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Bill· SS. 928 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Elementary School Guidance and Counseling Incentive Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations: (1) in fiscal years 1983 through 1987 for comprehensive elementary school guidance and counseling programs, supplemental grants to States for such programs, and research and demonstration programs; (2) through fiscal year 1988 for employment of one new and/or additional elementary school guidance counselor per school district, evaluation of programs, and in-service counselor training; and (3) for teacher and counselor centers. Provides formulas, based on the population of elementary school children, for determining allotments to States for such programs. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Elementary/Secondary Education to administer State allotments and State plans through the Office of Guidance and Counseling of the Department of Education. Requires that each State, to be eligible for such allotments, submit to the Assistant Secretary a State plan for providing comprehensive elementary school guidance and counseling programs for a five-year period, with necessary annual revisions, which meets such criteria as the Assistant Secretary may by regulation prescribe. Sets forth required provisions of such plans and programs. Provides for appeal by a State of a final action of the Assistant Secretary to a circuit court of appeals. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary, through the Office of Guidance and Counseling, to make supplemental grants to States with approved plans for distribution to local educational agencies and for support of States with approved plans for distribution to local educational agencies and for support of State agency leadership activities on the basis of statewide needs and priorities in elementary school guidance and counseling. Sets forth approved uses of such grants. Directs the Assistant Secretary to carry out a research and demonstration program relating to elementary school guidance and counseling. Directs the Assistant Secretary to make an annual evaluation report to the appropriate Congressional committees. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include training for counselors under the teacher centers program. Provides for a program of in-service training for elementary school guidance counselors. Requires the designation of professionally trained counselors: (1) at the Federal level, to provide information on, and to administer, such programs; and (2) at the State, local school district, and intermediate administrative unit levels, to supervise such programs.
Bill· SS. 946 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1981 - Amends the National School Lunch Act to set the national average free lunch payment to be made by the Secretary of Agriculture and to decrease the national average reduced lunch payment from ten cents to nine cents. Sets forth the special assistance factor for free and reduced lunches and provides for an annual adjustment (previously semi-annual) to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make changes in the school breakfast program to correspond to amendments made for the school lunch program. Sets the level of commodity assistance for free and reduced lunches in lieu of a standard level for all such lunches. Revises eligibility criteria for such lunches, including: (1) that income guidelines for free lunches are prescribed at 25 percent above the applicable family-size income level of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) poverty guidelines plus a standard deduction; and (2) that such guidelines for reduced lunches are prescribed at 85 percent (previously 95 percent) above applicable family-size income levels of the OMB's income poverty guidelines. Sets forth procedures for local school authorities in determining eligibility for free or reduced lunch. Eliminates provisions of the National School Lunch Act which prohibit school authorities to physically segregate or overtly identify students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot study to verify data submitted on applications for such lunches. Revises state revenue matching requirements to: (1) require state revenues for school food service to equal 30 percent of those provided by the Secretary for the school lunch program; and (2) declare that the purpose of such funds is to assist schools in obtaining agricultural commodities, rather than the Secretary supplying such commodities. Provides that states are not required to match funds granted to private schools if by law such states do not disburse funds to such schools. Authorizes direct disbursements to certain schools without the matching funds requirement. Terminates: (1) food service equipment assistance for the school lunch and breakfast programs; and (2) the nutrition education and training program of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Makes the special milk program authorized by such Act available to educational institutions which do not participate in other food service programs. Prohibits private schools whose tuition exceeds a specified level from participation in food service programs. Terminates summer food service programs under the National School Lunch Act. Makes numerous revisions to the child care food program to eliminate certain subsidies. Authorizes certain states to assume administration of any program under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust payments and assistance for food service programs if at any time he determines that appropriated funds for such programs are insufficient. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to conform to provisions of this Act. Grants to the Secretary the authority to adjust and settle claims arising under provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3144 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
Directs the Secretary of Education to convey four specified parcels of land in the State of California to the D-Q University, a national learning and cultural center for Native Americans. Directs the Secretary to convey the first parcel and to transfer the exclusive use and control of all four parcels to the University within 30 days after the enactment of this Act. Sets certain conditions for the conveyance of the second, third, and last parcels, including deadlines by which the University must request such conveyances. Requires the Secretary to notify the University of any noncompliance with such conditions. Allows the University one year after such notice to achieve full compliance. Permits the Secretary to extend the conveyance deadlines for one year. Specifies circumstances under which: (1) the University's rights to the use and control of such parcels shall terminate; and (2) title to such lands shall revert to the United States. Requires the University to: (1) submit its Development Plan to Congress within 30 days after enactment of this Act; and (2) notify the Secretary of any change in the Plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 3076 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981
Consolidated Refugee Education Assistance Act - Repeals specified provisions of the Indochina Refugee Assistance Act of 1976, the Adult Education Act, and another Act relating to educational assistance programs for refugees. Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to extend the coverage of such Act to any alien who: (1) has been admitted into the United States as a refugee; (2) has been paroled into the United States as a refugee; (3) is an applicant for asylum, or has been granted asylum in the United States; (4) has fled from the alien's country of origin and has, pursuant to an Executive order of the President, been permitted to enter and remain in the United States indefinitely for humanitarian reasons; or (5) entered the United States on or after November 1, 1979, and is in the United States with the immigration status of a Cuban-Haitian entrant (status pending). Limits such coverage to the five-year period beginning on the date the alien first entered the United States as such a refugee or otherwise acquired such status. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions for authorizations of appropriations for all programs under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, for purposes of determining appropriate aid reductions, to consult with the heads of other agencies providing refugee assistance concerning disbursement of funds for educational purposes under other programs and coordination of such programs with those under such Act. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions on general assistance through State agencies for local educational agencies under such Act. Extends such assistance based on the number of refugees enrolled in elementary or secondary public schools (formerly only for Cuban or Haitian refugee children). Lowers the amount of such assistance to $400 per refugee (formerly $450). Revises provisions relating to the reduction of such grants to State and local agencies, based on amounts received under other Federal assistance programs. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions on payments to States of special impact assistance for substantial increases in refugee attendance. Revises the formula for such assistance to: (1) include the number of refugees in attendance at elementary or secondary public or nonpublic schools; and (2) lower specified amounts per refugee according to length of previous enrollment. Extends such assistance according to the number of refugees enrolled (formerly only Cuban, Haitian, and Indochinese refugee children). Revises provisions relating to the reduction of such assistance, based on amounts received under other Federal aid programs. Extends coverage of adult education programs under such Act to all refugees 16 years or older (formerly only Cuban and Haitian refugee adults). Directs the Secretary to make payments to States for such programs for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1981 (formerly only for fiscal years 1982 and 1983). Revises provisions relating to the reduction of the amount of any such grant, based on amounts received under other Federal aid programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3077 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981
Commodity Allowance Act - Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue commodity allowances to States, schools, and service institutions participating in food service programs, for the purchase of domestic agricultural commodities in lieu of providing such commodities to such entities. Requires the Secretary to issue such allowances not later than the school year beginning September 1982 to States participating in the school lunch program, specifying the types of commodities to be purchased. Sets forth the minimum national average value of food assistance for each lunch which shall be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the Price Index for Food Used in Schools and Institutions. Provides for the apportionment by the Secretary of commodity allowances between the States and for States to apportion such allowances among their schools. Directs the Secretary to make advance program payments to each State not later than July 1 and January 1 of each fiscal year for the purchase of domestic agricultural commodities by the schools. Sets forth administrative procedures for the provision of commodity allowances and surplus agricultural commodities to participating States and schools. Prohibits the Secretary, after June 30, 1981, from offering commodity assistance based upon the number of breakfasts served to children under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Amends the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and other applicable laws to remove various provisions relating to donated foods by the Secretary and provide for the issuance of commodity allowances, with the exception of Indian tribes which request federally donated foods. Authorizes States and certain food program recipients to elect to receive cash payments in lieu of commodity allowances under this Act. Permits the Secretary to issue commodity allowances to any State qualifying for disaster relief. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act and makes such Act effective October 1, 1981.
Bill· HRH.R. 2954 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1981
Alien Education Impact Aid of 1981 - Title I: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including the term "alien children" which is defined to mean undocumented aliens to whom State or local educational agencies must provide educational services under Federal court order. Authorizes lump-sum appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for State educational programs and administrative costs (up to one percent) under this Act. Provides that such entitlements shall be ratably reduced if sufficient funds are not available. Authorizes up to one percent of such funds for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to withhold funds from State educational agencies that fail to meet the requirements of this Act. Sets forth the procedures to be followed in such a situation. Title II: General Assistance for Local Educational Agencies - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for assistance in providing basic education for alien children. States that such payments shall be $450 for each such child enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires the Secretary to give notice and opportunity for a hearing before final disapproval of an application. Title III: Special Impact Assistance for Substantial Increases in Attendance of Alien Children - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for supplementary public education costs for alien children in public and private elementary and secondary schools in eligible local educational agencies (based on the number of such children in their jurisdiction). Sets forth formulas for determining the amounts of such payments. Reduces the amount of such payment by the amount of a grant to the State educational agency under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. Includes within such supplementary services, English language instruction, bilingual education services, special materials and supplies, additional basic instructional services, and inservice training. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires a State educational agency to give notice and an opportunity for a hearing before final disapproval of a local educational agency's application for such funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 2890 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits eligibility for such deduction to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's dependent child unless such child has attained age 21 or has attended an institution of higher education as a full-time student for more than four weeks in the year of his twenty-first birthday. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions. Allows a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing such individual's first residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $1,500 ($3,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly), with a maximum lifetime deduction of $15,000 ($30,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly). Provides for annual inflation adjustment of such amounts. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income so long as they are used exclusively for the purchase of a first residence. Provides for recapture of such distribution upon a subsequent sale of such first residence if another house is not purchased with the proceeds. Requires reduction of the $100,000 exclusion from gross income of proceeds from the sale of a principal residence by a taxpayer 55 years of age or older if such residence had been purchased with distributions from a tax-exempt housing savings account. Limits the amount of such reduction to the amount of any such distribution excluded from gross income.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 119 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Expresses the disapproval by the House of Representatives of specified regulations submitted by the Secretary of Education with respect to family contribution schedules under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Returns such regulations to the Secretary to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided in such Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 102 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Expresses the disapproval by the Congress of specified regulations submitted by the Secretary of Education with respect to family contribution schedules to be used under the Pell Grant program of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Returns such regulations to the Secretary to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided by the General Education Provisions Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2842 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Health Services Management Act of 1981 - Amends the Public Health Service Act regarding graduate programs in health services administration for fiscal year 1983 to: (1) increase the amount of non-Federal money an applicant must provide; and (2) authorize specified appropriations for fiscal years 1983-1984. Revises the current graduate traineeship program, for fiscal year 1982, to make such traineeships available: (1) for health services administration; (2) only to U.S. citizens, nationals, or immigrants; and (3) only to individuals with a baccalaureate degree. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Establishes grant programs for: (1) graduate health management training curricula; (2) shortage-area faculty development; and (3) nondegree management training for health professionals. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 2868 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for 25 percent of any contributions to an institution of higher education for international business studies. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $50,000 for any taxable year.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 219 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Establishes the National Commission on the Educational Problems of America's Linguistic Minority Children. Sets forth provisions concerning the membership, duties, powers, expenses, and compensation of the Commission. Directs the Commission to report to the Congress within three years. Terminates the Commission 60 days after the submission of its report.
Bill· HRH.R. 2802 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1981
Defense Department Overseas Teachers Act of 1981 - Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act regarding Department of Defense overseas dependents schools to limit the term of teaching positions and the travel and quarters allowance benefits for teachers who are recruited outside the United States. Provides exemptions from such limitations in specified teaching situations. Eliminates the limitation on the amount of leave an overseas teacher may accumulate. Permits the use of leave for paternity purposes. Entitles a Federal or District of Columbia government employee who becomes an overseas teacher to a lump-sum payment for annual leave accumulated as such an employee. Transfers leave accumulated by such a teacher as sick leave if the teacher becomes a Federal or District of Columbia government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to grant a sabbatical to any teacher on the condition that the teacher agrees to serve in the civil service for three years after completing the sabbatical.
Bill· HRH.R. 2790 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1981
Veterans' Education and Training Program Act of 1981 - Title I: Educational Assistance for Members of the Armed Forces - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for members of the armed forces who enlist or reenlist after the date of enactment of this title and are released from such service by honorable discharge. Entitles eligible members who enlist for two or more years to 18 months of educational assistance at the end of the first 24 months of active duty, one-half month of educational assistance for each month served during a third 12-month period, and one month of assistance upon the completion of two years of service and one month of such assistance for each three additional months of service. Limits educational assistance entitlements to a maximum of 36 months and authorizes educational assistance allowances for veterans and certain members pursuing a program of education under this title. Limits assistance to the date ten years beyond an eligible person's last discharge or release from active duty. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress semiannually on the operation of such program. Establishes a Career Members' Dependents Educational Assistance Program for veterans who are serving on active duty and have completed a period of more than six years. Requires eligible persons to enroll and participate in such program for at least 12 consecutive months except as specified by this Act. Requires participants to agree to a monthly deduction from their military pay as a contribution to such program for deposit in the Career Member's Dependents Education Account established in the U.S. Treasury. Provides for a refund of such contributions upon disenrollment, discharge, release, or death. Authorizes the Secretary to contribute to the fund account, in addition to matching funds, any amounts necessary to encourage persons to remain in the armed forces. Entitles each participant to 36 monthly benefit payments. Sets forth the formula for computing the amount of such payments. Permits eligible veterans to transfer any educational benefits to such veterans' spouse or children. Establishes a delimiting period of ten years after discharge or release for educational assistance benefits. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to submit a joint report to the Congress on their respective plans for implementation of programs provided by this Act. Prohibits dual participation in programs provided by this Act for persons who enlist in the Armed Forces after December 31, 1981. Title II: Educational Leaves of Absence for Members of the Armed Forces - Permits the Secretary to grant any eligible member a leave of absence from military duties for the pursuit of a program of education for up to 12 months. Sets forth the impact of such leave of absence upon the payment of basic pay, determining eligibility for retirement pay, and time in grade for promotion purposes. Provides a procedure for the release from active duty of certain members of the armed forces for the purpose of transfer to the Selected Reserve and Ready Reserve, at the discretion of the Secretary of the department concerned.
Bill· SS. 742 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Veterans' Education and Training Program Act of 1981 - Title I: Educational Assistance for Members of the Armed Forces - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for members of the armed forces who enlist or reenlist after the date of enactment of this title and are released from such service by honorable discharge. Entitles eligible members who enlist for two or more years to 18 months of educational assistance at the end of the first 24 months of active duty, one-half month of educational assistance for each month served during a third 12-month period, and one month of assistance for each month served during a fourth 12-month period. Entitles eligible members who enlist for a period of six years of reserve duty to assistance upon the completion of two years of service and one month of such assistance for each three additional months of service. Limits educational assistance entitlements to a maximum of 36 months and authorizes educational assistance allowances for veterans and certain members pursuing a program of education under this title. Limits assistance to the date ten years beyond an eligible person's last discharge or release from active duty. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress semiannually on the operation of such program. Establishes a Career Members' Dependents Educational Assistance Program for veterans who are serving on active duty and have completed a period of more than six years. Requires eligible persons to enroll and participate in such program for at least 12 consecutive months except as specified by this Act. Requires participants to agree to a monthly deduction from their military pay as a contribution to such program for deposit in the Career Member's Dependents Education Account established in the U.S. Treasury. Provides for a refund of such contributions upon disenrollment, discharge, release, or death. Authorizes the Secretary to contribute to the fund account, in addition to matching funds, any amounts necessary to encourage persons to remain in the armed forces. Entitles each participant to 36 monthly benefit payments. Sets forth the formula for computing the amount of such payments. Permits eligible veterans to transfer any educational benefits to such veterans' spouse or children. Establishes a delimiting period of ten years after discharge or release for educational assistance benefits. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to submit a joint report to the Congress on their respective plans for implementation of programs provided by this Act. Prohibits dual participation in programs provided by this Act for persons who enlist in the Armed Forces after December 31, 1981. Title II: Educational Leaves of Absence for Members of the Armed Forces - Permits the Secretary to grant any eligible member a leave of absence from military duties for the pursuit of a program of education for up to 12 months. Sets forth the impact of such leave of absence upon the payment of basic pay, determining eligibility for retirement pay, and time in grade for promotion purposes. Provides a procedure for the release from active duty of certain members of the armed forces for the purpose of transfer to the Selected Reserve and Ready Reserve, at the discretion of the Secretary of the department concerned.
Bill· HRH.R. 2644 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act to authorize specified sums for alcohol and drug abuse education projects for fiscal years 1982-1985. Extends multiple year project funding through fiscal year 1985. Includes the prevention of alcohol and drug related deviant behavior within the purposes of such Act. Eliminates the requirement of an annual report to Congress. Authorizes up to five percent (presently three percent) of annual appropriations for project evaluation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2579 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1981
Education Assistance Act of 1981 - Title I: New G.I. Education Program - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after December 31, 1980, and serve on active duty for a period of two years or more, or are discharged or released from such duty for a service-connected disability. Entitles eligible veterans to 27 months of educational assistance under such program for the first 24 months of service, and one month of such assistance for each additional month of service. Provides that no person may earn more than 36 months of such assistance. Prohibits persons who enter active duty and are entitled to an initial enlistment bonus from earning entitlement under such program, unless such persons enlisted for a period of four years or more. Sets forth circumstances under which such persons may earn entitlement by not accepting certain bonuses or by re-enlisting from two to four years. Makes veterans entitled to educational assistance eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Extends such educational assistance program to members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve who enlist after December 31, 1980, for not less than six years of service under regulations prescribed by the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense. Establishes a Career Servicepersons' Education Assistance Program for members of the armed forces serving on active duty who have completed six years of service. Allows such members to enroll in such educational benefits program by contributing a monthly deduction to the Career Servicepersons' Education Account. Limits such contributions to a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to match such contributions at a specified rate after 24 months of participation by any member and to contribute amounts he deems necessary to encourage persons to remain in the armed forces. Provides procedures for refunds of contributions due to: (1) disenrollment from such program; (2) death of a participant; and (3) discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of educational benefits. Sets forth the formula for determining the amount of entitlement and the methods of payments of benefits to eligible members who pursue a program of education. Makes veterans participating in such program eligible for education loans. Authorizes eligible veterans to transfer their educational benefits to their spouses or children in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Limits educational assistance under such program to the date ten years beyond an eligible veteran's discharge or release date. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary to submit a joint report to the Congressional committees on Veterans' Affairs containing their respective plans for implementation of the Career Serviceperson's Educational Assistance Program and to submit an annual report each year detailing the operations of such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Administrator each month on deductions made from the military pay of program participants. Makes persons who enter the military service after December 31, 1980, ineligible for participation in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program. Title II: Educational Leaves of Absence for Members of the Armed Forces - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to grant leaves of absence (not to exceed 12 consecutive months) to eligible members of the armed forces to pursue a program of education. Requires members granted such leave to agree in writing to extend their active duty service for a period of two months for each month of leave of absence. Allows payment to such members of basic allowance for quarters and subsistence while on such leave. Sets forth the circumstances under which the Secretary may cancel such leaves of absence.
Bill· HRH.R. 2601 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1981
Title I: Credit for Tuition Paid for the Elementary or Secondary Education of Dependents - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an income tax credit for the lesser of $200 or 50 percent of the tuition paid to a private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education of a dependent. Requires the individual for whom the credit is allowed to be a full-time student during five months of the school year. Reduces the amount of the credit allowable to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income for the taxable year exceeds $18,000. Excludes from the definition of "tuition" any amounts paid for meals, lodging, transportation,supplies, or similar personal expenses. Forbids any construction of this Act as granting the Government additional authority to examine the books or activities of any church school except to the extent necessary to determine whether such school is a private nonprofit elementary or secondary school. Grants standing in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to any taxpayer to petition for injunctive or declaratory relief with respect to the constitutionality of any provision of this Act. Requires the expedited consideration of any such case. Authorizes direct appeal of any such decision to the Supreme Court. Title II: Credit for Expenses Paid for the Higher Education of Individuals - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for vocational education expenses of the taxpayer or any other individual. Reduces the amount of such credit by one percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year exceeds $18,000. Defines "expenses of higher education" as tuition and fees required for the attendance of a student at an institution of higher education and fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for coursework. Excludes from such definition amounts paid for meals, lodging, or similar personal expenses. Title III: Deduction for Contributions to Qualified Higher Education Funds - Higher Education Funding Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction from gross income for contributions to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer to fund the higher education of his dependents. 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. Provides that a qualified education fund must be established by the taxpayer pursuant to a written plan: (1) which is designed to defray the cost of room, board, and tuition of one or more eligible beneficiaries of the fund at an institution of higher education; (2) which provides that no distribution shall be made by the fund (except upon termination) other than to, or on behalf of, eligible beneficiaries; (3) which provides that upon termination of the fund all assets of the fund shall be distributed to the taxpayer or his estate; (4) which prohibits contributions to the fund in excess of amounts deductible; and (5) under which the taxpayer includes in gross income certain amounts attributable to the fund upon termination of such fund.
Bill· SS. 714 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1981
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase by $500 the amount per academic year of any basic educational grant to any individual who, on or after October 1, 1981, enlists, reenlists, or extends an enlistment in, or is originally appointed in, a Reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2504 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1981
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 equal to 50 percent of the total cost to the system of providing 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 Secretary of Education to make an annual 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. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2465 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Entitles any child who is a student during a school year to continue to receive a civil service survivor annuity throughout any period of such year during which the child cannot continue full-time study or training because of illness, if the child satisfies the Office of Personnel Management as to his or her intention to return to school upon recovering.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 203 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Requests the President to designate the week beginning April 19, 1981, as "Cooperative Education Week."
Bill· HRH.R. 2391 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Extends educational assistance without a delimiting period for vocational training for veterans of the Vietnam era determined to be in need of such assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 2418 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that an elementary or secondary school may not receive Federal funds unless the principal supervisor of such school certifies to the Commissioner of Education that the Pledge of Allegiance is a part of the daily program of such school.
Bill· SS. 631 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1981
Directs the Education Appeal Board to dismiss all actions which are based on audits conducted prior to the enactment of the Education Amendments of 1978, and which seek the repayment of funds provided to State or local agencies under the Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Children (title I) provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Bill· HRH.R. 2293 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Alien Education Impact Aid Act of 1981 - Title I: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including the term "alien children" which is defined to mean undocumented aliens to whom State or local educational agencies must provide educational services under Federal court order. Authorizes lump-sum appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for State educational programs and administrative costs (up to one percent) under this Act. Provides that such entitlements shall be ratably reduced if sufficient funds are not available. Authorizes up to one percent of such funds for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to withhold funds from State educational agencies that fail to meet the requirements of this Act. Sets forth the procedures to be followed in such a situation. Title II: General Assistance for Local Educational Agencies - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for assistance in providing basic education for alien children. States that such payments shall be $450 for each such child enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires the Secretary to give notice and opportunity for a hearing before final disapproval of an application. Title III: Special Impact Assistance for Substantial Increases in Attendance of Alien Children - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for supplementary public education costs for alien children in public and private elementary and secondary schools in eligible local educational agencies (based on the number of such children in their jurisdiction). Sets forth formulas for determining the amounts of such payments. Includes within such supplementary services English language instruction, bilingual education services, special materials and supplies, additional basic instructional service and inservice training. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires a State educational agency to give notice and an opportunity for a hearing before final disapproval of a local educational agency's application for such funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 2291 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Prohibits payments to any State for administration costs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if such State has determined eligibility for or amounts of State aid to local educational agencies for free public education, or has lowered the available amounts of such aid, on the basis of Federal payments to such agencies in areas affected by Federal activity.
Bill· HRH.R. 2289 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to terminate the Department of Education on October 1, 1982. Directs the President, not later than 90 days prior to such termination date, to submit a plan to the Congress for the abolition or transfer to other departments and agencies of the functions of the Department. Prohibits the submission of any such plan which provides for or effectively creates a new Executive department. Provides that such plan shall take effect at the end of the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the plan is submitted, unless before the end of such period either House passes a resolution of disapproval. Directs the President to submit another plan within 30 days after such disapproval and to continue to submit plans until a plan takes effect.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 102 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Authorizes expenditures for a special study and investigation by the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. Provides that such study relate the impact and effect of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 on public and private pension and welfare plans. Directs such Subcommittee to report to the House of Representatives as soon as practical during the present Congress on the results of such study.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 88 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in administering a specified impact aid program, the Secretary of Education should provide school districts an opportunity to justify requests for assistance in amounts exceeding by more than $50 the minimum local contribution rate for such districts.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 38 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Requests the President to designate the first Friday of March as "Teacher Day, United States of America."
Bill· HRH.R. 2121 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Title I: Surplus School Conversion Grants - Surplus School Conversion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local educational agencies to provide up to 80 percent of the costs of renovating underutilized school buildings. Directs the Secretary to give priority to grant applications to renovate buildings for educational or social service purposes. Prohibits grants for renovation of buildings which will be used for storage purposes only. Permits the inclusion of planning costs among the expenses which such grants cover. Directs the Secretary to make available planning and technical assistance to agencies utilizing such funds. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary to consider certain factors in approving applications. Provides for the recapture of such payments by the United States. Sets forth reporting requirements. Title II: Amendment to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include among guidelines which the Secretary of Energy must prescribe for State plans for the implementation of energy conservation projects in schools and hospitals a requirement that State energy agencies in making grants for such projects for school facilities give priority to facilities in local educational agency jurisdictions with a student enrollment during the school year in which the application is submitted is not more than 90 percent of the enrollment for the second preceding school year.
Bill· HRH.R. 2112 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new Computers in Education program under title III (Special Projects) of such Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, subject to the availability of funds, to award grants for the establishment and operation of National Centers for Personal Computers in Education to: (1) instruct students in the use of personal computers; and (2) develop programs designed to utilize personal computers and microcomputers as educational tools at all educational levels. Provides that such grants shall be sufficient for operation of a Center for a three-year period beginning with fiscal year 1982, subject to the availability of funds and the Secretary's determination at the end of each fiscal year of operation that the recipient has compiled with assurances contained in the grant application. Sets forth the responsibilities of such Centers and application and reporting requirements for grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982, to remain available through fiscal year 1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 2135 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an income tax deduction for tuition paid for the higher education of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependents. Limits the amount of such deduction to the amount by which the tuition paid exceeds three percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year.
Bill· SS. 543 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Public Education Assistance Act - Entitles each local educational agency in a State to receive from the Federal Government, in addition to the Federal assistance received in fiscal year 1980, amounts equal to specified percentages (ranging from five percent for fiscal year 1981 to 25 percent for fiscal year 1990) of such agency's current expenditures from non-Federal sources for free public education for the fiscal year for which the entitlement determination is made. Directs the Secretary of Education to pay such entitlements to local educational agencies which make proper applications.
Bill· SS. 544 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Education Mandate Reimbursement Act - Entitles each State educational agency, State board, and local educational agency to receive reimbursements for the costs of complying with regulations promulgated under: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, relating to (a) financial assistance to meet the special educational needs of children, (b) basic skills improvement, (c) educational improvement, resources, and support, (d) emergency school aid, and (e) bilingual education; (2) the Vocational Education Act of 1963; (3) the Education of the Handicapped Act; (4) specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (5) the Education Amendments of 1972 provisions relating to prohibition against sex discrimination; and (6) any other assistance program which is an entitlement or is distributed on a State allotment basis. Limits the availability of such entitlement to elementary and secondary school programs and to expenditures made during fiscal years 1981 through 1984 which the Secretary of Education determines to be reasonable. Prohibits entitlement payments for: (1) any amounts reimbursed or entitled to be reimbursed under any other provision of Federal law; or (2) activities covered by special amounts set aside for the administration of a State plan or application. Sets forth application requirements for such entitlements. Provides for a withholding of entitlement payments in cases of failure to comply with applicable provisions. Sets forth procedures for entitlement payments. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1985.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 79 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Expresses the recognition of the Senate relating to the centennial observation of South Dakota State University.
Bill· HRH.R. 2059 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive specified requirements for the use of title I special educational needs funds by local educational agencies participating in experimental programs designed to consolidate State categorical educational programs. Permits such waiver for any one of fiscal years 1982 through 1985, with possible renewal for an additional one-year period, of requirements that: (1) such Federal funds be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds for regular and certain special State and local programs; and (2) agencies receiving Federal assistance maintain, through use of non- Federal funds, services comparable to those provided by unassisted agencies. Prohibits the Secretary's approval of a waiver application unless it contains the following assurances plus an assurance that not more than 15 percent of the State's educationally deprived children shall be served under the experimental program. Requires an assurance, in the case of any waiver which enables local educational agencies to consolidate the administration and operation of programs for educationally deprived children and special education programs for handicapped children and for children with limited English-speaking ability, that the educationally deprived children in project areas will be provided with educational programs and services which are comparable to those such children would otherwise receive and that certain Federal funds shall be used to provide programs and services only to eligible children. Requires an assurance, in the case of any waiver which permits local educational agencies to transfer State and local funds among the special educational programs described above and programs for educationally deprived children, that the educationally deprived children shall receive the same level of Federal funds as they would receive in the absence of such waiver and that an accurate accounting of such funds is ensured. Requires an assurance, in the case of any waiver permitting local educational agencies to distribute State and local funds for the programs under this title to project areas and other school attendance areas, that the educationally deprived children at elementary and secondary schools in project areas receive a level of State and local funds not less than, and services from such funds comparable to, the level of such funds and the services from such funds received by elementary and secondary school children in other school attendance areas. Permits a waiver which enables local educational agencies to use funds available for programs under this title to improve educational programs for eligible children who have not met the requirements for grade promotion or for receipt of a high school diploma or to provide educational services to eligible children when required by applicable law or court order.
Bill· HRH.R. 1992 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Youth Education and Work Opportunity Act - Title I: Youth Training and Employment - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to revise the statement of purpose of title IV (Youth Programs). Changes the heading of title IV, Part A to "Youth Employment and Training" (currently, "Youth Employment Demonstration Programs"). Revises the purpose of such part to include the provision of employment experience, skill training, and remedial programs designed to improve the long-term employability of disadvantaged and hard-to-employ youth, emphasizing collaborative agreements, where feasible, among local institutions capable of providing needed services. Requires that each CETA prime sponsor receiving Youth Employment and Training funds: (1) develop achievement standards, based on recommendations of various groups, to serve as performance indicators; (2) establish and maintain individual achievement records; and (3) formulate a personalized employability plan and periodically assess, with educational officials, the appropriateness for each youth of employment, training, and services assisted under Youth Employment and Training. Defines an eligible youth, for Youth Employment and Training purposes, as one who is economically disadvantaged and aged 16 to 19, inclusive, or aged 20 or 21 if enrolled in high school or in a program leading to a certificate of high school equivalency. Extends eligibility, only for purposes of counseling and related services, to economically disadvantaged youths aged 14 or 15. Permits 20 percent of the funds available for Basic Grants for Youth Employment and Training Programs to be used for youths: (1) who are not economically disadvantaged but have encountered special barriers to employment; (2) who are participants in a program under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; or (3) who are of migrant or seasonal farmworker families. Provides that any participant in specified programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds under the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be eligible for purposes of CETA Title IV Part A Youth Employment and Training programs. Defines eligible applicants, for Part A purposes, as prime sponsors and (under special regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Labor) sponsors of Native American or migrant and seasonal farmworker programs. Subpart 1: Basic Grants for Youth Employment and Training Programs - Establishes a new CETA program of Basic Grants for Youth Employment and Training Programs designed to make a significant long-term impact on structural youth unemployment problems and to enhance job and career prospects through interrelated employment, training, and education. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to provide assistance to eligible applicants to provide to eligible youth a range of employability development opportunities and supportive and follow-up services to promote the transition to unsubsidized employment. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of program funds and conditions for receipt of financial assistance. Subpart 2: Youth Incentive and Supplemental Work Projects - Establishes a new CETA program of Youth Incentive and Supplemental Work Projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish a program providing economically disadvantaged youth in selected poverty areas with part-time employment, full-time employment, or other appropriate compensated activity by allowing eligible applicants to pay one-half of the program cost with funds provided under the Basic Grants program and the other half with funds provided under the Youth Incentive program. Directs the Secretary to enter into arrangements with prime sponsors to provide: (1) part-time entitlement activities (full-time during the summer months) during the school year for eligible youth from selected poverty areas who resume or maintain secondary school attendance to acquire a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; and (2) otherwise unavailable full-time employment for economically disadvantaged youths aged 16 to 21, inclusive, from selected poverty areas who have a high school diploma or certificate. Directs the Secretary to make tentative advance allocations to eligible applicants for such purposes. Sets forth the extent of entitlement activities. Sets forth procedures for applications and Secretarial review. Prohibits the use of funds for employment under the Youth Incentive program to provide public services previously provided by a political subdivision or local education agency in the area served by the project. Subpart 3: Solar Energy Employment and Training - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to provide financial assistance to certain CETA prime sponsors and other private nonprofit or public agencies, including community-based organizations, unions, and vocational education facilities, to provide employment and training programs in the fields of solar energy and energy conservation for persons who are: (1) unemployed or underemployed; or (2) in school and are ages 16 to 24, inclusive. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to promulgate guidelines for such programs. Allows Governors or prime sponsors, in order to carry out such programs and after consultation with community-based organizations and nonprofit groups, to: (1) enter into contracts with project applicants or employers organized for profit (with limitations on payments to such employers); or (2) operate such programs directly. Requires the Secretary, in awarding financial assistance under the provisions of this Act, to assure that: (1) each geographical section of the country is awarded a project; (2) sufficient natural resources and technology are available to ensure a successful project; and (3) areas which are poor in conventional energy sources are awarded financial assistance. Directs the Secretary to use up to 20 percent of such funds to support certain apprenticeship projects, including those in the solar and energy conservation aspects of traditional building trades and new trades. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of Youth Employment and Training program funds. Authorizes the Secretary to use discretionary funds to provide: (1) supplemental funds for Basic Grants and Youth Incentive applicants to promote specially worthy programs and programs for youths with special employment barriers or from specified categories and to provide additional allocations to areas experiencing significant increases in unemployment; (2) innovative and experimental programs; (3) outreach and public information programs for juvenile offenders; and (4) projects which will employ eligible youths, particularly economically disadvantaged youths aged 16 to 21, in solar energy and other forms of energy conservation and development. Requires that any regulations in connection with or affecting the administration of the Youth Employment and Training program issued by the Department of Labor meet the procedural requirements of the General Education Provisions Act. Directs the Secretary to arrange for the implementation of solar energy and energy conservation education and training programs in suitable Job Corps centers. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to establish a new employment services for youth program. Requires that each State desiring to receive funds under such program submit to the Secretary a supplement to required plans. Authorizes the Secretary to operate such programs in States which do not submit such a supplement. Requires that such supplements provide for specified: (1) general employment services for youths; and (2) inschool services to assist youth in making a successful transition from school to working life. Requires that such services include the provision of information concerning military and civilian volunteer services opportunities. Limits the Federal share to 80 percent of the cost of such programs. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds for such programs. Authorizes appropriations for such program. Directs the Secretary to include in the annual CETA report a statement of findings on the progress made in the implementation of CETA provisions relating to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment. Title II: Financial Assistance to Meet Basic and Employment Skills Needs of Secondary School Youth - Sets forth as the purpose of this title the provision of financial assistance to: (1) promote, through locally developed school- and community-based programs, mastery of basic and employment skills among disadvantaged youths in grades seven through 12 (and in certain cases grade six) enrolled in school and youths up to age 21 who left school prior to earning a graduation certificate; (2) target resources and services in schools with high concentrations of poor or low-achieving students; (3) promote a partnership among educators, employment and training officers, and private sector employers that links education, training, and work experiences for disadvantaged youth; and (4) provide alternative and worksite education programs for students living in areas with high concentrations of poor or low-achieving students. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make payments for grants allotted in accordance with this title to State educational agencies during fiscal years 1981 through 1986. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of such funds. Prohibits the use of funds provided under this title to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of specified programs under the Vocational Educational Act of 1963. Part A: Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies - Sets forth eligibility standards for basic grants for programs operated by local educational agencies. Bases such eligibility upon the relative numbers of children, aged five to 17, in a county: (1) from families below the poverty level; (2) living in non-Federal institutions for neglected or delinquent children, but not counted for purposes of a grant to a State agency under this title; or (3) being supported in foster homes with public funds. Sets forth procedures for determining such numbers. Provides formulas for determining the amount of grants to which the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is entitled and the amount of grants which each county in a State is eligible to receive. Provides for payment to the States of the amounts to which counties are entitled and allocation of such amounts by the States to eligible local educational agencies who have submitted a plan to the State educational agency. Requires that, in the case of an eligible county in which there is an area vocational school not under the administrative control or supervision of local educational agencies, the Secretary shall pay to the State board for vocational education an amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount of the allotments of such county. Requires that such State board use such funds to make grants to local educational agencies and such area vocational schools in such county if such entities apply jointly to administer a joint agreement for youths eligible under this title or under CETA Youth Employment and Training. Requires that school site councils approve such plans before assistance is given to area vocational schools. Permits local governing boards to alter school site plans. Directs State boards to provide assistance to area vocational schools for at least three years so long as such schools are making progress toward achieving plan objectives. Makes eligible to receive assistance through local educational agencies only schools which: (1) (a) provide secondary education to youths in grades seven through 12 or (b) are designated as an area vocational school serving youths from ages 11 through 21; and (2) serve a large number or percentage of (a) youths from low-income families, determined in a manner consistent with specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or (b) low achieving youths as determined by a measurement of basic skills designated for such purpose by the State educational agency, consistent with the purposes of this title. Provides for ranking and selection of schools. Requires that schools, to receive funds under this title, must develop a three-year plan describing the intended use of such funds. Requires that such plans be submitted to the local educational agency and received and commented upon by the school site council. Requires that the chief administrator of the designated school consult with the youth council established under CETA Youth Employment and Training and the appropriate prime sponsor. Provides that grants for planning and inservice training from local educational agencies be used to assist designated schools. Requires that State educational agencies set minimum standards for performance goals with which schools receiving assistance must comply. Requires local educational agencies to allocate funds to designated schools on the basis of ranking and of the quality of plans. Sets minimum grant amounts. Permits local education agencies meeting certain uniform distribution of poverty criteria or engaging in certain desegregation activities to request the State education agency to approve an alternative allocation proposal. Requires any school receiving planning assistance through the local educational agency to establish a school site council to advise in the development of the plan. Requires schools to focus on those students with the greatest need and to coordinate programs with other existing training programs and facilities. Requires that the chief administrator of a school provide to such council and local educational agency, upon request, a description of the process for selecting students. Requires local education agencies to evaluate each school's progress annually. Sets forth types of activities for which such assistance may be used, including special programs for teenage parents, high-school dropouts, and students who would otherwise be suspended or expelled. Requires each local educational agency to use at least 25 percent of its grant for vocational education programs. Requires the State board for vocational education to review that portion of the plan and to approve that portion if specified descriptions are provided. Sets forth uses of funds for such vocational education services. Permits funds used for purposes of joint plans by a local educational agency and an area vocational school to be counted toward the minimum allocation for vocational education of such local education agency. Requires schools, in conducting such planning, to consult with any appropriate federally required local educational advisory council and with other appropriate representatives of the community. Requires each local educational agency receiving funds under this title to consult on the implementation and operation of programs assisted under this title with any appropriate advisory council established for that district under Federal law. Requires that local educational agencies receiving assistance under this title maintain overall, year to year fiscal consistency. Requires that schools assisted under this title's programs operated by local educational agencies receive regular non-Federal and special Federal, State, and local funds in amounts equitably comparable to those received by similar schools not receiving funds under this title. Requires local educational agencies to provide for educational services and arrangements for youths enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools, who would otherwise be eligible to participate, to an extent consistent with their number in the district. Requires that expenditures for such services and arrangements be equal (taking into account the number and educational needs of such youth) to those for public school youth. Directs the Secretary to arrange for provision of such services to such youth (in the same manner as provided for educationally deprived youth in private schools under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), if any local educational agency is prohibited by law or has been determined by the Secretary to have substantially failed to provide for such participation by such youth. Requires each local educational agency to set aside a minimum amount of funds for joint programs with prime sponsors for youth eligible under this title or CETA Youth Employment and Training. Part B: Programs Operated by State Agencies - Establishes programs to be operated by State agencies, including programs for special populations and State supplemental programs. Entitles a State educational agency or a combination of such agencies, upon application for three fiscal years, to a grant for each of those fiscal years to establish or improve programs for: (1) children of migratory agricultural workers or of migratory fishermen; and (2) children in institutions for neglected or delinquent children or in adult correctional institutions. Bases the amount of such grant to each State on the relative populations of such children and the average per pupil expenditure, within specified limits, in such State. Requires that such program be at the secondary school level, be designed to improve the basic and employment skills of such children, and meet other specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to arrange with other public or nonprofit private agencies for such programs for such children whenever this would be more beneficial to the children, or more economical or efficient, than relying upon State agencies. Entitles a State educational agency to supplemental program grants based upon criteria similar to the special populations program grants. Provides that State educational agencies make such funds available through local educational agencies. Specifies that an area vocational school that is not part of a local educational agency shall be treated as a local educational agency for purposes of such grants. Bases the amount of such State supplemental program grants upon the relative incidence of children from low-income families in their respective States and upon the average per pupil expenditure, within specified limits, within such States. Requires a similar 25 percent minimum allocation requirement for vocational education under such grants. Requires States, in formulating plans and administering such programs, to consult with appropriate advisory councils established at the State level pursuant to Federal education laws and pursuant to CETA. Directs State educational agencies to make grants to community-based organizations and to local educational agencies in order to conduct programs providing alternative and worksite education which meets specified requirements. Requires such agencies to give preference in making such grants to certain community-based nonprofit organizations. Sets forth the program requirements for organizations receiving such grants. Part C: General Provisions - Requires State education agencies to: (1) coordinate activities funded under this title with employment and training activities conducted in the State; (2) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies, State agencies, and school site councils; (3) disseminate information, including information on occupational demand and supply, to such agencies and councils; and (4) monitor and enforce compliance by local educational agencies with this title, in coordination with monitoring and enforcement under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires local educational agencies to resolve complaints from concerned parties. Directs the Secretary to resolve appeals and complaints and to conduct on-site investigations. Authorizes State educational agencies to arrange for alternative provision of services in cases in which funds are withheld from a local educational agency. Directs the Secretary, upon receipt of an allegation supported by substantial evidence that a local educational agency is failing to carry out specified responsibilities, to: (1) take appropriate enforcement action; or (2) refer the allegation to the State educational agency for resolution within a specified period. Authorizes the Secretary to make payments to State education agencies for State administration of such programs, with at least 25 percent of such funds to be shared with State boards of vocational education. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to develop a common data and reporting system for activities assisted under this title and under CETA Youth Employment and Training making full use of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Directs the Secretary to: (1) obtain from the Bureau of the Census 1980 decennial census data on the number of students aged 11 through 17 who would be counted under specified provisions of this title; and (2) analyze and report to Congress on such data for allocation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities for development and demonstration activities. Directs the Secretary to make payments for basic and employment skill improvement programs for disadvantaged youth run by: (1) local educational agencies in Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (2) the Secretary of Interior, on behalf of disadvantaged Indian youth. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) fiscal years 1981 and 1982 for CETA Youth Employment and Training; and (2) fiscal year 1982 for the program of grants for planning and inservice training from local educational agencies to schools under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1985 to carry out CETA Youth Employment and Training, according to a formula under which specified excess funds are available to carry out title II of this Act. Authorizes such appropriations to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such appropriations are available for obligation. Authorizes the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor to require, by joint regulation, that the percentage of funds required to be used for joint programs between prime sponsors and local education agencies be increased by three percent for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1983. Directs the Secretaries to notify Congress prior to promulgating such regulations and to report to Congress if they determine not to issue any such regulation for any fiscal year. Sets forth transition provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 2004 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Health Professions Educational Assistance and Nurse Training Amendments of 1981 - Title I: National Health Service Corps Programs - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include as members of the National Health Service Corps individuals who are not employees of the United States. Provides that such individuals shall be subject to the personnel system of the entity to which they are assigned. Declares that such individuals shall receive incomes equal to those which would have been received by civilian employees of the United States appointed to the Corps. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe conversion provisions for such members of the Corps who, within one year after completing their service, become Public Health Service officers. Entitles such individuals to credit such service towards retirement benefits. Revises existing health manpower shortage area designation provisions to: (1) require the Secretary to refer a proposed designation to each health systems agency or State health planning and development agency for a health service area which includes the proposed health manpower shortage area; (2) provide such agencies with a reasonable time to review the designation; (3) set forth factors to be considered in making such review, including (a) criteria established by the Secretary, (b) recommendations of the Governor, and (c) comments of interested parties, including patients and members of the population group and health professions societies; (4) require the agency to submit to the Secretary an explanatory statement regarding its approval or disapproval of the designation; and (5) require the Secretary to act upon the agency's approval or disapproval within 60 days. Requires the Secretary, at least 90 days before approving assignment of National Health Service Corps personnel to an area, to give appropriate health professions societies in such area opportunity to submit written comments concerning such assignment. Requires each health systems agency and State health planning and development agency to consider such comments in their evaluation of Corps members. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify appropriate individuals and entities in health manpower shortage areas who may be interested in the availability of Corps members that such members' service obligations may be met through private practices; (2) not discriminate against entities which do not receive assistance under the Public Health Service Act, but which apply for assignment of Corps members; (3) not approve the assignment to an entity of a Corps member who is not an employee of the United States without assurances that such entity (a) has sufficient financial resources to provide the Corps member with an income not less than such member would receive as a civilian employee appointed to the Corps, or (b) would have sufficient financial resources with supplemental grant support (authorizes the Secretary to make such grant when necessary); (4) provide applicants with technical assistance to (a) analyze the potential use of health professions personnel, and (b) determine the need for such personnel, the types of services they would provide, and the available financial resources to support them; (5) conduct programs to demonstrate improvements that can be made in personnel assignment and delivery of services; and (6) not discriminate against public entities in application of the waiver provisions of the cost-sharing requirements associated with Corps personnel assignment. Establishes the National Health Service Corps Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Exempts such Fund and the funds credited to it from apportionment for any purpose other than the National Health Service Corps program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for programs to prepare persons in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide their period of obligated health service. Makes persons having completed two years of their obligated Corps service eligible for private practice entry grants (presently must have completed entire period of obligated service). Authorizes appropriations for the Corps program for fiscal years 1982-1984. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, the results of a study designed to: (1) evaluate the criteria used to determine whether an area is a health manpower shortage area; and (2) determine if any such areas have been incorrectly designated. Revises Corps Scholarship Program provisions to: (1) require the Secretary to determine within 90 days whether an individual shall provide his or her obligated service as a Corps officer or civilian employee of the United States or as a member of the Corps who is not such an officer or employee; (2) include those persons fulfilling their service obligation as non-Federal employees as designated members of the Corps; (3) provide that only officers or employee Corps members may be transferred to other parts of the Department to fulfill their service obligations; (4) count service under the National Research Service Award program for purposes of fulfilling the service obligation under the Scholarship Program (presently only applies to medical research); (5) require a Corps member fulfilling his or her service obligation in private practice in a health manpower shortage area to accept a Medicare assignment; (6) authorize the Secretary to permit a person who breaches his or her Corps scholarship contract by failing to begin or to finish a private service obligation to perform such obligation service as a member of the Corps; (7) direct the Secretary to provide technical assistance, upon request, to an individual establishing a private practice in fulfillment of his or her service obligation; (8) direct the Secretary to provide information to potential Corps Scholarship Program recipients concerning such private practice service option; (9) state that scholarship recipients under an earlier Public Health Service Act program are eligible for such private practice option; (10) eliminate specified requirements for a health manpower shortage area to qualify for such private practice option; (11) make clinical psychologists eligible to participate in such Scholarship Program; (12) require the Secretary to give special consideration to Scholarship applicants who intend to be primary care physicians in health manpower shortage areas in which they have resided or been employed; (13) authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984; and (14) make authorizations available for fiscal years 1985-1986 for students entering into contracts before October 1, 1984. Title II: Health Professions Programs under Title VII - Eliminates the enrollment increase requirement for grants to expand existing health professions training facilities if such grants are received before enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make teaching facilities construction grants to assist two-year medical schools to become four-year schools. Authorizes funds for fiscal year 1982 for such grants. Requires an applicant to be an accredited two-year medical school. Directs the Secretary to determine the amount of such grants, but stipulates that no such grant shall exceed 80 percent of the project's total cost. Limits loan and interest guarantees to remodeling, renovation, or alteration projects (presently to any construction projects). Extends such loan and interest guarantee program through fiscal year 1984. Permits the Secretary to make all authorized interest subsidy payments on any loan made before October 1, 1981. Continues the insured loan program to graduate health professions students through fiscal year 1984. Prohibits the insuring of any loan made or installment paid after September 30, 1986 (presently 1982). Increases from $15,000 to $20,000, and from $60,000 to $80,000, the maximum annual and aggregate limits of federally insured loans to graduate students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. Repeals the existing prohibition on the receipt of such insured loans and the receipt of any loan assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 during the same school year. Permits payment deferrals on loan interest, as well as on principal. Extends the period of such deferral for internships and residencies from three to four years. Requires a lender to offer a repayment schedule which permits a portion of the principal and interest payable at the beginning of a repayment period to be deferred until a later time in such period. Eliminates the existing provisions prohibiting more than 50 percent of the students in each class in schools of medicine, osteopathy or dentistry from having such insured loans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984, and such sums as necessary for fiscal years 1985-1987 for students who received loans prior to October 1, 1984. Redefines "eligible institution" (for purposes of such loans) to be a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or public health within the United States which is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education. Makes financial need scholarships available to second year students, as well as first year students. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Replaces existing capitation grant programs with a program of institutional support to assist the educational programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry (eliminates public health eligibility). Sets forth an annual grant computation schedule for each type of school for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983 based on student enrollment and a specified dollar amount. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1983 for such schools. Permits a school of pharmacy which did not receive a capitation grant in 1981 because accreditation requirements prevented it from meeting applicable enrollment requirements to be eligible in fiscal years 1982-1983 for such grants. Excludes medical school enrollment increases made to qualify for certain Veterans' Administration assistance from capitation grant eligibility considerations for fiscal year 1980. Eliminates the separate enrollment requirement of 50 percent of first-year students from States with no accredited optometry schools for nonprofit private optometry schools to qualify for institutional support grants. Authorizes appropriations for project grants for family medicine departments for fiscal years 1982-1984. Provides, with regard to grant eligibility, that a school may have an affiliation with a family medicine residency program, rather than control over such program as presently required. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for: (1) health education centers; and (2) physician assistants and dental auxiliaries. Authorizes appropriations for internal medicine and pediatrics training for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for such grants. Makes programs for the training of physicians as teachers of internal medicine and pediatrics eligible for such grant support. Authorizes appropriations for family medicine and dentistry grants for fiscal years 1982-1984. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the most effective means of providing financial assistance to graduate medical programs in internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine; and (2) report the results of such study to the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and to the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committees within one year of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for grants to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes grants for: (1) secondary education programs to encourage disadvantaged students to pursue health careers; (2) improving preprofessional curriculum; (3) joint programs between baccalaureate degree institutions and health professions institutions; (4) counseling, work-study, and other programs to assist such students in completing their education; and (5) increasing the number of faculty from disadvantaged backgrounds in the health professions schools. Requires that no less than 80 percent of annual appropriations be obligated for grants or contracts with institutions of higher education, and that no more than five percent be obligated for publicizing sources of financial aid. Eliminates start-up, conversion, and curriculum grants for new schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Permits schools receiving such grants in fiscal year 1981 to continue to receive assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist two-year medical schools in accelerating the date they will become four-year medical schools. States that the amount of such grants shall be the product of $25,000 and the number of full-time, third-year students which the Secretary estimates will be enrolled during the fiscal year for which the grant is made. Makes programs and projects for the training of diabetes health professionals and dental school curriculum development eligible for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make financial distress grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry. Permits such grants to be used for: (1) operating costs; (2) special accreditation requirements; (3) operational, managerial, and financial reforms; (4) maintaining the quality of educational programs; and (5) strengthening academic resources and capabilities. Directs the Secretary to determine terms and conditions of such grants, including requiring a participating school to: (1) disclose appropriate financial information; (2) conduct a cost analysis study; and (3) carry out operational, managerial, or financial reforms. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to enable a recipient school to conduct a cost analysis of its operations. Requires a grant recipient to provide assurances that it will not reduce its share of non- Federal expenditures from an amount equal to the average amount of such expenditures in the two previous years. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Repeals existing grant authority for: (1) the training of certain medical students who are not in such school's principal teaching facilities; and (2) assisting new health care institutions in meeting faculty and equipment costs. Authorizes the Secretary to make support grants to public and other nonprofit schools of public health. Sets forth: (1) the grant computation formula based on student enrollment; and(2) grant and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for public health traineeships (currently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for grants for special projects for accredited public health schools for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for the establishment and operation of centers to provide short-term advanced training in: (1) health systems management; (2) health policy, planning, and regulation; (3) environmental policy and management; (4) financial management; (5) management of small centers in inner city and rural settings; and (6) other areas to increase such individuals' capabilities in carrying out their responsibilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Increases from $100,000 to $150,000 the amount of non-Federal funds an applicant must provide for a graduate health administration grant. Requires assurances of concentration in specified health areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for traineeships in graduate health-related programs (currently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, dentistry, and osteopathy to: (1) improve academic units in preventive or community medicine or dentistry; (2) improve instruction in such areas; (3) support joint programs between other clinical specialties and preventive or community medicine or dentistry; and (4) train teachers and researchers in preventive, community, or occupational medicine or dentistry. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine and public health to: (1) develop new residency training programs and expand existing programs in preventive medicine; and (2) provide financial aid to residency trainees. Requires an applicant-institution to have full-time faculty with experience in such fields and support from other faculty members trained in public health and related specialties. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to educational institutions with accredited programs in health administration to meet the costs of curriculum development, including: (1) finance; (2) marketing; (3) economics; (4) epidemiology and health planning; (5) health policy, law, and regulation; (6) quality assurance and assessment; (7) information systems; (8) health services organization and management for students in health disciplines other than health administration; and (9) management of ambulatory care services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to accredited schools or public health and other institutions with accredited health administration programs to establish and operate faculty development programs. Requires a fellowship recipient to: (1) have a doctoral degree or its equivalent; and (2) serve at least two years as a faculty member in an accredited public health or health administration institution. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1982-1984. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess and identify, on an ongoing basis, current and projected personnel needs for environmental and occupational health workers and such needs for the implementation of Federal, State, and local environmental protection and occupational health laws; (2) study and assess a variety of educational and service needs and governmental agency operations; and (3) report to the Congress concerning such activities. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for the following allied health personnel areas: (1) project grants; (2) traineeships; and (3) assistance to disadvantaged individuals. Title III: Nurse Training - Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for nursing school construction in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes similar amounts for related loan guarantees and interest subsidies. Replaces the existing capitation grant program with an institutional support grant program. States that grant amounts shall be the product of enrollment and: (1) for fiscal year 1982, $200; (2) for fiscal year 1983, $210; and (3) for fiscal year 1984, $220. Requires a collegiate school of nursing to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that it will increase its first year enrollment by 15 percent or ten students, whichever is greater; (2) that it will carry out a program of nurse practitioner training; (3) that it will recruit and graduate individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class); and (4) that at least 20 percent of each year's entering class or ten students, whichever is greater, will have associate nursing degrees or a diploma from a diploma nursing school. Requires an associate degree nursing school or a diploma nursing school to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that at least 20 percent of each year's entering class or ten students, whichever is greater, are licensed practical or vocational nurses; and (2) that the number of part-time students is at least 20 percent of the total enrollment. Authorizes appropriations for nursing school institutional support grants for fiscal years 1982-1984. Eliminates eligibility for special project grants for the following: (1) mergers or other cooperative agreements between hospitals and academic institutions;(2) nurse education curriculum improvements; and (3) short-term training programs for nurses aides and paraprofessionals in nursing homes. Provides that an entity which received a grant for such a project in fiscal year 1981 may receive one additional grant or contract for such project. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Stipulates that at least 20 percent of such funds must be used for persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that a similar set-aside be made to increase the geographic and specialty distribution of nursing personnel. Authorizes appropriations for advanced nurse training for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for nurse practitioner programs for fiscal years 1982-1984. Eliminates the requirement that a recipient be a resident of a health manpower shortage area, but requires the Secretary to give special consideration to programs that will train residents of such areas. Requires a recipient: (1) to provide one month of obligated service for each month of a traineeship received; (2) who fails to complete such service obligation to pay the cost of tuition, related expenses, and interest; and (3) who is academically dismissed or leaves voluntarily to repay the cost of tuition and other expenses made on his or her behalf. Permits the Secretary to waive such obligations. Authorizes appropriations for advanced traineeship for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes nurse midwives eligible for such grants. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such annual appropriations shall be obligated for traineeships in the various nurse training fields. Authorizes appropriations for nurse anesthetist traineeships for fiscal years 1982-1984. Provides with regard to student nursing loans that: (1) no recipient student in attendance before October 1, 1984, may also receive a specified National Defense Education Act loan; (2) recipients must be from a low-income or disadvantaged families; and (3) the interest rate shall be six (presently three) percent. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 and necessary appropriations for fiscal years 1985 through 1987 for students who have received loans prior to October 1, 1984 (presently 1980). Removes the Commissioner of Education from membership on the National Council on Nurse Training. Title IV: Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee - Establishes the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee. Sets forth such Committee's functions and duties.
Bill· HRH.R. 2005 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Declares that no child 19 years of age or older shall be eligible for a free or reduced price lunch, unless such child is a bonafide, full-time student at a school providing such lunches.
Bill· HRH.R. 1950 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1981
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to grant exceptions, requested by local educational agencies, from specified requirements relating to matching funds for services provided under schoolwide projects to children who are not educationally deprived, if a more efficient program would result and the quality of services to educationally deprived children would not diminish.
Bill· HRH.R. 1904 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1981
Education Reorganization Act of 1981 - Title I: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an Executive department to be known as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), to be administered by a Secretary, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth provisions for the principal officers of such Department. Title II: Transfer of Agencies and Functions - Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Transfers to the Department all offices of the Department of Health and Human Services. Transfers to the Secretary and to the Department all functions and all offices of the Secretary of Education and of the Department of Education, except for specified functions and offices relating to the operation of overseas schools for military dependents, which are transferred to the Secretary of Defense and the Department of Defense. Title III: Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) appoint offices and employees to carry out the functions of the Secretary and the Department; and (2) obtain, as provided in appropriation Acts, the services of experts and consultants. Directs the Secretary, by the end of the first fiscal year beginning after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the President and the Congress legislative recommendations for redesignating or replacing HEW programs so that such programs can be administered by fewer personnel. Requires that the sum of the number of full-time permanent positions that perform functions to be transferred to the Department by this Act, plus the full-time equivalent of the number of experts and consultants hired, be reduced by one thousand by the end of the second such fiscal year and not increased thereafter. Sets forth general administrative provisions for the Department, including those relating to general authority, delegation, reorganization, rules, contracts, regional and field offices, acquisitions and maintenance of authority, facilities at remote locations, use of facilities, copyrights and patents, gifts and bequests, technical advice, working capital fund, funds transfer, seal of department, and annual report. Authorizes appropriations for the Department for fiscal year 1982 and succeeding fiscal years. Title IV: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to the transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel, the effect on personnel, agency terminations, and incidental transfers. Sets forth: (1) savings provisions; (2) provisions for separability; (3) conforming references, amendments, and redesignations; and (4) transition provisions. Title V: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this Act. Provides for interim appointments under specified conditions.
Bill· SS. 443 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Department of Education Reform Act of 1981 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act of 1980 to prohibit the Secretary of Education and any other officer of the Department of Education from exercising any direction, supervision, or control, except as expressly required by Federal statute, over: (1) the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or system; (2) any accrediting agency or association; or (3) the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or system. Provides that, for purposes of such limitation of authority, "Federal statute" shall not include Federal regulations, rules, or guidelines.
Bill· HRH.R. 1802 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Education Improvement Act of 1980 - Title I: Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to continue to provide financial assistance to State and local educational agencies to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children, on the basis of entitlements calculated under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), in a manner which will eliminate burdensome and unproductive paperwork and free the schools of Federal supervision. Directs the Secretary of Education, during fiscal years 1982 through 1986, to make payments to State educational agencies for grants made on the basis of entitlements created under title I of ESEA and calculated in accordance with provisions of such title in effect on September 30, 1981. Directs the Secretary, in making such payments, to continue to utilize specified provisions of title I of such Act, with the exception of provisions relating to local program requirements and applications and to State and Federal administration of programs and projects. Requires that State and local educational agencies use such payments for programs and projects (including the acquisition of equipment and the construction of school facilities) designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children. Requires that State agency programs be designed to serve those categories of children (migratory, handicapped, neglected and delinquent) counted for eligibility for grants under specified ESEA provisions in accordance with the requirements of this title. Requires that local educational agencies use ESEA funds received under this title only for programs and projects: (1) designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children identified in accordance with specified provisions of this title; and (2) included in an application for assistance approved by the State educational agency and containing specified assurances concerning such programs and projects. Provides for the participation of children enrolled in private schools in special educational services and arrangements. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of funds limited to excess costs; (3) Federal funds to supplement, not supplant regular non-Federal funds; (4) comparability of services; (5) exclusion of special State and local program funds; and (6) allocation of funds in certain States. Title II: Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education - Declares it to be the purpose of this title: (1) to consolidate the program authorizations contained in titles II through IX of ESEA into a single authorization of grants to States for the same purposes set forth in such titles, but to be used in accordance with the educational needs and priorities of each State as determined by the State; and (2) to financially assist State and local educational agencies to improve elementary and secondary education (including preschool education) for public and private school children, in a manner which eliminates administrative and paperwork burdens on the schools. Vests basic responsibility for the administration of funds made available under this title in State educational agencies. Admonishes such agencies to discharge such responsibility in a manner which will not impose an unreasonable administrative burden. Declares the intent of Congress that the responsibility for the design and implementation of programs assisted under this title is mainly that of local boards of education, school superintendents and principals, classroom teachers, and supporting personnel. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States and for State grant applications. Requires that specified funds be used by State and local educational agencies to develop and implement a basic skills improvement program. Requires that at least 70 percent of such funds be allocated to local educational agencies. Authorizes State educational agencies to provide leadership and support services for the basic skills improvement program. Sets forth requirements for school level basic skills improvement programs which local educational agencies must meet in applying for program funds. Authorizes State education agencies to carry out selected activities from among the full range of programs and projects formerly authorized under titles IV, V, VI, and VII of ESEA (Educational Improvement, Resources, and Support; State Leadership; Emergency School Aid; and Bilingual Education Programs) and titles III, VIII, and IX of ESEA (Special Projects; Community Schools; and Additional Programs for Gifted and Talented Children, Educational Proficiency Standards, and Women's Educational Equity), in accordance with requirements of this title, including a planned allocation of funds set forth in the State application. Sets forth authorized activities under such programs and projects. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) Federal funds being supplementary to, and not supplanting, non-Federal funds; and (3) participation of children enrolled in private schools. Authorizes the Secretary to use discretionary reserved funds for activities relating to the purposes of and programs under this Act, such as: (1) a national information source to assess program effectiveness and the needs of those served; (2) research and demonstrations; (3) teacher training and improvement; and (4) implementation assistance for State and local educational agencies. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to this Act: (1) on duties specifically assigned to the Secretary; (2) on proper fiscal accounting for appropriations and on the method of making payments authorized; and (3) which reasonably insure compliance with the specific requirements and assurances required. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing regulations on all other matters relating to the details of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating State and local educational agency programs and projects. Permits the Secretary to consult with appropriate State, local, and private educational agencies and to provide, upon request, technical assistance, information, and suggested guidelines. Provides that regulations issued pursuant to this Act shall not have the standing of a Federal statute for the purposes of judicial review. Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments and for judicial review thereof. Provides that specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act (relating to "State Educational Agency Monitoring and Agency Application") shall not: (1) apply to programs authorized under this Act except to the extent that such provisions relate fiscal control and fund accounting procedures; and (2) be construed to authorize the Secretary to require any reports or take any actions not specifically authorized by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1779 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to terminate the Department of Education on December 31, 1982. Directs the President, within 60 days after such termination date, to submit a plan to the Congress which transfers the functions of the Department to other agencies, unless such transfer has occurred by law prior to such termination date. Prohibits the submission of any such plan which provides for or effectively creates a new Executive department. Provides that such plan shall take effect at the end of the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the plan is submitted, unless before the end of such period either House passes a resolution of disapproval. Directs the President to submit another plan within 30 days after such disapproval and to continue to submit plans until a plan takes effect.
Bill· HRH.R. 1756 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to deduct expenses incurred for the special education of a dependent child under age 21 who is physically or mentally handicapped.
Bill· HRH.R. 1746 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Removes the time limitations within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 63 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Authorizes expenditures for investigations and studies to be conducted by the Committee on Education and Labor, including: (1) employment of personnel; (2) procurement of consultant services; and (3) specialized training of its professional staff. Prohibits the committee from expending such funds in connection with any study or investigation being conducted by any other House committee.
Bill· HRH.R. 1662 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Educational Testing Act of 1981 - Requires each postsecondary education admissions testing agency to provide to a test subject information concerning: (1) the purposes of the test; (2) the subject matters and the areas of skill or knowledge being tested; (3) interpretation of test results; (4) various effects upon, and uses of, test scores; (5) the form in which the scores will be reported; (6) any promises made by a testing agency with regard to accuracy, forwarding, and privacy of information of such scores; (7) the property interest of a test subject in such scores, and their storage, disposal, or future use; (8) the time period for mailing such scores to a test subject and designated recipients; (9) special services to accommodate handicapped test subjects; and (10) notice of the information rights and review procedure available to a test subject. Requires a testing agency to notify a test subject and designated recipients if the scores will be delayed ten days or more. Requires a testing agency to provide the Secretary of Education with information concerning any study or statistical report pertaining to a test which it prepares or for which it provides data. Declares that such information shall be considered records for public information purposes. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such information within one year of enactment of this Act. Requires a testing agency (with regard to any tests administered to 5,000 or more subjects nationally over a testing year) to file with the Secretary: (1) a copy of all test questions used in determining such test's raw score; (2) the corresponding correct answers; and (3) all rules for transferring raw scores into the scores as reported to a test subject and designated recipients. Declares that such information shall be considered records for public information purposes. Requires a testing agency, upon request, to send to a test subject: (1) a copy of the test questions used to determine the raw score; (2) such test subject's answer sheet, along with the corresponding correct answers; and (3) a statement of the raw score, if such request is made within 90 days of the release of the test score to the subject. Authorizes a fee to be charged to cover the costs of providing a test subject with such information. Prohibits test scores from being disclosed by a testing agency to any person, institution, or governmental agency unless specifically designated as a recipient by a test subject. Authorizes previous scores to be released to any currently designated recipient. Requires a testing agency to report specified cost-related information to the Secretary to ensure that such tests are being offered at a reasonable cost. Requires additional cost-related information to be submitted if a separate fee is charged for admissions data assembly or score reporting services (as defined by this Act). Provides a civil penalty of up to $2,000 for each violation of this Act by a test agency. Defines "standardized test" to mean a test affecting, or distributed through, interstate commerce (exclusive of one used by an individual institution for its own purposes or one used for non-admission or credit-examination purposes) and used for: (1) postsecondary admissions; or (2) preliminary separation for such postsecondary admissions tests.