Education

A bill to terminate certain authority of the executive branch of the Government which is subject to congressional review unless that authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984

Terminates the authority of the Director of Dependents' Education (formerly subject to congression veto) to establish by regulation a formula for determining the minimum allotment of funds necessary for the operation of each school in the Defense Dependents' Education System under the Education Amendments of 1978, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.

A bill to terminate certain authority of the executive branch of the Government which is subject to congressional review unless that authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984

Terminates the authority of the Secretary of Education (formerly subject to congressional veto) to develop procedures for submission of information required under any Federal educational program to a single Federal or State educational agency under the General Education Provisions Act, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.

Indian Education Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984

Indian Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends Title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978 to include among the basic education standards for Indian children in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools or contract schools a requirement on immunization for childhood diseases, including in-school immunization. Directs the tribal governing body or designated school board to submit to the Secretary of the Interior alternative standards that consider the specific needs of tribal children if the minimum academic standards are considered inappropriate. Requires each contract school to: (1) comply with prescribed minimum academic standards; or (2) have obtained accreditation or be a candidate for accreditation with specified accrediting agencies. Requires the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to establish uniform fiscal control and fund accounting procedures for all contract schools comparable to procedures used by BIA schools. Identifies conditions under which failure to meet or implement the basic education standards shall not be a basis for taking personnel action against an individual. Prohibits the closing or curtailment (including consolidation) of BIA schools or programs unless it is effected under prescribed guidelines. Directs the Secretary to establish separate geographical attendance areas for each BIA school. Prescribes guidelines for the establishment of such attendance areas. Requires that the tribal governing body or local school board be given a certain time in which to propose school boundaries. States that a public school attendance area shall not be regarded as being exclusive if the Secretary determines a local school district fails to provide: (1) full and equal service; or (2) programs that meet particular student needs. Directs the Secretary to establish nonexclusive major attendance areas regarding multi-tribal boarding schools located off reservations. Requires the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs (the Office) to report directly and solely to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. Requires the Director to supervise and direct all contract functions concerning education. Provides that education personnel working under the Director's supervision shall provide service and support functions in the areas of procurement, budgeting and personnel. Establishes a facilities division within the Office with responsibility for physical maintenance of all facilities related to education programs operated or funded by the BIA. Includes, in the formula for the minimum annual funds per school, cost factors regarding: (1) special transportation; (2) boarding arrangements; and (3) greater lengths of service by educational personnel. States that BIA and contract schools shall receive, under the minimum annual funds formula, a certain amount for the costs of membership in, or support of, organizations engaged in advocacy activities on behalf of Indian education. Authorizes two separate appropriations in order to implement a direct funding method and a forward funding method. Directs the Secretary to publish, at specified times, certain allotments made to each affected school. Sets forth guidelines under which a school supervisor may appeal to the appropriate superintendent for education any action by a local school board regarding a local financial plan. Prescribes the procedure under which certain school personnel appointments may be appealed. Establishes within the Office of Indian Education Programs a computerized management informations system. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior to establish a system to ensure triennial financial and compliance audits of the BIA, the Office, and each BIA school. Authorizes BIA or office personnel to accept voluntary services, subject to local school board approval.

A bill to terminate certain authority of the executive branch of the Government which is subject to congressional review unless that authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984

Terminates the authority of the Secretary of Education (formerly subject to congressional veto) to prescribe regulations under the General Education Provisions Act, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.

A bill to provide that a student enrolled in a graduate program in psychology shall be eligible for student loans under the health professions student loan program.

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984

Amends the Public Health Service Act to make students enrolled in graduate programs in psychology eligible for student loans under the health professions student loan program.

A bill to permit educational institutions with graduate programs in psychology to apply for grants and contracts to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984

Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit educational institutions with graduate programs in psychology to apply for grants and contracts to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

A joint resolution designating April 13, 1984, as "Education Day, U.S.A.".

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984

Designates April 13, 1984, the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement, as Education Day, U.S.A.

A bill to provide an experience of life in the United States to children from areas affected by civil strife in Ireland by permitting the use of education block grant funds.

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984

Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to permit the use of education block grant funds for projects for Irish children. Requires that such projects provide an opportunity to live in the United States to children aged ten through 18 from areas of Ireland that have been torn by civil strife and violence. Requires that such opportunity include attendance in U.S. schools and affiliation with children of diverse religious, ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds in a peaceful atmosphere. Permits such funds to be used for such projects if the local educational agency concerned files with the Secretary of Education a plan containing assurances that at least one-half of the cost of such projects will be provided from private donations and that project funds will be used to pay a portion of the cost of such children's round-trip transportation, U.S. schooling, and other living expenses.

Secondary School Basic Skills Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1984

Secondary School Basic Skills Act - Establishes a program of grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) having especially high concentrations of children from low-income families to enable such agencies to provide more effective instruction in basic skills for economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Defines "basic skills" to include reading, writing, and mathematics computational proficiency as well as comprehension and reasoning. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990. Makes certain amounts of such appropriations available for specified activities and types of grants under this Act. Makes a secondary school eligible to receive assistance under this Act for planning grants, demonstration grants, and formula grants only if 20 percent or more of children aged 14 to 17, inclusive, who are enrolled in such school are counted under LEA basic grant provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as modified by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Requires that funds made available under this Act for planning grants, demonstration grants, and formula grants be used to plan for, develop new approaches to, and carry out educational services and activities designed specifically to raise the basic skills of low achieving disadvantaged children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and from specified funds appropriated for FY 1985, to make planning grants to LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public agencies and nonprofit private organizations. Provides that such planning grants shall be made to such entities on behalf of and for the purpose of assisting eligible secondary schools to prepare proposals for demonstration grants. Sets forth application requirements. Limits any such planning grant to $2,000. Requires planning grant recipients to submit a demonstration proposal within 60 days after the end of FY 1986, or else refund the amount received. Authorizes the Secretary, through NIE and from specified funds appropriated for FY 1985 and 1986, to make demonstration grants to enable eligible secondary schools to develop new approaches to achieving improved basic skills instruction of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Sets forth application requirements. Requires that the application be made on behalf of the eligible school by: (1) the LEA; or (2) an institution of higher education, public agency, or private nonprofit organization if such entity will provide educational services or conduct educational activities subject to the proposal. Requires applicants to assure their participation in a national assessment. Requires that administrators and teachers in the eligible school participate in the preparation of the proposal. Requires that the appropriate State educational agency (SEA) review and comment on the application before submission to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to assure that: (1) at least one demonstration grant is made in each State in each fiscal year; and (2) no demonstration grant exceeds $500,000 in any fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary, from specified funds for FY 1987 through 1990, to make formula grants to States to enable LEAs to carry out educational programs and activities to improve the basic skills of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students in eligible secondary schools. Reserves specified portions of formula grant funds for payments to certain U.S. territories and possessions and payments for children enrolled in Indian schools. Allots the remainder to States on the basis of the number of children aged 14 through 17, inclusive, who are counted for specified purposes under ESEA, as modified by ECIA, for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made. Requires each SEA to make allocations from the State allotment to LEAs, institutions of higher education, public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations having specified local applications approved on behalf of eligible secondary schools based on the relative number of children aged 14 through 17, inclusive, in such schools who were counted for specified purposes under ESEA, as modified by ECIA. Sets forth requirements for State assurances relating to formula grants. Limits to one percent of the State allotment State expenditures for administration, technical assistance, coordination, and planning. Limits to ten percent of the State allotment payments to institutions of higher education, public agencies, and nonprofit private organizations submitting applications on behalf of eligible secondary schools. Sets forth requirements for local applications to be filed with the SEA. Requires consultation with parents and teachers of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students in program design and implementation. Establishes a national secondary school basic skills panel in NIE to identify successful model programs and review planning and demonstration grant proposals. Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to conduct a national assessment of the effectiveness and the implementation of demonstration grants. Directs the Secretary to disseminate assessment results to LEAs having eligible secondary schools. Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to monitor grants and coordinate activities under this Act with other research activities conducted by NIE and through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Directs the Secretary to make payments under planning and demonstration grants as expeditiously as possible after approval of applications. Prohibits any formula grant to be made with respect to any eligible secondary school for more than two fiscal years unless there is: (1) an improved performance of the economically disadvantaged secondary school students at the school on a State approved basic skills test; or (2) a decrease in the dropout rate at the school. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to such prohibition.

Education Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984

Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.

Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984

Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for special impact aid payments to State and local educational agencies which provide educational services to immigrant children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to each State educational agency (SEA) for its administrative costs under this Act up to one and one-half percent of the funds to which the SEA is entitled under this Act. Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to make, for FY 1985 through 1987, State entitlement payments equal to $500 for each immigrant child in public and nonpublic elementary or secondary schools within eligible local educational agencies (LEAs). Requires that the number of such children in the public and nonpublic schools within an eligible LEA be at least the lesser of: (1) 500; or (2) five percent of the total enrollment in such public or nonpublic schools during the fiscal year. Requires that the amount of any such grant to an SEA for any fiscal year be reduced by the amounts made available for such fiscal year by any other Federal law for expenditure within the State for the same purposes as those for which funds are available under this Act. Provides that such reduction shall be made only to the extent that such amounts are made available: (1) for such purposes specifically because of the refugee, parolee, asylee, or other immigrant status of the individuals served by such funds; and (2) to provide assistance to individuals eligible for services under this Act. Permits payments to States under this Act to be used for supplementary public educational services and costs for immigrant children in public and nonpublic schools within districts served by eligible LEAs. Includes among such services: (1) English language instruction; (2) other bilingual educational services; (3) special materials and supplies; (4) additional basic instructional services; and (5) inservice personnel training. Sets forth requirements for SEA applications for payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make payments to SEAs having applications approved; and (2) arrange for the provision of public educational services under this Act to children enrolled in nonpublic schools in cases where a State is prohibited by law from providing such services to such children and where the LEA has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of such children in such services.

A bill to amend the Bilingual Education Act.

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984

Amends the Bilingual Education Act to revise provisions for personnel training. Requires that such training be designed to develop knowledge of cultural groups of persons of limited English proficiency. Permits bilingual education training institutes to be located outside the United States if the program would be made more effective by being conducted in a country whose inhabitants speak the language being studied. Requires that, in the awarding of fellowships for study in the field of training teachers for bilingual education, favorable consideration be given to individuals intending to study bilingual education in the following specialized areas: vocational education, adult education, gifted and talented education, special education, education technology, literacy, and mathematics and science education. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to and contracts with eligible applicants for special projects. Provides that such special projects may be activities designed to: (1) promote bilingual education programs in the specialized areas listed in the preceding paragraph; or (2) evaluate the progress of children of limited English proficiency in achieving competence in the English language and in progressing effectively through the educational system. Sets forth requirements relating to applications for, and the duration of, such grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for such special projects grants and contracts. Revises provisions for bilingual education research to provide for studies to determine the most effective methods of improving the literacy of (currently, "teaching reading to") children and adults who have language proficiencies other than English. Adds to the list of authorized research activities: (1) studies to examine effective programs in special education, gifted and talented education, and math and science education; and (2) a five-year longitudinal study to measure the effect of bilingual education programs on the education of students from Cambodia, Haiti, Laos, and Vietnam.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage contributions of equipment to postsecondary vocational education programs and to allow a credit to employers for vocational education courses taught by an employee without compensation and for temporary employment of full-time vocational educational instructors.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the reduction required in computing the tax deduction for corporate charitable contributions, in the case of contributions of property used in postsecondary vocational education programs. Allows employers a nonrefundable tax credit for a specified dollar amount per course for vocational education courses taught by an employee without compensation and for employment of full-time vocational education instructors.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4164) to strengthen and expand the economic base of the Nation, develop human resources, reduce structural unemployment, increase productivity, and strengthen the Nation's defense capabilities by assisting the States to expand, improve, and update high-quality programs of vocational-technical education, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4164 (vocational and technical education programs).

A bill to clarify the intent of Congress in adopting title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, to prohibit any educational institution which receives any federal assistance, direct or indirect, from discriminating on the basis of sex, to provide that federal departments and agencies may terminate or deny all federal financial assistance to any educational institution which discriminates on the basis of sex, and to protect women against sex discrimination by educational institutions receiving any form of federal financial assistance.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984

Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.

A bill to provide a credit against income tax for the amount of tuition expenses incurred by an individual for the primary and secondary education of his dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit for 50 percent of the tuition expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year for elementary or secondary education for the taxpayer's dependent. Provides for a phased-in increase of the tuition tax credit over three years. Phases out the tuition tax credit for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income between $50,000 and $75,000. Provides that the tuition tax credit is not to be treated as Federal assistance with respect to the taxpayer who was allowed the credit and any educational institution which received any payment taken into account in determining the amount of such credit.

Impact Aid Authorization Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984

Impact Aid Authorization Act of 1984 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations through FY 1989 for the impact aid program for federally affected schools. Increases the authority for reimbursements to eligible local educational agencies for revenues lost from federally owned, nontaxable property. Requires the Secretary of Education, not later than November 15, of each year, to publish the percentage change in the price index published for October of the preceding fiscal year and October of the fiscal year in which such publication is made. Bases the amount authorized for such impact aid programs on such percentage change. Limits such percentage change to no more than five percent. Repeals the three-year phaseout of impact aid to federally affected schools whose students' parents either live or work on Federal property. Authorizes appropriations for such impact aid through FY 1989.

Youth Education and Training for Employment Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984

Youth Education and Training for Employment Act - Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year to carry out the following provisions of this Act: (1) title I, assistance to improve basic competency of educationally disadvantaged secondary school students; (2) title II, dropout prevention and remediation programs; (3) title III, community improvement work for disadvantaged students; and (4) title IV, skill training for young adults. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to titles II, III, and IV. Provides that specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) relating to job training administrative entities shall apply to this Act. Title I: Assistance to Improve Basic Competency of Educationally Disadvantaged Secondary Students - Authorizes the Secretary of Education ("the Secretary," for purposes of title I) to make grants to States for improvement of the basic skills competency of educationally disadvantaged secondary school students. Sets forth provisions for allocations to States. Reserves specified amounts for payments to certain U.S. territories and possessions and for payments for children enrolled in Indian schools. Bases State allotments on the population of children aged 12 through 17 who are: (1) from families below the poverty level as determined under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA); (2) from families above the poverty level as determined by specified provisions of ESEA; and (3) living in institutions for neglected or delinquent children or being supported in foster homes with public funds as determined under specified provisions of ESEA. Sets forth a minimum State allotment requirement. Sets forth provisions for within State allocation. Directs the State educational agency (SEA) to allocate 95 percent of the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) based on the population of such children in the public schools of each LEA. Permits funds under this Act to be used by LEAs for educational services and activities designed to increase the competency of educationally deprived secondary school students in acquiring basic skills, including reading, writing, computation, and verbal communication. Sets forth requirements relating to State applications for assistance under this title. Requires specified State assurances in such applications. Requires that, of the five percent of the State allotment retained at the State level, not more than one percent be used for administrative expenses, and the remaining four percent be used for specified types of State assistance to LEAs, including curriculum development, model programs, and training seminars. Sets forth requirements relating to local applications. Requires that such applications contain specified assurances, including assurances that the projects for which assistance is sought under this title will be conducted only in areas or at schools which are eligible for assistance under title I (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children) of ESEA. Directs the Secretary from the State allotment to pay to each State the costs of the program to be assisted under this title. Title II: Dropout Prevention and Remediation Programs - Provides for assistance to programs for dropout prevention, remedial education, and basic skills preparation for youth who have not attained skills necessary for employment. Makes an individual eligible to participate in a program receiving funds under this title only if such individual is between 14 and 22 years old and is economically disadvantaged. Directs the Secretary of Labor ("the Secretary," for purposes of titles II, III, and IV) to reserve 15 percent of the amount appropriated for this title in each fiscal year for agreements with national community based organizations. Requires that the remainder be allocated among eligible service delivery areas (SDAs). Requires each job training administrative entity to submit an application for such assistance for approval by the Secretary. Requires that an amount equal to 15 percent of appropriations for this title be made available: (1) to each SDA in proportion to its allocation share; and (2) only for carrying out dropout prevention programs under agreements between the SDA's job training administrative entity and an LEA or LEAs to serve 14 and 15 year old youth in concentrated assistance areas. Sets forth provisions for allocation of funds under this title. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified portion of such funds for allocation among Native American programs qualified under specified provisions of JTPA. Requires that the remainder be allocated among SDAs on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth residing in concentrated assistance areas within each SDA. Defines a concentrated assistance area as a specified type of community area: (1) which, during the most recent year, had an unemployment rate exceeding 125 percent for the national average; and (2) where the ratio of the number of economically disadvantaged bears to the number of all youth residing in such area exceeds 125 percent of the national ratio. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to any job training administrative entity, to be used by community-based organizations or LEAs that have demonstrated effectiveness in conducting remedial education programs for youths, for the conduct of programs and activities in eligible concentrated assistance areas. Permits funds under this title to be used for programs to: (1) identify youths most appropriately served by alternative education programs, with priority given to dropouts or potential dropouts; (2) assess learning abilities and skill levels; (3) provide basic skills instruction, employment counseling, and remedial education to enhance employment prospects; (4) provide basic skills improvement instruction, including literacy training, for attainment of high school equivalency certificates; (5) provide instructional materials such as those relating to advanced learning technology, and Job Corps and Department of Defense education programs; (6) provide remediation and supportive services including counseling, peer to peer counseling, and referral to other community services for prevention of dropping out; and (7) develop testing materials to determine the progress of program participants. Permits national community-based organizations receiving specified reserved funds to use such funds for such authorized program purposes and for management and technical assistance to affiliates and local community based organizations receiving funds under this title. Sets forth requirements for applications by job training administrative entities for payments under this title. Requires that such applications be submitted to the State Job Coordinating Council established under JTPA and to the Governor for review, comment, and recommendation before submission for the Secretary's approval. Requires that such applications contain specified assurances and describe methods to achieve a 50 percent rate of participation by women in programs under this title, consistent with specified considerations. Title III: Community Improvement Work for Disadvantaged Students - Establishes a program to: (1) provide educational and employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth in urban and rural communities with areas of high unemployment and poverty; (2) prepare such youths for transition into the permanent workforce; (3) renovate and repair local public facilities and areas; and (4) provide community services to be furnished by economically disadvantaged youth residing in such communities. Makes eligible for participation in a program under this title any economically disadvantaged individual between 16 and 22 years old who resides in a community improvement area an SDA in which a program assisted under this title is carried out and who is enrolled in: (1) a secondary school to acquire a diploma; (2) a program leading to high school equivalency certification; or (3) a qualified vocational program as defined by the local job training administrative entity. Directs the Secretary to reserve specified amounts from funds under this title for allocation among certain U.S. territories and possessions and among Native American programs qualified under JTPA. Requires that the remainder be allocated among SDAs on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth in community improvement areas within each SDA. Defines a community improvement area as a specified type of community area: (1) which, during the most recent year, had a rate of unemployment exceeding the national average; and (2) where the ratio which the number of economically disadvantaged youth bears to the number of all youth in the area exceeds the national ratio. Requires each job training administrative entity to: (1) use funds allocated to its SDA only to serve youth residing in community improvement areas within the SDA; and (2) distribute such funds, to the maximum extent feasible, on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth in each such community improvement area. Permits financial assistance under this title to be used for the employment and training of eligible individuals for: (1) minor repair and weatherization of public facilities, including hospitals, housing, schools, and recreational areas; (2) landscaping and other activities to improve the appearance of public facilities and local communities; (3) conservation activities; (4) health and nutrition assistance for the elderly; (5) child care activities; and (6) other services benefiting community residents. Sets forth requirements for applications for assistance under this title. Requires that such applications be developed, submitted, reviewed, and approved in accordance with specified provisions of JTPA. Requires that such applications contain specified assurances and describe methods to achieve a 50 percent rate of participation by women in programs under this title, consistent with specified considerations. Limits to 25 percent the portion of the allocation which may be used for administrative costs, equipment, and materials. Sets forth labor standards for programs under this title. Requires compliance with minimum wage rates. Sets forth conditions under which Davis-Bacon Act locally prevailing wage rates, or apprenticeship rates, may or may not apply to program participants. Prohibits employment under this Act from: (1) exceeding 25 hours per week for any youth, but allows up to ten percent of the participants of a job training administrative entity to work up to 30 hours per week; (2) lasting for a period less than six months, unless such youth is discharged; and (3) exceeding a period of one year for any youth, or two years so long as the youth has not completed school. Sets forth special conditions relating to programs assisted under this title. Title IV: Skill Training for Young Adults - Provides for advanced skills training for economically disadvantaged young adults through programs to benefit local communities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to job training administrative entities to provide job skills training in community projects for eligible individuals. Makes eligible for program participation under this title any individual whom the job training administrative entity certifies as: (1) between 18 and 22 years old; (2) economically disadvantaged; (3) residing in an eligible concentrated assistance area; (4) having a minimum educational level of completing the ninth grade of a secondary school; and (5) enrolled in a secondary school leading to a diploma or in an educational program leading to an equivalency certificate, or having received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount of the funds for this title for allocation among Native American programs qualified under JTPA. Requires that the remainder be allocated among concentrated assistance areas of SDAs on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth residing in such concentrated assistance areas in each SDA. Defines a concentrated assistance area as a specified type of community area: (1) which, during the most recent year, had an unemployment rate exceeding 125 percent of the national average for the total civilian labor force; and (2) where the ratio of the number of economically disadvantaged youth bears to the number of all youth residing in such area exceeds 125 percent of the national ratio. Requires that funds made available to job training administrative entities under this title be used to: (1) provide advanced skills training in identified occupations, for employment in local community projects or any title III community improvement project; (2) pay participants at wage rates in accordance with title III labor standards; and (3) provide advanced skills training through a mentor relationship, such as teacher-trainee, apprenticeship, or similar instructional methods. Permits funds made available to job training administrative entities under this title to be used to: (1) recruit participants; (2) pay skills training instructors; and (3) provide vocationally related basic skills improvement. Requires each job training administrative entity applying for assistance under this title to identify, with State employment service assistance, the occupations requiring advanced skills training which are or will likely be in demand in the SDA of that entity. Allows any such entity receiving payments under this title to receive funds from any other Federal or non-Federal source without affecting the eligibility of such entity for receiving funds for the program assisted under this title. Sets forth requirements for applications for assistance under this title. Requires job training administrative entities to submit such applications to the appropriate State job training coordinating council established under JTPA and to the Governor for review, comment, and recommendations before submission for the Secretary's approval. Requires that such applications contain specified assurances and describe methods to achieve a 50 percent rate of participation by women in programs under this title, consistent with specified considerations. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications under this title, to give priority to applications for projects to be carried out by community based organizations, other nonprofit organizations, for profit businesses, and labor organizations which: (1) can provide intensive training in occupations with expected growth potential, high demand, and career advancement and mobility potential; (2) can provide training under close supervision using a mentor relationship for instruction in the classroom, at a worksite, or both; and (3) have demonstrated effectiveness in successfully implementing training programs. Makes title III labor standards and special conditions applicable to program participants under this title.

A bill to recognize the organization known as the Aviation Technician Education Council.

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984

Grants the Aviation Technician Education Council a Federal charter.

A concurrent resolution restating the clear intent of Congress to provide financial assistance to local school systems to educate alien children and to call upon the President to expend appropriated funds for such purpose.

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984

Restates the intent of Congress to assist local school systems with their obligation to educate alien children. Declares that the funds duly appropriated pursuant to specified Federal law for such purpose should be spent.

A bill entitled the "Sex Discrimination in Education Reform Act of 1984".

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984

Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.

Vocational-Technical Education Quality and Equity Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984

Vocational-Technical Education Quality and Equity Act of 1984 - Sets forth national priorities which States are to be assisted in addressing under this Act. Lists national priorities under the following two headings: (1) improving the quality of vocational education to meet the needs of a changing economy and labor market; and (2) increasing equity in vocational education by expanding access to programs and providing services to students with specified educational needs. Title I: State Administration, Planning, and Evaluation - Part A: State Administrative Responsibilities - Sets forth requirements relating to the functions of State boards of vocational education. Includes among State board responsibilities: (1) appointment of a State director of vocational education and other personnel to administer this Act; (2) convening and meeting at least four times annually; and (3) submitting the State plan to the State advisory council on vocational-technical education. Requires the State board to assign at least one full-time individual to assist it in specified ways. Directs each State to reserve a specified amount from its basic State grant for State board functions. Sets forth requirements relating to State advisory councils on vocational-technical education. Limits membership of each council to 15, at least one-third of whom must be representatives of the private sector. Sets forth other membership representation requirements. Sets forth council functions and duties, including: (1) biennial evaluation of vocational education program delivery systems assisted under this Act and under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and of the adequacy and effectiveness of Federal, State, local, and private efforts to strengthen and improve vocational education in the State; and (2) reviewing and commenting on the State plan submitted by the State board. Directs the Secretary of Education, from sums appropriated for such State councils and allotted in a specified manner, to make grants to State councils to carry out their functions. Sets maximum and minimum limits on the amount of each such grant. Part B: Planning and Applications - Sets forth requirements for three-year State plans, to be submitted to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements for State applications for funds for each fiscal year under this Act. Sets forth requirements for three-year local plans by eligible recipients, to be formulated with the assistance of local advisory councils and to be submitted to the State board. Part C: Evaluation and Review - Sets forth requirements for State progress reports and State plan amendments. Sets forth requirements for program evaluation by State boards with the assistance of the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to report every two years to the Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation, including a summary of State program evaluations, with conclusions and recommendations. Sets forth requirements for local progress and amendments to local plans. Title II: State Programs - Authorizes the Secretary, from State allotments under title IV of this Act to make grants to assist States in funding vocational education programs, services, and activities carried out by State boards and eligible recipients. Requires that such basic State grants be used, in accordance with approved State plans, to: (1) improve the quality of vocational education programs to meet the needs of the changing economy through strategies consistent with specified national priorities; and (2) provide equal access to, and benefit from, vocational education programs for underserved groups of individuals and groups of individuals with special needs through strategies consistent with specified national priorities. Limits the amount of the State allotment which may be transferred by a State: (1) to ten percent for such improvement purposes; and (2) to ten percent for such equal access purposes. Sets forth the following authorized activities which may be included in carrying out required uses of funds pursuant to this title: (1) vocational education responsive to labor market demands or designed to keep abreast of technological changes, including high-technology industry-education partnership programs; (2) vocational education special programs and services for underserved and special needs populations (including adult workers in need of training and retraining, disadvantaged, handicapped, minorities, and women); (3) postsecondary and adult vocational education for out-of-school youth and adults in need of training or retraining, whether employed or unemployed; (4) strengthening the institutional base of vocational education by updating curricula, equipment, materials, planning, and staff skills; (5) assigning personnel to work with employers and eligible recipients to insure that programs are responsive to the labor market; (6) vocational education through arrangements with private vocational education institutions, employers, and community-based organizations; (7) design and implementation of planned sequential vocational programs between secondary and postsecondary education levels; (8) program and curricula design and instructor training to teach and apply principles of mathematics, science, written and verbal communications, and technology related to the students' occupational goals; (9) improving the qualifications of individuals serving or preparing to serve in vocational education programs; (10) prevocational and industrial arts programs; (11) vocational student organizational activities; (12) placement services; (13) entrepreneurship programs consistent with the purposes of this Act and the goals established in the State plan; (14) special vocational education programs and support services, including career education, counseling, and guidance, work-study, cooperative, on-site, and apprenticeship, overcoming sex bias and stereotyping, assisting minorities and exemplary and innovative demonstration programs; (15) construction, equipment, and operation of residential vocational-technical schools for students at least 15 years old who require a residential facility to benefit from vocational education; (16) construction of area vocational-technical school facilities; (17) day care services for students' children; (18) up to 50 percent of administrative and supervisory costs; (19) planning, evaluation, and reporting costs; and (20) consortia with other States. Prohibits the use of such funds for activities relating to residential vocational-technical schools, area vocational education schools, or day care services for students' children unless the State board determines that: (1) it would be impossible, without expenditures for such activities, to carry out the purposes of this Act and the goals described in the State plan; and (2) adequate funds are not available from other sources for such activities. Title III: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to maintain a national vocational education data system. Requires States receiving assistance under this Act to cooperate in supplying information for such system. Directs the Secretary, in maintaining and annually updating such system, to make such system compatible with: (1) the occupational information data system established under this Act; (2) other systems developed or assisted under labor market information provisions under JTPA; and (3) other occupational supply and demand information systems developed or maintained through Federal assistance (directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in this ). Directs the Secretary to secure data about program enrollees and completers, placement and followup, staffing, and expenditures by major purposes of this Act. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials. Directs the Committee, with funds available under title I, to: (1) annually provide funds for and assist State occupational coordinating committees; (2) improve coordination among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and JTPA, employment security agency administrators, researchers, and Federal, State, and local employment and training agency personnel; (3) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs; and (4) study the effects of technological change on new and existing occupational areas and the required changes in knowledge and job skills. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of the State board, employment security agency, economic development agency, job training coordinating council, and agency for administering programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Directs the State committee, with funds from the national committee, to implement an occupational information system in the State designed to meet the needs of State board programs under this Act and administering agencies under JTPA. Establishes the President's Commission on Vocational-Technical Education (the Commission) consisting of members appointed by the President, with a majority representing the private sector of the economy and the remainder with broad experience in education and economic and human resources development (at least one of whom is a member of the National Commission for Employment Policy established under JTPA). Directs the Commission to: (1) assess national needs with respect to occupations requiring less than a baccalaureate degree; (2) identify ways to encourage cooperation between the private sector of the economy and vocational-technical education; (3) evaluate program needs for updated equipment, curricula, competent staff, and other necessary components for student preparation and worker training and retraining for the workplace; (4) examine, and make recommendations regarding, the role of vocational education in the improvement of the secondary education system; (5) make appropriate recommendations; and (6) advise the President, Congress, and Secretary on the implementation of this Act, JTPA, and adequate policies for vocational-technical education programs. Directs the Commission to make a final report of its findings and recommendations to the President, Congress, and Secretary within two years after its first meeting. Authorizes the Commission to make interim reports and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report. Provides that the National Center for Research in Vocational Education established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 shall continue to be operated with funds made available under this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make an annual grant for the Center's operation; and (2) on the basis of solicited applications and the advice of non-Federal experts in vocational education administration and research, designate the entity to be the Center once every five years. Requires that the Center: (1) be a nonprofit entity associated with a public or private nonprofit university which has made, or is prepared to make, a substantial financial contribution towards its establishment; and (2) have a Director, appointed by such university and assisted by the advisory committee on research and program development. Provides for a discretionary fund for the improvement of vocational education ("the Fund"). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, public and private nonprofit organizations, secondary and postsecondary education institutions, and other public and private educational institutions and agencies to improve vocational and technical education. Allows such grants to be used for: (1) industry-education partner-programs, technical education, and other high-technology training; (2) institutions and programs involving new paths to career and vocational training, and new combinations of academic and experimental learning with vocational education; (3) adult programs for dislocated workers, work force entry or reentry, or training, retraining, or upgrading skills; (4) access improvement for youth with special needs, including minorities, the economically or educationally disadvantaged, those lacking English proficiency, and the handicapped; (5) linkages between academic and vocational programs of secondary education; and (6) improvement of vocational education quality and equity through new and expanded curricula or advanced training for vocational administrators and instructors. Requires that any grant or contract under the Fund to an eligible recipient of funds under title II of this Act shall be submitted to the appropriate State board for review, comment, and recommendations to be forwarded to the Secretary. Provides that the advisory committee on research and program improvement established under this Act will advise the Secretary, and the Director of the Fund appointed by the Secretary, on the award of grants under the Fund. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory committee on research and program improvement to advise: (1) the Secretary on selection and management of programs funded under this title; (2) the Secretary, the Director of the Center, and the Director of the Fund, with respect to policy issues in the administration of the Center and in the selection and conduct of research and demonstration projects and activities by the Center; and (3) advise the Fund. Sets forth provisions for advisory committee membership. Provides that members shall not be Federal employees. Requires the advisory committee to meet at least three times annually at the call of the Secretary, including at least one meeting at, and primarily concerned with, the Center. Title IV: General Provisions, Authorizations, and Allotments - Part A: Authorization and Allotments - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1991 for: (1) basic State grants under title II to improve the quality of vocational education payments to meet the needs of the changing economy; (2) basic State grants under title II to provide equal access to, and benefit from, vocational education programs for underserved groups of individuals and groups of individuals with special needs; (3) State administration, planning, and evaluation programs under title I; (4) national programs under title III, with specified exceptions; (5) the Occupational Information Data System under title III; and (6) the Fund for the improvement of vocational education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for the President's Commission on Vocational Education under title III. Requires that the amount appropriated in any fiscal year for basic State grants for improvement of program quality be substantially equal to the amount for the basic State grants for provisions of equal access to programs. Requires a State, in order to receive any allotment under this Act, to: (1) establish a State board and a State advisory council on vocational-technical education; (2) have an approved State plan and application; (3) comply with evaluation and review and other provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary, from appropriations for basic State grants and for State administration, planning, and evaluation, to reserve two percent for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, from the remainder of such appropriations and subject to specified provisions, to allot to each State for each fiscal year an amount based on formulas using State allotment ratios and relative State populations of certain age groups. Allots the following percentages of such funds on the basis of population age: (1) 15 through 19--50 percent; (2) 20 through 24--20 percent; and (3) 25 through 65--15 percent. Allots the remaining 15 percent on the basis of relative sums of such age group allotment. Sets forth a minimum State allotment amount, with specified exceptions, and minimum allotments for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Provides for reallotment among other States of any amount which the Secretary determines will not be required for carrying out a State's program for any fiscal year. Sets forth a formula for determining State allotment ratios based on relative State per capita income. Sets maximum and minimum limits on such ratios and sets ratios for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Sets forth provisions for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, to contract with the tribal organization to plan, conduct and administer vocational education programs with the two-percent reserved funds for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds from such reserved funds, to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation of vocational education programs in institutions serving eligible Indians. Makes provisions of this Act applicable to the BIA as if it were a State board. Part B: Federal Administrative Responsibilities - Sets forth provisions for payments to States for administrative costs. Sets forth maintenance of effort requirements. Sets forth provisions for withholding of funds from States by the Secretary, and for judicial review of such withholding. Part C: Transitional and Conforming Amendments - Sets forth provisions for the transition from requirements (including expenditure of funds) under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to requirements under this Act. Transfers the personnel, property and records of: (1) the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education established under such Act to the President's Council on Vocational-Technical Education established under this Act and to the advisory council on research and program improvement established under this Act; and (2) the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under such Act to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to the JTPA, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Adult Education Act, the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. Part D: Definition of Terms - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act.

Vocational Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984

Vocational Education Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to assist the States to: (1) improve the quality of vocational education programs, and make them more responsive to labor market needs; (2) improve access to, and the quality of, vocational education for groups of individuals with special problems in the labor market, such as the handicapped and the economically disadvantaged, and to promote sex equity in occupational training; (3) assist in dealing with economic dislocation through programs for retraining adult workers and by promoting training for occupations required by expanding industries; and (4) achieve these purposes by involving the business community in the planning process and developing performance standards. Title I: State Vocational Education Program - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations and Allotments - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Provides that, beginning with FY 1986 and thereafter, appropriations for programs and activities under this Act shall be available for obligation only on the basis of a program year which shall begin on July 1 in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. Provides that funds obligated for any program year may be expended by each recipient and subrecipient during that program year and the two succeeding program years and no amount shall be deobligated on account of a rate of expenditure which is consistent with the program plan. Provides that appropriations for FY 1985 shall be available both to fund activities for the period between October 1, 1984, and June 30, 1985, and for the program year beginning July 1, 1985. Authorizes appropriation of any additional sums necessary to carry out the transition to program year funding. Distributes funds under this Act as follows: (1) one percent for Indian programs under Part D of title II; (2) not more than three percent for national activities under parts B and C of title II; and (3) the remainder for allotments to States. Directs the Secretary of Education to make three separate types of State allotments for each fiscal year. Provides that the first type of State allotment shall be taken from gradually decreasing portions of the funds available for State allotments as follows: (1) 80 percent for FY 1985; (2) 75 percent for FY 1986; (3) 70 percent for FY 1987; (4) 65 percent for FY 1988; and (5) 60 percent for FY 1989. Makes such first type of State allotment on the basis of State population aged: (1) 15 through 19,50 percent; (2) 20 through 24,20 percent; (3) 25 through 65,15 percent; and (4) 15 through 65,15 percent. Provides that the second type of State allotment shall be taken from 20 percent of the funds available for State allotment. Makes such second type of State allotment on the basis of State population of long-term unemployed individuals. Provides that the third type of State allotment shall be taken from gradually increasing portions of the funds available for State allotments as follows: (1) five percent for FY 1986; (2) ten percent for FY 1987; (3) 15 percent for FY 1988; and (4) 20 percent for FY 1989. Makes such third type of State allotment on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged individuals and handicapped individuals actually served in the State in the year prior to the year in which the allotment determination is made. Part B: State and Local Administrative and Planning Provisions - Sets forth conditions for State grants. Requires each State desiring to participate in the program authorized by this Act to: (1) establish or designate a State educational agency or board to be responsible for administration of payments received and State plan preparation; (2) submit two-year State plans; (3) assure State compliance with performance standards or take acceptable corrective measures toward achieving such standards; and (4) assure State compliance with other provisions of this Act. Sets forth provisions for development of the State plans. Requires that State plans be developed with the active participation of the private sector, labor organizations, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, representatives of specified underserved groups of individuals, and the State advisory committee. Requires each State to establish a State advisory committee. Requires that at least one-third of committee members be from the private sector, and that other members be representative of other specified groups. Allows a majority of the private sector representatives to file separate views on certain provisions of the State plan. Sets forth requirements for State plan contents. Includes among such required contents: (1) expected performance outcomes for all participants, with separate descriptions for the handicapped and the economically disadvantaged; (2) appropriate remedial measures to meet performance standards; (3) comparisons of prevailing wage rates of occupations for which men and women are being trained, taking into account the percentage of men and women in each occupation; (4) plans for progress in sex equity; (5) criteria for within State allocation of at least 60 percent of its allotment which assure that high unemployment and poverty areas receive an equitable share of vocational education funds, and which may provide incentives for areas exceeding performance standards; and (6) criteria for within State allocation of at least 30 percent of its allotment to postsecondary education programs. Requires each State, unless the entire State will serve as a single planning area, to designate regional or local planning areas within the State which shall, to the extent feasible, relate to labor market areas or be coordinated with areas used for related functions. Provides that this requirement shall not: (1) preclude the use of local educational agencies for local planning functions; or (2) require a single plan for secondary education and postsecondary programs if the State determines that such a single or regional plan would not be feasible. Requires that regional or local plans be developed with the active participation of the private sector, labor organizations, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, representatives of specified underserved groups of individuals, and advisory panels. Requires that a majority of the panel members be representatives of the private sector, and that other members be representative of other specified groups. Allows a majority of the private sector representatives to file separate views on certain provisions of the local or regional plan. Sets forth requirements for local or regional plan contents. Includes among such required contents: (1) expected performance outcomes, with separate descriptions for the handicapped and the economically disadvantaged; (2) comparisons of prevailing wage rates of occupations for which men and women are being trained; and (3) plans for progress in sex equity. Part C: Use of Funds - Allows funds under this title to be used for developing new, improved, or expanded vocational education programs that are responsive to labor market demands in the locality or region of the State. Lists examples of activities such funds may be used for. Allows States to use such funds for any programs and services which States determine to be useful to carry out such purpose of developing programs responsive to labor market demands. Allows funds under this title to provide additional services which are necessary to enable underserved groups of individuals to participate successfully in vocational education programs or to strengthen the institutional capacity of the vocational education system to serve such individuals. Includes among such underserved groups individuals who are: (1) economically disadvantaged; (2) handicapped; (3) limited in English-speaking proficiency; (4) single parents and heads of households; or (5) women. Lists examples of activities such funds may be used for. Allows States to use such funds for any programs or services which States determine to be useful to carry out such purpose of improving vocational education for underserved groups of individuals. Allows funds under this title to be used to improve and expand the capacity of the vocational education system to train and retrain adult workers. Requires that funds used for such purpose be used only for programs developed in coordination with the State agency administering title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Allows such funds to be used for: (1) additional training under title III of JTPA; (2) vocational education programs for training and retraining adults, including programs for displaced homemakers; and (3) the costs of serving adults in other vocational education programs. Requires that the entire amount of that type of State allotment which is based on the number of long-term unemployed individuals be available only for adult retraining programs. Requires that at least ten percent of the funds received by a State be used to expand and improve vocational education for the handicapped. Requires that at least 20 percent of the funds received by a State be used to expand and improve vocational education for the economically disadvantaged. Limits to not more than 15 percent of the State allotment the amount which may be used for administration, planning, and evaluation. Part D: Performance Standards - Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government that Federal funds for vocational education be used to make vocational education more responsive to labor market needs and to improve the access of traditionally underserved groups of individuals to quality vocational education while leaving States and localities maximum discretion in how to achieve such purposes. Declares that such objectives can best be met by the States developing performance standards which measure the achievement of Federal purposes while leaving maximum flexibility for States to determine use of funds in the light of local circumstances and needs. Requires each State plan to contain performance standards expressed as a percentage of successful outcomes for all participants, and for the handicapped, and for the economically disadvantaged. Permits these numerical standards to be different for secondary and for postsecondary programs. Requires that successful outcomes for secondary students include at least: (1) training related placement (including enlistment in the armed services); (2) achievement of skill levels acceptable to the local employer community; and (3) achievement of basic employment competencies (basic educational attainments and attitudes necessary for entry level employment) as determined by the appropriate State education agency and which are acceptable to the employer community; and (4) continuing education. Requires that successful outcomes for postsecondary students include at least: (1) training related placement; and (2) achievement of skill levels. Requires that basic employment competency levels be: (1) prescribed by State and local education agencies; and (2) acceptable to the private sector representatives on the appropriate councils and planning panels. Requires that acceptable skills be determined by the private sector through the State Advisory Committees, the local private industry council under JTPA, or through committees representing employers and labor organizations established for a particular industry or occupation pursuant to provisions for local or regional planning. Allows each State plan to apply numerical standards to a local or regional area so that overall State goals will be met, taking into account differing demographic and economic characteristics of the area and the population to be served. Sets forth a prohibition against Federal control of education for purposes of this Act. Title II: Federal Responsibilities - Part A: Federal Administrative Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to State plan approvals, payments to States, judicial review of plan disapprovals, and audits. Part B: Research and Data Collection; School to Work Transition - Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor, from specified funds available under this Act and under JTPA, to jointly develop a research and technical assistance program relating to education, training and employment. Allows such program to include the establishment and operation of one or more centers for development of specified capacities for analyzing vocational education, training, and employment. Requires that a center's application for such assistance be approved by a panel of experts, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary in maintaining assistance under this Act to cooperate in supplying information for such system. Directs the Secretary, in maintaining and annually updating such system, to make such system compatible with: (1) the occupational information data system established under this Act; (2) other systems developed or assisted under labor market information provisions under JTPA; and (3) other occupational supply and demand information systems developed or maintained through Federal assistance (directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in this). Directs the Secretary to secure data about program enrollees and completers, placement and followup, staffing, and expenditures by major purposes of this Act. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials. Directs the Committee, with funds available under this Act and JTPA, to: (1) annually provide funds for and assist State occupational coordinating committees; (2) improve coordination among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and JTPA, employment security agency administrators, researchers, and Federal, State, and local employment and training agency personnel; (3) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs; and (4) study the effects of technological change on new and existing occupational areas and the required changes in knowledge and job skills. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of the State board, employment security agency, economic development agency, job training coordinating council, and the agency for administering programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Directs the State committee, with funds from the national committee, to implement an occupational information system in the State designed to meet the needs of State board programs under this Act and administering agencies under JTPA. Directs the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education and as part of the National Assessment of Education Progress required under the General Education Provisions Act, to identify vocational education students among the national sample of students who have attained 17 years of age in order to enable a comparison to be made over time of the achievements in reading, writing, and arithmetic, by region of the country and by socioeconomic level of vocational education students and other students. Sets forth provisions for school-to-work transition programs. Authorizes the Secretary, from funds under this title, to make grants or award contracts to consortia of private sector local employers to develop and implement innovative programs to assist vocational education graduates to make a transition into unsubsidized employment in the private sector. Requires that such programs be: (1) established cooperatively with vocational educators in more than one State; (2) based on programs of demonstrated effectiveness; and (3) administered and coordinated by the Secretary. Allows such programs to include on-the-job training, support services, technical assistance, and placement services. Part C: President's Council on Vocational Education - Establishes the President's Council on Vocational - Technical Education, consisting of members appointed by the President, with a majority representing the private sector of the economy and the remainder with broad experience in education and economic and human resources development (at least one of whom is a member of the National Commission for Employment Policy established under JTPA). Directs the Council to advise the President, Congress, and vocational-technical education programs. Directs the Council to make a report of its findings and recommendations to the President, Congress, and Secretary every third year. Authorizes the Council to: (1) make interim reports and recommendations; and (2) collect, analyze, and disseminate information on the skill and competency levels developed under provisions for performance standards. Part D: Indian Program - Sets forth provisions for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, to contract with the tribal organization to plan, conduct and administer vocational education programs with the funds reserved for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds from such reserved fund, to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation of vocational education programs in institutions serving eligible Indians. Makes provisions of this Act applicable to the BIA as if it were a State board. Part E: Transitional and Conforming Provisions - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect October 1, 1984, except that provisions relating to performance standards shall become effective July 1, 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations under this Act upon the date of enactment of this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Adult Education Act, the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. Title III: Coordination of Job Training Activities - Provides that no provision of any Federal law shall be construed to prohibit the use of a private industry council established under JTPA for planning for, or advising on, programs under this Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or any other Federal law relating to employment or training. Authorizes State Governors to combine two or more advisory councils whose functions relate to vocational education, employment, or training, or use one such council to perform the functions of more than one such council if specified conditions are met. Directs any Governor wishing to merge or expand the use of an advisory council to give public notice of the new or expanded council and its proposed functions. Requires that such notice be transmitted to, and subject to the approval of, the head of each responsible Federal agency. Provides for appeals of adverse decisions to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or to the head of any other agency designated by the President. Sets forth provisions relating to performance of services by State agencies receiving Federal assistance for training. Amends the Economy Act to make specified provisions of such Act applicable to any State agency receiving Federal financial assistance for vocational education, job training, or related programs, as designated by the State Governor or the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Allows each State agency to contract with any other State agency to perform services for which Federal assistance for job training or related programs is received if the Governor determines that such a contract will promote efficiency of operation.

Vocational Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984

Vocational Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out the provisions of titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, relating to State programs. Makes two percent of the funds appropriated for this Act for each fiscal year available to carry out the provisions of title IV, relating to national programs. Title I: Vocational Education Assistance to the States - Part A: Allotment and Allocation - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve from sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this Act: (1) two percent for the activities described in title IV (National Programs); and (2) two percent for the purpose of carrying out provisions for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, from the remainder of such sums and subject to specified provisions, to allot to each State for each fiscal year an amount based on formulas using State allotment ratios and relative State populations of certain age groups. Allots the following percentages of such funds on the basis of population aged: (1) 15 through 19, 50 percent; (2) 20 through 24, 20 percent; and (3) 25 through 65, 15 percent. Allots the remaining 15 percent on the basis of the relative sums of such age group allotments. Sets forth a minimum State allotment amount, with specified exceptions, and minimum allotments for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Provides for reallotment among other States of any amount which the Secretary determines will not be required for carrying out a State's program for any fiscal year. Sets forth a formula for determining State allotment ratios based on relative State per capita income. Sets maximum and minimum limits on such ratios and sets ratios for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Sets forth provisions for within-State allocation of the State allotment. Directs each State to allocate from its allotment in each fiscal year: (1) up to four percent for administrative expenses; (2) one percent for expenses of the State Council on Vocational Education, within minimum and maximum dollar amounts; and (3) one percent for guidance and counseling activities at the State level. Requires that of the remainder of the State allotment: (1) 67 percent shall be available for activities described in title II (Programs for Vocational Education Opportunities); and (2) 33 percent shall be available for activities described in title III (Vocational Education Program Improvement, Innovation, and Expansion). Sets forth provisions for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, to contract with the tribal organization to plan, conduct and administer vocational education programs with the two-percent reserved funds for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds from such reserved funds, to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation of vocational education programs in institutions serving eligible Indians aged 15 through 24. Makes provisions of this Act applicable to the BIA as if it were a State board. Part B: State Organizational and Planning Responsibilities - Requires any State desiring to participate in the program under this Act to establish or designate a State board of vocational education to be the sole State agency responsible for the administration or supervision of the State vocational education program. Includes among State board responsibilities: (1) coordination of program policy development; (2) coordination of State plan development, approval procedures, and submission; and (3) consultation with the State council on vocational education and other appropriate State agencies, councils, and individuals involved in program planning and approval. Allows the State board to delegate any of its responsibilities, other than those listed, to other State agencies. Requires States to assign at least one individual to work full time to assist the State board to fulfill the purposes of this Act with respect to sex equity in vocational education programs. Requires each State to expend a specified minimum amount for State administration of vocational education programs under this Act. Requires States desiring to participate in programs under this Act to establish a State council on vocational education. Sets forth requirements relating to council membership, a majority of whom must be representative of business and industry. Requires the State council to advise in-State plan development and to review the State plan. Requires each State to make available a specified minimum amount for the expenses of the State council. Sets forth requirements for State plans under this Act. Requires that State plans be submitted to the Secretary and cover a three-year period in the case of the initial plan and a two-year period thereafter, with such annual revisions as the State board determines to be necessary. Requires that such planning periods be coterminous with those under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Includes among required provisions of State plans: (1) compliance with criteria for programs for the handicapped and for the disadvantaged; (2) relevant training for single working parents and homemakers desiring to enter occupations not traditionally associated with their sex; (3) program evaluation using measurements such as labor market needs; and (4) participation of private elementary and secondary school children. Sets forth requirements for State plan approval. Title II: Programs for Vocational Education Opportunities - Requires each State, from the portion of its allotment available for this title, to provide vocational education services and activities to meet the special needs, and enhance the participation, of: (1) handicapped individuals; (2) disadvantaged individuals; (3) adults who need training or retraining; (4) single working parents or individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults; and (5) criminal offenders who are serving in a correctional institution. Limits the use of funds under this title for handicapped individuals to supplemental or additional staff, equipment, materials, and services not provided to other individuals in vocational education that are essential for handicapped individuals to participate in vocational education. Permits use of funds under this title for the improvement of vocational education programs designed to provide equal access to quality vocational education to disadvantaged individuals. Permits use of funds under this title to improve or expand vocational educational services and activities to train and retrain adult workers. Requires that such services and activities be developed in coordination with the State agency administering title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of JTPA. Permits such funds to be used for: (1) additional training under title III of JTPA; (2) vocational education programs for training or retraining adults, including programs for older Americans and displaced homemakers; and (3) costs of serving adults in other vocational programs. Permits use of funds under this title for programs for single parents and homemakers, including basic literacy instruction, educational materials for marketable skills, and assistance with child care, transportation, or scheduling to make such programs more accessible. Permits use of funds under this title for basic skills instruction for specified groups with special needs. Allows States to use funds under this title to arrange with private vocational training institutions for educational training, equipment, or services under specified circumstances. Requires that services and activities for groups with special needs under this title include, to the extent practicable, worksite programs such as cooperative vocational education, work study, and apprenticeship programs. Distributes title II assistance as follows: (1) 20 percent for handicapped individuals; (2) 40 percent for disadvantaged individuals; (3) 20 percent for adult training or retraining; (4) 19 percent for single working parents and individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults; and (5) one percent for criminal offenders in correctional institutions. Allocates the 60 percent of title II funds which shall be available for the handicapped and disadvantaged among local educational agencies (LEAs) in a State based on the relative number of children in public schools counted under specified provisions of title I (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Children) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Sets forth provisions relating to area vocational schools, use of community-based organizations, and joint projects with other LEAs. Directs the State board to establish criteria for the distribution of the remaining 40 percent of title II funds to eligible recipients for purposes of the programs for adult training, single working parents and dislocated homemakers, and criminal offenders. Sets forth criteria for services and activities for the handicapped and for the disadvantaged. Title III: Vocational Education Program Improvement, Innovation, and Expansion - Permits each State, from the portion of its allotment available for this title, to use grants for: (1) improvement of programs within the State; (2) expansion of activities to meet student needs, particularly in economically depressed areas where there are inadequate vocational education programs; (3) introduction of new programs, particularly in economically depressed areas; (4) exemplary and innovative programs stressing new and emerging technologies and designed to strengthen vocational education services and activities; (5) guidance and counseling activities in the improvement of programs; (6) inservice and preservice training for vocational education teachers, counselors, and administrators, with special emphasis on integration of handicapped and disadvantaged students in regular vocational education courses; (7) curriculum development, including basic skills training; (8) expansion and improvement of programs at area vocational schools; and (9) equipment acquisition and facilities renovation to improve or expand programs within the State. Distributes title III assistance as follows: (1) 25 percent for activities at the State level; and (2) 75 percent for distribution among eligible recipients, or combinations of eligible recipients, pursuant to criteria established by the State board. Directs the State board, in prescribing such criteria, to give special emphasis to economically depressed urban and rural areas of the State and to area vocational education schools serving such areas. Requires that at least ten percent of title III funds available to each State in each fiscal year shall be available only for conducting consumer and homemaking education programs. Sets forth criteria for program improvement, innovation and expansion. Title IV: National Programs - Part A: Research - Directs the Secretary, in order to carry out specified research objectives, to conduct, through the National Institute of Education (NIE), applied research on aspects of vocational education specifically related to this Act. Includes in such research: (1) methods for providing quality vocational education to handicapped individuals, disadvantaged individuals, men and women in nontraditional fields, adults, single working parents or individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults, individuals with limited English-speaking proficiency, and individuals incarcerated in correctional institutions; (2) strategies for coordinating local, State, and Federal vocational education, manpower training, and economic development programs; (3) private sector involvement in public vocational education; (4) methods of reinforcing and enhancing basic academic skills in vocational settings; and (5) curriculum and instructional methods development relating to new and emerging technologies. Directs the Secretary to: (1) operate an information clearinghouse on activities conducted by States under titles II and III, and on research contracts made by the Secretary under this part; (2) compile an annotated bibliography of research, exemplary and innovative program projects, and curriculum development projects assisted with funds under this Act; (3) initiate leadership development and inservice education activities for State and local vocational education instructors and administrators; and (4) support meritorious, unsolicited research proposals from State and local educators relating to the goals of this Act. Limits an award to any single recipient to no more than 20 percent of the amount made available under this part in any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to conduct a national assessment of vocational education assisted under this Act, through independent studies and analysis by the NIE. Requires that descriptions and evaluations of specified aspects of such programs be included in such assessment. Directs the NIE to: (1) consult with specified congressional committees in the design and implementation of such assessment; (2) report preliminary results to Congress in January and July of 1988; and (3) submit a final report to Congress by January 1, 1989. Prohibits any review of such reports outside the Department of Education before transmittal to Congress, but allows the President and the Secretary to make additional recommendations with respect to the assessment. Limits expenditures for such assessment to no more than 20 percent of the amounts available under this part in any fiscal year. Part B: Secretarial Fund - Authorizes the Secretary, from the amounts available for this part, to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts with public and private entities, programs and projects which support: (1) model programs providing improved access to quality vocational education programs for specified groups of individuals with special needs and for men and women seeking nontraditional occupations; (2) examples of successful cooperation between the private sector and public agencies in vocational education; (3) programs to overcome national skill shortages, as designated by the Secretary in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Defense, and Commerce; and (4) other activities designated by the Secretary and related to the purposes of this Act. Requires that all programs funded under this part be: (1) of direct service to individuals enrolled; and (2) capable of wide replication by service providers. Directs the Secretary to disseminate the results of programs and projects assisted under this part in a manner designed to improve the training of teachers, other instructional personnel, counselors, and administrators. Part C: Vocational Education and Occupational Information Data Systems - Directs the Secretary to develop a national vocational education data reporting and accounting system including specified information. Requires that such system be as compatible as possible with the occupational information data system developed under this Act and other information systems involving data on programs assisted under the JTPA. Requires States receiving assistance under this Act to cooperate with such system. Provides for updates and annual data acquisition plans for such system. Requires that one-third of the funds available for this part be used for such vocational education data reporting and accounting system, and that the remaining two-thirds of funds for this part be used for an occupational information system. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials. Directs the Committee, with specified funds, to: (1) improve coordination and communication among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and by the JTPA, employment security agency administrators, research personnel, and employment and training planning and administering agencies at Federal, State, and local levels; (2) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet the common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs at all levels; and (3) assist State occupational information coordinating committees established under this Act. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of specified State agencies. Directs the State committee, with funds from the National Coordinating Committee, to: (1) implement an occupational information system in the State to meet the common needs of programs of the State board under this Act and of the administering agencies under the JTPA; and (2) use the occupational information system to develop a career information delivery system. Sets forth requirements relating to the information base for the national vocational education data system. Part D: General Provisions - Distributes title IV assistance as follows: (1) 30 percent for part A (Research); (2) 40 percent for part B (Secretarial Fund); and (3) 30 percent for part C (Vocational Education and Occupational Information Data Systems). Title V: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Administrative Provisions - Directs the Secretary to pay from the State allotment the Federal share of the costs of carrying out the approved State plan. Sets the Federal share at 50 percent of the costs of: (1) administration of the State plan; (2) vocational education opportunities services and activities under title II described in the State plan for specified groups of individuals with special needs; and (3) vocational education improvement, innovation, and expansion programs under title III. Sets forth maintenance of effort provisions. Sets forth provisions for withholding of funds from States and for judicial review of such withholding. Sets forth provisions for audits. Part B: Transitional and Conforming Provisions - Makes the effective date of this Act October 1, 1984, but directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth transition provisions. Authorizes each State and eligible recipient of financial assistance under this Act, or under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, to expend funds received under such Acts to conduct: (1) planning for any program or activity under this Act; and (2) any other activity deemed necessary by the recipient to provide for an orderly transition to the operation of programs under this Act. Transfers, on October 1, 1984, the personnel, property, and records of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to the Nation Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to: (1) the JTPA; (2) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (3) the Higher Education Act of 1965; (4) the Adult Education Act; (5) the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (6) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (7) the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968.

Single Parents and Homemakers Education Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984

Single Parents and Homemakers Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to provide occupational education and training to single working parents and homemakers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to apportion one-half of one percent of such funds for each fiscal year on the basis of need among specified territories and possessions of the United States. Directs the Secretary, from the remaining funds, to make State allotments on the basis of relative populations of certain age groups. Allots 20 percent of such funds on the basis of population aged 15 through 19 and 80 percent on the basis of population aged 20 through 65. Provides for reserving a portion of the State allotment for direct assistance to Indian tribal organizations upon their request and upon the Secretary's determination that the members of the tribe would be better served by such means. Authorizes States to use grants under this Act to: (1) provide, subsidize, reimburse or pay for education and training activities, including basic literacy instruction and necessary educational materials, to furnish single parent workers and homemakers with marketable skills; and (2) make education and training more accessible to single parent workers and homemakers through child care, transportation, and program scheduling assistance. Sets forth provisions for State applications, State plans, and program requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act, but prohibits the Secretary from promulgating any regulations that define or explain the purposes of the program, the criteria for eligibility for assistance, and the contents or the format of State assurances of the State plan. Directs the Secretary to make payments to States under this Act in a specified manner.

A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to restore the food service equipment assistance program repealed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984

Amends the National School Lunch Act to reserve a specified amount of school lunch program appropriations for food service equipment. Bases State apportionment of such equipment funds on food distribution factors and standards.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased above the FY 1984 levels.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2708) to further the national security and improve the economy of the United States by providing grants for the improvement of proficiency in critical languages, for the improvement of elementary and secondary foreign language instruction, and for per capita grants to reimburse institutions of higher education to promote the growth and improve the quality of postsecondary foreign language instruction.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2708 (foreign language instruction).

Senior Citizen Tutorial Volunteer Network Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Senior Citizen Tutorial Volunteer Network Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), or to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations applying jointly with one or more LEAs, to establish and operate senior citizen tutorial volunteer network programs for educationally disadvantaged children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out this Act. Provides that 85 percent of such appropriations be used for such grants for such programs. Provides that such volunteers will tutor such children in their elementary and secondary schools and homes and will serve as liaisons between their schools and families. Provides that such funds may also be used to: (1) train volunteers, teachers, and other school personnel involved in such programs; (2) develop curricula materials; and (3) assist volunteers to pay for program-related expenses. Provides that 15 percent of such appropriations shall be used by the Secretary for: (1) a leadership training institute for project directors and other designated project personnel; and (2) ongoing technical assistance for projects. Requires that eligible applicants submit grant applications which describe the program, including plans for program continuation at the local level. Requires that such applications provide assurances that: (1) local senior citizen groups are involved in program design and operation; and (2) only elementary and secondary schools and families eligible for assistance under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may receive assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) assure equitable distribution of assistance among the States; and (2) pay a Federal share for each fiscal year equal to 100 percent of the costs of the programs described in approved applications.

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984 - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in a specified amount for FY 1985 and in such sums as may be necessary for FY 1986 through 1989. Provides that funds appropriated under specified provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917) shall be considered as funds appropriated for this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to five percent of such appropriations for national programs under part C 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 numbers 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 part B of this Act. Requires States to provide for financial and compliance audits of programs supported by funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Part B: State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment under part A, to establish, expand, and improve vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities. Authorizes each State to set aside that portion of such allotment as is required for the State's administration of the programs, projects, services, and activities described in its proposed use report. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least: (1) 30 percent for subpart 1 programs (Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training); and (2) 30 percent for subpart 2 programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education). Requires that of such funds for subpart 1 and 2 programs, at least ten percent be used to meet the special needs of handicapped persons and at least 20 percent be used to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons. Authorizes a State to use up to 50 percent of funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs to pay an eligible recipient's administrative costs. Authorizes a State to use funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of any State or local advisory council which assists the planning, implementation, or evaluation of a program, project, service, or activity under this Act. Prohibits a State from using funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of stipends or construction. Authorizes each State to: (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out part B 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 part B programs. Subpart 1: 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 subpart for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training or retraining persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to make its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in this subpart's programs persons whose jobs have been lost or jeopardized by technological or economic change. Subpart 2: 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, regardless of sex, can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this part to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations for specified research-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational Education to conduct one or more of such activities, including information dissemination. 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 education programs authorized under part B 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 support the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Part D: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Part E: Conforming Amendments; Repeals; Effective Date - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise definitions of local and State educational agencies under such Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Act. Establishes, under such Act, a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall serve as the successor to the entity previously established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes technical and conforming amendments to other specified Federal laws. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1984 or FY 1985 under such Act that are not obligated by July 1, 1985, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act.

Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984 - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) to add as a purpose of State vocational education programs under VEA to reduce the structural unemployment of the hard-to-employ, by funding State and local proposals which: (1) develop new self-help, community-based preparation programs that provide prevocational, motivational, attitudinal, and basic skills training necessary for existing vocational and technical training schools; (2) assist in providing adequate prevocational preparation targeted to the inner-city youth, the non-English-speaking barrios, the Appalachian hollows, and other urban and rural pockets of poverty; and (3) provide for cooperation between self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness and existing vocational and technical training institutions. Includes self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness among those groups to be represented in: (1) the membership of State and local advisory councils on vocational education; (2) participating in the formulation of State five-year plans for vocational education; and (3) the membership of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Requires States, in considering the approval of applications for vocation education funds under VEA, to give priority (along with other priority factors) to those applicants that make proposals which contribute to the purpose added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows any eligible recipient of funds under VEA that is a self-help community- based organization to appeal to the Secretary of Education any final action of the State with respect to any application for funds under VEA. Requires expenditures determination of such appeals. Allows VEA basic grants to States to be used to provide vocational education support services by self-help community-based organizations for programs which contribute to carrying out the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilizing intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows VEA grants to States for program improvement and supportive services to be used for research and demonstration programs which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Requires that at least ten percent of each State's allotment, and ten percent of funds for program improvement and supportive services, be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of programs, services, and activities which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a proven record in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Includes self-help community-based organizations under the VEA definition of "eligible recipient." Gives examples of the types of programs and organizations referred to in this Act. Authorizes appropriations in such sums as are necessary to carry out the VEA for FY 1985 through 1989.

National Drug Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

National Drug Education Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) in establishing and improving drug, alcohol, and tobacco education programs for elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Secretary to make such grant payments to States in amounts based on relative numbers of children in average daily attendance in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes States to reserve up to seven percent of such grant payment for State administration of drug, alcohol, and tobacco education programs. Sets forth requirements for State applications for such grants. Requires State educational agencies (SEAs) to assure that LEAs will retain autonomy and flexibility in planning such programs. Requires SEAs to contribute, in cash, 20 percent of the cost of each program approved by the State. Directs the SEA to allocate grant funds to LEAs on the basis of relative numbers of children in daily attendance in elementary and secondary schools. Directs the SEA, from the amount allocated to an LEA, to pay up to 75 percent of the cost of the approved program. Provides for reallocation of amounts not spent by LEAs within a specified time period. Sets forth requirements for LEA applications for such allocations. Requires an LEA to pay five percent of the total program cost, in cash or in services, equipment, or facilities. Requires LEA planning for cooperation and coordination with Federal, State, and local police departments and agencies. Requires assurances that the LEA program will meet any special needs of low income and minority students. Sets forth provisions for program participation of children from private schools. Sets forth administrative provisions for audits and withholding of program payments to States. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on activities assisted under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education to carry out this Act for FY 1985 through 1987.

A bill to amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to provide for the initiation and support of research fundamental to the engineering process in order to strengthen engineering research and engineering education, and to make changes in the organization and nomenclature of the Foundation to reflect the new essential emphasis on engineering.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to rename the National Science Foundation the National Science and Engineering Foundation. Renames the National Science Board the National Science and Engineering Board. Directs the Foundation to initiate and support fundamental engineering research through contracts, grants, loans, and other forms of assistance. Increases the membership of: (1) the Board from 24 to 36; and (2) the Executive Committee of the Board from five to seven. Increases the number of Assistant Directors of the Foundation from four to eight and revises their salary scale.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased above the FY 1984 levels.

Maureen E. Corcoran, of California, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, vice Daniel Oliver, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 8 February 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region. Makes any remainder of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center. Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would: (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs. Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more. Requires such contractors to: (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center. Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to: (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds. Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

Student Aid Volunteer Earnings Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Student Aid Volunteer Earnings Act - Establishes a student aid volunteer earnings program. Requires that participants in the program: (1) be between 16 and 25 years old; (2) either have a high school diploma (or its equivalent) or be at least 18 years old and pursuing a high school equivalency diploma during participation in the program; (3) enter an agreement to commit themselves to participate in the program; (4) be a citizen or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; and (5) if below 18 years old, have the written consent of their parents or legal guardians. Requires that the volunteers participate in community service projects including specified service and work activities which would not otherwise be carried out. Provides for a period of service of between six to 24 months, to be served in six-month increments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("the Secretary") after consultation with participating States and local sponsoring agencies, to design, prepare, and make available to participating States certificates of volunteer service to be presented to volunteers who successfully complete the applicable period of service. Provides for stipends (equal to at least the minimum wage for no more than 32 hours of community service per workweek) and for health insurance and workmen's compensation benefits for volunteers. Requires that each participant in the program agree to: (1) work 32 hours per week in a community service project carried out by the local sponsoring agency; (2) spend eight hours per workweek in remedial or continuing education; (3) contribute 25 percent of the stipend paid to the volunteer to the educational trust fund; (4) serve at least six months, and for six-month intervals, but for no more than 24 months, in order to be entitled to receive the postservice educational benefits of Federal matching funds under the educational trust fund; and (5) furnish information necessary for verification of eligibility and for participation in the program. Requires that States desiring to participate in the program to: (1) designate a State agency or institution with special qualifications for solving community problems to administer the program; (2) establish a State citizens panel broadly representative of community resources; (3) develop a State plan in consultation with the panel, with comments from interested groups; and (4) submit the plan to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements for State plans, including provisions that the State will pay remaining program costs from non-Federal sources. Sets forth requirements for applications to States by local sponsoring agencies desiring to participate in the program, including provisions that the agency will pay from non-Federal sources the non-Federal share of the program cost. Establishes in the Treasury the Student Aid Volunteer Earning Education Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report on the trust fund annually to Congress. Provides for transfer to the trust fund, from specified appropriations authorized under this Act, of amounts equal to: (1) 25 percent of the anticipated stipends to be paid to volunteers under this Act in the fiscal year in which the transfer is made; and (2) 200 percent of the amount transferred pursuant to clause (1). Provides for investment of any portion of the trust fund not required to meet current withdrawals and for crediting to the trust fund interest and proceeds from such investments. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year out of amounts in the trust fund such sums as are necessary to make payments authorized for postsecondary educational benefits and for administration of such benefits. Sets forth provisions for postservice educational benefits. Permits each volunteer, within six years after the completion of the period of service, to withdraw amounts from the trust fund to which the volunteer is entitled in order to attend any eligible institution. Entitles each recipient to the amount transferred from his or her stipend plus 200 percent of that amount, plus interest at six percent per year for each six-month period of service. Requires each volunteer to sign an agreement to use such funds to pay tuition and living costs attributable to enrollment in an eligible institution. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the six-year period for claiming such benefits in the case of service in the U.S. Armed Forces. Includes among eligible institutions for purposes of this Act institutions of higher education and vocational schools (as defined as "eligible institutions" under specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965) and any institution or course of study approved for veterans under specified provisions of Federal law. Provides that, whenever a volunteer withdraws an amount for any other than the required educational purpose, such volunteer: (1) is entitled only to the amount transferred from the stipend, plus six percent interest per year; and (2) may not serve or reenter the program. Sets forth provisions for an inschool component. Authorizes each State, in addition to the program authorized by this Act, to use up to ten percent of its allotment under this Act for purposes of such inschool component. Allows a local sponsoring agency within a State to recruit participants who are: (1) attending secondary school; (2) within six months of completion of twelfth grade; and (3) economically disadvantaged. Provides that such inschool participant service shall be the same as the other service under this Act, except that such participants shall agree to: (1) perform between ten and 20 hours of service per week; and (2) enroll for an initial regular six-month period of service. Provides that, if such participant fails to so enroll, the 200 percent matching Federal payment shall not be made to the fund, and the 25 percent transfers from the stipend shall be paid directly to the volunteer. Defines "economically disadvantaged" in the same way as under the Job Training Partnership Act. Sets forth administrative provisions for reporting and certification of benefits. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and Congress on activities conducted under this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to applications of Federal law to volunteers under this Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Directs the Secretary to pay, from a State's allotment, to each State having an approved plan the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out its State plan. Sets such Federal share for each fiscal year at: (1) 80 percent of the amount of stipends paid to volunteers in that State plus 100 percent of the costs of health insurance and worker's compensation benefits for volunteers; (2) 100 percent of the administrative costs of the local sponsoring agencies in carrying out applications approved under the State plan; and (3) 80 percent of the remaining costs of developing and carrying out the State plan. Sets forth provisions for records and audits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) reserve in each fiscal year amounts necessary for Federal administration of the program; and (2) from the remainder, allot to each State an amount based on population. Sets forth provisions for reallotments to States.

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984 - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in a specified amount for FY 1985 and in such sums as may be necessary for FY 1986 through 1989. Provides that funds appropriated under specified provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917) shall be considered as funds appropriated for this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to five percent of such appropriations for national programs under part C 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 numbers 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 part B of this Act. Requires States to provide for financial and compliance audits of programs supported by funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Part B: State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment under part A, to establish, expand, and improve vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities. Authorizes each State to set aside that portion of such allotment as is required for the State's administration of the programs, projects, services, and activities described in its proposed use report. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least: (1) 30 percent for subpart 1 programs (Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training); and (2) 30 percent for subpart 2 programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education). Requires that, of such funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs, at least ten percent be used to meet the special needs of handicapped persons and at least 20 percent be used to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons. Authorizes a State to use up to 50 percent of funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs to pay an eligible recipient's administrative cost. Authorizes a State to use funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of any State or local advisory council which assists the planning, implementation, or evaluation of a program, project, service, or activity under this Act. Prohibits a State from using funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of stipends or construction. Authorizes each State to: (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out part B 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 part B programs. Subpart 1: 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 subpart for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training or retraining persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to make its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in this subpart's programs persons whose jobs have been lost or jeopardized by technological or economic change. Subpart 2: 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, regardless of sex, can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this part to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations for specified research-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational Education to conduct one or more of such activities, including information dissemination. 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 education programs authorized under part B 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 support the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Part D: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Part E: Conforming Amendments; Repeals; Effective Date - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise definitions of local and State educational agencies under such Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Act. Establishes, under such Act, a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall serve as the successor to the entity previously established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes technical and conforming amendments to other specified Federal laws. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1984 or FY 1985 under such Act that are not obligated by July 1, 1985, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act.

Higher Education Savings Incentive Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Higher Education Savings Incentive Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of the taxpayer's dependent child at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 (adjusted for inflation) for each account per calendar year. Disallows any deduction for contributions to an account for individuals who have attained age 19. Specifies that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Permits the deferral of income tax on income accumulated in such education savings accounts as long as such amounts are used exclusively for educational expenses. Specifies penalties for the use of account funds for other than educational purposes. Requires the trustee of an education savings account to file reports with the Secretary of the Treasury on the maintenance of the account. Imposes penalties for not filing required reports. Extends the deduction for contributions to an education savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Excludes from the gross income of account beneficiaries any distributions from the account made on their behalf which are used for educational expenses.

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region. Makes any remainder of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center. Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would: (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs. Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more. Requires such contractors to: (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center. Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to: (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds. Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984

Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to promote more effective schools and excellence in education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for such grants program. Allows program grants to be used to: (1) promote State educational agency (SEA) and local educational agency (LEA) awareness of effective schools information through conferences at schools and district and multidistrict offices and through onsite visits to model effective schools; (2) develop and implement systems of data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication; (3) plan, review, and revise program activities; (4) support related effective schools efforts; (5) obtain technical assistance and consultant services from regional educational laboratories, research and development centers, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit educational organizations; (6) design, develop, and publish educational materials on effective schools programs; (7) conduct program evaluations; and (8) otherwise identify, document, and disseminate information concerning exemplary effective schools programs. Requires that program grant applications by SEAs or LEAs demonstrate that: (1) the applicant has an effective schools improvement program in effect; (2) grant funds would be used to pay not more than one-half of the cost of any program or activity; (3) grant funds would be supplementary; and (4) independent annual evaluations will be conducted and reported. Directs the Secretary of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to: (1) consider the extent to which grant funds would be used to improve schools in districts with the greatest numbers or percentages of educationally deprived children and the extent to which the applicant's ongoing effective schools program has demonstrated the capacity to improve student achievement or behavior; (2) ensure reasonable geographic distribution of grants; and (3) designate grants as being available for a period of at least one but not more than three years. Sets forth provisions for technical assistance and program evaluation.

A joint resolution recognizing the important contributions of the arts to a complete education.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984

Recognizes the important contribution of the arts to a complete education. Urges all citizens to support efforts which strengthen artistic training and appreciation within schools.

A joint resolution to designate the week of April 23-27, 1984, as "National Student Leadership Week".

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1984

Designates the week of April 23 through April 27, 1984, as National Student Leadership Week.

A resolution relating to the funding of College Work-Study Programs.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1984

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the FY 1985 appropriations for College Work-Study programs under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 should be increased to not less than the amounts available in FY 1983.

A joint resolution recognizing the important contributions of the arts to a complete education.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Recognizes the important contribution of the arts to a complete education. Urges all citizens to support efforts which strengthen artistic training and appreciation within schools.

A joint resolution to designate the week of April 23-27, 1984, as "National Student Leadership Week".

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Designates the week of April 23 through April 27, 1984, as National Student Leadership Week.

A resolution electing Representative Tauke of Iowa and Representative McCain of Arizona to the Committee on Education and Labor.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Elects Representatives Thomas J. Tauke, of Iowa, and John McCain, of Arizona, to the Committee on Education and Labor.

A bill to prohibit the payment of Federal Education assistance in States which require the licensing or certification of private schools or private school teachers.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the payment of Federal education assistance in States which require the licensing or certification of private schools or private school teachers.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning on May 13, 1984, as "National Vocational Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Designates the week beginning on May 13, 1984, as National Vocational Education Week.

A resolution providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Education and Labor in the second session of the Ninety-eighth Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Authorizes expenditures by the House Committee on Education and Labor for the second session of the 98th Congress, including the procurement of consultant services and assistance for specialized training for its professional staff.