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United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the student loan and financial assistance programs be retained at FY 1982 levels.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Bilingual Education Improvements Act of 1982 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act to redefine "program of bilingual education" to mean a special program of instruction for elementary and secondary school children of limited English proficiency in which instruction for the acquisition of English language skills, given with appreciation of the cultural heritage of such children, is designed to: (1) meet the educational needs of such children; and (2) provide such children equal opportunity in all required courses or subjects of study. Provides that nothing in such definition or in such Act shall be construed to require a recipient of funds to use any particular method or approach for providing education to children of limited English proficiency. Requires that bilingual education program assistance applications be accompanied by evidence that the applicant has selected methods of instruction designed to meet the special needs and characteristics of the children in the target population to be served. Revises personnel requirements for Federal aid to bilingual education programs to include only those teachers who are proficient in English and, to the extent possible, in any other language used to provide instruction. Requires that persons other than teachers involved in instruction in such bilingual education projects and activities be, to the extent possible, proficient in English and any other language used to provide instruction. Directs the Commissioner of Education to give priority to bilingual education assistance applications from local educational agencies which propose to assist children of limited English proficiency whose usual language is not English (in addition to current criteria for such priority). Directs the Commissioner, through grants to and contracts with eligible applicants, to provide for the establishment, operation, or improvement of vocational training programs designed to: (1) enable persons with limited English proficiency to participate in job training programs; (2) train instructors and counselors for job training programs which assist such persons; or (3) assist eligible applicants to develop and disseminate instructional materials and methods that meet the job training needs of such persons. Includes studies to determinate alternative methods of providing educational services to children of limited English proficiency among those research activities authorized to be assisted under such Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such Act for FY 1983 through FY 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1982 - Title I: Rehabilitation Amendments - Eliminates variations based upon the number of dependents in the amount of subsistence allowance paid to a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Title II: Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish veterans benefits counselors at locations such as school campuses. Includes within the term "program of education" any course pursued by a veteran because it is required as a condition to obtaining financial assistance under the Small Business Act. Eliminates the restrictions on enrollment in certain courses for both veterans and eligible dependents. Disapproves any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field. Limits the educational assistance allowance for a veteran pursuing an independent study program to no more than the less than half-time rate. Prohibits the payment of benefits, other than cost of supplies, for courses given without charge. Permits the payment of educational assistance to veterans pursuing a program of education or training while incarcerated in prison. Permits the Administrator to discontinue assistance to eligible veterans or dependents enrolled in a program or at an institution which fails to meet specified requirements. Eliminates from the Administrator's annual report to Congress the currently required comparison of the collective and individual default experience. Title III: Repeal of Authority to Pursue Correspondence Training - Repeals the veteran's entitlement to assistance for correspondence or flight school training. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Reduces from two years to 180 days the period within which recovery for payment or overpayment of VA benefits must be sought.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Helen Keller National Center Act - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for Center operation and maintenance, for use in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Defines "Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults" to mean that facility and its affiliated network established pursuant to an agreement approved in 1969 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and continued pursuant to specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Repeals such provisions of such Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall in any way cause to affect or modify any existing or future agreement between any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality and the Industrial Home for the Blind, Inc., or its successors or assignees, with respect to the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should, as soon as practicable, take such actions as may be necessary to transfer to the Secretary of Defense the responsibility for compensating local school districts for the education of the children of military personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Access to Postsecondary Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to raise the interest rates on student loans made, insured, or guaranteed under such Act. Sets the interest rate for such loans to cover the cost of instruction for any period beginning on or after August 1, 1982, at: (1) 10.75 percent per year on the unpaid principal balance of the loan to undergraduates; and (2) 12 percent per year for any other borrower. Provides that, for specified periods during which the average bond equivalent rate of auctioned Treasury bills differs from 12 percent per year by more than one percent, the applicable interest rate of such loans shall be adjusted according to specified formulas to reflect the Federal cost of borrowing. Requires the eligible institution to provide the lender a determination of need for a loan and the amount of such loan in order for a student to qualify for a portion of interest payment under provisions for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs. Repeals provisions for separate needs assessment for student loans. Revises provisions for need analysis to provide for adjustments to reflect any Federal financial assistance received by the family with respect to other dependents in postsecondary education programs. Repeals a provision which excludes all equity in a single principal place of residence from the computation of assets for purposes of determining the expected family contribution. Eliminates grace periods before repayment of specified student loans after academic failure. Increases the minimum repayment amounts of specified student loans. Increases the interest rate on defaulted student loans. Raises to ten percent of the principal the amount which an eligible lender may charge as an origination fee for specified student loans. Extends to August 1, 1984, the period during which the disclosure of such fee need not meet certain Federal and State disclosure requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act of 1982 - Title I: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in an amount which, when added to the amount appropriated for the fiscal year by the first section of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917), equals $500,000,000 for FY 1983 and such sums as necessary for FY 1984 through FY 1987. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to ten percent of such appropriations for national programs under title III of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder of such appropriations to States and insular areas according to a formula based on: (1) relative amounts of unemployed persons aged 15 through 19, 20 through 44, and 45 through 64; and (2) relative per capita income. Provides for minimum allotments and for reallotment under specified circumstances. Requires States to submit annual proposed use reports to the Secretary, after making such reports available for public comment, in order to receive funds under title II of this Act. Requires States to provide for fiscal and compliance audits of programs supported with title II funds. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational and adult education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational and Adult Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make necessary sums available to the Council from specified funds available under the General Education Provisions Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions covering programs under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the Adult Education Act (other than provisions for grants for improvement of educational opportunities for adult Indians). Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1982 or FY 1983 under such Acts that are not obligated by July 1, 1983, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act. Title II: State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment, to: (1) establish, expand, and improve vocational educational programs; and (2) support adult education programs. Authorizes each State to reserve for State administration in FY 1983 under this Act the same total amount of Federal funds expended for such purpose in FY 1982 under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the Adult Education Act, but prohibits any State from reserving more than four percent of its allotment for State administration thereafter. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least: (1) 30 percent for Part A programs (Economic Development and Skilled Training); (2) 30 percent for Part B programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education); and (3) 13 percent for Part C programs (Adult Basic Education). Authorizes a State to use up, to 50 percent of such funds to pay an eligible recipient's administrative costs. Prohibits a State from using its allotment to pay for the cost of any advisory council. Authorizes each State to: (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out title II programs; and (2) prescribe the manner in which grants and contracts are made to eligible recipients and whatever terms, consistent with Federal requirements, are reasonable and necessary for administration of title II programs. Part A: Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training - Requires that skilled work force training conducted under this part correspond to current State or local economic needs or plans specifically described in the Proposed Use Report. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to use its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in Part A programs persons who are out of school, unemployed, and residents of economically depressed areas. Part B: Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education - Requires States, in using funds reserved for this part, to give careful consideration to the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons, handicapped persons, and persons with limited English proficiency. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for one or more specified activities relating to strengthening of State and local vocational education systems so that all persons can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C: Adult Basic Education - Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for specified authorized activities (relating to expansion of adult educational opportunities and encouragement of programs enabling adults to acquire basic skills). Requires States, in using funds reserved for this part, to give careful consideration to the needs of adult immigrants or adults with limited English proficiency. Title III: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this title to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this title. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational and Adult Education. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for administration of programs under specified Acts, to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with the tribal organization to plan, conduct, and administer vocational and adult education programs authorized under title II of this Act which are consistent with tribal economic development plans. Directs the Secretary to award funds for such programs on a competitive basis. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions to provide specified programs for persons with limited English proficiency. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Sets forth the duties of the Committee, including the implementation of an occupational information system. Authorizes States to establish State occupational information coordinating committees to implement such systems in the States with funds provided by the Committee. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Authorizes the Secretary to accept funds transferred from other Federal departments or agencies to carry out such activities.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require any educational agency receiving Federal funds to allow parental review of text books. Sets forth provisions governing civil actions for damages or equitable relief brought by persons aggrieved by a violation of such requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Declares that nothing contained in any provision of Federal law shall be construed to prohibit released time for parenthood education to be conducted by churches or parents.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to authorize the District of Columbia Council to issue revenue bonds to finance college and university programs that provide student educational loans.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (2) Congress should provide Pell grant assistance for academic year 1982 through 1983 that fully funds the need analysis criteria of January 6, 1982, in order to provide assistance to 2,600,000 needy students; and (3) Congress should not further reduce the amount of funds available for campus-based student assistance programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 below the levels established by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit prisoners from being eligible for basic educational opportunity grants ("Pell grants"). Establishes a system of grants to States for programs of postsecondary education for prisoners. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve up to $6,000,000 of any amount appropriated for the Pell grant program to provide assistance to State prisoner education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Technology Education Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase for one year the maximum allowable charitable contribution income tax deduction for corporations which donate computers to primary and secondary schools. Increases the income tax deduction from 10 to 30 percent of a corporation's taxable income.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Members of the House of Representatives that they: (1) do not endorse the administration's proposed FY 1983 budget changes in the guaranteed student loan, Pell grant, and other student assistance programs; and (2) resolve that no substantial changes be made that would result in reducing access of students for the 1982-1983 academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that FY 1983 funding for impact aid to school districts will be at levels equal to those authorized for FY 1980, as adjusted for inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Terminates the veteran-student services work-study program for veterans pursuing full-time programs of education under the veterans' educational assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should take all possible actions to insure adequate funding for the work-study, college student, financial assistance program based on campus.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Electronic and Computer Technician Vocational Education Incentive Grants Act - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to establish a program of incentive grants to States for electronic and computer technician training. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants solely for vocational education programs for such training. Prohibits use of any such grant for job placement or for training or employment stipends. Requires States participating in such grants program to commit specified percentages of their basic grants under such Act to such programs. Directs States to consider specified factors in evaluating training program proposals of eligible recipients. Limits Federal funds made available to an eligible recipient for such programs to 25 percent of such recipient's proposed budget for such training. Requires such recipient to: (1) use such funds only for job-related training for a specific electronic or computer technical occupation; (2) obtain at least 25 percent of its projected training budget through financial support of the electronics or computer industry; and (3) obtain at least another 25 percent through non- Federal public vocational education funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and each succeeding fiscal year to carry out such grants program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the spread of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide information, materials, training, technical assistance, and evaluations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1983 through FY 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education, during FY 1983 through FY 1986, to increase the amount of a Pell grant to offset any reduction or elimination of child's insurance benefit payments to a postsecondary student under the Social Security Act as a consequence of specified provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Commissioner of Social Security in prescribing regulations to determine the amount of the increase on the basis of such reductions. Prohibits increasing any Pell grant to an amount exceeding the difference between expected family contribution and cost of attendance. Permits increasing the Pell grant to an amount exceeding the maximum dollar amount and the maximum percentage of cost of attendance established under such Act. Requires that funds for such increases be appropriated separately from other Pell grant funds. Provides for a ratable reduction in the amount of each increase if the funds so appropriated are not sufficient.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should provide Pell grant assistance for academic year 1982 through 1983 that fully funds the Department of Education's Pell grant need analysis criteria of January 6, 1982, in order to provide such assistance to 2,600,000 needy students.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Declares that States should establish commissions on teacher excellence to evaluate State requirements relating to teacher recruitment, selection, and training and recommend ways to improve the quality of public school instruction.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
National Commission on Science, Engineering, and Technology Education - Directs the President in conjunction with the majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to establish a National Commission on Science, Engineering and Technology Education to: (1) identify problems in science, engineering, and technology education in the United States; (2) evaluate the impact of such problems on national defense, industry, research, academia, and military manpower; and (3) formulate remedial actions for such problems. Requires the Commission to transmit to the President and to each House of the Congress a preliminary report within 18 months and a final report within 30 months of the date the Commission is duly organized. Terminates the Commission six months after the submission of the final report.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Amends the National School Lunch Act to require schools participating in the school lunch program to provide a nutritionally superior lunch to their students. Lists the food in such lunches and bans the sale of sweets on school premises. Provides that such schools should establish a nutrition council to oversee, and recommend ways to improve, such program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, within one year of enactment of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, to prescribe regulations necessary to administer provisions of this Act. Allows the substitution of foods to accommodate the medical and special dietary needs of individual students.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Makes a supplemental appropriation for FY 1982 for the Department of Education for student loan insurance under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Amends title VIII (Community Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to add a new program of grants for teaching the principles of citizenship. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to assist them in establishing and carrying out citizenship education programs for public elementary and secondary school students. Provides that such instruction shall conform to standards prescribed by such State agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through FY 1984 to carry out such program. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to exempt such program from specified requirements under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1982 - Title I: Rehabilitation Amendments - Eliminates variations based upon the number of dependents in the amount of subsistence allowance paid to a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Title II: Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish veterans benefits counselors at locations such as school campuses. Includes within the term "program of education" any course pursued by a veteran because it is required as a condition to obtaining financial assistance under the Small Business Act. Eliminates the restrictions on enrollment in certain courses for both veterans and eligible dependents. Disapproves any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field. Limits the educational assistance allowance for a veteran pursuing an independent study program to no more than the less than half-time rate. Prohibits the payment of benefits, other than cost of supplies, for courses given without charge. Permits the payment of educational assistance to veterans pursuing a program of education or training while incarcerated in prison. Permits the Administrator to discontinue assistance to eligible veterans or dependents enrolled in a program or at an institution which fails to meet specified requirements. Eliminates from the Administrator's annual report to Congress the currently required comparison of the collective and individual default experience. Title III: Repeal of Authority to Pursue Correspondence Training - Repeals the veteran's entitlement to assistance for correspondence or flight school training. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Reduces from two years to 180 days the period within which recovery for payment or overpayment of VA benefits must be sought.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1982 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Smoking and Health to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes. Sets forth the Office's authority and duties, including conducting research and assisting educational programs directly or through grants. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to be composed of representatives from the Departments of Labor and Education, the Federal Trade Commission, and any other Federal agency designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs such Committee to meet at least four times a year and names the Director of the Office of Smoking and Health as chairman. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to the Congress. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to make it unlawful to advertise or export cigarettes without the required labeling (repeals the existing export exemption). Makes it unlawful to manufacture, package, import, or export cigarettes containing any chemical substances without the label so stating. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish a cigarette labeling system under which each brand of cigarettes shall bear a different specified health warning each year of a seven-year cycle. Eliminates certain congressional notification and reporting requirements. Increases the fine for violation of such Act from $10,000 to $100,000. Permits individual civil actions to be brought in U.S. district courts for violations of such Act. Requires a plaintiff to give 60-day notice to the FTC and the defendant. Permits intervention and consolidation. Allows the court to award attorneys fees and other costs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Loans in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the higher or vocational 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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property in Athens, Georgia, to the Clarke County Board of Education in exchange for certain other property from the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Authorizes expenditures for investigations and studies by the House Committee on Education and Labor from January 3, 1982, until January 3, 1983, including: (1) procurement of consultant services; and (2) training of its professional staff.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Authorizes expenditures for investigations and studies of welfare and pension plans by the Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations of the House Committee on Education and Labor from January 3, 1982, until January 3, 1983. Limits the amount spent for procurement of consultant services.