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United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to pay the cost of constructing the Health and Human Resources Center at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Coach and Athlete's Bill of Rights - Declares that no coach or player for a team associated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) shall be suspended from the team or reprimanded for actions with respect to the team without access to procedural and substantive due process rules. States that no institution of higher education shall be suspended or prohibited from participating in intercollegiate athletics by the NCAA without access to due process rules. Directs the NCAA to adopt rules for procedural and substantive due process of law for individuals and institutions suspended or prohibited from intercollegiate athletics by such Association.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a deduction for 30 percent of the amount of tuition expenses paid to one or more eligible educational institutions for the education of any of the taxpayer's dependent children. Reduces such deduction by five percent for each $1,000 by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $40,000 ($80,000 in the case of a joint return). Excludes such deduction from the two-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Designates October 17, 1990, as National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Safe Schools Partnerships Act of 1990 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act to establish the Safe Schools Partnerships Program. Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to make grants to public and nonprofit private organizations for projects using volunteers to protect students and employees of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational institutions from violence, criminal activity, and other threats to personal safety. Requires the Director to give priority to projects in areas with the greatest incidence of drug abuse, violence, and other criminal activity.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Small Business Employee Training and Education Investment Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit to a small business for a percentage of the qualified training and education expenses paid or incurred for employees. Specifies rules for determining such credit. Allows employees of small businesses a nonrefundable credit of 30 percent of the educational expenses paid by the employee.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Designates October 7 through 13, 1990, as National Aviation Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local education agencies to establish effective and innovative elementary school counseling programs that can serve as national models. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of School Counseling, headed by a Director, in the Department of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit the cancellation of Perkins student loans for service as a full-time law enforcement or corrections officer.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
Amends Federal law providing impact aid for local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activity to revise discretionary allocation provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
Business/Education Clearinghouse Act of 1990 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to require State job training coordinating councils to assist in the formation of business/education compacts under which schools reduce dropout rates and improve student attendance, grades, and test scores in return for the commitment of local businesses to give employment priority to graduates attaining such goals. Directs the councils to: (1) design comprehensive statewide information networks to encourage businesses, State and local government agencies, and community organizations to establish such compacts; (2) provide informational assistance and materials to groups interested in establishing such compacts; and (3) designate an individual on the council, appointed by the Governor, to provide information and direction to those establishing such compacts. Allows the use of funds available for State education agency coordination and grants to cover the costs of compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Establishes the Drug Paraphernalia Law Enforcement Fund within the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make grants from the Fund to State agencies for education and training of State and local prosecutors and law enforcement personnel with respect to analysis, planning, policy development, and program development to enhance enforcement of criminal laws relating to drug paraphernalia; and (2) prescribe regulations for allocating total grant amounts among applicants, for determining the program requirements for such grants, and requiring grant recipients to report to the Attorney General on the grant activities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Health Care, Education, Training, and Community Services Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to make homeless individuals eligible for assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act without regard to whether they meet income eligibility requirements. Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorizations of appropriations for certain health and alcohol and drug abuse treatment services for the homeless through FY 1993. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend through 1993 the authorization of appropriations for community mental health services demonstration projects for homeless individuals who are chronically mentally ill. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, in awarding grants for job training demonstration projects for the homeless, to give special consideration to applicants who will implement projects that: (1) will serve areas of greatest need; or (2) include reciprocal referral agreements with other programs that provide a holistic service approach on an individual case management basis. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such projects through FY 1993. Repeals a provision which terminates such program on October 1, 1990. Requires a State, in order to receive an emergency community services homeless grant, to ensure that it will award at least 95 percent (currently, all) of the grant to specified agencies and organizations. Decreases the percentage required to be awarded to agencies and organizations that are providing services to meet the urgent needs of homeless individuals. Provides that not more than five percent of grant amounts (currently, no amount) may be used to defray State administrative costs. Includes within the list of authorized uses of grant amounts the provision of, or referral to, violence counseling for homeless individuals and the provision of counseling training to individuals who work with the homeless. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such program through FY 1993. Extends the authorization of appropriations for adult literacy and basic skills remediation programs for the homeless through FY 1993. Makes local educational agencies or consortia and partnerships between eligible entities (currently, State educational agencies) eligible to receive grants for such programs. Requires the Secretary of Education, in awarding such grants, to give special consideration to applicants that will implement projects serving areas of greatest need. Includes within the list of authorized uses of grants for State and local activities for the education of homeless children and youth the implementation of training programs for teachers and administrators and the provision of grants to local educational agencies. Requires local educational agencies of homeless children or youth to: (1) provide transportation to enable them to attend school; and (2) coordinate with other agencies or programs providing services to such children or youth and their families. Directs each local educational agency to designate a homelessness liaison to ensure that: (1) homeless children and youth enroll and succeed in the schools of such agency; and (2) homeless families, children, and youth receive educational services for which they are eligible and referrals to appropriate services. Requires State and local educational agencies to review and revise any policies that may act as barriers to the enrollment of homeless children and youth in schools. Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for the education of homeless children and youth through FY 1993. Sets forth provisions concerning the reservation and allocation of funds. Authorizes State educational agencies to make grants to local educational agencies to provide services to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and success of homeless children and youth in school. Lists services to be included in such program and sets forth application requirements. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the most effective method of distributing funds to State and local educational agencies for educational programs for the homeless. Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the best means of identifying, locating, and counting homeless children and youth. Requires the Secretary to determine accurate estimates of the number of homeless children and youth throughout the nation and the number of such children and youth attending school. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to provide support and technical assistance to State educational agencies to carry out education programs for homeless children and youth. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluation and dissemination activities of programs designed to meet the educational needs of homeless elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct specified evaluations to develop information concerning the organization, impact, and effectiveness of services provided to homeless individuals under programs administered by the Secretary and the coordination of such programs with other Federal programs providing services to the homeless. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the extent to which Federal laws, regulations, or policies hinder Federal facilities in making available to programs serving the homeless prepared food of such facilities that is not consumed. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to specified entities to demonstrate, with respect to children whose families are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, the effectiveness of activities to prevent: (1) inappropriate separation of children from their families on the basis of homelessness or other problems regarding housing for such families; and (2) abuse and neglect of such children. Lists qualifications of grantees and eligible geographic areas. Sets forth matching fund requirements. Limits the duration of such grants to three fiscal years. Prohibits the Secretary from making such a grant unless the agency involved agrees to establish joint training programs for service personnel. Lists activities for which grant funds may be expended. Sets forth reporting requirements for grantees. Directs the Secretary to conduct specified evaluations to determine the effectiveness of the demonstration programs. Sets forth restrictions with respect to grants. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Department of Energy Science and Education Enhancement Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize use of the facilities, equipment, personnel, and other resources of the Department of Energy (the Department) to the fullest extent possible to enhance educational opportunities in science, mathematics, and engineering for U.S. students and educators to improve U.S. scientific literacy and competitiveness. Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary), to the extent appropriate, to establish programs to be operated at or through the support of each Department facility that will use fully the unique scientific resources of the Department to promote: (1) transfers of federally owned or originated technology to State and local governments, private industry, and universities, or other nonprofit organizations, to enhance prospects for commercialization of such technology; (2) activities enhancing the quality of mathematics, science, and engineering education throughout the Nation; and (3) research, development, and other activities to enhance the health and quality of life, particularly in areas pertaining to environmental improvement and biomedical research. Requires such programs to supplement and to be coordinated with, but not to supplant, current activities of the Department. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to develop Department-originated technologies, directed at the stage of technology development beyond basic research, that have significant promise for commercial and public benefit to the Nation, to the point where private industry will undertake further scientific and commercial development. Authorizes the Secretary to require, as a condition for supporting specific projects, a private sector commitment to future, wholly non-Federal funding of commercial development of particular technologies. Requires all technology development programs of the Department to be coordinated. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish Laboratory Cooperative Science Centers at national laboratories operating under the Department's authority. Requires the Centers to coordinate both laboratory-based and offsite programs to advance the purposes of this Act. Sets forth required activities of the Center. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate and sponsor university-based programs directed at encouraging more students, particularly women and minority students, to pursue energy-related scientific and technical careers. Requires such programs to include a pre-freshman engineering program in which middle-school students attend summer workshops on mathematics, science, and engineering conducted by universities on their campuses. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Congressional Award Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Congressional Award Act (the Act) to extend until October 1, 1991, the Congressional Award Board (the Board). Changes the deadline for the Board's annual report to before April 1 (currently before March 1) of each year. Provides that, for purposes of determining the derivation of the appointment of a Board member, if there is a change in the status of majority and minority between the parties of the House or the Senate, the Board member shall be deemed to have been appointed by the leadership position of the party of the individual who made the initial appointment of such Board member. Sets forth: (1) terms of appointment of Board members; and (2) rules governing reappointments, determination of length of service, and determination of terms of current Board members. Sets forth rules for removing a Board member for consecutive absences or failures to send a designee. Authorizes the Board to conduct outreach activities to encourage the establishment and development of Statewide Congressional Award Councils. Directs the Board to develop guidelines, criteria, and standards for the formation of such Councils. Sets forth various duties and responsibilities of such Councils. Authorizes such Councils to receive contributions, which may be made available to local boards. Directs the Board to ensure proper accounting of such funds. Revises restrictions on the Board's acceptance of donations. Requires annual (currently biennial) audits by the Comptroller General of the Board's financial records and of any private nonprofit corporation established to assist the Board. Authorizes the Comptroller General to include in such audits information about any facet of the Congressional Award Program. Requires the Comptroller General, in the audit covering FY 1993, to evaluate specified aspects of the programs and activities in addition to other required information.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Rural Health Care Provider Recruitment and Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program known as the Rural Health Care Provider Recruitment and Education Program to assist rural communities in recruiting and educating eligible students to serve as health care providers. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to share the costs incurred by local communities in providing funds to full-time students in a program leading to a degree in medicine or osteopathy or licensure or certification as a nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. Requires each student to agree to serve between two and four years (but not less than the number of years in which the applicant was provided assistance). Requires that grant funds provided to States be used for 25 to 50 percent of the costs of the education. Requires students receiving assistance to serve in the rural community represented by the local community that provided assistance. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1991 - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the following agencies within the Department of Labor: (1) Employment and Training Administration; (2) Labor-Management Services; (3) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (4) Employment Standards Administration; (5) Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (6) Mine Safety and Health Administration; (7) Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (8) Departmental Management. Prohibits the use of funds 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 and safety. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1991 - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the following agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services: (1) Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) Centers for Disease Control; (3) National Institutes of Health; (4) Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (including the Federal subsidy for Saint Elizabeths Hospital); (5) Assistant Secretary for Health; (6) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (7) Health Care Financing Administration; (8) Social Security Administration; (9) Family Support Administration; (10) Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services; and (11) Office of the Secretary. Prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health service 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. Prohibits the use of funds by the National Institutes of Health, or any other Federal agency, or recipient of Federal funds on any project that entails the capture or procurement of chimpanzees obtained from the wild. Prohibits the use of funds to pay for any experiment, or other activity that presents a danger to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of a human participant or subject without the written, informed consent of the participant or subject (or their parents or legal guardian, if they are under 18 years old). Prohibits any of the funds appropriated in this title for the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration from being used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of $120,000 per year. Declares that AIDS education programs that receive assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and other education curricula dealing with sexual activity that receive assistance under this Act: (1) shall not be designed to promote or encourage, directly, intravenous drug abuse or sexual activity, homosexual or heterosexual; (2) shall be designated to reduce exposure to and transmission of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome by providing accurate information; and (3) shall provide information on the health risks of promiscuous sexual activity and intravenous drug abuse. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1991 - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the following purposes and agencies within the Department of Education: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) bilingual and immigrant education; (5) education for the handicapped; (6) rehabilitation services and handicapped research (including the Helen Keller National Center); (7) special institutions for the handicapped (including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University); (8) vocational and adult education; (9) student financial assistance; (10) guaranteed student loans (liquidation of contract authority); (11) higher education; (12) Howard University; (13) higher education facilities loans; (14) college housing and academic facilities loans; (15) college housing loans; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) libraries; and (18) Departmental Management. Sets forth general provisions relating to auditing of certain institutions and to prohibitions on use of funds for certain forms of busing, other transportation, or transfers of students for purposes of desegregation. Prohibits the use of funds to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the following agencies: (1) ACTION; (2) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (3) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (4) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (5) National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; (6) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (7) National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality; (8) National Council on Disability; (9) National Labor Relations Board; (10) National Mediation Board; (11) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (12) Physician Payment Review Commission; (13) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (14) Railroad Retirement Board; and (15) United States Institute of Peace. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds to pay student assistance or any remuneration to an applicant for admission, student, teacher, or other employee of an institution of higher education if such individual has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of force (or assistance to others in such use) or the threat of force or the seizure of an property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent such institution's faculty, administrative officials, or students from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies. Requires that sums necessary for FY 1991 pay raises for programs funded by this Act be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Prohibits the use of funds to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug unless the President certifies that such programs are effective in stopping the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Lyme Disease Research and Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to: (1) conduct research and provide treatment and public education regarding Lyme disease; and (2) make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for research, treatment, and public education regarding such disease. Authorizes appropriations for such activities from FY 1991 through 1993, with the stipulation that at least 50 percent of the funds appropriated be directed to the grant program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Amends the National School Lunch Act to extend eligibility for the child care food program to children receiving day care services pursuant to a State's job opportunities and basic skills training program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Summer Science Academy Act of 1990 - Directs the National Science Foundation to make grants, contracts, or agreements for at least 20 Summer Science Academies for talented students, particularly economically disadvantaged, minority students, in grades seven through 12 to study mathematics, science, engineering design, and communications. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Lyme Disease Research and Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to: (1) conduct research and provide treatment and public education regarding Lyme disease; and (2) make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for research, treatment, and public education regarding such disease. Authorizes appropriations for such activities from FY 1991 through 1993, with the stipulation that at least 50 percent of the funds appropriated be directed to the grant program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Robert Noyce National Math and Science Teachers Corps Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to 5,000 scholarships annually to assist individuals in obtaining a teaching degree (with individual limits of four such scholarships for undergraduate study and two for graduate study). Requires scholarship recipients to agree to: (1) teach science or mathematics in an elementary or secondary school eligible for certain payments for disadvantaged children's education, for at least two years for each fiscal year the recipient received such a scholarship; or (2) repay such scholarship in whole or in part, depending on the amount of required teaching done. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5115 (education programs).
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the George C. Wallace Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, towards construction costs of a fitness training facility for sports, recreation, and fitness industry training. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States for parents as teachers programs, with special consideration for hard-to-serve populations. Makes eligible for such a grant any State which operates a parents as teachers program associated with the Parents as Teachers National Center in Missouri. Sets forth program requirements, limiting services to families during the period from the last three months of a mother's pregnancy to the child's attaining age three. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Parents as Teachers National Center for information dissemination and technical and training assistance for States with such programs; and (2) evaluate such programs within four years. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Establishes a National Demonstration Program for Educational Performance Agreements for School Restructuring.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act (the Act) to authorize the U.S. Institute of Peace, through its Board of Directors, to award an annual Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace and a cash award to a person or persons who have contributed in extraordinary ways to peace among the nations and peoples of the world, giving special attention to contributions advancing society's knowledge and skill in peacemaking and conflict management. Directs the Board to establish an advisory panel to advise in selection of award recipients. Requires the Institute to report to specified congressional committees on selection procedures. Authorizes the Institute, acting through the Board, to establish the Spark M. Matsunaga Scholars Program, which shall include the provision of scholarships and educational programs in international peace and conflict management and related fields for outstanding high school students, as well as scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students. Revises provisions relating to private gifts and contributions. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary of Education to make a grant to the Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Foundation for scholarships, grants, and endowed professorships to individuals and organizations pursuing peace studies and the application of conflict resolution techniques. Authorizes appropriations. Allows such Foundation to retain interest on such grant.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Resident Physician Student Loan Deferment Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow resident physicians to defer repayment of certain student loans while completing a resident training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Accrediting Committee of the American Osteopathic Association.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title establishing a Center for Tobacco Products to coordinate Federal education and research with regard to tobacco products and to monitor and restrict the use of tobacco additives. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Center, to: (1) conduct certain educational and research activities; and (2) make grants to conduct public information campaigns concerning the use of tobacco products, using any mode of conveying information the Secretary considers appropriate. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to designate between ten and 20 model States and make grants to them to assist in improving State leadership in activities that prevent initial tobacco use among minors, encourage cessation among youth and others, and enforce a prohibition of tobacco product sales to minors. Declares eligible for the grants those States which have and enforce laws prohibiting sales to minors and laws reducing use of or access to cigarette vending machines by minors. Mandates that the Secretary, through the Director and on request, provide certain types of assistance with regard to retail establishments, including printed materials, assistance in planning events to educate the establishments, assistance in developing systems to report establishments that consistently sell tobacco products to minors, and assistance in developing systems to notify such establishments. Authorizes appropriations for grants to model States. Directs the Secretary to make grants for educational activities to reduce the incidence of tobacco use among workers with high prevalences of tobacco use. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to inform the public of the health dangers presented by cigarette smoking including, with regard to the health effects of cigarette smoking and passive smoke: conducting and supporting research; coordinating all activities of the Department of Health and Human Services; maintaining liaison with private and public agencies; collecting, compiling, and disseminating information; and establishing an outreach program to youth under the age of 18. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to inform the public of health dangers from the use of smokeless tobacco, including educational programs, research, and dissemination of information. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and make grants to States to assist in the development and distribution of educational programs and materials, and to assist States in enacting laws and regulations establishing 18 as the minimum age for purchasing smokeless tobacco. Prohibits: (1) certain acts relating to adulterated or misbranded tobacco products; (2) subject to exception, the using or revealing of any trade secret acquired under these provisions; (3) failure to transmit certain product information to any individual on request; and (4) other acts. Directs the Secretary, in order to carry out the prohibitions, to establish within the Public Health Service, or designate an existing entity within the Service, as an Office of Regulatory Affairs. Authorizes U.S. district courts to enforce the prohibitions as described under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Requires manufacturers, importers, or packagers of any tobacco product brand name to provide to the Secretary: (1) a complete list of each tobacco additive used and the range of quantities of the additive used in all names manufactured, imported, or packaged by the person; and (2) on request of the Secretary, information regarding the health impact of the additives. Directs the Secretary to prescribe requirements for manufacturers to place information in packages of tobacco products regarding additives. Allows spices, flavorings, fragrances, and colorings to be so designated without specifically naming each. Considers a tobacco product misbranded unless it is labeled as required in these provisions. Authorizes the Secretary, if an additive, by itself or in conjunction with any other additive, significantly increases the human health risk of the product, to require the levels of the additive to be reduced, or to prohibit its use. Considers a tobacco product adulterated if an additive level exceeds the limit set, or if other conditions are met. Authorizes the Office of Regulatory Affairs to conduct examinations and investigations under these provisions through officers and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services or through any health officer or employee of any State duly commissioned as an officer of the Department. Requires the Center, when a sample of a tobacco product is collected for analysis and on request, to provide a part of the official sample for examination or analysis by any person named on the label of the product, or the owner, or their agent. Considers any product that contains nicotine but is not a tobacco product to be a drug under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to add tobacco use prevention, intervention, and education to the types of activities which may be carried out under State programs. Adds references to tobacco use to provisions specifying the uses of funds for local drug abuse education and prevention programs. Allows materials on drug abuse education and prevention to be disseminated under specified provisions of this Act. Adds references to tobacco to provisions relating to drug use and alcohol abuse education and prevention activities directed to students at all educational levels. Amends the Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to add references to tobacco to provisions mandating the contents of a report by the National Commission on Drug-Free Schools. Authorizes appropriations to enable the Secretary of Education to make incentive grants to States to establish smoke free schools, with the grant funds used to disseminate materials to school personnel and students, and to hold conferences and meetings, concerning the health hazards of tobacco use by students. Repeals provisions of the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act relating to smoking research, education, and information. Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Learning Resources Center Endowment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide funds to assist in the development of the Learning Resources Center located at the Mary Holmes College of West Point, Mississippi. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for grants to establish at least five projects in which addicted mothers in residential drug abuse treatment facilities are allowed to have their children reside with them during treatment. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Federal Laboratory Education Partnerships Act of 1990 - Requires each Federal "mission agency" to identify each area of scientific academic study critical to its mission and establish or designate: (1) an education office within the agency; and (2) certain programs to assist graduate, undergraduate, secondary, and elementary education in critical academic areas and train agency employees in such areas. Defines Federal "mission agency" as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, or any of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Labor, or Transportation. Requires each Federal laboratory director to enter into education partnership agreements with public schools, colleges, and universities to promote and enhance scientific academic study at all educational levels. Requires mission agency education officials to review such agreements and provide model agreements. Requires each Federal laboratory director to make every effort to reach education partnership agreements with historically black colleges and universities and other public colleges and universities that serve Hispanic and other minority populations. Allows agency or contractor personnel to participate in programs under such agreements. Authorizes each mission agency and Federal laboratory, in carrying out this Act, to conduct or fund educational activities at an agency site, contractor site, or any other appropriate location. Requires each mission agency to report within one year to the Congress and the President on its actions to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Flag Education Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Education, through the Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education, to develop and widely disseminate educational materials for all levels of education regarding the American flag, the Bill of Rights, and their history and meaning to American freedom and democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
School Dropout Prevention and Basic Skills Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry. Revises such programs with respect to: (1) reservations of funds; (2) uses of funds; (3) within-State allocation; (4) program plan requirements; (5) application submission deadlines; (6) award of grants to community-based organizations (as well as to local educational agencies); (7) reports and information base development; and (8) coordination and dissemination. Requires such programs to plan to increase the secondary school completion rate by a specified percentage and deadline, and to assure that graduation requirements will not be lowered. Requires that priority for certain grants be given to community-based organizations intending to establish or operate model secondary school community education employment centers to provide inner-city, low-income youths with certain education, skills, support services, and enrichment to ensure graduation from secondary school and transition to postsecondary education and/or employment. Requires local educational agencies or individual schools receiving such grant assistance to report annually to the State on assisted activities and progress toward increasing the secondary school completion rate. Requires the State to report such information to the Secretary of Education (the Secretary). Requires the Secretary to use such information to create an information base on dropout prevention programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to regional laboratories for identification, dissemination, and replication assistance with respect to model programs for dropout prevention and reentry; and (2) provide funds to the National Diffusion Network to replicate model programs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Federal-State Equal Rate Act - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (the Act) to increase the amount of the Federal grant to which each State with an approved plan is entitled for assistance for education of all handicapped children by altering the formula for determining such amount to reflect a gradually higher percentage of the national average per pupil expenditure for FY 1991 through 1994 and subsequent fiscal years. Repeals provisions for ratable reductions of such amount. Repeals a restriction on the use of such grant funds to supplant State and local funds. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, with respect to State funds made available to States as a result of the amendments made by this Act, the States should increase the quality of education for their general populations through expending such funds toward: (1) improving teacher-student ratio; (2) increasing teacher compensation; (3) increasing course variety and availability; and (4) improving equipment quality and availability.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Title I: National Writing Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with the National Writing Project (a nonprofit educational organization) to support costs of programs of teacher training and classroom research to improve the teaching of writing and the quality of student writing and learning. Directs the Project to establish a National Advisory Board. Title II: Research and Development - Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to make grants to individuals and higher education institutions for research on the teaching of writing. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Enchanted National Forests Information and Education Study Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to study the opportunities for establishing a center providing information on the national forests in New Mexico and for expanding the environmental education program for such forests. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Anti-Drug Education Act of 1990 - Declares it to be the responsibility of the Federal Government to: (1) prevent and reduce student abuse of alcohol and illicit drugs by expanding and improving drug abuse education, prevention, and counseling services in the schools and by providing students with positive alternative activities after school hours; and (2) help ensure the safety of students on school grounds and on their way to and from school by expanding cooperative efforts with local law enforcement officials, and establishing drug-free school zones. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for cancellation of debt for direct student loans under the Perkins Loan Program in exchange for service as a full-time local, State, or Federal law enforcement officer. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (the Act) to require that drug-free school zones have specified characteristics. Authorizes a program for replication of successful drug abuse education programs. Reserves certain amounts under the Act for such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), under such program, to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs and private nonprofit entities to provide drug abuse education, prevention, intervention, or counseling services to students in kindergarten through grade 12. Authorizes the use of local drug abuse education and prevention funds for before- and after-school programs for unsupervised children that include drug and alcohol abuse prevention instruction, including optional athletic, creative, and other activities for at-risk youth as alternatives to such abuse. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to any private nonprofit agency that has an agreement with an LEA to provide training in drug abuse counseling for individuals who will provide such counseling in the LEA's schools. Requires that at least half of specified training funds be used for grants to training counselors, social workers, psychologists, or nurses who are providing or being training to provide drug abuse prevention, intervention, counseling, or referral services in schools. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for training grants and for emergency grants. Requires LEAs applying for grants to demonstrate, to the extent practicable, how grant assistance will be: (1) used to provide drug abuse counseling services to children of all ages, including elementary school students; and (2) coordinated with local law enforcement agencies in school security and drug abuse education activities. Requires that local recipients of funds clearly identify any assisted program as a Federal program funded under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Homeless Children's Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the Act) to revise provisions for grants for State activities for the education of homeless children and youth. Makes biennial (rather than annual as at present) certain data-gathering and reporting duties of each State's Coordinator of Education of Homeless Children and Youth (the State Coordinator). Directs the State Coordinator to: (1) monitor the progress of homeless children and youth who participate in exemplary programs to address their needs in schools; and (2) evaluate applications for grants to local education agencies (LEAs) for local activities for education of the homeless. Requires State plans to provide for: (1) minimizing disruption of the education of homeless children and youth caused by transportation issues and enrollment delays relating to guardianship issues or requirements for immunization, residency, or documentation; (2) allowing them to attend school prior to the receipt of required documentation; and (3) expediting the transfer of records and documents. Allows, under State plan requirements, a homeless child or youth to continue at his or her school or LEA of origin for up to two years (currently only for the remainder of the school year), as an alternative to enrollment in a school in the LEA within whose jurisdiction he or she is now living. Includes preschool programs among the comparable educational services to which the homeless are entitled under State plan requirements. Authorizes appropriations for State activities. Establishes a new program of grants for local activities for the education of homeless children and youths. Directs the Secretary of Education to consider the State Coordinator's ranking of the application in approving it for a grant. Reserves specified amounts under the Act for such grants. Revises the exemplary grant program to include: (1) the preschool needs of the homeless; and (2) nonprofit organizations as grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Equity and Excellence in Education Act of 1990 - Title I: Readiness - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that all children in the United States will start school ready to learn): (1) to provide, by 1994, Head Start services to every eligible child who needs them; (2) to provide, by 1994, sufficient funding for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) so that all potentially eligible individuals have access to it; and (3) to expand, by 1995, funding for Even Start to allow programs to reach all parts of the United States and allow each State to fund a sufficient number of its programs to make approaches available for adoption and implementation by local educational agencies (LEAs), the State educational agency (SEA), and other organizations. Title II: School Completion - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that the high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent): (1) to expand, by 1995, funding for secondary school dropout prevention and reentry programs and basic skills programs to allow them to reach all parts of the United States and in sufficient numbers within each State; and (2) to collect uniform, reliable data from the States on school completion rates. Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to require the National Center for Education Statistics to ensure that its annual report on the national survey of dropout and retention rates contains nationally comparable and uniform data by State. Title III: Student Achievement - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that students will attain demonstrable competency over specified subject matter and be prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment): (1) to provide remedial assistance to all disadvantaged children in the United States by increasing to 100 percent by FY 1993 participation of eligible children in specified programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA); (2) to provide 40 percent of the costs of educating children with disabilities by the year 2000, and at least 25 percent by 1995; (3) to reward successful programs in schools with concentrations of disadvantaged children; and (4) to promote student involvement in activities demonstrating good citizenship, community service, and personal responsibility. Part A: Presidential Schools of Distinction - Presidential Schools of Distinction Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish the Presidential Schools of Distinction Program to recognize and reward public and private elementary and secondary schools that have made substantial progress in: (1) raising student educational achievement; (2) creating a safe and alcohol- and drug-free school environment; and (3) reducing the dropout rate. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes State educational agencies (SEAs) to designate as a Presidential School of Distinction any public or private elementary or secondary school nominated through procedures established by the SEA. Sets forth requirements for selection criteria established by the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and by SEAs. Directs the SEAs to establish State review panels to assist in such selection. Provides that each Presidential School of Distinction will be awarded a Presidential Certificate of Distinction, as well as funds to further its educational program. Sets forth allowable uses of such funds. Prohibits Federal, State, or local reduction of other assistance to a school because it receives such an award. Directs the Secretary to: (1) evaluate Presidential Schools of Distinction biennially; and (2) submit information on successful Presidential Schools of Distinction programs to the National Diffusion Network for possible dissemination. Part B: Instruction in the History and Principles of Democracy in the United States - Amends ESEA to direct the Secretary to carry out a program, entitled "We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution," to educate students about the history and principles of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and to foster civic competence and civil responsibility, by continuing and expanding the educational activities of the National Bicentennial Competition of the Constitution and Bill of Rights administered by the Center for Civic Education. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with such Center to carry out such program. Sets forth program content, including the simulated congressional hearings, to be made available to public and private elementary and secondary schools. Allows surplus funds to be used for advanced training of teachers about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Mathematics and Science - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that U.S. students will be first in the world in mathematics and science achievement): (1) to expand funding for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Foundation Act by the year 2000, so that all elementary and secondary teachers of mathematics and science will have an opportunity to update and improve their education skills, and, by the year 1995, so that all elementary school teachers have an opportunity to improve their skills; and (2) to award scholarships to high-achieving students to pursue the study of mathematics, science, and related subjects at postsecondary institutions. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish the National Science Scholarships Program to recognize student excellence and achievement in the physical, life, and computer sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Authorizes the Secretary to award scholarships to outstanding students selected as National Science Scholars by the President. Allows the students who satisfy certain requirements to receive such scholarships for the first year of undergraduate study and, if they satisfy additional requirements, additional scholarships to cover the remaining undergraduate years. Directs the Secretary to appoint a panel of experts to recommend academic achievement criteria for use in the nomination of scholars. Sets forth requirements for initial and continuation awards. Sets the scholarship amount at $10,000 for an academic year, but reduces such amount based on cost of attendance and other grant or scholarship assistance, and adjusts for insufficient appropriation. Requires that scholarships recipients, to the extent they are otherwise qualified, be given priority consideration for federally financed summer employment in research and development centers. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Family Literacy and Lifelong Learning - Literacy for All Americans Act of 1990 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that every American will be literate, and possess knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy, and exercise their citizenship): (1) to provide all workers and adults opportunity to acquire skills to function productivity; (2) to establish programs for large-scale public private partnerships in workforce literacy; (3) to provide for teacher training and instructional technologies to increase the number of learners served and the rate and extent of learning; (4) to provide easy access to model program information by teachers, community-based organizations, volunteers, and business; and (5) to help build State capacity to assist large numbers of adults and families. Part A: Literacy: Strategic Planning, Research, and Coordination - Subpart 1: National Planning, Research and Coordination - Establishes an Interagency Task Force on Literacy. Requires the Task Force to report to the Congress and the President. Establishes the National Institute for Literacy. Gives the Institute certain responsibilities for research, technical assistance and training, policy analysis, and information. Establishes the National Institute for Literacy Governing Board. Requires an annual report to the Congress and the President. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 2: State Planning, Research, and Coordination - Amends the Adult Education Act (AEA) to revise provisions relating to State coordination of adult literacy programs, State literacy coordination plans, and evaluation. Directs the Secretary to make grants for a network of State or regional adult literacy resource centers. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Investment in Literacy - Amends the Adult Education Act (AEA) to extend the authorization of appropriations for AEA programs. Revises provisions for local applications for use of State grant funds to remove requirements for consultation with local educational agencies (LEAs) as a precondition for awarding such funds to other public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions (including community-based organizations and postsecondary educational institutions). Requires States to: (1) ensure that all potential applicants have a fair opportunity to apply and be considered for such assistance; and (2) consider specified factors in making such awards. Allows basic State grants under AEA to be used for competitive two-year Gateway Grants to public housing authorities for literacy programs and related activities. Revises procedures for evaluation of AEA grant recipients. Includes under AEA provisions for demonstration projects: (1) development and expansion of innovative programs; and (2) support for statewide volunteer technical assistance activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching challenge grants to States for investment in adult literacy instruction staff training and educational technology. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes a Literacy Leader Training Fund. Directs the Secretary of Education, through the Office on Literacy, to make scholarship grants from the Fund to individuals pursuing careers in adult education, instruction, management, research, or innovation, for education or research to expand their expertise. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide specified U.S. territories with funding under the Even Start program. Part C: Business Leadership for Employment Skills - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to carry out a national workforce literacy strategies program of grants for up to 70 percent of the costs of joint ventures between business, industry, or labor and State, regional, or Federal entities to provide large-scale models in strategic approaches to improving basic skills of workforce sectors. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary (of Education) to make competitive grants to pay half of the costs of adult education programs which increase commercial drivers' skills necessary to complete the knowledge test requirements under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986. Includes among eligible grantees: (1) private employers of commercial drivers; (2) postsecondary education institutions; (3) apprentice training programs; and (4) labor organizations that have commercial drivers as members. Requires grantees to refer individuals identified as having literacy skill problems to appropriate adult education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that every U.S. school be free of drugs and violence and offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning) to expand funding, by 1993, for the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to ensure that all students receive drug abuse prevention education and counseling services. Title VII: Teacher Recruitment and Retention - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that there will be a well-qualified teacher in every U.S. classroom and that these teachers will reflect the general populations's demographic make-up): (1) to recruit talented individuals into the teaching profession, especially minority group members; (2) to ensure that current teachers continually develop their teaching skills and subject matter knowledge; (3) to reward successful teachers and encourage them to further enhance their skills; and (4) to encourage qualified professionals in other fields to enter the teaching profession. Part A: Teacher Recruitment and Retention - 21st Century Teachers' Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that, by the year 2000 or earlier, there will be a well-qualified teacher in every classroom. Subpart 1: Loans Incentives for Teaching - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a separate fund for teachers under the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) program. Authorizes appropriations for separate capital contributions to NDSL student loan funds. Requires a student, in order to receive a loan from the special account, to: (1) have completed two undergraduate years; (2) intend to pursue a teaching career; and (3) agree to certain repayment conditions if the student either does not enter full-time teaching within a certain period or ceases such teaching before the end of the five-year service period required for loan cancellations. Gives priority for such loans to minority students, or those otherwise underrepresented in the teaching profession or curricula areas, and to qualified individuals who need such a loan and who demonstrate high academic achievement and potential for success in teaching. Provides for an expedited loan cancellation option for teaching at certain types of schools. Subpart 2: Financial Assistance for Institutional Recruitment and Retention of Individuals Preparing to Enter the Teaching Force - Directs the Secretary to allocate funds under this subpart to State educational agencies (SEAs) for grants to institutions of higher education for programs to recruit and retain students, particularly minority students, preparing to enter the teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 3: Professional Development Academies - Directs the Secretary to allocate 95 percent of funds for this subpart among SEAs, on the basis of number of disadvantaged children, to distribute such funds to consortia of local educational agencies (LEAs) for various activities relating to teacher training. Directs the Secretary, from the remaining five percent of funds under this subpart, to award to specified consortia grants to establish professional development academies to provide interstate, international, or other exemplary programs. Limits such grants to five years, with renewal for one additional five-year period. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Presidential Awards for Excellence in Education - Amends ESEA to establish the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Education Program to recognize and reward outstanding elementary and secondary school teachers. Authorizes appropriations. Makes any full-time public or private elementary or secondary school teacher of academic or vocational subjects eligible for such an award. Makes teachers of religion (other than religion as an academic discipline) ineligible. Allows various individuals, groups, or institutions to nominate teachers for such awards. Requires State panels to select award recipients using criteria approved by the Secretary. Sets the amount of such an award at $5,000, and allows the recipient to use it for any purpose. Part C: Nontraditional Routes to Teacher Licensure - Nontraditional Routes to Teacher Licensure Act of 1990 - Amends HEA to establish a program of assistance for nontraditional routes to teacher licensure, to improve the supply of qualified elementary and secondary school teachers by assisting State programs to help talented professionals who have demonstrated high competence in a subject area and wish to pursue education careers to meet State licensing requirements, with special emphasis on minority group member participation. Authorizes appropriations. Repeals this part as of July 1, 1993. Title VIII: Equal Opportunity for Postsecondary Education - Declares it to be the policy of the United States (toward the year 2000 goal that no qualified student be denied the opportunity for postsecondary education because of financial or other barriers): (1) to increase low-income, first-generation-in-college, and minority students' participation in postsecondary education; (2) to expand college assistance to middle income families; (3) to reduce reliance on parent and student loans as the principal means of financing postsecondary education, by increasing appropriations and awards under the Pell Grant program by specified amounts each year; and (4) to enhance postsecondary institutions' capacity to recruit, retain, and provide quality education to, low-income, first-generation-in-college, minority students, including graduate students by increasing appropriations to the TRIO programs under HEA by specified amounts each year. Amends HEA to provide for Pell Grant program shortfall adjustments for insufficient appropriations in a fiscal year by requiring expenditures from the next succeeding fiscal years' appropriations. Removes from the computation of expected family contribution in the determination of need for assistance under the Pell Grant program and other HEA title IV student assistance programs the following nonliquid assets: (1) the family's principal place of residence; or (2) a family farm on which the family resides. Directs the Secretary to recommend to the Congress any changes in such HEA provisions necessary to achieve an equitable assessment of income and assets after exclusion of such nonliquid assets. Authorizes appropriations for special awards to historically black colleges and universities. Makes institutions that receive such awards ineligible for other specified awards. Title IX: Policy Evaluation and Assessment - Part A: Policy Evaluation - National Summit Conference on Education Amendments of 1990 - Amends the National Conference on Education Act of 1984 to revise provisions for the National Summit Conference on Education with respect to: (1) Executive Committee membership; (2) regional meetings; and (3) agenda. Part B: Assessment - Authorizes the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to make grants to SEAs, LEAs, higher education institutions, and consortia of such agencies and institutions (which consortia may include nonprofit or for-profit agencies) for demonstration projects to develop exemplary and innovative diagnostic assessment systems and policies. Limits an LEA to not more than five fiscal years of such a grant. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the Congress on such grant program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add to the list of professional or graduate institutions eligible for special grants to improve graduate educational opportunities for Black and low-income students the following: (1) Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, and/or Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Graduate Program); (2) North Carolina Central University School of Law; (3) Southern University School of Law; (4) Florida A & M College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Graduate Program); and (5) Xavier University of Louisiana School of Pharmacy (Graduate Program). Removes "independent" as an eligibility qualification for receiving grants. Sets forth funding rules for distribution of such grants to such additional institutions as well as to those institutions already on such list.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Higher Education Savings Plan Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt distributions from a higher education expenses annuity contract from the ten-percent penalty on premature distributions from annuity contracts. Excludes the premium to purchase such a contract from gift tax liability.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Amends the Follow Through Act to direct the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), in making Follow Through program grants, to give priority to any local educational agency (LEA) that requests such a grant to carry out a Follow Through program in a school that: (1) is designated as a schoolwide project in a school with at least a 75 percent enrollment of children from low-income families; and (2) has a high concentration of children from low-income families in kindergarten and primary grades. Revises assistance to Follow Through programs. Prohibits the Secretary from refusing to provide such assistance solely because the applicant proposes to carry out the program during a period in which school is not in regular session and/or at more than one site. Requires the Secretary to provide sufficient funds in making program grants to enable programs to meet requirements to provide comprehensive educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to aid the continued development of participating children to their full potential. Sets a minimum amount for each grant, if the aggregate amount appropriated for a fiscal year for Follow Through programs exceeds a specified amount. Allows LEAs to use a Follow Through grant to serve all children attending kindergarten through grade three at certain schools. Eliminates certain funding requirements and adds certain other requirements for consideration and contents of program applications, including requirements dealing with bilingual education and education of the handicapped. Provides for Follow Through program improvement through assistance for research, technical assistance and training, and resource and expansion. Directs the Secretary, if program appropriations reach a specified amount, to make a grant to establish a national clearinghouse on Follow Through programs. Revises evaluation provisions to include a comparison of children who receive only services under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) with those who receive such services plus Follow Through services. Revises general and administrative provisions. Authorizes appropriations for Follow Through programs in increasing amounts for FY 1990 through 1994. Sets forth various formulas relating to the use of such funds. Directs the Secretary to facilitate the participation of entities that receive funds for technical assistance and training and resource and expansion purposes under Follow Through programs in training and technical assistance activities under other specified Federal programs assisting elementary school children.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local education agencies, in consortia with entities which meet specified requirements, to provide drug abuse resistance education to students in kindergarten through grade six. Reserves specified amounts for such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Elects Representatives John M. Spratt, Jr., to the Committee on the Budget and Kweisi Mfume to the Committee on Education and Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Amendments Act of 1990 - Title I: Elementary and Secondary Mathematics and Science Education Programs - Declares it to be the Federal Government's responsibility to: (1) provide an opportunity for updating skills of teachers of mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools; (2) make information available to local educational agencies (LEAs) regarding updated mathematics and science instructional materials; (3) conduct clearinghouse and dissemination activities so that successful programs and curricula can be replicated; and (4) establish a central listing of all sources of Federal assistance to mathematics and science education. Amends the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act (the Act, for purposes of this title) to increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1991 through 1993. Requires LEAs, with specified exceptions, to first use any amount of their allocation in excess of the FY 1990 amount to provide training for mathematics and science teachers in elementary schools. Revises certain limitations on the amount of program funds which may be used for: (1) technical assistance and administrative costs for elementary and secondary education programs; and (2) assessment and administrative costs for higher education programs. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to report annually to specified congressional committees a list of all sources of Federal aid to mathematics and science education. Increases the portion of funds under the Act which the Secretary can use for national program grants or cooperative agreements. Provides for: (1) educational use of the space program; (2) a National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Materials; and (2) model programs for instruction and training in the use of computers. Provides for Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Consortia. Directs the Secretary to award grants to such consortia to disseminate and implement exemplary science, mathematics, and technology education instruction materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools for use by elementary and secondary education. Title II: Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 - Declares it to be the Federal Government's responsibility to award scholarships to high-achieving students for study of mathematics, science, and related subjects at postsecondary institutions. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a National Science Scholars Program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, under such program, to award scholarships to students who: (1) are selected by the President; (2) have demonstrated excellence and achievement in the life, physical, or computer sciences, mathematics, or engineering; and (3) show promise of continuing outstanding achievement in these fields of study. Requires that special consideration be accorded to students of exceptional merit who are economically disadvantaged. Requires that National Science Scholarship recipients be given priority consideration for federally financed summer employment in federally funded research and development centers. Requires Federal agencies to participate actively in providing appropriate summer employment opportunities for such students.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Repeals Federal law that provides congressional support for the Civic Achievement Award Program in Honor of the Office of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional appropriations for the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center of Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include in the Even Start program the following U.S. territories: Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Homeless Children's Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to revise provisions for grants for State activities for the education of homeless children and youth. Makes biennial (rather than annual as at present) certain data-gathering and reporting duties of each State's Coordinator of Education of Homeless Children and Youth (the State Coordinator). Directs the State Coordinator to: (1) monitor the progress of homeless children and youth who participate in exemplary programs to address their needs in schools; and (2) evaluate applications for grants to local education agencies (LEAs) for local activities for education of the homeless. Requires State plans to provide for: (1) minimizing disruption of the education of homeless children and youth caused by transportation issues and enrollment delays relating to guardianship issues or requirements for immunization, residency, or documentation; (2) allowing them to attend school prior to the receipt of required documentation; and (3) expediting the transfer of records and documents. Allows, under State plan requirements, a homeless child or youth to continue at his or her school or LEA of origin for up to two years (currently, only for the remainder of the school year), as an alternative to enrollment in a school in the LEA within whose jurisdiction he or she is now living. Includes preschool programs among the comparable educational services to which the homeless are entitled under State plan requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for State activities. Establishes a new program of grants for local activities for the education of homeless children and youths. Directs the Secretary of Education to consider the State Coordinator's ranking of the application in approving it for a grant. Authorizes appropriations. Revises the exemplary grants program to include: (1) the preschool needs of the homeless; and (2) nonprofit organizations as grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations.