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United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Repeals the eight-year limitation for completing programs of education under Veterans Administration educational assistance programs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662 (a))
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Elementary and Secondary Drug Abuse Eradication Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide local educational agencies with the financial resources to bring services and programs to students who are users and potential users of drugs, so that the traffic in drugs in elementary and secondard schools may be eliminated. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies to finance such programs. Sets forth the requirements to be met in applications for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $500,000,000 for each of the following four fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Establishes Federal programs of educational, employment, and other assistance to areas with heavy concentrations of foreign-born persons. Provides a method for establishing the entitlement of each State for Federal aid to the immigrant population. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make grants to each State on such terms as he shall establish. Provides further that the Secretary shall, in his discretion, make grants to cities with large immigrant populations. Designates such cities as "gateway cities". Prohibits any person from being denied food stamps because such person is an immigrant. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant seeking employment, and to each member of his family for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Increases veterans education assistance rates by 10 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Allows an individual a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by him during the taxable year to one or more institutions of higher education in providing an education above the twelfth grade for himself or for any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be limited to an amount equal to the sum of: 75 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200, 50 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the amount declared as educational expenses by the amount of any scholarships and/or veterans' benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Elementary and Secondary Drug Abuse Eradication Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide local educational agencies with the financial resources to bring services and programs to students who are users and potential users of drugs, so that the traffic in drugs in elementary and secondard schools may be eliminated. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies to finance such programs. Sets forth the requirements to be met in applications for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $500,000,000 for each of the following four fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Allows an income tax credit of up to $600 under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for tuition expenses of the taxpayer or his spouse or a dependent at an institution of higher education. Defines the term institution of higher education for purposes of this Act. Allows an income tax credit for charitable contributions to institutions of higher education. Limits such tax credit for individuals to 20 percent of tax liability or $500, whichever is less, and for corporations to 5 percent of tax liability or $5,000, whichever is less. Provides that such tax credits shall not result in a refund to the taxpayer. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 39-40)
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the following organizations provide outstanding experience for the career development of America's young people; (1) the Distributive Education Clubs of America; (2) the 4-H Clubs of America; (3) the Future Business Leaders of America; (4) the Future Farmers of America; (5) the Future Homemakers of America; (6) the Office of Education Association; and (7) the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. Makes it the sense of the Congress that each State should provide financial assistance to support the vocational and career student organizations set forth in the first section of this concurrent resolution active within that State.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums; (2) to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; (3) to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs concerning women at all levels of education (preschool through adult education); (4) to disseminate instructional materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (5) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (6) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs, and to provide for community education programs; (7) to provide programs on the status, roles, and opportunities for women in this society; and (8) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials for use in mass media. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments - Increases to 10 cents per lunch (presently 8 cents) the national average payment established under the National School Lunch Act. Increases the national average payment authorization established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for breakfasts served to eligible children under such Act. Extends for one year to June 30, 1975, the special supplemental food program of the Child Nutrition Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to accredited institutions of higher education to pay for up to one-half of the costs of fire science programs. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
National Fire Education and Training Act - Establishes, as a nonprofit and nongovernmental Instrument, a National Academy of Fire Prevention and Control. Provides that the board of directors of the Academy shall be reasonably representative of the various regions of the country, of the various segments of the community including private industry and labor, of all levels of government, of consumer interests, and of the various types of experience which are appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the Academy. Provides that the functions of the Academy shall be to: (1) recommend actions which can be taken by Federal, State, and local government, and by private individuals and organizations to improve and strengthen fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (2) promote and encourage eligible individuals to pursue careers as administrators of fire service organizations at all levels; (3) develop a curriculum and carry out programs of instructional assistance and special workshops, seminars, conferences, and other such instructional devices that are necessary for the purpose of introduction and dissemination of information gained from investigation, research, and development concerning the areas of fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (4) develop fire service extension programs to encourage and assist States, counties, and local communities to provide continuous training and operational programs in firefighting techniques and procedures concerning the utilization of firefighting equipment, fire suppression and other areas related to firefighting in general; (5) promote and assist universities, community colleges, and other institutions of learning, in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, and carrying out programs and projects concerning fire administration; (6) assist States, counties, and local communities in the development of training programs for firemen; (7) gather data and disseminate information to States, counties, and local communities with respect to firefighting equipment, firefighting techniques, fire services administration, and other areas related to firefighting and to establish and maintain educational programs for the purpose of informing the public of fire hazards and fire safety techniques, and to encourage avoidance of such hazards and use of such techniques; and (8) establish a voluntary, uniform national testing program for the purpose of enabling States, counties, and local communities to evaluate the skills level of their firefighting and fire administrations. Authorizes the Academy to accept contracts and grants from Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and other entitles, and to accept grants and donations from private organizations, institutions, and individuals, and to establish fees and other charges for services provided by the Academy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Academy such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
District of Columbia Public Elementary and Secondary Education Reorganization Act - States that it is the intent of this Act to vest all powers and duties that are essential to the operation of the public elementary and secondary schools in the District of Columbia under the elected Board of Education and to promote among the residents in the District of Columbia a sense of responsibility for developing and maintaining their public education system. Transfers to the Board of Education all powers and duties over the operation of the public elementary and secondary schools in the District of Columbia now vested in and exercised by any other officer, department, or agency of the District of Columbia Government. Directs the Board of Education to establish such procedures as it deems necessary and appropriate to effectuate maximum citizen participation in policy decisions affecting the operation of the public elementary and secondary school system in the District of Columbia. Requires the Board of Education to annually prepare and submit to the District of Columbia Council both a line-item and a program budget.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973
Extends the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970 for three years by authorizing appropriations under such Act for fiscal years 1974-1976.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973
States that the proposed new regulations with respect to the general administration of the public assistance program which were promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and published in the Federal Register, shall not be effective for any period which begins prior to December 1, 1973, unless they have been approved by the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Provides that a student who has received a loan under the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be entitled to have paid to the holder of the loan a portion of the interest on such loan if the loan is for $1500 or less and his adjusted family income is less than $15,000 at the time of execution of the note or written agreement evidencing such loan. States that where a student would be entitled to have a portion of the interest paid on his loan under the preceding sentence, but for the fact that his need for the loan as determined under clause (2) of the next sentence exceeds $1,500, or that his adjusted family income at the time of execution of the note of other written agreement evidencing such loan exceeds $15,000, then such student shall be entitled to have such payments so made if, but only if, the eligible institution at which he has been accepted for enrollment or, in the case of a student who is attending such an institution, at which he is in good standing (as determined by such institution)- (1) has determined he is in need of a loan to attend such institution, (2) has determined the amount of such need by subtracting from the estimated cost of attendance at such institution the expected family contribution with respect to such student plus any other resources or student aid reasonably available to such student, and in the case of a student whose adjusted family income at such time was less than $15,000, that his need as determined under this section exceeds $1,500, and (3) has provided the lender with a statement evidencing the determination made under this section and recommending a loan in the amount of such need. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 1078 (1))
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and Educational Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1973
Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a credit against the individual income tax for expenses paid by the taxpayer for the higher education of any individual, including the taxpayer. Excludes scholarships and fellowship grants, and educational assistance benefits paid by the Veterans' Administration, from such expenses paid for education purposes under this Act. Limits the eligibility for tax credit. Provides that the credit allowed to the taxpayer during the taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of the education expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the credit allowable under this Act by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income under the code exceeds $19,000.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
Makes an additional appropriation of $20,000,000 to the National Institute of Arthritis, Rheumatism, Metabolic Diseases, and Digestive Diseases for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for research on the cause and treatment of diabetes.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the following organizations provide outstanding experience for the career development of America's young people: (1) the Distributive Education Clubs of America; (2) the 4-H Clubs of America; (3) the Future Business Leaders of America; (4) the Future Farmers of America; (5) the Future Homemakers of America; (6) the Office of Education Association; and (7) the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. Makes it the sense of the Congress that each State should provide financial assistance to support the vocational and career student organizations set forth in the first section of this concurrent resolution active within that State.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Requires, under the Bilingual Education Act, that States provide 25 percent of the funds granted for projects assisted under this Act, to match the Federal share of 75 percent (presently 100 percent). (Amends 20 U.S.C. 880b-4)
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, that not later than July 1 of each year the Commissioner of Education shall publish in the Federal Register a schedule of expected family contributions for the succeeding academic year for various levels of family income which shall become effective with respect to grants to be made on or after July 1. Provides that such schedule shall be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1973
Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall each year award two hundred scholarships in the field of mining engineering, two hundred and fifty scholarships in the field of petroleum engineering, and one hundred scholarships in the field of extractive metallurgical engineering. States that such scholarships shall be for four years of study in an accredited program of mining engineering, petroleum engineering, or extractive metallurgical engineering at an institution of higher education selected by the student. Authorizes the Commissioner to institute a testing program for the purpose of selecting persons to be awarded scholarships under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1973
Authorizes appropriations for programs and activities, under the Drug Abuse Education Act, of $15,000,000 for fiscal 1973; $20,000,000 for fiscal 1974; and $25,000,000 for fiscal 1975. Authorizes appropriations for community education projects, under such Act, of $30,000,000 for fiscal 1973; $40,000,000 for fiscal 1974; and $50,000,000 for fiscal 1975. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 1002 (d),1003)
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1973
Educational Technology Act - Title I: Use of Educational Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education - Provides for the improvement of the quality of preschool, elementary and secondary education through the utilization of educational technology. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as the Congress may deem necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and each of the next four fiscal years and such sums needed for payment to the States for making grants under this Act. Provides that the use of Federal funds shall be only for such programs as the planning, development, and implementation by local educational agencies of educational technology programs designed to promote uses of technological equipment and materials in the elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to pay each State from the funds allotted to it amounts necessary to enable the State educational agency to provide for programs designed to implement educational technology, dissemination of information relating to educational technology, evaluation of various programs, and the adminstration of the State plan. Specifies that any State desiring to receive payments must have a State advisory council and must submit to the Commissioner a State plan. Requires the Commissioner to approve the State plan if it conforms with the objectives of this Act; makes provision for the participation of nonprofit private school children; sets forth the administrative organization of the plan; uses 10 percent of the State's allotment for making grants to local educational agencies; sets forth criteria for achieving an equitable distribution of assistance; provides procedures for project evaluation; keeps State and Federal funds separate; and provides necessary accounting procedures. Sets forth procedures for applying for grants. Requires the Commissioner to pay each State having an approved plan an amount equal to the total sums expended by the State under such plan. Title II: Use of Educational Technology in Higher Education - Provides for the improvement of the quality of higher education through the utilization of educational technology. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as the Congress may deem necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next four fiscal years for the purpose of making grants under this title. Requires any State desiring to receive payments to have a State advisory council and to submit a State plan. Directs the Commissioner to approve the State plan if it meets criteria similar to those set forth in Title I. Title III: General Provisions - Defines terms used in the Act. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Advisory Council on Educational Technology to evaluate the programs and projects of this Act, to report to the Congress and the President on the success of such programs, and to make recommendations for improvements of such programs. Requires the Commissioner to establish in the Office of Education a Bureau of Educational Technology to administer programs relating to educational technology. Provides for judicial review of a State's decision with respect to approval of a local educational agency's application for a grant under this Act. Prohibits the making of any payment under this Act for religious worship or instruction.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1973
Reduces from 5 to 3 years the years in operation requirement for developing institutions to be eligible for assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide road systems: (1) within Indian reservations and (2) to Indian reservations, trust lands and restricted trust lands. Authorizes appropriations of $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Authorizes the National Science Foundation to designate specified institutions of higher education as national energy research centers.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Increases from $5,000,000 to $7,500,000 the amount authorized for grants to the Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, New York. Authorizes grants to the Samuel Rayburn Library, Bonham, Texas, for the establishment and maintenance of a Dwight D. Eisenhower Study Center.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Reading Improvement Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to strengthen the reading instruction programs in the school systems of the nation. Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract with the States to encourage and assist elementary and secondary school systems in developing reading programs. Authorizes appropriations for this purpose of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides for the allotment of such funds to the States. Requires that the Commissioner shall establish standards for identifying the school-age population with reading deficiencies in each State. Provides that each contract entered into contain specified assurances. Requires the State agency to: (1) prepare a ten-year plan, (2) identify those elementary and secondary school children with reading deficiencies and give highest priority to the educational agencies with the highest concentration of such children; and (3) provide assurance that Federal funds made available under this title will be used to supplement State and local school funds. Sets forth the requirements which sub-contract applications with local education agencies must meet, including: (1) remedial reading instruction; (2) preservice training programs for teaching personnel; (3) parent participation in the program; (4) periodic testing of reading achievement; (5) bilingual methods where necessary; and (6) equitable participation by children in nonprofit private and public schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, for the purposes of making grants to institutions of higher education for assistance in improving undergraduate instruction in the teaching of reading and programs for solving reading problems. Establishes in the Office of Education an Office for the improvement of Reading Programs. Sets forth the responsibilities of such Office. Directs the National Institute of Education to conduct research on the use of educational technology in reading programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Institute of Education $5,000,000 for this purpose. Authorizes specified additional appropriations for achieving the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Declares that the Congress of the United States extends its greetings and congratulations to Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, on the occasion of the observance and celebration by that institution of its two hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary, and expresses its recognition of the contribution which Washington and Lee University has made to educational excellence, and its appreciation of the leadership role which many distinguished alumni of Washington and Lee have played in the life and affairs of this Nation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)