Education

A bill to establish education and prevention programs relating to the illicit use of drugs by youth.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1988

Title I: Drug Education and Prevention Relating to Youth Gangs - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants and contracts for projects and activities for drug education and prevention relating to youth gangs. Includes among such projects: (1) prevention and reduction of youth drug abuse and participation in gang-committed, drug-related crimes; and (2) support of local law enforcement outreach activities. Sets forth grant and contract application requirements for public and nonprofit private agencies, organizations (including community-based organizations with demonstrated experience in this field), institutions, and individuals. Sets forth application approval priorities. Directs the Secretary of HHS to coordinate the program under this title with the programs and activities of the Attorney General and with those under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Innovative Alcohol Abuse Education Programs - Amends part F (Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education) of title IV (Special Programs) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for innovative alcohol abuse education programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to develop materials for such programs, especially ones that focus on the effect of the disease of alcoholism on the families of alcoholics, particularly the children. Requires that programs for which such materials are developed be designed to benefit young children, particularly those in grades five through eight. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to training programs for educators that are designed to: (1) increase awareness of children's problems that may be caused by an alcoholic parent; (2) enhance educators' ability to identify children at risk for alcohol abuse; (3) inform educators concerning referral of children of alcoholics for appropriate professional treatment; and (4) train educators to inform the public about the special problems of children who have an alcoholic parent. Title III: Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Programs for Incarcerated Individuals - Amends the Adult Education Act to allow certain funds set aside by a State to be used for the cost of drug abuse education and prevention programs and referral to drug abuse treatment programs for criminal offenders in corrections institutions. Title IV: National Youth Sports Program - Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make grants to carry out a national youth sports program. Makes eligible for such grants organizations whose members are institutions of higher education with access to high-quality educational and sports facilities. Requires such a program to provide disadvantaged youth: (1) medical and nutrition services; (2) exposure to college and university campuses; (3) sports instruction and competition in settings that provide high quality facilities and supervision; and (4) related educational and counseling services (including instruction on drug and alcohol abuse prevention, educational and career opportunities, health and nutrition, study practices, and job responsibilities). Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires that at least 90 percent of youth participants be from families with incomes below the poverty line. Requires matching contributions from the eligible entities. Sets forth required activities under such program. Requires, in the application selection process, that special emphasis be placed on drug abuse education and prevention activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. (Provides that program grants will be used to carry out activities for a one-year period, concentrating such activities in June, July, and August.) Title V: Programs Relating to Juvenile Delinquency and to Runaway and Homeless Youth - Subtitle A: Program to Enhance Juvenile Delinquency Prevention - Part 1: Projects and Activities of State and Local Governments - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (the Administrator) to make grants to States to plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate projects, directly or through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, to: (1) develop more effective education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services related to the illicit use of drugs by juveniles; (2) refer juveniles and their families to these and other appropriate services; and (3) coordinate such referral and services. Allots such funds to States on the basis of population of individuals less than 18 years old. Sets forth a minimum allotment for States and allotments for specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth requirements for applications for allotments. Requires States to give priority to specified types of projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Part 2: Other Projects and Activities - Directs the Administrator to make grants to and contracts with, on a competitive basis, public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals for: (1) juvenile delinquency prevention or reduction through drug abuse education, prevention, and treatment; (2) research on illicit use of drugs by juveniles, effects on juveniles of illicit use of drugs by family members, and innovative and effective prevention and treatment of such use; (3) community outreach and counseling projects (involving juveniles providing services to juveniles) to reduce and prevent the illicit use of drugs; and (4) training and technical assistance for innovative and effective drug abuse education, prevention, and treatment provided to persons and organizations involved in juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment. Limits any such grant or contract to not more than three years' duration. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Part 3: Reports : Directs the Administrator, within 180 days after the end of a fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for this subtitle, to report to the President and specified congressional officers. Requires such report to: (1) describe the projects and activities for which each State spent funds received under part 1, and how each State coordinated these with projects and activities under specified Federal law; (2) summarize each project or activity which received part 2 funds, and evaluate their results; and (3) describe exemplary drug abuse education, prevention, and treatment projects and activities, particularly community-based juvenile delinquency prevention involving and assisting families of juveniles. Subtitle B: Program for Runaway and Homeless Youth - Directs the Secretary of HHS to make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions for research, demonstration, and services projects for runaway and homeless youth, especially relating to illicit use of drugs. Includes among such projects: (1) individual, family, and group counseling; (2) peer counseling; (3) community education, including outreach to individuals; (4) rural area assistance, including community support groups; (5) information and training to individuals providing services to such youth, including information on increased susceptibility to communicable diseases; (6) research on the effects on such youth of their own or family members' drug abuse, and correlations between such use and suicide attempts; and (7) improved availability and coordination for such youth of local drug abuse services. Directs the Secretary to give grant priority to agencies and organizations with experience in providing services to such youth. Limits any such grant to three years' duration. Directs the Secretary, within 180 days after the end of a fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for this subtitle, to report to the President and specified congressional officers. Requires such report to describe: (1) the types of projects and activities funded; (2) the number and characteristics of the youth and families served; and (3) exemplary projects and activities funded. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Sets forth requirements for submission and contents of applications under this title. Sets forth provisions for review of such applications. Title VI: Drug Abuse Education for Participants in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to include: (1) drug abuse among health problems covered by such Act; (2) drug abuse education along with the nutrition education provided under such Act; and (3) drug abuse education and instruction relating to such education under specified requirements for State plans. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, within six months after enactment of this Act, to study appropriate methods of drug abuse education instruction. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out such study. Adds two members to the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition. Requires that one such member be an expert in drug abuse education and prevention, and the other be an expert in alcohol abuse education and prevention. Title VII: Community-Based Volunteer Demonstration Projects for Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Services and Activities - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of the ACTION Agency (the Director) to make grants to public and nonprofit organizations for innovative, community-based volunteer demonstration projects which provide comprehensive drug abuse education and prevention services and activities to youths during the summer months. Allows such projects to include: (1) extending effective school-based programs, or other programs operated during the school year, to the summer months; (2) summer recreational, volunteer service, and youth development activities to provide positive alternatives to illicit drug use; and (3) incorporating drug abuse education and prevention activities in public and private programs serving youth during the summer months. Gives priority to projects that serve high-risk youths and provide opportunities for parent involvement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title VIII: Definitions - Sets forth definitions for purposes of this Act.

Nurse Education Reauthorization Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988

Nursing Shortage Reduction and Education Extension Act of 1988 - Title I: Initiatives to Reduce Nursing Shortages - Amends title VIII (Nursing Education) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new part on initiatives to reduce nursing shortages. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for demonstrating innovative hospital nursing practice models which include restructuring the role of the nurse, testing innovative wage structures, and evaluating the effectiveness of various benefits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to provide, directly or through contracts, for evaluation of the models demonstrated and for dissemination of the information developed. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nurse training entities: (1) to demonstrate innovative nursing practice models for services in the home and long-term care facilities designed to increase recruitment and retention of nurses and improve nursing care; and (2) to develop projects to increase the exposure of nursing students to clinical practice in nursing home, home health, and gerontologic settings. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the identification of specific community nursing needs and the development and establishment of programs of educational outreach and nurse recruitment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Special Projects - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to replace provisions relating to nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with a new subpart on the same topic. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application for a grant or contract until after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Nursing Training. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Removes provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to: (1) provide retraining for nurses after periods of professional inactivity; (2) demonstrate clinical nurse education programs which combine educational curricula and clinical practice; and (3) demonstrate methods to encourage nursing graduates to practice in health manpower shortage areas. Replaces provisions authorizing grants and contracts for continuing education for nurses with provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to demonstrate improved geriatric nursing training. Replaces provisions authorizing grants and contracts to increase the supply or improve the distribution of nurses with provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to increase the supply of nurses, including bilingual nurses, to meet the needs of rural areas. Revises the description of nursing education special projects eligible for certain grants and contracts with regard to: (1) priorities in training and education to upgrade the skills of paraprofessional nursing personnel; (2) development of curricula for certain nursing baccalaureate and masters degree situations; (3) facilitation of the completion of advanced nurse education programs by certain specialists; and (4) provision of nursing education courses to rural areas through telecommunications via satellite. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to collect the names and addresses of health facilities and nursing students and nurses willing to enter into agreements under which the facilities would repay at least 25 percent of the educational loans for each year of nursing service of the individual in that facility. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for geriatric nursing training. Requires applications for grants and contracts to be subject to peer review. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application unless the Secretary has received recommendations from the peer review group and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for special projects in nurse education and for advanced nurse education for FY 1989 through 1991. Revises the guidelines for programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to require that they have not less than six full-time equivalent students. (Current law requires that they have eight students.) Allows service commitments by nurse practitioner or nurse midwife traineeship recipients to include service in an Indian Health Service health center, a Native Hawaiian health center, a migrant health center, or a community health center in addition to the currently-allowed service in a health manpower shortage area or a public health care facility. Authorizes appropriations for certain nurse practitioner and nurse midwife programs for FY 1989 through 1991. Title III: Assistance to Nursing Students - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for traineeships for students enrolled at least half-time in nursing masters degree programs who agree to complete the degree requirements by the end of the academic year in which the student is to receive the traineeship. Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for advanced education of professional nurses for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for traineeships for licensed registered nurses to become nurse anesthetists and for projects to develop and operate programs for the education of nurse anesthetists. Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for nurse anesthetists for FY 1989 through 1991. Includes, as qualifying for loan repayment under specified provisions, nursing service in an Indian Health Service health center, a Native Hawaiian health center, a public hospital, a migrant health center, a community health center, a nonprofit nursing facility, or a health facility determined by the Secretary to have a critical shortage of nurses. Sets forth financial need and geographic priorities in entering into loan repayment agreements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new subpart on scholarships. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for scholarships for nursing students in financial need. Requires applicant schools to agree to: (1) give priority in providing scholarships to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; and (2) require student recipients of the scholarships to agree to serve as nurses at least two years in specified types of facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title IV: General Provisions of Title VIII - Changes the composition of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training to increase the number of members and require representation by practicing professional nurses and from associate degree schools of nursing. Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, directly or through contract, for evaluations of projects carried out under this title and for dissemination of information developed as a result of the projects. Sets forth reporting requirements. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of this Act.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent double-counting of income in the conduct of needs analysis for student assistance under that Act.

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent double-counting of income in the conduct of needs analysis for student assistance programs under such Act.

A bill to require institutions of higher education receiving Federal financial assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes at such institutions.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1988

Requires institutions of higher education receiving Federal assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes. (Includes information on fields of study, race, and sex under such requirement.) Requires such institutions to report such information annually to the Secretary of Education and to include it in their letters of intent to prospective students who are candidates for athletic scholarships. Directs the Secretary to compile and publish a report containing such information.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Project Impact of the Combined Accident Reduction Effort should receive the support of every State in the Nation and should be recognized as model project for education of the Nation's youth.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1988

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Project Impact of the Combined Accident Reduction Effort (concerned with alcohol and drug abuse) should receive the support of every State and should be recognized as a model project for educating the Nation's youth.

Student Default Initiative Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1988

Student Default Initiative Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to lower the maximum amount of a Pell Grant for academic years 1989-1990, 1990-1991, and 1991-1992. Eliminates provisions authorizing adjustments in Pell Grant payments when appropriations are insufficient. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), when appropriations are insufficient, to draw funds from subsequent year appropriations for Pell Grants. Revises provisions relating to the period of eligibility for Pell Grants to limit such period to the full-time equivalent of: (1) the number of academic years that the undergraduate degree normally requires, plus one academic year; or (2) six academic years in the case of a degree or certificate program normally requiring more than four academic years. Requires that insurance program agreements to qualify loans for Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) interest subsidies provide that the lender must promptly notify the borrower (and the last institution the student attended before the beginning of repayment) of: (1) any sale or other transfer of the loan to another holder; and (2) such holder's address and phone number. Requires such agreements to require the guaranty agency to provide preclaims assistance for default prevention. Revises provisions under the Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS) program. Revises the conditions of SLS eligibility of undergraduate dependent students. Requires "exceptional" (rather than "extenuating") circumstances to preclude such a student's parents from borrowing under the parent loan (PLUS loan) program. Requires appropriate documentation that such circumstances exist to be maintained in the institution's records to support such determination. Reduces the amount of an individual's SLS loan eligibility by the amount of such individual's GSL loan eligibility (added to other financial aid). Sets forth additional requirements with respect to disbursement of student loans. Requires multiple disbursement of student loans under part B of title IV of the Act. Requires that any such loan for $1,000 or more for an enrollment period ending more than 180 days or six months after the disbursement date, be disbursed in two or more installments, none of which exceeds one-half of the loan. Requires a minimum interval between the first and second installments. Requires such interval to be at least one-half of the enrollment period, except as necessary to permit disbursement of the second installment at the beginning of the second semester, quarter, or similar division of such enrollment period. Sets forth requirements for the initial disbursement. Prohibits disbursement of the first installment to a new student borrower entering the first undergraduate year until: (1) 30 days after the beginning of the enrollment period; and (2) the institution certifies to the lender that the student continues to be enrolled in good standing at the institution and has received specified loan counseling. Prohibits disbursement of loans to any other student more than 30 days before the beginning of the enrollment period. Sets forth requirements for methods of multiple disbursement. Requires the lender or escrow agent to withhold a second or succeeding installment if the borrower has ceased to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis, unless notified by the institution that the disbursement is necessary to cover costs already earned by the institution. Requires the institution to withhold and return to the lender or escrow agent any portion of an installment which exceeds the amount for which the student is eligible. Provides that all loans issued for the same enrollment period shall be considered a single loan for specified purposes. Excludes from such additional disbursement requirements parent (PLUS) loans, consolidation loans, and loans to cover study at an institution outside the United States. Provides for transmittal of institutional disbursement schedules to lenders. Applies such additional disbursement requirements to the GSL, SLS, and federally insured student loan (FISL) programs. Directs the Secretary, guaranty agency, eligible lender, or subsequent holder to disclose to credit bureau organizations any information concerning the date a delinquency began and the repayment status of any loan that has been delinquent for 90 days. Requires that the borrower be informed that such organizations will be notified of such delinquency. Sets forth requirements for default reduction agreements. Directs the Secretary, by September 30, 1990, and annually thereafter, to send the Congress an annual default report, including: (1) the annual default rate for each guaranty agency, eligible lender, and higher education institution participating in the part B, title IV program; and (2) the annual dollars in default for each such institution. Directs the Secretary or a designated guaranty agency, within 90 days of the publication of each such report, to initiate program reviews at those institutions that fall in the top five percent of: (1) all institutions ranked by annual default rates; or (2) all institutions ranked by annual dollars in default. Sets forth the required contents of program reviews. Directs the Secretary or the designated State guaranty agency, within 30 days of completion of the program review, to enter into a negotiated default reduction agreement with the institution, based on review findings. Sets forth conditions which the default reduction agreement may include. Allows waivers of the required program review or default reduction agreement for an institution if the Secretary determines that compliance with such requirement will not lead to a significant reduction of the institution's annual default rate or annual dollars in default. Limits the duration of such an agreement to three years and requires at least one program review by the Department of Education or the designated State guaranty agency during such time. Provides for termination of the agreement if, during an interim review, it is determined that the institution no longer would be subject to program review. Directs the Secretary or the designated guaranty agency to assess the institution's compliance with the agreement upon its expiration. Provides for an exemption from the requirement of subsequent agreements for up to three years if an institution has fully complied with its most recent agreement and remains in the top five percent of all institutions in annual default rates or annual dollars in default. Directs the Secretary to initiate a limitation, suspension, or termination proceeding with respect to an institution's eligibility to participate in title IV (Student Assistance) programs if it refuses to enter into, or fails substantially to comply with, a default reduction agreement. Prohibits the Secretary from initiating any such proceeding solely on the basis of the default rate of the borrowers at such institution. Directs the Secretary, if the Secretary designates a State guaranty agency to carry out such review and agreement requirements, to enter into a contract and pay such agency reasonable compensation. Excludes institutions engaged in a default reduction agreement from the ranking of institutions by default rates or dollars in default. Directs the Secretary to annually expend specified amounts from the student loan insurance fund for default reduction management activities (in addition to other appropriations made for such purposes). Sets forth activities for which such funds may be used. Directs the Secretary: (1) to submit a plan, to accompany the President's budget for each fiscal year, detailing fund expenditures; and (2) at the conclusion of each fiscal year, to report findings and activities relating to such expenditure of funds to specified congressional committees. Makes eligible institutions (in addition to lenders and guaranty agencies) liable under certain civil penalty provisions of part B of title IV of the Act. Applies such penalties also to repeated violations of such part or regulations prescribed under it. Provides that a lender or guaranty agency shall not be relieved of civil liability because of its cure of the violation, correction of a failure, or its notification of a person who received a substantial misrepresentation of the actual nature of the financial charges involved, if the remedy is made after the Department of Education discovers such violation, failure, or misrepresentation. Repeals: (1) limitations on such civil penalties; and (2) consideration of several violations arising from a specified practice as a single violation. Prohibits an institution from being certified or recertified as eligible for the student loan insurance or other title IV (Student Assistance) programs if it: (1) has had its accreditation withdrawn, revoked, or otherwise terminated for cause during the preceding 24 months; or (2) has withdrawn from accreditation voluntarily under a show cause or suspension order during such period. Sets forth a definition of academic year (current law requires that such term be defined by the Secretary by regulation). Sets forth circumstances under which such term can be defined on a credit hour or clock hour basis. Provides that SLS and GSL loan recipients must have: (1) received a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for a Pell Grant for the relevant period of enrollment; and (2) filed an application for such a grant, if determined to be eligible. Requires, for eligibility for an SLS loan for any period of enrollment, that a student who is not a graduate or professional student must have: (1) received a determination of need for a GSL loan; and (2) applied for such a loan, if determined to have need for it. Revises provisions for admission of students on the basis of their ability to benefit from education or training. Presumes an institution to have established acceptable criteria for such admissions if it annually certifies to the Secretary that its admissions procedures for such students include counseling and a validated test of aptitude to complete the program successfully. Requires an institution to maintain complete records of the admissions criteria used for all students admitted on the basis of ability to benefit. Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating regulations defining such examination or other criteria used by an institution for such purposes. Deems tuition and fees "unearned," for refund policy purposes, in proportion to the fraction of the enrollment period remaining at the time the student withdraws. Provides that the institution shall be treated as earning initial administrative expenses at the beginning of such enrollment period, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Requires institutions, under student aid program participating agreements, to withhold academic transcripts of student borrowers in default on any title IV loan unless this: (1) will prevent the borrower from obtaining employment and repaying the loan; or (2) would be unjust or improper due to extraordinary circumstances. Prohibits institutions, under student aid program participation agreements, from: (1) using any contractor or anyone other than a salaried employee to conduct any activities related to recruiting and admission of students; or (2) paying any commission, bonus, or other incentive to any person engaged in any such activity. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the limitation, suspension, or termination of eligibility of an individual or organization to administer any aspect of an institution's student assistance program. Limits such suspensions to 60 days, unless the organization and the Secretary agree to an extension, or unless limitation or termination proceedings are initiated.

Student-Athlete Right-to-Know Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1988

Student-Athlete Right-to-Know Act - Requires institutions of higher education receiving Federal assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes. (Includes information on fields of study, race, and sex under such requirement.) Requires such institutions to report such information annually to the Secretary of Education and to include it in their letters of intent to prospective students who are candidates for athletic scholarships. Directs the Secretary to compile and publish a report containing such information.

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1988

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 - Makes appropriations for FY 1989 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1989 - Makes appropriations for the Employment and Training Administration, for: (1) employment and training programs administration; (2) training and employment services; (3) community service employment for older Americans; (4) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (5) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; and (6) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds. Makes appropriations for Labor-Management Services, for salaries and expenses, with a specified amount for a pension plan data base. Makes appropriations for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund and other expenses. Makes appropriations for the Employment Standards Administration, for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) special benefits (including transfer of funds); and (3) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (including transfer of funds). Makes appropriations for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for salaries and expenses. Makes appropriations for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, for salaries and expenses. Makes appropriations for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for salaries and expenses. Makes appropriations for Departmental Management, for: (1) salaries and expenses; (2) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training; and (3) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth general provisions relating to such appropriations for the Department of Labor. Prohibits appropriations under this Act from being used to grant variances, interim orders or letters of clarification to employers which will allow exposure of workers to chemicals or other workplace hazards in excess of existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for the purpose of conducting experiments on workers' health or safety. Prohibits appropriations in this Act from being obligated or expended to close any Job Corps Center operating prior to January 1, 1990. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1989 - Makes appropriations for the Health Resources and Services Administration, for: (1) health resources and services program operations (including specified funds for the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center); and (2) the medical facilities guarantee and loan fund, and Federal interest subsidies for medical facilities. Earmarks specified funds for non-acute care facilities for AIDS patients. Makes appropriations for the Centers for Disease Control, for disease control, research, and training (including compensation for survivors of victims of the Tuskegee, Alabama, syphilis experiments of 1932). Makes appropriations for the National Institutes of Health, for: (1) the National Cancer Institute; (2) the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; (3) the National Institute of Dental Research; (4) the National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; (5) the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; (6) the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; (7) the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; (8) the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; (9) the National Eye Institute; (10) the National Institute of Environmental Health Services; (11) the National Institute on Aging; (12) the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; (13) research resources; (14) the National Center for Nursing Research; (15) the John E. Fogarty International Center, with a payment for the Gorgas Memorial Institute; (16) the National Library of Medicine; (17) the Office of the Director; and (18) buildings and facilities. Makes appropriations to the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, for: (1) alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health programs; and (2) the Federal subsidy for Saint Elizabeths Hospital, in the District of Columbia. Makes appropriations for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health, for: (1) Public Health Service management; (2) retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers; and (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Makes appropriations for the Health Care Financing Administration, for: (1) grants to States for Medicaid; (2) payments to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds; and (3) program management. Makes appropriations for the Social Security Administration, for: (1) payments to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds; (2) special benefits for disabled coal miners; (3) the Supplemental Security Income Program; and (4) a limited amount of administrative expenses. Makes appropriations for the Family Support Administration, for: (1) family support payments to States or other non-Federal entities; (2) low-income home energy assistance; (3) the Community Services Block Grant; and (4) program administration. Makes appropriations for the Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services, for: (1) the Social Services Block Grant; (2) human development services (including programs for older Americans, Native Americans, child abuse and family violence prevention, dependent care, Head Start, and child development centers and associate scholarships); and (3) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance. Makes appropriations for Departmental Management, for: (1) general departmental management; (2) the Office of the Inspector General; (3) the Office for Civil Rights; and (4) policy research. Sets forth general provisions relating to such appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. Prohibits funds contained in this Act from being used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assign not more than 60 Public Health Service employees to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. Allows funds available in this title for activities related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) to be transferred between appropriation accounts, upon the approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of a transfer request submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1989 - Makes appropriations for: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs (including homeless assistance); (4) bilingual, immigrant, and refugee education; (5) education for the handicapped; (6) rehabilitation services and handicapped research (including the Helen Keller National Center); (7) vocational and adult education; (8) student financial assistance (including Pell grants, supplemental educational opportunity grants, grants to States for State student incentives, work-study programs, the income contingent direct loan demonstration project, and direct loans to students in institutions of higher education); (9) the Guaranteed Student Loan program; (10) higher education institutional aid, for strengthening institutions, including historically black colleges and universities; (11) college housing and academic facilities loans; (12) higher education facilities loans; (13) college housing loans; (14) education research and statistics (including the National Assessment of Educational Progress); and (15) libraries. Makes appropriations for the following special institutions: (1) the American Printing House for the Blind; (2) the National Technical Institute for the Deaf; (3) Gallaudet University (partial support), the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the National Center for Law and the Deaf; and (4) Howard University (partial support). Makes appropriations for Departmental Management, for: (1) program administration; (2) the Office for Civil Rights; and (3) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth general provisions relating to such appropriations for the Department of Education. Prohibits funds under this title from being used to force any school or school district which is desegregated to take any action to force the busing of students or the school's abolishment or the transfer of students to or from the school, on account of race, creed, or color, over the protest of the student's parents or as a condition precedent to obtaining otherwise available Federal funds. Prohibits appropriations in this Act from being used for the transportation of students or teachers (or the purchase of equipment for such transportation) to overcome racial imbalance or carry out a racial desegregation plan in any school or school system. Prohibits funds under this Act from being used, directly or indirectly, to require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school nearest the student's home (including any indirect requirement of student transportation to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools). Excludes from such prohibition: (1) transportation of students requiring special education to a school for such purpose; and (2) the establishment of magnet schools. Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for the following agencies: (1) ACTION; (2) the Commission on Railroad Retirement Reform; (3) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (4) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (5) the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (6) the National Commission on Migrant Education; (7) the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education; (8) the National Council on the Handicapped; (9) the National Labor Relations Board; (10) the National Mediation Board; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (12) the Physician Payment Review Commission; (13) the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (14) the Railroad Retirement Board (for payments to the Dual Benefits Payments Account and to the railroad retirement accounts, with specified limitations on administrative expenses, the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund, and review activities); and (15) the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (for operation and maintenance, and for construction and renovation of the physical plant). Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth general provisions relating to appropriations under this Act. Prohibits appropriations under this Act from being used to pay for any research, experimentation, or other activity involving human participants without their written, informed consent (or the consent of parents or legal guardian, where the participant is under 18), if such activity is determined to present a danger to their well-being. Directs the National Institutes of Health, in administering funds made available under this Act for research relating to the treatment of AIDS, to ensure that all experimental drugs for the treatment of AIDS, particularly antivirals and immunomodulators, that have shown some effectiveness in treating individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus are tested in clinical trials as expeditiously as possible and with as many subjects as scientifically acceptable.

A bill to grant a Federal charter to The American Education Center Hall of Fame.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988

Grants a Federal charter to the American Education Center-Hall of Fame, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri.

Nursing Education and Incentives Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1988

Nursing Education and Incentives Act of 1988 - Title I: Special Projects - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for special project grants and contracts under specified provisions, setting forth certain priorities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for not less than eight innovative demonstration projects each fiscal year to upgrade nursing skills, with projects distributed geographically proportionate to the need. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of nursing for projects relating to geriatrics. Requires peer review of applications. Prohibits approval or disapproval of an application unless the Secretary has received peer review recommendations and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Assistance to Nursing Students - Directs the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing for traineeships for students in the final academic year of nursing master's degree programs, giving priority to programs involving nurse practitioners, clinical specialists, nurse midwives, and specialties requiring advanced education. Authorizes appropriations for these and other nursing traineeships for FY 1989 through 1991. Includes, as qualifying for loan repayment under specified provisions, nursing service in an Indian Health Service health center, a Native Hawaiian health center, certain hospitals, a migrant health center, a community health center, a nursing facility, or other health facilities as the Secretary determines. Authorizes appropriations for loan repayments for FY 1989 through 1991. Title III: General Provisions of Title VIII - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to provide for evaluations of projects carried out under title VIII and for the dissemination of information developed as a result of the projects. Sets forth reporting requirements. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.

A bill to achieve greater accountability in Federal student assistance programs, to minimize the potential for waste and abuse, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1988

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and add provisions relating to title IV (Student Assistance) programs. Eliminates a requirement that at least 85 percent of Pell Grant payment funds be advanced to eligible institutions before the start of each payment period. Limits Pell Grant individual eligibility to three academic years in the case of an undergraduate degree or certificate program normally requiring two years or less. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to prescribe regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of Pell Grant provisions. Requires institutional accountability plans under the allocation of funds provisions of the supplemental education opportunity grant (SEOG) program and the work-study program. Permits adjustments of an institution's allocation if it fails to meet the performance goals established in its accountability plan. Requires participating institutions to develop such plans to assess, in quantifiable terms, their success in providing an education of demonstrable value to their students. Directs the Secretary to publish and take public comment on: (1) a number of criteria from which an institution shall select those to be included in its plans; and (2) minimum standards for evaluating institutional performance. Directs the Secretary, based upon the advice of review panels representative of the higher education community, to review initial plans and approve them if minimum standards are met. Requires approval of such a plan before an institution may receive an allocation for award year 1989-1990 or 1990-1991. Sets forth procedures relating to revised plans in later academic years. Requires institutions with approved plans to submit annual progress reports. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such reports; (2) reduce allocations as appropriate; and (3) redistribute the resulting excess allocations to institutions that have met or exceeded their objectives, on the basis of their relative need. Requires the final award notifications regarding allocations of campus-based funds (i.e. those under SEOG and work-study programs) for award year 1989-1990 to be sent to institutions by June 1, 1989. Revises provisions under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs. Reduces from 100 percent to 90 percent the portion of: (1) the unpaid principal of loans which must be insured under program agreements to qualify for interest subsidies; and (2) student loan insurance program costs which the Secretary reimburses to guaranty agencies under GSL guarantee agreements for reimbursing losses. Reduces such reimbursement to: (1) 80 percent where the default rate for a guaranty agency's loans exceeds five percent; and (2) 70 percent where such rate exceeds nine percent. Revises limitations on individual federally-insured loans and on Federal loan insurance. Extends the guarantee to: (1) 90 percent of the unpaid balance of the principal amount of the loan guaranteed including interest, for loans made to cover instruction periods beginning on or after July 1, 1988, and for consolidation loans made on or after such date; and (2) 100 percent of the unpaid balance of the principal amount of the loan guaranteed, plus interest for loans made to cover such periods. (These provisions replace provisions for reduction of the level of such insurance coverage because of certain default rates.) Requires lenders, under the guaranteed student loans (GSL), supplemental loan for students (SLC), income-contingent loan (ICL), Perkins Loan, and parent loan (PLUS) programs, to obtain a credit report from at least one national credit bureau organization on any loan applicant over 21 years of age. Allows the lender to charge the applicant for the cost of such report, up to $25. Requires any applicant with a negative credit history (but not merely nonexistent or insufficient history) to obtain a credit-worthy cosigner. Revises eligibility requirements for student aid recipients. Requires all such recipients to have earned a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent. Requires that institutional determinations of undue hardship based on special circumstances, for purposes of waiving student satisfactory progress requirements, be made according to criteria established by the Secretary. Repeals certain provisions relating to the student aid eligibility of students admitted on the basis of ability to benefit from an educational or training program. Repeals a prohibition against the Secretary's requiring institutions to verify the accuracy of data used to determine eligibility for any student assistance program under title IV of HEA. Requires the National Student Loan Data System (the System) to include such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Allows entities (and individuals) specifically authorized by the Secretary to have access to information in the System. Subjects the access of guaranty agencies under the Part B GSL program to such limitations as the Secretary may prescribe. Allows for other uses of such information as the Secretary may authorize. Removes a prohibition against the Secretary's requiring lenders, guaranty agencies, or institutions of higher education to verify information or obtain eligibility or other information through the System before making, guaranteeing, or certifying a GSL or direct loan. Requires the use of criteria established by the Secretary in determinations: (1) by institutions that undue hardship justifies a waiver of certain eligibility requirements for Pell Grants; and (2) by financial aid administrators that a student is independent by reason of unusual circumstances, for purposes of needs analysis for Pell Grants or other student assistance programs. Requires borrowers under the GSL, SLS, ICL, or Perkins Loan programs to provide their driver's license numbers at the times of loan application and, as part of the school's exit interview, their expected address and the name and address of their expected employer after graduation. Provides that a lender or guaranty agency shall not be relieved of liability for civil penalties because of its cure of a violation or correction of a failure under the GSL program, or its notification of a person who received a substantial misrepresentation of the actual nature of the financial charges involved if the cure, correction, or notification is made after the Department of Education discovers the violation, failure, or misrepresentation. Directs the Secretary to limit, suspend, or terminate a lender from participation in the insurance agencies operated by guaranty agencies under the GSL program if the lender has substantially failed to carry out any provision of title IV, any regulation prescribed under title IV, or any application special arrangement, agreement, or limitation. Directs the Secretary to take emergency action to stop the issuance of guarantee commitments and the payment of interest benefits and special allowances to a lender if the Secretary: (1) receives reliable information that the lender is violating any title IV provisions or regulations, or any applicable special arrangement, agreement, or limitation; (2) determines that immediate action is necessary to prevent misuse of Federal funds; and (3) determines that the likelihood of loss outweighs the importance of following authorized limitation, suspension, or termination procedures. Limits such an emergency action to 30 days unless a limitation, suspension, or termination proceeding is begun before the expiration of that period. Directs the Secretary to provide the lender, upon request, an opportunity to show cause that the emergency action is unwarranted. Includes violations of or failures to carry out any applicable special arrangement, agreement, or limitation among the violations and failures for which the Secretary may prescribe regulations to limit, suspend, or terminate the title IV program eligibility of an institution and may impose civil penalties. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for: (1) emergency actions against institutions, individuals, or private, for-profit organizations that have contracted with institutions to administer any aspect of the institution's student assistance program; and (2) the limitation, suspension, or termination of eligibility of such an individual or private, for-profit organization to enter into such a contract. Prohibits an eligible institution from measuring the length of a course of study or academic year on a credit hour basis for title IV purposes if it is licensed by the State to provide such a course measured by the State on a clock hour basis. Allows the institution to make such measurement on either basis if the State measures on both a clock hour and credit hour basis. Makes the State's assessment of the number of credit hours constituting the course of study applicable if the institution chooses to measure on a credit hour basis. Requires eligible lenders or other loan holders who acquire loans under the GSL program to notify the borrower, the guaranty agency, and the eligible institution that the borrower attended of such acquisition within 30 days of the sale or other transfer of the loan. Makes a technical amendment to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.

Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Tax Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1988

Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Tax Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigarettes from: (1) $8 to $20.50 per thousand for small cigarettes; and (2) $16.80 to $43.05 per thousand for large cigarettes. Establishes in the Treasury the Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Trust Fund, to be available to finance educational programs (including paid advertising) concerning the hazards of cigarette smoking, with emphasis on discouraging smoking by youth. Appropriates to the Fund ten percent of the tobacco tax revenue generated by this Act's rate increase. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct an ongoing study and to report biennially to specified congressional committees on: (1) the effects of smoking on health care costs; and (2) the incidence of cigarette smoking by youth, including the relationship between cigarette tax rates and youth smoking.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the capability of Veterans' Administration health-care facilities to provide the most effective and appropriate services possible to veterans suffering from mental illness, especially conditions which are service-related, through the designation of centers of mental illness research, education, and clinical activities at up to five of its medical centers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988

Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish and operate up to five Veterans Administration health-care facilities as centers of mental illness research, education, and clinical activities, taking into account appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. Precludes the Administrator from designating any health-care facility as a center unless the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to develop): (1) an arrangement with an accredited medical school and graduate school of psychology which provide education and training in psychiatry and psychology through regular rotation through such center so as to provide training in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness; (2) an arrangement under which nursing, social work, or other allied health personnel receive education and training in mental health care through regular rotation through such facility; (3) the ability to attract the participation of scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity in research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of mental illness and into models for furnishing care and treatment to veterans suffering from mental illness; (4) a policymaking advisory committee to advise the directors of such facility and center on policy matters pertaining to the activities of such center; and (5) the capability to conduct effectively evaluations of the activities of such center. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that activities of clinical and scientific investigation at each center shall be eligible to compete for the award of funding from funds appropriated for the VA medical and prosthetics research account and shall receive priority insofar as funds are awarded to projects for mental illness. Requires the Chief Medical Director to ensure that: (1) research activities carried out through such centers include an appropriate emphasis on the psychosocial dimension of mental illness and on models for furnishing care and treatment to veterans suffering from mental illness; and (2) useful information produced by the centers is disseminated throughout the Department of Medicine and Surgery. Requires the Administrator to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans Affairs an annual report on the activities and effectiveness of the centers.

Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988

Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to eligible partnerships to assist elementary and secondary schools in organizing, promoting, and utilizing volunteers in such schools. (Defines eligible partnership as a volunteer program development agreement between: (1) an elementary or secondary school, State educational agency (SEA), and/or local educational agency (LEA); and (2) a government agency, nonprofit organization, institution of higher education, and/or business concern.) Directs the Secretary to consult with the National School Volunteer Program, Incorporated, in establishing criteria for making such grants and in prescribing regulations under this Act. Sets forth authorized uses of funds under this Act. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Center for Leadership in School Volunteer and Partnership Programs, through grants to or contracts with an entity, such as the National School Volunteer Program, Incorporated, which is experienced in and has as its primary purpose assisting school volunteer programs. Requires the Center to: (1) serve as a resource center; (2) train volunteers; (3) conduct an annual survey of volunteer programs; (4) evaluate volunteer programs; and (5) perform any of its functions through contracts with the various types of entities included under eligible partnerships. Requires that at least 20 percent of funds under this Act in any fiscal year be used for Center activities. Sets forth priorities in the grant approval process. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act.

Student Aid Integrity and Accountability Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1988

Student Aid Integrity and Accountability Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and add provisions relating to title IV (Student Assistance) programs. Eliminates a requirement that at least 85 percent of Pell Grant payment funds be advanced to eligible institutions before the start of each payment period. Limits Pell Grant individual eligibility to three academic years in the case of an undergraduate degree or certificate program normally requiring two years or less. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to prescribe regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of Pell Grant provisions. Requires institutional accountability plans under the allocation of funds provisions of the supplemental education opportunity grant (SEOG) program and the work-study program. Permits adjustments of an institution's allocation if it fails to meet the performance goals established in its accountability plan. Requires participating institutions to develop such plans to assess, in quantifiable terms, their success in providing an education of demonstrable value to their students. Directs the Secretary to publish and take public comment on: (1) a number of criteria from which an institution shall select those to be included in its plans; and (2) minimum standards for evaluating institutional performance. Directs the Secretary, based upon the advice of review panels representative of the higher education community, to review initial plans and approve them if minimum standards are met. Requires approval of such a plan before an institution may receive an allocation for award year 1989-1990 or 1990-1991. Sets forth procedures relating to revised plans in later academic years. Requires institutions with approved plans to submit annual progress reports. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such reports; (2) reduce allocations as appropriate; and (3) redistribute the resulting excess allocations to institutions that have met or exceeded their objectives, on the basis of their relative need. Requires the final award notifications regarding allocations of campus-based funds (i.e. those under SEOG and work-study programs) for award year 1989-1990 to be sent to institutions by June 1, 1989. Revises provisions under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs. Reduces from 100 percent to 90 percent the portion of: (1) the unpaid principal of loans which must be insured under program agreements to qualify for interest subsidies; and (2) student loan insurance program costs which the Secretary reimburses to guaranty agencies under GSL guarantee agreements for reimbursing losses. Reduces such reimbursement to: (1) 80 percent where the default rate for a guaranty agency's loans exceeds five percent; and (2) 70 percent where such rate exceeds nine percent. Revises limitations on individual federally-insured loans and on Federal loan insurance. Extends the guarantee to: (1) 90 percent of the unpaid balance of the principal amount of the loan guaranteed including interest, for loans made to cover instruction periods beginning on or after July 1, 1988, and for consolidation loans made on or after such date; and (2) 100 percent of the unpaid balance of the principal amount of the loan guaranteed, plus interest for loans made to cover such periods. (These provisions replace provisions for reduction of the level of such insurance coverage because of certain default rates.) Requires lenders, under the guaranteed student loans (GSL), supplemental loan for students (SLC), income-contingent loan (ICL), Perkins Loan, and parent loan (PLUS) programs, to obtain a credit report from at least one national credit bureau organization on any loan applicant over 21 years of age. Allows the lender to charge the applicant for the cost of such report, up to $25. Requires any applicant with a negative credit history (but not merely nonexistent or insufficient history) to obtain a credit-worthy cosigner. Revises eligibility requirements for student aid recipients. Requires all such recipients to have earned a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent. Requires that institutional determinations of undue hardship based on special circumstances, for purposes of waiving student satisfactory progress requirements, be made according to criteria established by the Secretary. Repeals certain provisions relating to the student aid eligibility of students admitted on the basis of ability to benefit from an educational or training program. Repeals a prohibition against the Secretary's requiring institutions to verify the accuracy of data used to determine eligibility for any student assistance program under title IV of HEA. Requires the National Student Loan Data System (the System) to include such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Allows entities (and individuals) specifically authorized by the Secretary to have access to information in the System. Subjects the access of guaranty agencies under the Part B GSL program to such limitations as the Secretary may prescribe. Allows for other uses of such information as the Secretary may authorize. Removes a prohibition against the Secretary's requiring lenders, guaranty agencies, or institutions of higher education to verify information or obtain eligibility or other information through the System before making, guaranteeing, or certifying a GSL or direct loan. Requires the use of criteria established by the Secretary in determinations: (1) by institutions that undue hardship justifies a waiver of certain eligibility requirements for Pell Grants; and (2) by financial aid administrators that a student is independent by reason of unusual circumstances, for purposes of needs analysis for Pell Grants or other student assistance programs. Requires borrowers under the GSL, SLS, ICL, or Perkins Loan programs to provide their driver's license numbers at the times of loan application and, as part of the school's exit interview, their expected address and the name and address of their expected employer after graduation. Provides that a lender or guaranty agency shall not be relieved of liability for civil penalties because of its cure of a violation or correction of a failure under the GSL program, or its notification of a person who received a substantial misrepresentation of the actual nature of the financial charges involved if the cure, correction, or notification is made after the Department of Education discovers the violation, failure, or misrepresentation. Directs the Secretary to limit, suspend, or terminate a lender from participation in the insurance agencies operated by guaranty agencies under the GSL program if the lender has substantially failed to carry out any provision of title IV, any regulation prescribed under title IV, or any application special arrangement, agreement, or limitation. Directs the Secretary to take emergency action to stop the issuance of guarantee commitments and the payment of interest benefits and special allowances to a lender if the Secretary: (1) receives reliable information that the lender is violating any title IV provisions or regulations, or any applicable special arrangement, agreement, or limitation; (2) determines that immediate action is necessary to prevent misuse of Federal funds; and (3) determines that the likelihood of loss outweighs the importance of following authorized limitation, suspension, or termination procedures. Limits such an emergency action to 30 days unless a limitation, suspension, or termination proceeding is begun before the expiration of that period. Directs the Secretary to provide the lender, upon request, an opportunity to show cause that the emergency action is unwarranted. Includes violations of or failures to carry out any applicable special arrangement, agreement, or limitation among the violations and failures for which the Secretary may prescribe regulations to limit, suspend, or terminate the title IV program eligibility of an institution and may impose civil penalties. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for: (1) emergency actions against institutions, individuals, or private, for-profit organizations that have contracted with institutions to administer any aspect of the institution's student assistance program; and (2) the limitation, suspension, or termination of eligibility of such an individual or private, for-profit organization to enter into such a contract. Prohibits an eligible institution from measuring the length of a course of study or academic year on a credit hour basis for title IV purposes if it is licensed by the State to provide such a course measured by the State on a clock hour basis. Allows the institution to make such measurement on either basis if the State measures on both a clock hour and credit hour basis. Makes the State's assessment of the number of credit hours constituting the course of study applicable if the institution chooses to measure on a credit hour basis. Requires eligible lenders or other loan holders who acquire loans under the GSL program to notify the borrower, the guaranty agency, and the eligible institution that the borrower attended of such acquisition within 30 days of the sale or other transfer of the loan. Makes a technical amendment to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent abuses in the Supplemental Loans for Students program under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to remove the exemption for Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS loans) from certain eligibility requirements under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. Revises such requirements to provide that SLS and Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL loan) recipients must have: (1) received a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for a Pell Grant for the relevant period of enrollment; and (2) filed an application for such a grant, if determined to be eligible. Requires, for eligibility for an SLS loan for any period of enrollment, that a student who is not a graduate or professional student must have: (1) received a determination of need for a GSL loan; and (2) applied for such a loan, if determined to have need for it. Reduces the amount of an individual's SLS loan eligibility by the amount of such individual's GSL loan eligibility (added to other financial aid). Revises the conditions of SLS eligibility of undergraduate dependent students. Requires "exceptional" (rather than "extenuating") circumstances to preclude such a student's parents from borrowing under the parent loan (PLUS loan) program. Requires appropriate documentation that such circumstances exist to be maintained in the institution's records to support such determination. Requires that SLS loans be disbursed in a specified manner to reduce student interest costs. Makes special rules for multiple disbursement also applicable to SLS loans. Makes students in teacher training programs eligible for GSL loans regardless of specified restrictions on such eligibility. Provides that, for purposes of Pell Grant need analysis and general student aid need analysis provisions, income tax payments to specified U.S. territories and possessions or to foreign governments shall be treated as Federal income taxes. Revises title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act to prohibit any historically black college or university which receives funds under part B (Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities) from receiving funds under part A (Strengthening Institutions) of such title. Adds to authorized uses of funds from grants to institutions under part B: (1) faculty development; (2) funds and administrative management, and funds for acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management; and (3) joint use of facilities, such as laboratories and libraries.

A bill to amend the effective date provision of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988

(House disagreed to certain Senate amendments) Amends the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-297) to revise the effective date provision.

Nursing Shortage Reduction and Education Extension Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988

Nursing Shortage Reduction and Education Extension Act of 1988 - Title I: Initiatives to Reduce Nursing Shortages - Amends title VIII (Nursing Education) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new part on initiatives to reduce nursing shortages. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for demonstrating innovative hospital nursing practice models which include restructuring the role of the nurse, testing innovative wage structures, and evaluating the effectiveness of various benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for evaluation of the models demonstrated and for dissemination of the information developed. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nurse training entities: (1) to demonstrate innovative nursing practice models for services in the home and in long-term care facilities designed to increase recruitment and retention of nurses and improve nursing care; and (2) to develop projects to increase the exposure of nursing students to clinical practice in nursing home, home health, and gerontologic settings. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for evaluation of the projects developed and for dissemination of the information developed. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the identification of specific community nursing needs and the development and establishment of programs of educational outreach and nurse recruitment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nurse training schools for scholarships for nursing students in need. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Special Projects - Revises the description of nursing education special projects eligible for certain grants and contracts with regard to: (1) inclusion of the promotion of occupational health care as a purpose; (2) the priorities in training and education to upgrade the skills of paraprofessional nursing personnel; (3) development of curricula for certain nursing baccalaureate situations; (4) facilitation of the completion of advanced nurse education programs by certain specialists; and (5) provision of nursing education courses to rural areas through telecommunications via satellite. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for advanced nurse education for FY 1989 through 1991. Revises the guidelines for programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to require that they have not less than six full-time equivalent students. (Current law requires that they have eight students.) Allows service commitments by nurse practitioner or nurse midwife traineeship recipients to include service in an Indian Health Service health center, a Native Hawaiian health center, a migrant health center, or a community health center in addition to the currently-allowed service in a health manpower shortage area or a public health care facility. Authorizes appropriations for certain nurse practitioner and nurse midwife programs for FY 1989 through 1991. Title III: Assistance to Nursing Students - Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for advanced education of professional nurses for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for nurse anesthetists for FY 1989 through 1991. Title IV: General Provisions of Title VIII - Changes the composition of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training to increase the number of members and require representation by practicing professional nurses and from associate degree schools of nursing. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of this Act.

Nursing Education Partnership Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988

Nursing Education Partnership Act - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new subpart on nursing scholarships. Defines "eligible individual" in terms of academic performance and enrollment. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and loans to eligible individuals for certain associate degree or bachelor degree nursing education programs. Prohibits individuals from receiving any other form of Federal student financial assistance under any Federal law while receiving assistance under this subpart. Provides for application and repayment. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available for grants and loans under the title among institutions in order to provide funds for applications meeting the requirements of this Act. Requires the awards to be: (1) equal to the cost of attendance for those applicants demonstrating the greatest financial need, determined on the basis of expected family contributions; and (2) made in the order of that need. Requires the award to be composed of 25 percent grant and 75 percent loan. Sets forth criteria a higher education institution must meet in order to participate in this program, including establishing and operating a program which lets high school counselors, teachers, and students learn about nursing career opportunities and which targets low income students. Allows entities desiring to employ students who have obtained degrees with assistance under this part to enter into a sponsorship agreement with the Secretary, including: (1) an agreement that the health care provider will repay two-thirds of the loan; and (2) assurances that the provider has established a program to recruit junior or senior high school students to enter nursing careers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and each of the succeeding fiscal years.

A joint resolution designating November 28 through December 2, 1988, as "Vocational-Technical Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1988

Designates November 28 through December 2, 1988, as Vocational-Technical Education Week.

Veterans' Education Benefits Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1988

Veterans' Education Benefits Amendments of 1988 - Makes eligible for education benefits under the Vietnam-era GI Bill individuals who: (1) before January 1, 1977, commenced the third academic year as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies or the third academic year as a member of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (SROTC); (2) served more than 180 days as a commissioned officer, were honorably discharged, and enrolled in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program; and (3) submit to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs before January 1, 1990, an irrevocable election to be so eligible. Allows students using Veterans Administration educational assistance to make a one-time course withdrawal without the requirement of repayment of benefits. Makes Montgomery GI Bill and Post-Vietnam Era Educational Assistance Program students eligible for tutorial assistance. Increases the maximum tutorial assistance payments to be paid by the Administrator.

Education Priorities for Research and Construction

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1988

Amends the Education Amendments of 1980 to extend through FY 1991 the authorization of appropriations for the Robert A. Taft Institute of Government, in New York, New York.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for alternative reduction formulas in the event of short-falls in Pell Grant appropriations.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1988

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for alternative formulas for grant reduction in the event of insufficient appropriations under the Pell Grant program.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the use of succeeding fiscal year Pell Grant appropriations to meet prior fiscal year shortfalls.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1988

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the use of succeeding fiscal year appropriations to meet prior fiscal year shortfalls under the Pell Grant program.

Family Educational Opportunity Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1988

Family Educational Opportunity Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove from the computation of expected family contribution in the determination of need for assistance under the title IV (Student Assistance) Pell Grant program and other title IV student assistance programs the following assets: (1) the family's principal place of residence; (2) a family farm on which the family resides; or (3) a small business substantially owned and managed by a member or members of the family.

Manassas National Battlefield Park Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1988

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove the exemptions for Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS loans) from certain eligibility requirements under title IV (Student Assistance) of such Act. Applies special rules for multiple disbursement to SLS loans. Requires applicants for SLS loans to have: (1) received a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for a Pell Grant; or (2) filed a Pell Grant application and received a preliminary determination of eligibility or ineligibility.

Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1988

Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program Resolution - Establishes a Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program to encourage increased participation by outstanding students in a public service career. Directs the Jacob K. Javits Foundation, Incorporated, New York, New York, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate (the Secretary), to select Senate Fellowship participants. Requires each participant to complete a program of graduate study in accordance with criteria agreed upon by the Foundation. Provides for a Senate component of the Fellowship Program. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint and fix the compensation of each eligible participant selected, for a period of employment which may not exceed one year. States that such compensation shall not supplement stipends received from the Secretary of Education under the Fellowship Program. Limits to ten the number of fellowship participants so employed for any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary, after consulting the Majority and Minority Leaders, to place eligible participants in positions in the Senate that are, within practicable considerations, supportive of their academic programs. Makes funds available to the Secretary available for five years, to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate. Limits such funds for each of the first five years of the program. Terminates the program five years after the effective date of this resolution. Directs the Secretary, three months prior to such expiration, to report a program evaluation and recommendations to the Majority Leader and the Senate.

Higher Education Equity Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1988

Higher Education Equity Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude the value of a principal place of residence from the computation of need for the Pell grant program and other student assistance programs.

National Geography Studies Centers Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1988

Amends the Library Services and Construction Act to extend through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for grants under title V (Foreign Language Materials Acquisition) and title VI (Library Literacy Programs) of such Act.

A joint resolution to provide for the designation of September 15, 1988, as "National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day".

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1988

Designates September 15, 1988, as National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day.

Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988

Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States and localities with approved plans and applications to assist them to expand or establish full-day early childhood development services for prekindergarten children. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, to: (1) use the expertise of early childhood experts in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) ensure that individuals administering this Act have expertise in the area of early childhood development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. Sets forth requirements relating to State and local eligibility for Federal assistance under this Act, including establishment or designation of a State Interagency Advisory Task Force and a Local Policy Group. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States. Reserves a portion of the funds for specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State allotment formulas based on a State's: (1) number of children five years old or under; (2) number of families with two parents, both of whom are in the labor force, who have one or more children five years old or under; (3) tax capacity index; and (4) tax effort index. Sets forth reallotment provisions. Sets forth provisions for Federal allocation of certain funds to localities. Directs the Secretary to make such allocations to localities from amounts that would be allotted to a State but will not be so allotted because the State elects not to participate in programs assisted under this Act. Makes such a grant to the locality equal to the amount to which it is entitled when ranked by the Secretary against other applicants from the same State. Sets forth provisions for within State reservation and allocation. Directs the Governor to reserve 25 percent of the State allotment for specified activities and to allocate the remaining 75 percent to localities with approved applications on a ranking basis. Sets the following limits on apportioning the 25 percent reserved funds: (1) maximum one percent for the State Interagency Advisory Task Force; (2) maximum four percent for administrative costs; (3) minimum five percent for grants to localities in nonmetropolitan areas and to localities to serve migrant and Indian children or, if no such localities apply, for discretionary grants; (4) minimum ten percent for discretionary grants to localities; and (5) minimum five percent for development and implementation of statewide training programs, and technical assistance to localities for training. Sets forth rules for twofold ranking of applications from localities based on the numbers of: (1) children five years old or under in families below the poverty line compared to the number of all children of such ages in the locality; and (2) families with children of such ages. Sets forth allocation rules. Requires that one-half of the funds be allocated to localities on the basis of each of the above indices, in order of their ranking. Requires the State to provide uniform allocations per child and per family throughout the State in allocating Federal funds and the State portion of the non-Federal share. Prohibits any locality funded under specified provisions from receiving less than $25,000 in total Federal and State funds provided this Act. Sets forth provisions for planning grants. Allows any locality to apply for a six-month planning grant to the State or, if the State does not participate, to the Secretary. Requires planning grant funds to be deducted from the total funds the locality would otherwise be eligible for in the first year of the program. Sets forth application requirements. Sets forth provisions for State Interagency Advisory Task Forces. Requires any State desiring to receive assistance under this Act to establish such a Task Force. Requires each Task Force to report annually to the Governor and the Secretary on the status of early childhood development programs and child care programs operating within the States. Allows a State to use an existing comparable task force for such purposes. Sets forth provisions for a Lead State Agency. Directs the Governor to designate such an agency to administer the early childhood development programs assisted under this Act in the State. Requires such agency to be selected from the State educational agency, the State department of social services, or the State agency for child development or child advocacy. Sets forth requirements for the State application and the State plan. Sets forth provisions for Local Policy Groups. Requires any locality desiring to receive a grant under this Act to form such a Group. Requires each Group to report annually to the State Interagency Advisory Task Force on the status of early childhood development programs and child care within the locality. Allows localities to use existing comparable Groups. Sets forth requirements for local applications and service delivery plans included in such applications. Requires selection of a local administering agency by specified local officials from among the local education agencies, local social services agency, local child development agencies, and local resource and referral agency. Sets forth selection criteria and duties of a local administering agency. Requires localities to submit applications to the Lead State Agency in a participating State, or to the Secretary if they are in a nonparticipating State. Sets forth provisions relating to eligible children and families. Sets forth an age requirement for participation. Makes any child eligible to participate in programs assisted under this Act: (1) in the school year prior to the school year in which the child would be eligible under State law to enter kindergarten; or (2) at age four, in localities that do not offer kindergarten programs. Permits any State or locality which has served all children of the eligible age group requesting services to use funds to serve children: (1) in the school year two years prior to the school year in which they would be eligible under State law to enter kindergarten; or (2) at age three. Allows States or localities to use funds to expand existing programs serving children aged three through five years, if specified maintenance of effort provisions are met. Sets forth family contribution requirements. Provides services under this Act without charge to eligible children in families with incomes under 115 percent of the poverty line. Requires, for eligible children form families with incomes above 115 percent of the poverty line, payment of fees on a sliding scale up to the full cost of such services. Requires the State, or the locality in a nonparticipating State, to develop such sliding scale on the basis of income level and family size. Prohibits: (1) total fees for all eligible children in a family receiving services under this Act from exceeding ten percent of a family's gross income; and (2) maximum fees per child from exceeding the cost per child of the services provided. Sets forth provisions for general use of funds by service providers and for authorized activities for which grants may be used. Sets forth minimum standards, for service providers, including maximum group size and child to adult ratios, staff training and credentials, parental involvement, and health, safety, and nutrition requirements. Sets forth administrative provisions including provisions for withholding of payments and judicial review of such withholding. Provides protection for continuing activities of Head Start agencies by prohibiting the denial to any such an agency of continued use of a local educational agency facilities by reason of selection of either to administer a program with funds under this Act. Sets forth evaluation provisions. Requires Local Policy Groups to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site evaluation of local programs by reviewers including community members and early childhood development experts not directly involved in program administration; and (2) report annually to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site monitoring, inspection, and evaluation of programs by reviewers who are not directly involved in program administration; and (2) report annually to the Governor and the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, either directly or by grant or contract, to provide for continuing evaluation of programs, especially on the use of nonparticipant control groups. Requires such evaluations to be conducted by persons not directly involved in the administration of the program being evaluated. Authorizes the Secretary to require States or localities to provide for independent evaluations. Directs the Secretary to arrange to obtain specific views of persons participating in and served by the programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish results of evaluations within 90 days of their completion; and (2) submit copies to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions, including rules against employment or services discrimination on the basis of handicap. Sets forth provisions relating to program payments, the Federal share of program costs, and maintenance of efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to reduce the non-Federal share under specified circumstances.

Nurse Education Reauthorization Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1988

Nurse Education Reauthorization Act of 1988 - Title I: Special Projects - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to: (1) increase nursing opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds by providing faculty development directed at facilitating retention of such individuals; (2) provide training and education to upgrade skills of paraprofessional nursing personnel with priority given to rapid transition programs towards undergraduate degrees; and (3) provide training and education to develop curricula for baccalaureate and masters degrees in nursing. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for various special projects for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary, in making grants and contracts relating to advanced nurse education, to give priority to programs with innovative curricula that permit individuals to rapidly achieve advanced degrees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Requires programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to have an enrollment of not less than six full-time equivalent students. (Current law requires not less than eight students.) Allows those receiving traineeships to fulfill their commitment to practice as a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife in the Indian Health Service, a Native Hawaiian health center, a migrant health center, or a community health center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with schools of nursing for projects to demonstrate and evaluate innovative nursing practice models designed to increase the recruitment and retention of nurses to provide long-term, home, or nursing home care. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts to develop, establish, and operate from one to five regional model professional nurse recruitment centers, including centers in rural areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Assistance to Nursing Students - Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for advanced education of professional nurses for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for traineeships for nurse anesthetists for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing for scholarships to full time undergraduate students in financial need, the amount of the scholarship not to exceed tuition and fees, with priority given to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Requires that students receiving loans from schools of nursing under specified provisions be in need. (Current law requires them to be of exceptional financial need.)

Educational Block Grant for Children at Risk Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988

Educational Block Grant for Children at Risk Act of 1988 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (the Act) to add new chapter 3 provisions for block grants for Innovative Programs for Children at Risk of Low Academic Achievement. (Redesignates the current chapter 3 as chapter 4.) Defines "eligible student," for purposes of such programs, as any child between three and 17 years old who is at risk of low academic achievement and, as a result, may experience future unemployment and welfare dependency. Includes under such term: (1) low-income children, including preschool age children, under chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Act; (2) minority children; (3) pregnant teenagers and teenage parents; (4) dropouts from elementary or secondary school; (5) students with limited English proficiency; (6) students who are substance abusers; (7) homeless children; and (8) neglected and delinquent children. Allows each local educational agency (LEA) to elaborate on such definition. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve five percent of chapter 3 appropriations for activities of national significance, including: (1) evaluation of activities for at-risk children; (2) dissemination of information on the effect of programs; (3) research; (4) technical assistance to State educational agencies (SEAs) and LEAs; and (5) rewarding State and local programs. Directs the Secretary to allot to the States from the remainder of such funds: (1) one-third on the basis of the number of school-aged children (between 3 and 17 years old); and (2) two-thirds on the basis of the number of children counted for chapter 1 purposes. Allows a State to reserve up to five percent of its allotment for State administrative costs and up to 20 percent for statewide programs. Directs designated State agencies to allocate a least 75 percent of the State allotment among LEAs on the basis of the factors on which State allotments are based and other specified criteria. Requires LEAs, in order to receive such grants, to enter into cooperative agreements with community-based organizations, business concerns, and other community activities to carry out activities described in their applications. Requires chapter 3 funds to be used for new and innovative programs designed to address the educational needs and other needs of eligible students. Includes among these programs and projects for: (1) improved attendance and educational achievement of eligible students; (2) supplementary education to assist eligible students to attain a grade level proficiency in basic skills; (3) prevention of youth suicide; (4) drug and substance abuse treatment and prevention; (5) coordination of Federal, State, and local efforts serving eligible students; and (6) rewards to schools for lowering dropout rates or reclaiming dropouts. Sets forth requirements for State and local applications. Sets forth criteria for the award of grants. Requires that programs and projects receiving grants: (1) serve eligible students with the greatest need based on the risk of educational failure; (2) are of high quality and likely to achieve chapter 3 goals; (3) address the multiple needs of eligible students; and (4) represent urban and rural regions in the State. Makes certain fiscal requirements and requirements for participation of private school children applicable to chapter 3 programs. Sets forth requirements for local and State evaluations and for program improvement. Provides that nothing in chapter 3 shall be interpreted to preclude the enactment of State legislation providing for the implementation, consistent with such chapter, of the programs assisted under such chapter. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out chapter 3 programs.

AIDS Public Education Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1988

AIDS Public Education Act of 1988 - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to assist the grantees in: (1) collecting and disseminating information regarding the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); (2) educating individuals regarding such information; and (3) encouraging individuals to determine the extent to which their financial resources, including health insurance, are adequate for payment of the costs of medical treatment for infection with such etiologic agent. Requires the Secretary, in making the grants, to give preference to applicants with experience in educating the public, including the business community, on health matters. Allows grantees to expend the grant to train individuals. Requires applicants to agree to expend not less than 75 percent of the grant to carry out the purposes of the grant in an employment setting. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the grant programs and to make the findings available to the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to construct or improve facilities for the conduct of nursing research by institutions of higher education.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988

Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Center for Nursing Research to acquire, construct, improve, or repair laboratories and other research facilities to increase the capacity of institutions of higher education to conduct nursing research. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into contracts for such purposes. Requires the Director, from amounts appropriated under this Act, to reserve 15 percent to carry out such purposes through grants to, and contracts with, institutions that received less than an aggregate of a specified amount in Federal financial assistance for research and development in the preceding two fiscal years. Requires matching funds, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal sources. Directs the Secretary to require technical and scientific peer review of applications for grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991.

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1987 (CARE)

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1987 (CARE) - Title I: Public Health Service Programs with Respect to Alzheimer's Disease - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's) and creates, in title III (relating to the general powers and duties of the Public Health Service) of the Act, a new part K on Alzheimer's. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to assist grantees in establishing and maintaining, with respect to Alzheimer's and related disorders, centers for: (1) conducting basic and clinical research, training, and dissemination of clinical information; (2) demonstrating advanced diagnostic, prevention, treatment, and management methods; (3) conducting programs of community education; and (4) maximizing research. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may and may not be used. Limits support for a center to five years, with extensions by the Secretary of up to five years if recommended by a technical and scientific peer review group. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct basic and clinical research regarding Alzheimer's and related disorders. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct research and demonstration projects with respect to teaching the families of individuals with Alzheimer's or related disorders methods for providing appropriate care and managing stress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct demonstration projects with respect to teaching the families of individuals with Alzheimer's or related disorders methods for providing appropriate care and managing stress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct long-term care research with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and with respect to the coordination of long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct research with respect to developing methods for improving the delivery of supportive services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and with respect to the coordination of long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for a research program for the study of Alzheimer's and related disorders. Specifies elements for which the plan must provide. Requires research under the plan to be carried out through the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary to submit the plan to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to plan, establish, and operate programs to provide specified services regarding Alzheimer's or related disorders. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may not be used. Limits grants to three years, subject to annual evaluation by the Secretary. Limits the amount of a grant and its portion of the costs of the program for which it is made. Directs the Secretary to annually evaluate the grant programs. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with private entities to conduct the evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, to require, as a condition of receiving funds under provisions of part B (Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant) of the Public Health Service Act, that a State must agree that activities carried out under a specified provision will include increased provision of mental health services related to Alzheimer's and related disorders. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants to assist grantees in providing training programs and continuing education programs, regarding Alzheimer's or related disorders, to health care professionals, health care paraprofessionals, and family caregivers. Specifies eligible types of grant recipients. Directs the Secretary to ensure that grants are equitably geographically distributed. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants to the Alzheimer's centers established by this Act to assist in developing curricula for such training programs and continuing education programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to initiate a study regarding specified health manpower needs related to Alzheimer's disease, related disorders, and other disorders requiring long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Alzheimer's Disease Education Program for: (1) promoting the coordination of health care financing, service, research, education, and training programs; (2) collecting, through the Clearinghouse on Alzheimer's Disease, information on research and treatment programs; (3) making such information available to specified groups and to the general public; and (4) providing technical assistance to States and public and private organizations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Title II: Improvement of Services Under Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the levels of reimbursement provided under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for home health services, extended care services, and inpatient hospital services relating to an advanced stage of Alzheimer's or a related disorder and adjust the levels to accurately reflect the reasonable amount required to provide adequately for services furnished. Requires each State plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to report to the Secretary on how the levels of reimbursement under the plan for home health services, nursing facility services, inpatient hospital services, and community-based care take into account special needs regarding an advanced stage of Alzheimer's or a related disorder. Directs the Secretary to modify contracts with utilization and quality control peer review organizations under part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure that the organizations conduct adequate and representative quality of care reviews on patients who require intensive home health services or extended care services. Requires States, as a condition of approval of a State plan under Medicaid, to provide assurances that the State is providing for the conduct of adequate and representative quality of care reviews on patients who require intensive home health services, nursing facility services, or other long-term care services. Directs the Secretary to review and report to the Congress regarding whether specified types of facilities participating under the Medicare or Medicaid program limit or restrict the services they provide to individuals with Alzheimer's or a related disorder. Directs the Secretary to provide for research and demonstration projects concerning methods of improving the delivery of health care services to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. Specifies projects to be included. Directs the Secretary to provide for an evaluation of the research and demonstration projects and submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires funds, to the extent that research and demonstration projects relate to Medicare beneficiaries, to be appropriated from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to waive compliance with the requirements of part B (Peer Review) of title XI, title XVIII (Medicare), and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act as necessary to conduct these research and demonstration projects.

Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., of California, 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 · 14 March 1988

A joint resolution to designate September, 1988 as "Partnerships in Education Month".

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1988

Designates the month of September 1988 as Partnerships in Education Month.

AIDS Youth Education Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988

AIDS Youth Education Act of 1988 - Amends part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for educating and counseling certain youths with respect to the prevention of exposure to, and the transmission of, the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Describes the youths as those who: (1) are homeless; (2) are unemancipated minors away from home for a significant period without parental consent; (3) engage in intravenous substance abuse or in prostitution; (4) are homosexual or bisexual males; or (5) engage in sexual activity with such unemancipated minors or with any individual who is homeless, engages in intravenous substance abuse or prostitution, or is a bisexual or homosexual male. Sets forth preferences in making grants. Requires applicants to agree to: (1) provide outreach services for the youths; and (2) use educational materials and confidential counseling procedures that are appropriate for the age and cultural context of the youths and that emphasize the behavioral changes necessary to prevent exposure to, and the transmission of, the etiologic agent for AIDS. Permits grantees to expend the grant to train individuals to carry out the education and counseling provided for in this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (S. 557) to restore the broad scope of coverage and to clarify the application of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of S. 557 (Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987).

A bill to authorize the construction by the Secretary of Agriculture of a plant science research and education facility at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1988

Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative State Research Service, to construct a plant science research and education facility at Kansas State University.

A joint resolution to designate March 29, 1988, as "Education Day U.S.A.".

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1988

Designates March 29, 1988, the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as Education Day, U.S.A. Calls on heads of state of the world to join the President of the United States in this tribute by signing an international scroll of honor.

A joint resolution to designate March 18, 1988, as "National Energy Education Day."

United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1988

Designates March 18, 1988, as National Energy Education Day to promote and enhance energy education programs at all grade levels of public and private schools.

National Correctional Education Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1988

National Correctional Education Assistance Act - Amends the Adult Education Act to require that at least ten percent of the funds granted to any State under specified provisions of such Act be used for corrections education and education for other institutionalized individuals. Sets forth authorized programs for such education.

Howard W. Cannon, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term of four years. (New Position)

United States · United States Senate · 5 February 1988

Prekindergarten Early Dropout Intervention Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988

Prekindergarten Early Dropout Intervention Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and nonprofit private organizations for prekindergarten early intervention programs for dropout prevention. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1989 through 1991. Requires eligible applicants to use such grants for model programs for: (1) early identification of prekindergarten children aged three and four who are at high risk of dropping out of elementary or secondary school; and (2) assisting such children to acquire cognitive and language development skills necessary to succeed in school. Sets forth application requirements. Sets the Federal share of the costs of such programs at 90 percent for the first year, 70 percent for the second year, and 50 percent for the third year. Limits to 25 percent that portion of the annual appropriations for this Act which may be used for grants to community-based organizations and nonprofit private organizations. Limits the amount of a grant to any one applicant. Requires annual evaluation of such grants program. Requires dissemination of information on the activities assisted under this Act.

A resolution providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Education and Labor and the Pension Reform Activities of its Subcommittee.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988

Authorizes expenditures for investigations and studies of the House Committee on Education and Labor and for investigations of welfare and pension plans by its subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations for the second session of the 100th Congress. Authorizes expenditures for the procurement of consultant services and assistance for specialized training for professional staff.

Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reform Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1988

Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to revise guaranteed student loan program provisions relating to default rates. Requires guaranty agencies to meet certain data system information requirements. Includes among such requirements information on loan delinquencies and defaults, as well as on changes in enrollment or repayment status of borrowers whose loans are delinquent or in default. Requires guaranty agencies furnishing information to eligible institutions to include information on students who are delinquent in repaying loans (as well as those in default). Allows such information to be in the form of monthly lists, identifying the date on which the delinquency or default commenced. Requires eligible institutions to: (1) review such information and report any corrections to the guaranty agency; and (2) make certain additional information relevant to loan collection available to guaranty agencies. Requires eligible lenders or holders of loans to: (1) furnish to the appropriate guaranty agency a monthly list of the names of student borrowers who are delinquent, their last known address, the remaining loan balance, and the date the loan became delinquent; and (2) notify the borrower and eligible institution within 30 days of the sale or other transfer of the loan. Requires guaranty agencies to submit to eligible institutions monthly lists of any student borrower who is delinquent, his or her last known address, the remaining loan balance, and the date the loan became delinquent. Requires eligible institutions to review such information and report to the guaranty agency any corrections and other relevant information that may assist in locating the borrower. Sets forth provisions as to the basis and timing of limitation, suspension, and termination actions against eligible institutions. Prohibits any such action unless specified criteria are met. Sets forth a formula for default rate computation. Defines "high risk students" and "successful high risk students" for purposes of such computation. Requires eligible institutions under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs to require all student borrowers to sign a form outlining loan terms and borrower rights and responsibilities. Requires withholding of academic transcripts to a borrower who is in default until the institution receives notice that the borrower has reentered payment status. Requires eligible institutions to give student borrowers a statement on the consequences of defaulting on a guaranteed student loan. Requires student borrowers, in order to be eligible for any loan under the Act, to submit to the institution of higher education their current address, name and address of next of kin, and driver's license number. Requires each eligible institution to require, during the exit counseling, student borrowers to submit their address, name and address of next of kin, and driver's license number. Requires eligible institutions under the guaranteed student loan program to develop a default prevention policy and plan. Prohibits the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) from promulgating regulations on such policy and planning requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for disseminating information about default prevention programs for eligible institutions, lenders, and guaranty agencies. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the income tax refund offset program for the collection of defaulted student loans should continue. Provides for quarterly disbursements of guaranteed student loans. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the progress made under the guaranteed student loan program to address the default problem. Requires such report to also contain data showing default rates by eligible institutions, guaranty agencies, and eligible lenders.

Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1988

Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reduction Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise guaranteed student loan program provisions to authorize the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to limit, suspend, or terminate an institution's eligibility for such program unless it enters into and complies with a default reduction agreement (the agreement) containing specified provisions the Secretary deems necessary. Allows the agreement to require the institution to: (1) pay a supplemental insurance premium; (2) delay certification of a student's loan eligibility until he or she has completed at least one month of attendance; (3) obtain specified information from the student; (4) submit monthly reviews and reports to guaranty agencies on students who have left for reasons other than graduation; (5) provide students in-school and exit counseling on loan obligations; (6) provide students notification and certain information during the grace period before repayment; and (7) pay the Government costs of administering such agreement. Sets the applicable maximum default rate at 25 percent, with specified exceptions. Directs the Secretary to annually publish data on the default rates of eligible institutions, eligible lenders, and guaranty agencies. Requires lenders to seek preclaims assistance from the guarantor within 90 days after any loan becomes delinquent. Requires the guaranty agency to notify the eligible institution of the performance of pre-claims assistance with respect to borrowers who received loans while attending such institution. Requires the institution to verify the accuracy of the information in such notice. Requires the holder of the loan to notify the eligible institution promptly if the student fails to make the first loan payment within 60 days after it is due and to send the institution a copy of the final demand letter sent to the borrower. Requires the lender to notify the eligible institution of any sale or other transfer of loans made to its students to any other holder, and that holder's address. Authorizes the Secretary, in approving or disapproving an accrediting agency for certain purposes, to take into account the extent to which such agency: (1) reviews the academic programs and performance of institutions whose default rates exceed 25 percent; and (2) performs annual inspections and program reviews of such institutions with particular attention to dropout rates and job placement rates as indicators of inadequate counseling and instructional programs and causes of such default rates. Authorizes guaranty agencies to require eligible institutions to submit information on student admissions policies, student withdrawal and dropout rates, and student placement rates. Directs the Secretary to promulgate guidelines for eligible institutions to encourage student loan repayment. Requires such guidelines to: (1) delineate legal requirements relating to disclosure of borrower records to third parties, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and other applicable Federal law; and (2) include a model program, with sample letters and telephone scripts.

Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1988

Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth provisions relating to default rates under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires each guaranty agency to furnish the Department of Education with information on the amount of each guaranteed student loan. Requires such information to be used in the National Student Loan Data System. Requires each guaranty agency to expand and standardize the confirmation reports to be submitted on the date of enactment of this Act in order to assure that such information is provided at least bimonthly on student loan delinquencies, defaults, and the change in status of borrowers whose loans are delinquent or in default. Requires each guaranty agency to provide the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) with complete and accurate data on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate the usefulness of the National Student Loan Data System. Allows the guaranty agency to enter into agreements whereby the eligible institution may make principal and interest payments on defaulted guaranteed student loans in order to reduce the default rate. Requires (current law authorizes) guaranty agencies to furnish to eligible institutions, upon request, specified information on students who are delinquent or have defaulted on guaranteed student loans. Requires that such information include names and addresses of such students. Revises the definition of "default." Includes supplemental loans for students under specified eligibility provisions. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to establish and carry out the National Student Loan Data System. Prohibits guaranty agencies from making any limitation, suspension, or termination action with respect to an eligible institution based on a default rate unless the default rate is based upon an average of three years' experience in the guaranteed student loan program. Requires eligible lenders or holders of loans under the guaranteed student loan program to: (1) furnish the appropriate eligible institution a copy of the first delinquency notice and final demand letter to the guaranty agency; and (2) notify the borrower and the eligible institution within 30 days of the sale or other transfer of the loan. Directs the Secretary, in establishing criteria for disqualification of eligible institutions under the guaranteed student loan program, to include provisions giving eligible institutions credit for successfully serving high risk students in the calculation of the default rate. Requires each eligible institution to maintain and make available to guaranty agencies upon request additional information on student borrowers, including family addresses, the parents' place of business, and other information relevant to the collection of guaranteed student loans that are delinquent or in default. Requires eligible institutions to require all student borrowers to sign a form at or before the first disbursement of a guaranteed student loan outlining its terms and conditions and the borrower's rights and responsibilities. Requires eligible institutions to withhold academic transcripts of any borrower in default on a guaranteed student loan: (1) until the institution has received notice from the guaranty agency that the borrower has reentered payment status; or (2) unless this requirement is waived pursuant to regulations by the Secretary because the borrower is unemployed or disabled. Requires eligible institutions to develop, carry out, and periodically review a guaranteed student loan default prevention policy and plan. Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating regulations with respect to such policy and planning requirements. Requires eligible institutions to require guaranteed student loan borrowers to submit to the institution during a required exit interview the borrower's address after graduation (or after leaving the institution for any other reason), the address of the borrower's next of kin, and the borrower's driver's license number. Requires a statement on the consequences of defaulting on a guaranteed student loan to be included in an eligible institution's financial assistance information for students. Revises the definition of "prospective student" for purposes of such information requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop and publish an annual default report to the Congress on the guaranteed student loan program beginning on September 30, 1988. Sets forth the contents for such report. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, to be published for public comments, for the conduct of program reviews, at least once triennially, of all eligible institutions and eligible lenders under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the results of such reviews. Prohibits an eligible institution, in the case of a guaranteed student loan obtained by a borrower for the first period of instruction at that institution, from certifying the eligibility of such student to receive the loan prior to a specified period after classes have begun.