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Bill· HRH.R. 7910 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
Directs the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one year review of toxic and carcinogenic substances including: (1) current capabilities to predict the effect on humans of substances found to induce cancer in animals; (2) the benefits and risks to the public of such substances; (3) the validity of benefit-risk analysis of such substances; and (4) the relationship of Federal regulatory policies concerning the use of such substances for food and for non-food purposes. Directs the Institute to report its findings and legislative and administrative recommendations to the Congress and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare within one year. Authorizes the continued use of saccharin for eighteen months. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit or restrict the sale or distribution (other than requiring labeling) of saccharin.
Bill· HRH.R. 7883 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals alternative, limited income tax credits or deductions for the tuition paid for the primary, secondary or higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents.
Bill· HRH.R. 7853 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1977
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish in the Office of Education a National Student Financial Assistance Data Bank to assist students in identifying public and private sources of financial assistance for higher education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to: (1) collect and assemble all available information pertaining to scholarships, loans, grants, and other financial assistance; and (2) disseminate such information without charge to individuals applying to the data bank.
Bill· SS. 1698 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the termination dates for the income tax exclusion of scholarhsips under the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7789 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals alternative, limited income tax credits or deductions for the tuition paid for the primary, secondary or higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents.
Bill· SS. 1685 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. Declares the principal function of such Department to be to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to (1) advise the President with regard to long-range goals and policies; (2) coordinate Federal education activities; (3) conduct surveys and disseminate relevant educational data; and (4) encourage comprehensive State and local planning. Transfers to such Department all functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or the Commissioner of Education regarding (1) the Education Division of H.E.W.; (2) the Officer of Child Development of H.E.W. concerning Head Start; (3) the H.E.W. educational advisory committees; (4) federal grants for construction of radio and television facilities used for educational purposes; (5) enforcement of education related orders through the Office of Civil Rights; (6) the National Foundation on the Art and Humanities; (7) the relationship between Gallaudet College, Howard University, and American Printing House of the Blind, and H.E.W.; (8) the operation of schools by the Secretary of Defense for military dependents; (9) the operation of schools for Indian children administered through the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (10) college housing under title IV of the Housing Act of 1950; (11) education and training programs of the Department of Labor; and (12) all other Federal education and training programs operated for Federal officers and employees. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of such Department as the Department of Health and Welfare and the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Education to advise, assist, and make recommendations concerning education. Directs such Commission to report annually to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Education to prepare an annual report to the President for submission to the Congress, and authorizes to be appropriated the necessary funds for such Departments.
Bill· HRH.R. 7753 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Directs the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one-year review and evaluation of all available information respecting the toxicity and carcinogenicity of food additives. Directs that the study include: (1) information respecting the ability to predict the effect on humans of food additives found to cause cancer in animals; and (2) information regarding the desirability of weighing risk and benefits when making regulatory decisions respecting such additives. Requires the Institute to report the results of such evaluation to the Congress and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Directs the Secretary to permit the continued use of saccharin as a food, food additive, drug, or cosmetic for the 18-month period following enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7742 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Urban Grant University Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for, and establish a program of grants to, urban universities for (1) development of urban-oriented educational, research, or service programs; and (2) assistance in carrying out such programs. Establishes a five year comprehensive grant to a university qualifying as an "urban grant university" and establishes criteria for such designation. Creates an Urban University Advisory Council to (1) review, along with the Commissioner of Education, "urban grant university " applications; (2) advise the Commissioner; and (3) make recommendations to the President and to the Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 516 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the services and contributions of school volunteers be recognized, and requests the President of the United States to issue a proclamation in recognition of this fact.
Bill· HRH.R. 7728 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1977
Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop and carry out demonstration and evaluation projects to determine whether the use of computer-based medical information patient care systems by hospitals and skilled nursing facilities would enable such providers to manage their facilities more efficiently, thereby reducing the costs of providing health care without adversely affecting the quality of services. Provides for the funding of such projects from specified funds and appropriations established by the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a full report on such demonstration and evaluation projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 7714 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1977
Extends the delimiting period for completing a veteran's education program until such time as the veteran completes or ends the program, if at the close of the ordinary ten-year delimiting period the veteran is enrolled in a program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7697 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1977
Urban Grant University Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for, and establish a program of grants to, urban universities for (1) development of urban-oriented educational, research, or service programs; and (2) assistance in carrying out such programs. Establishes a five year comprehensive grant to a university qualifying as an "urban grant university" and establishes criteria for such designation. Creates an Urban University Advisory Council to (1) review, along with the Commissioner of Education, "urban grant university " applications; (2) advise the Commissioner; and (3) make recommendations to the President and to the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 7698 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1977
Urban Grant University Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for, and establish a program of grants to, urban universities for (1) development of urban-oriented educational, research, or service programs; and (2) assistance in carrying out such programs. Establishes a five year comprehensive grant to a university qualifying as an "urban grant university" and establishes criteria for such designation. Creates an Urban University Advisory Council to (1) review, along with the Commissioner of Education, "urban grant university " applications; (2) advise the Commissioner; and (3) make recommendations to the President and to the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 7696 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1977
Urban Grant University Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for, and establish a program of grants to, urban universities for (1) development of urban-oriented educational, research, or service programs; and (2) assistance in carrying out such programs. Establishes a five year comprehensive grant to a university qualifying as an "urban grant university" and establishes criteria for such designation. Creates an Urban University Advisory Council to (1) review, along with the Commissioner of Education, "urban grant university " applications; (2) advise the Commissioner; and (3) make recommendations to the President and to the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 7676 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1977
Veterans Education Reform Act -- Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to discontinue educational assistance to an eligible veteran or survivor or dependent of a veteran if the Administrator finds that the institution of higher learning concerned has failed to enforce its regularly prescribed standards and practices as approved by the appropriate State approving agency with respect to such veteran or person. Denies the Administrator any authority to prescribe educational standards or practices with respect to any institution of higher learning empowered to award a standard college degree. Requires the Administrator to provide individual educational and career counseling and other appropriate services to facilitate the education of any veteran or person whose educational assistance has been discontinued under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7663 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1977
Directs the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one year review of toxic and carcinogenic substances including: (1) the current capabilities to predict the effect on humans of substances found to induce cancer in animals; (2) the benefits and risks to the public of such substances; (3) the validity of benefit-risk analysis of such substances; and (4) the relationship of Federal regulatory policies concerning the use of such substances for food and for non-food purposes. Directs the Institute to report its findings and legislative and administrative recommendations to the Congress and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare within one year. Authorizes the continued use of saccharin for eighteen months. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit or restrict the sale or distribution (other than requiring labeling) of saccharin.
Bill· HRH.R. 7648 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals alternative, limited income tax credits or deductions for the tuition paid for the primary, secondary or higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents.
Bill· SS. 1627 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1977
Career Education Implementation Incentive Act - Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums for each of the fiscal years 1979 through 1983 for the purpose of providing Federal incentives to State and local educational agencies and institutions to develop and implement career education programs for individuals of all ages. Requires each State desiring funds to submit an annual application and plan containing specified assurances and meeting requirements established by the Commissioner of Education. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Commissioner, each State, and various agencies or institutions with respect to career education programs and their development.
Bill· HRH.R. 7611 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1977
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to permit the marketing of saccharin and any food additive, drug, and cosmetic containing saccharin for 12 months.
Bill· HRH.R. 7602 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1977
School Desegregation Standards and Assistance Act - Title I: Standards and Procedures in School Desegregation Suits - Prescribes exclusive standards and procedures to govern the award of injunctive and other equitable relief in school desegregation cases brought under Federal law. Title II: National Community and Education Committee - Creates a national committee composed of citizens from various occupations and backgrounds, particularly individuals who have had experience in school desegregation activities, which is to provide assistance to communities engaged in school desegregation. Creates a Federal Community Assistance Coordinating Council composed of representatives from specified government agencies which shall assist communities engaged in school desegregation in obtaining Federal assistance for programs facilitating desegregation.
Bill· HRH.R. 7599 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1977
Directs the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one year review of toxic and carcinogenic substances including: (1) current capabilities to predict the effect on humans of substances found to induce cancer in animals; (2) the benefits and risks to the public of such substances; (3) the validity of benefit-risk analysis of such substances; and (4) the relationship of Federal regulatory policies concerning the use of such substances for food and for non-food purposes. Directs the Institute to report its findings and legislative and administrative recommendations to the Congress and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare within one year. Authorizes the continued use of saccharin for eighteen months. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit or restrict the sale or distribution (other than requiring labeling) of saccharin.
Bill· HRH.R. 7555 (95th)failed
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1977
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriation Act - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for the following: Employment and Training Administration; Labor-Management Services Administration; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Employment Standards Administration; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Bureau of Labor Statistics and Departmental Management. Title II: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1978 for the following: Health Services Administration; Center for Disease Control; National Institutes of Health; Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; Health Resources Administration; Assistant Secretary for Health; Education Division for the Office of Education; the National Institute of Education; and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education; Social and Rehabilitation Service; Social Security Administration; Special Institutions; Assistant Secretary for Human Development; and Departmental Management. Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations to the following for fiscal year 1978: ACTION (domestic programs), Community Services Administration, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Railroad Retirement Board, and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Title IV: General Provisions - States that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided.
Bill· HRH.R. 7571 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1977
Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments Act - Title I: Amendments to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Revises the purposes for which grants may be made under Title I (Financial Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for the Education of Children of Low-Income Families) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Extends the authority of the Commissioner of Education to make such grants through 1982. Revises allocation procedures for such grants among schools with migratory and Indian children. Title II: Amendments to Other Education Programs - Amends Title VII (National Reading Improvement Program) of the Education Amendments of 1974 to restate the purposes of such program and set forth new requirements for local educational agency reading improvement programs. Extends the Bilingual Education Act. Title III: Gifted and Talented Children - Gifted and Talented Children Act - Establishes a program of grants to State and local educational agencies to assist in the development and operation of programs designed to meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented children at the preschool and elementary and secondary school levels.
Bill· HRH.R. 7534 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any other individual. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $300 for any individual, 50 percent of the next $300, and 10 percent of the next $400. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7480 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit against an individual's tax for the tuition paid by such individual to one or more eligible elementary or secondary education institutions for any of his dependents.
Bill· HRH.R. 7472 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to establish a permanent exhibition aboard the Coast Guard cutter Chautaqua for the purpose of educating the public regarding the present and future mission of the Coast Guard.
Bill· HRH.R. 7407 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1977
Amends the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require all hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, intermediate care facilities, and shared health facilities which participate in programs under Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of such Act to adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of patients in the care of such facilities. Directs the Secretary to require that such statement establish specified guarantees including guarantees: (1) that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) that the patient has the right to private communications with his physician, attorney, or any other person; (3) that the patient has the right to have privacy in treatment, in caring for personal needs, and confidentiality in the treatment of personal and medical records; and (4) that the patient has the right to notice and a hearing before being transferred or discharged from a facility. Directs the Secretary to require each facility to provide each patient and staff member with a copy of the statement of rights and the enforcement procedures and remedies available to patients, and requires further that each facility adopt a written plan for implementing such rights. Establishes a procedure for the enforcement of patient's rights. Directs the Secretary to prescribe a schedule of statutory money damages for violations of such rights. Requires State agencies responsible for inspection and enforcement of Medicare and Medicaid programs to investigate patients' complaints and to file a written report within ten days disposing of such complaints. Imposes fines upon facilities found in violation of patients' rights payable to the patient or his heirs pending appeal by the facility. Allows a patient or facility to bring an original action in U.S. district court to enforce rights. Awards costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party. Provides that damages awarded to patients shall not constitute income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility under Medicaid or any Federal or Federally-assisted State program which conditions eligibility upon income or resources.
Bill· SS. 1569 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1977
Political Leadership Intern Program Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education for the development and operation of student internship programs in the offices of elected officials at the local, State, and Federal levels of government.
Bill· SS. 1570 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit against an individual's income tax for the tuition paid by such individual to one or more eligible elementary or secondary education institutions for any of his dependents.
Bill· HRH.R. 7300 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Restates the charter of the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. in its entirety.
Bill· HRH.R. 7294 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Educational Expenses Tax Deferral Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deferral of an individual's income tax liability to the extent it equals a limited portion of the educational expenses incurred for the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents. Defers payment until the year following the end of the individual's attendance at an educational institution or the sixteenth year following the taxpayer's initial deferral, whichever is earlier. Provides for independent studies by the Secretaries of the Treasury and Health, Education, and Welfare on the effects of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7280 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Increases from 10 to 12 years the delimiting period for a veteran to complete a program of education.
Bill· HRH.R. 7270 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. States that the principal function of such Department is to promote the cause and advance of education throughout the United States. Transfers to the Secretary specified functions of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education and various educational responsibilities of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities. Creates the Federal Interagency Committee on Education, the National Advisory Commission on Education, and the Office of the Inspector General within the Department of Education. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of such Department as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 7208 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals alternative, limited income tax credits or deductions for the tuition paid for the primary, secondary or higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents.
Bill· HRH.R. 7156 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1977
Academic Freedom Act - Requires any regulation affecting any institution of higher learning to be published in the Federal Register and include an educational impact statement. Prohibits enforcement of any regulation which fails to maintain academic requirements for graduate or undergraduate admissions. Restricts the authority and enforcement powers of Federal officials with respect to educational programs or activities of higher education institutions receiving Federal financial assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 7116 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States applying for assistance under such Act to establish and implement basic standards of secondary students' educational proficiency, including the passing of reading, writing, and mathematics examinations as a prerequisite to graduation. Establishes the National Commission on Basic Education and directs it to (1) establish such standards; and (2) review and approve or disapprove State plans implementing such standards. Requires the Commission to report to the President and to the Congress no later than three years after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to financially assist States in preparing such educational standards plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 7096 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of-State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service, to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to provide not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 7078 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of- State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to an amount providing not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 7075 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 75 percent of the next $300, and 25 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7017 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1977
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of- State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to an amount providing not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 6988 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1977
Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to waive the freedom of choice of health service provider requirement of a State Medicaid plan when the Secretary determines that the State plan is cost effective and is of the same or better quality than a plan chosen by an eligible individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 6926 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1977
Permits the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies located within an area in which an emergency has occurred prior to July 1, 1978, and which the President of the United States has determined warrants emergency relief. Permits the Commissioner to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies, without regard to whether emergency or major disaster has occurred in the area, if he determines that public elementary or secondary school facilities of such agency have been destroyed or seriously damaged prior to July 1, 1978.
Bill· HRH.R. 6896 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1977
Restates the charter of the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. in its entirety.
Bill· HRH.R. 6855 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1977
Surplus School Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local agencies to pay the costs of renovating closed school buildings so they may be converted for other educational and social purposes. Suggests purposes for which conversion grants may be extended, including: (1) community centers; (2) senior citizen centers; (3) day care centers; (4) vocational schools; (5) medical facilities; and (6) recreational centers. Sets forth application requirements which local agencies must complete including: (1) structuring a plan for renovation of the closed school building; (2) estimating costs of such renovation; and (3) demonstrating to the Secretary's satisfaction sufficient financial ability to carry out the provisions of such plan. States that the amount of a grant under this Act shall be 80 percent of the estimated cost of renovation. Requires local agencies which receive a grant for more than the actual cost of renovation to return such surplus money to the Secretary. Sets priorities to be followed by the Secretary in approving applications for grants under this Act including: (1) an application for renovating a closed school building in a school district whose current school enrollments have decreased by ten percent or more from the enrollments of the previous school year, and (2) an application for renovating a closed school building which is not being utilized for any educational or social service purpose at the time of application. Directs the Secretary to serve as a national clearinghouse to local agencies by providing information on feasible alternative uses for closed school buildings. Prohibits the distribution of more than ten percent of the funds appropriated by Congress for the program for grants in any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and Congress: (1) a yearly report listing local agencies which received grants and the purposes for which such grants were made; and (2) a detailed evaluation of the effectiveness of the program based on cost analysis and a survey of school closure problems to be submitted at the end of three years.
Bill· SS. 1436 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1977
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the sale of competitive foods in schools during meal hours.
Bill· HRH.R. 6820 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to convey specified lands in the State of California to D-Q University.
Law· HRH.R. 6774 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1977
Makes certain technical and conforming amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965. Specifies that fiscal year 1975 is to be used in determining minimum State allotments under community service and continuing education programs under Title I of the Higher Education Act. Sets forth the procedure to control the determination of making a Basic Grant when full appropriations are not available. Delays until October 1, 1978 the requirement that States make nonprofit higher education institutions eligible to participate in State incentive grant programs. Maintains a State's eligibility for a bonus allotment under student incentive grant programs where the loan insurance program is carried on by a nonprofit private institution or organization. Changes the basis upon which the amounts of advances for reserve funds to State agencies are determined. Sets forth the procedure for the ratable reduction of advances for reserve funds in the case of insufficient funds. Encourages States to reactivate student loan insurance programs that have lapsed by permitting a new advance payment to be made to a State for such a program. Sets forth the criteria under which the Commissioner of Education may issue certificates of Federal insurance in a State with adequate non-Federal programs. Applies limitations placed on loans for first-year students to such students' first academic year of postsecondary education. Specifies that all loans made within any 90-day period be considered as a single loan in determining whether such loan must be multiply disbursed. Utilizes the academic year as the reference point by which to apply the maximum and minimum limitations placed on amounts a State may insure. Eliminates the requirement placed on a State-insured student loan program that a borrower contract the holder of the note after ceasing to be at least a half-time student. Applies the definition, under the Higher Education Act, of the Commissioner's equitable share with respect to Federal reinsurance of student loans to supplemental agreements between the Commissioner and a State or private nonprofit student loan insurance program. Modifies requirements applicable to payment of administrative costs to State and nonprofit private student loan insurance programs activated after the date of enactment of the Education Amendments of 1976. Authorizes the Commissioner to determine the period of Federal interest in an academic facility which has been reconstructed or renovated with Federal grants or loans. Permits funds available for academic facility reconstruction or renovation to be used on graduate and undergraduate facilities without regard to whether such funds increase or create enrollment capacity, health care capacity, or continuing education programs. Defers applicability of effective dates of various changes implemented by the Education Amendments of 1976. Stipulates that the definition of institution of higher education, as revised by the Education Amendments of 1976, shall not be interpreted so as to terminate the eligibility of any institution of higher education. Extends authorizations of appropriations for foreign studies and language development programs through fiscal year 1979. Extends the time within which the Commissioner must submit a report on advisory council activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 6776 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1977
Testing Reform Act - Title I: Rights of Test Subjects - Terminates Federal funding under any program to an educational agency or institution which (1) uses a standardized test administered by a testing agency which has a policy or practice of (a) not including with the test scores it releases the standard error of measurement of such scores and a statement, as set forth in this Act, concerning the validity of such scores, (b) denying test subjects, the Commissioner of Education, and researchers the right to inspect and review such test and the correct answers, and (c) releasing the scores of a test subject to any person without the written consent of such test subject; or (2) has a policy or practice of releasing test scores without including the standard error of measurement and validity statement as required by this Act. Requires the standard error of measurement and validity statement to be included with the report of the test scores in such a manner as to be readily identifiable to anyone reading such report. Requires copies of each standardized test and the correct answers to be provided upon request, to test subjects and researchers. Permits a reasonable charge to be made for such materials. Directs the testing agency to provide the Commissioner of Education with a copy of the test and the correct answers. Terminates Federal funding under any program to an education agency or institution which uses a standardized test administered by a testing agency which fails to inform the test subjects before taking such test of specific matters concerning such test and such test subjects rights in relation to their scores and other test matters. Title II: Exclusion of Students or the Basis of Test Scores - Terminates Federal funding under any program to an institution of higher education which denies admission to applicants solely on the basis of test scores falling below a minimum set by such institution. Title III: Standardized Testing Information - Directs the Administrator of the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and disseminate statistics and other data related to standardized testing. Terminates Federal funding under any program to an educational agency or institution using a standardized test administered by a testing agency which has failed to comply with a request by the Administrator for statistics and other data. Stipulates that any data provided shall not include any personal information concerning a test subject. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Requires the Commissioner, prior to termination of funding to an educational agency or institution, to publish his determination that a testing agency has failed to comply with the requirements imposed by this Act in such a manner to give such agency or institution adequate notice. Requires the Commissioner to terminate funding to an education agency or institution only if he finds such agency or institution is using a test administered by a noncomplying testing agency. Directs the Commissioner to notify such agency or institution at the time of such termination that funds will be restored once the agency or institution is in compliance with this Act. Stipulates that rights accorded a minor test subject shall be accorded to and required by the parents or legal guardian of such test subject.
Bill· HRH.R. 6741 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1977
Higher Education Funding Act - Authorizes an income tax deduction for contributions to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer for the purposes of funding the higher education of his dependent children, nephews and nieces. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of: (1) $500 times the number of qualified beneficiaries; (2) ten percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income; or (3) $2,500. Requires that a qualified education fund must be established by the taxpayer pursuant to a written plan: (1) solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of room, board, and tuition at an institution of higher education of one or more eligible beneficiaries; (2) which provides that no distribution shall be made by the fund (except upon termination thereof) other than to, or on behalf of, eligible beneficiaries; (3) which provides that upon termination of the fund all assets of the funds shall be distributed to the taxpayer or to his estate; (4) which prohibits contributions to the fund in excess of amounts deductible; and (5) under which the taxpayer consents to specified income tax treatment upon termination of the fund. Defines "institution of higher education" as an educational institution: (1) which regularly offers education at a level above the twelfth grade; (2) contributions to or for the use of which constitute charitable contributions; (3) which is legally authorized to provide and does provide a program of postsecondary education; and (4) which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education.
Bill· HRH.R. 6748 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 75 percent of the next $300, and 25 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.