure equitable distribution of such grants among U.S. regional areas; and (2) give priority to SEAs and LEAs with the most severe dropout problem whose applications show the greatest potential for success. Sets forth authorized activities for which grants may be used, including: (1) career counseling services; (2) vocational education programs; (3) curriculum review and improvement; (4) collaboration with business, industry, and institutions to provide incentives for high-risk populations to remain in, or reenter, school; (5) addressing the relationships between drugs and dropouts and between youth gangs and dropouts in the interest of coordinating appropriate programs; and (6) evaluation and revision of program placement of students at risk. Sets forth general provisions to govern this new title, including requirements for payment withholding, auditing, and grant supplementation of other funds. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress on January 1 concerning the activities assisted under this title. Authorizes appropriations.

Higher Education Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987

Higher Education Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the dissemination of the terms and conditions under which students receiving guaranteed student loans or direct student loans may: (1) obtain deferral of the repayment of the principal and interest for service under the Peace Corps Act, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (VISTA), or for comparable full-time service as a volunteer for a tax-exempt organization; and (2) obtain cancellation of the student loan for service under the Peace Corps Act or VISTA.

Higher Education Volunteer Services Amendments Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987

Higher Education Volunteer Services Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to the direct student loan program to provide for partial cancellation of such loans for service with a tax-exempt organization.