Education

Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987

Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, in the interest of facilitating teacher job mobility across State lines without a substantial loss of retirement benefits, to make an annual Federal contribution to each qualified State or local public retirement system on account of each teacher who: (1) is covered by the State's retirement system; (2) retired during the fiscal year ending in calendar year of the contribution; and (3) has credited out-of-State teaching service. Sets forth: (1) criteria to be met by a State retirement system in order to participate in the program; and (2) limitations and conditions applicable to the Federal contribution. Fixes the amount of such contribution at 50 percent of the total cost (as determined by the retirement system based on the teacher's age on the date of retirement) of each year of the teacher's credited out-of-State service, to a ten-year limit. Authorizes appropriations.

Readfare Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987

Readfare Act - Amends the Adult Education Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to States with approved plans to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing a literacy program for welfare and food stamp recipients. Permits such grants to be used for programs by local educational agencies, and public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions. Sets forth State plan requirements for program descriptions. Requires States, from allotted funds, to establish such a literacy training program for recipients receiving benefits under the Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act or under the Food Stamp Act, if such recipients need literacy training and are required to receive it under such Acts. Requires States to provide for testing, literacy training, outreach activities, and screening procedures. Requires the State adult education agency to consult with State agencies for AFDC and food stamps in carrying out the literacy training program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for such program. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and the Social Security Act to require illiterate food stamp program and AFDC program participants, with specified exceptions, to participate in the literacy training program. Provides for related transportation and child care costs.

National Advanced Technician Training Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987

National Advanced Technician Training Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out an advanced technician training program, making matching grants to two-year community and technical colleges to provide training in technical competencies in strategic fields. Requires such program to emphasize on-the-job training and recruitment of the unemployed. Requires that an inventory of available programs be accessible. Requires the Director to appoint a National Advisory Council on Advanced Technician Training to review and report to the Director and to the Congress on the effectiveness of the program, with recommendations as needed. Requires the Director to designate ten centers of excellence among such colleges to serve as clearinghouses, half for advanced technician training and half for undergraduate education in mathematics and science. Requires the Director to make at least 20 grants annually. Requires that funds under this Act be used to strengthen programs in advanced-technology occupations, for faculty development in advanced-technology fields such as laser, robotic, and computer technology, and the development of cooperative training and information networks with other schools and the private sector. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.

Literacy Corps Assistance Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1987

Literacy Corps Assistance Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to carry out literacy corps programs. Permits funds under this Act to be used for grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) the costs of their participation in the literacy corps program; and (2) stipends for student coordinators engaged in the literacy corps program. Permits such funds to also be used for technical assistance, collection and dissemination of information, and evaluation. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires the institution to establish one or more courses for instruction for academic credit designed to combine the training of undergraduate students with experience as tutors. Requires individuals, as a condition of receiving credit in such course, to perform at least six hours of voluntary, uncompensated service each week of the academic term in a public community agency as a tutor in such agency's educational or literacy program. Sets forth provisions for technical assistance and coordination contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989.

Partnership for Excellence in Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Partnership for Excellence in Education Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share (50 percent) of the cost of authorized activities conducted by eligible partnerships. Defines "eligible partnership" to mean a local educational agency joining with business concerns (including utility companies), nonprofit private organizations, institutions of higher education, professional associations, museums, hospitals, libraries, educational television stations, and appropriate State and local public agencies. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1988 through 1991. Allows an eligible partnership to use payments under this Act for: (1) the use of volunteers from community organizations, businesses, and other members of the eligible partnership to serve as consultants, lecturers, role models, teaching assistants, and other personnel in the elementary and secondary schools of a local educational agency; (2) the use of secondary school students in the work of other members of the eligible partnership in order to observe and participate in an actual work environment; (3) the conduct of computer clubs and other similar extracurricular activities, particularly activities involving the use of modern technologies, in the secondary schools of local educational agencies; (4) the use of school facilities and personnel of a local educational agency for job training and remedial education for workers in the community; (5) the establishment of advisory councils for the eligible partnership consisting of business leaders and community volunteer leaders; (6) the conduct of State-wide activities, including the provision of technical assistance and the furnishing of incentive grants to the advisory councils of eligible partnerships at the local level in the State; and (7) such other collaborative activities as the State economic development agency determines will contribute to carrying out the purposes of this Act. Sets forth requirements for State and local applications. Directs the Secretary to conduct an annual evaluation of grants made under this Act.

Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to revise chapter 2 (Federal Programs for the Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Education) with respect to block grants to States. Revises the statement of purpose under chapter 2. Declares the policy of the Congress that financial assistance under chapter 2 to State and local educational agencies shall be made for innovative programs or programs which expand services and activities, but not merely to provide for the continuing maintenance of services and activities previously financed under chapter 2. Prohibits any chapter 2 allotment to a State from being used after September 30, 1990, for the maintenance of services and activities previously assisted under chapter 2 for a period of three continuous years. Authorizes waivers of such prohibition under specified conditions. Extends the authorization of appropriations for chapter 2 through FY 1993. Revises provisions for the use of funds for basic skills instruction. Revises the statements of purpose relating to educational improvement and support services and to special projects.

Education Competitiveness and Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Education Competitiveness and Improvement Act of 1987 - Title I: Reauthorization and Improvement of Chapter 1 Programs - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for programs under ECIA Chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children). Requires each State educational agency (SEA) to reserve up to five percent of Chapter 1 basic grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in the State to be used for incentive grants. Provides that such incentive grants shall be made to LEAs which have the most successful Chapter 1 programs according to State-determined criteria which may include: (1) scores of participating students on basic reading, mathematics, or other subject standardized achievement tests; (2) improvement in school attendance or secondary school completion rates; or (3) adherence to State-established effective schools standards. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to increase the maximum level of grants for State administration of ECIA Chapter 1 programs. Allows Chapter 1 programs to be conducted in no more than one-third of an LEA's school attendance areas, selected in rank order on the basis of the highest number or percentage of resident children from low-income families. Allows an LEA to conduct chapter 1 programs in any of its attendance areas if the percentage of children from low-income families in each attendance area is within five percent of the LEA average. Revises ESEA provisions relating to the ECIA Chapter 1 program to provide for a small State minimum whereby the aggregate amount which LEAs in a State are eligible to receive under chapter 1 must at least equal one-half of one percent of the total amounts available under Chapter 1. Authorizes LEAs (with SEA approval) to use up to two percent of their Chapter 1 grants to pay up to 50 percent of the costs of innovative projects. Includes among such innovative projects: (1) continuation of services to children eligible for services in any preceding year; (2) extended services to eligible children transferred to ineligible areas or schools as part of a desegregation plan; (3) incentive payments to schools that have demonstrated significant progress and success in attaining Chapter 1 goals; (4) training of teachers not paid with Chapter 1 funds with respect to the special educational needs of eligible children and the integration of Chapter 1 activities into regular classroom programs; (5) programs to encourage innovative approaches to parental involvement; and (6) programs to encourage community and private sector involvement and resources in meeting the needs of eligible children. Establishes additional requirements for parental involvement in Chapter 1 programs. Requires LEAs to implement procedures of sufficient size, scope, and quality to give reasonable promise of substantial progress in achieving the goals of informing parents about the Chapter 1 program, training parents to help instruct their children, and consulting with parents on school-parent cooperation activities. Requires LEAs to: (1) have written policies on parental involvement in Chapter 1; (2) provide support for parent involvement activities; and (3) hold parent-teacher conferences at least annually. Authorizes LEA to implement a number of other specified types of parental involvement activities. Requires parental involvement activities to be coordinated to the extent possible with programs assisted under the Adult Education Act. Revises Chapter 1 provisions regarding participation by private school pupils to authorize grants to help LEAs meet capital expenses associated with serving such pupils. Limits such capital expenses to expenditures for noninstructional goods and services such as the purchase, lease, and renovation of real and personal property (including but not limited to mobile educational units and computer equipment and materials), insurance and maintenance costs, transportation, and other comparable goods and services. Makes such grants to States in proportion to the number of private school pupils served under Chapter 1 during the 1984-1985 school year. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1988 through 1993. Amends Chapter 1 and the Head Start Act to require LEAs and Head Start agencies to develop and carry out plans to follow the success and needs of students who participated in the Head Start program in the community. Title II: Reauthorization and Revision of the Consolidated Programs Under Chapter 2 - Renames the heading of ECIA Chapter 2 "Federal Programs for the Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Education." Revises the purpose of the Chapter 2 program to be the support of innovative or expanded activities in the areas of basic skills instruction, educational improvement and support services, plus special projects. Requires that Chapter 2 funds be used in accordance with the needs and priorities determined by SEAs and LEAs. Prohibits the use of Chapter 2 funds for any activity for more than three continuous years, beginning in FY 1991. Permits waivers of such prohibition in cases of unusual hardship or upon demonstration that the supported activity has been changed over the prior three-year period. Extends the authorization of appropriations for Chapter 2 programs through FY 1993. Revises the use of funds for basic skills instruction. Title III: Gifted and Talented Student Programs and Magnet Schools - Part A: Gifted and Talented Elementary and Secondary School Children - Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for programs for gifted and talented school children. Reserves a specified portion of such funds for the Secretary of Education's discretionary programs. Makes the remainder of such funds available for State programs. Permits the SEA to reserve up to ten percent of State grants for administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning. Directs the SEA to distribute at least 90 percent of such grants on a competitive basis to LEAs. Requires that at least 50 percent of such funds be used for programs that include the identification and education of disadvantaged gifted and talented children from low-income families. Requires that services be made available on an equitable basis to pupils attending nonprofit private schools in LEAs receiving such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make discretionary grants for personnel training, research, evaluation, or related activities for the education of gifted and talented children. Provides for equitable participation by nonprofit private school pupils and teachers. Sets forth provisions for State allotments under this part. Directs the Secretary to designate an administrative unit within the Department of Education to administer the programs and projects authorized by this part and to coordinate all programs for gifted and talented children and youth administered by the Department of Education. Sets forth provisions for the Federal share of programs under this part. Directs the Secretary, as part of the annual report of the Department of Education, to describe the programs assisted under this part together with an evaluation of the services of such programs in carrying out the objectives of this part. Part B: College Studies for the Gifted and Talented Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, LEAs and institutions of higher education located in the same community as the LEA, applying jointly, for demonstration projects designed to address the special needs of gifted and talented secondary school students. Requires that each demonstration project include: (1) the identification of gifted and talented secondary school students who will benefit from participation in the project; (2) the enrollment of such secondary school students in courses of instruction at institutions of higher education located in the same community in which such students reside and are attending secondary school; and (3) the awarding of academic credit at the secondary school and at the institution of higher education for participation in such courses of instruction. Sets forth application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. Part C: Reauthorization of Magnet Schools Program - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the magnet schools program. Title IV: Educational Partnerships - Educational Partnerships Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to educational partnerships to pay the Federal share of the costs of model cooperative programs for authorized activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out this title. Permits an eligible partnership to use payments under this title for model cooperative programs designed to apply the resources of the private and nonprofit sectors of the community to the elementary and secondary schools of the LEA or to courses of study at institutions of higher education in that community. Sets forth application requirements. Sets forth the Federal share of such activities. Directs the Secretary to conduct an annual evaluation of grants made under this title to determine the success of model programs in meeting the objectives of this title. Directs the Secretary to disseminate to SEAs and LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other participants in the educational partnership program information relating to the activities assisted under this title. Title V: Mathematics and Science Targeted Assistance - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to target assistance to secondary education programs for advanced computer, mathematics, physical sciences, and foreign language instruction. Permits up to 30 percent of specified funds to be used by an LEA for instruction at the secondary school level of foreign languages of the major trading partners of the United States. Repeals provisions relating to a waiver of training requirements in favor of expenditures for special projects. Title VI: White House Conference on Teaching and Competitiveness - White House Conference on Teaching and Competitiveness Act - Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Teaching and Competitiveness not later than December 1, 1988. Provides for a final report and administration of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: National Science Foundation - National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1992 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for FY 1988 through 1992. Sets forth nine categories for FY 1988 and three areas for FY 1989 for which such funds will be available. Authorizes annual expenditures from such funds in limited amounts for official consultation, representation, and other extraordinary expenses at the discretion of the Director of NSF. Provides that funds may be transferred among categories, but precludes transfers to or from any category exceeding ten percent of the amount authorized for that category until 30 calendar days have passed after the Director has notified specified congressional committees. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to allow portions of National Science Board meetings in which the Board considers possible NSF budgets for a particular fiscal year or other legislative proposals that might be submitted to the Congress to be closed to the public until the President's budget for that fiscal year or the legislative proposal has been submitted to the Congress. Revises provisions relating to the exercise of authority by the Director and relating to the Executive Committee of the Board. Repeals provisions relating to an oath and statement prerequisite to acceptance of a scholarship or fellowship awarded by NSF. Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization and Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to revise provisions relating to membership on the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering. Changes the Committee's report from an annual to a biennial one. Title VIII: Special Report - Directs the Secretary of Education and the National Science Foundation to jointly conduct a study of the strategies and methods employed by educational institutions to improve instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign languages. Requires a report on such study to be submitted to the Congress within 18 months after the enactment of this Act.

A bill to name the post-baccalaureate achievement program under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as the "Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program".

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to name a post-baccalaureate achievement program as the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

A bill to amend the Bilingual Education Act to authorize the inclusion under family English literacy programs of courses designed to enable aliens who are otherwise eligible for temporary resident status under section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to achieve a minimal understanding of ordinary English and a knowledge and understanding of the history and government of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Amends the Bilingual Education Act to authorize the inclusion under family English literacy programs of courses designed to enable aliens who are otherwise eligible for temporary resident status under the Immigration and Nationality Act to achieve a minimal understanding of ordinary English and a knowledge and understanding of the history and government of the United States as required by such Act.

Project ACCESS

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Project ACCESS - Establishes a two-year demonstration program that will provide a wide array of services to secondary school students in rural sections of the country to encourage entry into and successful completion of postsecondary education programs, career planning, and return to the rural community. Authorizes the Secretary of Education, in accordance with specified provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986, to support development of Project ACCESS Program capability in any or all of the nine Educational Research Laboratories. Sets forth application requirements and services to be incorporated as part of the programming under Project Access. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 to supplement the contracts now held by the nine regional educational laboratories administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) for purposes of this program. Subjects this program to ratable reductions. Requires regional educational laboratories wishing to develop and operate a demonstration Project ACCESS Program to request a modification of their existing OERI contracts. Sets forth required contents of such proposed contract modifications. Requires OERI to prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the impact of this demonstration program, including recommendations of the regional laboratories, by November 30, 1988.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 1988 budget should provide adequate funding for vocational education programs.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that an adequate level of funding should be authorized for vocational education programs for FY 1988 and that funds should not be rescinded from the 1987 appropriation for basic vocational education grants.

A concurrent resolution urging the full funding of certain student financial assistance programs.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and college work-study programs should be fully funded, including increases for inflation.

A bill to name the post-baccalaureate achievement program under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as the "Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program".

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to name a post-baccalaureate achievement program as the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

A concurrent resolution to encourage State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987

Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.

A concurrent resolution to encourage State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide high quality daily physical education programs for all children in kindergarten through grade 12.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987

Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.

Education for Economic Security Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987

Education for Economic Security Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to rename title II as the Critical Skills Improvement Act of 1987 (which may be cited as the Critical Skills Act). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make title II grants to States for strengthening the skills of teachers and the quality of instruction in mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for title II for FY 1988 through 1993. Sets forth formulas for title II allocation of funds to States and for within State distribution. Sets forth State and local application requirements. Sets forth provisions for State and local educational agency use of title II funds. Sets forth teacher training activities for which such State and local funds may be used. Sets forth provisions for participation of children and teachers from private schools. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance and to develop procedures for State and local program evaluations. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress an annual summary of State program evaluations. Reserves certain funds for national programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants for programs of national significance in mathematics and science instruction, giving special consideration to those programs providing special services to historically underserved and underrepresented populations in the fields of mathematics and science.

Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987

Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Amendments of 1987 - Part I: Programs to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children - Amends Chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for: (1) basic grants and concentration grants for local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) State programs for migratory children; (3) State programs for neglected and delinquent children; (4) State administration of Chapter 1 programs; and (5) demonstration projects, evaluations, technical assistance, and other activities. Requires each State wishing to receive a Chapter 1 grant to submit, through its State educational agency (SEA), an application for up to three years for each Chapter 1 program for which it seeks assistance. Requires such application to describe criteria, policies, and procedures to: (1) assess the educational effectiveness of LEA Chapter 1 programs; (2) direct an LEA to take corrective measures if it is failing to provide effective Chapter 1 services; (3) permit LEAs that conduct highly successful Chapter 1 programs to implement schoolwide improvement programs in attendance areas in which at least 40 percent of the children are from low-income families; and (4) award incentive grants. Sets forth factors upon which assessments of educational effectiveness may be based. Requires each SEA, at least once every three years, to evaluate the educational effectiveness of services, including those for private school children, provided under Chapter 1 by each participating SEA and LEA. Requires such evaluations to be made available to the public. Amends title I (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions governing the allocation of funds for basic and concentration grants under Chapter 1 of the ECIA. Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to set aside not more than one percent of such funds for: (1) specified U.S. territories and possessions according to their respective needs; and (2) Department of the Interior Indian schools. Provides that Puerto Rico's share of such funds would be the same as its share for FY 1987. Directs the Secretary to use 95 percent of such funds for basic grants and five percent for concentration grants. Provides that allocation of basic grants to LEAs shall be on the basis of the number of poor children in excess of two percent of the total number of children in the school district. Revises requirements relating to the selection of school attendance areas for Chapter 1 programs. Requires LEAs to conduct Chapter 1 programs only in attendance areas that are among the poorest one-third of all areas in the district, in rank order of their poverty as measured by the number or percentage of poor children. Requires LEAs to provide services only to those children in greatest need of special assistance. Allows an LEA to serve attendance areas in rank order but beyond the poorest one-third if more than 25 percent of the children are from low-income families. Allows projects in attendance areas beyond the poorest one-third and without regard for the ordering requirement if the percentage of poor children in each attendance area in the district is within five percent of the district-wide percentage of poor children. Limits to one year the period during which previously eligible attendance areas and children may continue to be served under Chapter 1 programs. Revises Chapter 1 requirements relating to parental involvement in local programs. Requires each LEA to develop written policies to ensure that parents have adequate opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of its Chapter 1 project. Requires each LEA, at an annual meeting, to: (1) inform parents of their right to be consulted in such design and implementation; (2) request their comments and recommendations; and (3) inform parents of their right to establish procedures for discussing among themselves, with teachers, and with appropriate LEA officials the LEA's Chapter 1 program. Includes among resources and activities which may be provided to parents: (1) space and materials for meetings; (2) information on statutes and regulations applicable to Chapter 1 programs; and (3) training. Requires the SEA to approve LEA applications for basic and concentration grants that comply with Chapter 1 requirements. Directs the SEA to take corrective action when it finds that an LEA has substantially failed to carry out a Chapter 1 requirement. Provides that such corrective action may include withholding of funds or directing the LEA to issue compensatory education certificates. Provides for reallocation of withheld funds. Revises ECIA and ESEA provisions under which LEAs may conduct Chapter 1 projects on a schoolwide basis. Lowers from 75 percent to 60 percent the minimum percentage of poor children which a school must have in order to conduct schoolwide improvement. Eliminates a fiscal matching requirement for schoolwide improvement. Requires that local evaluations of Chapter 1 programs include an assessment of the impact that schoolwide projects have on the educational progress of educationally deprived children. Authorizes LEAs to provide compensatory education certificates to parents of educationally deprived children if such provision: (1) would be more effective in meeting the needs of eligible children than direct services provided by the LEA; or (2) is needed to provide services required under Chapter 1, including services to private school children. Allows each LEA to provide such certificates on the basis of individual grade levels, schools, attendance areas, or any combination thereof. Requires the LEA to apply the same criteria to public and private school children in determining the extent to which there is a need to provide such certificates. Sets the value of each certificate at an amount determined by the LEA to be equitable to all children selected to participate in the LEA's Chapter 1 program. Prohibits the amount of funds paid to parents from exceeding their actual cost of purchasing compensatory services. Requires use of certificate proceeds only to purchase supplementary compensatory education services that meet the identified special educational needs of the parent's eligible child. Provides that such services may be purchased from any elementary or secondary school that the LEA determines is able to provide appropriate services. Authorizes the LEA to also specify other types of public and private organizations, such as institutions of higher education, from which parents may purchase such services. Permits each LEA to use Chapter 1 funds for the additional transportation costs of a child using such a certificate. Provides that certificate funds are not income for Federal income tax purposes. Requires LEAs to include information and assurances relating to certificates in their Chapter 1 applications. Provides that parents of educationally deprived children in private schools would be provided compensatory education certificates on the same basis as public school children. Provides that use of certificate funds by parents at private schools or at LEAs outside the school district where the child resides would not subject those schools to specified maintenance of effort, supplement-not-supplant, or comparability requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to carry out directly or through grants activities consistent with Chapter 1 purposes, including: (1) testing and demonstrating innovative methods for educating educationally deprived students, including projects that focus on parental involvement; (2) evaluating Chapter 1 programs and projects; (3) identifying and disseminating information about outstanding local Chapter 1 programs; and (4) providing technical assistance to Chapter 1 grantees. Directs SEAs to set aside one percent of Chapter 1 funds for incentive grants to LEAs. Requires an LEA to treat such an incentive grant as part of its regular Chapter 1 grant and use it to: (1) extend its program to additional students or schools or otherwise improve its programs; or (2) disseminate information on its program to other schools or LEAs. Revises ECIA and ESEA provisions relating to programs for migrant children. Gives declining weights to the numbers of formerly migrant children. Requires coordination of Chapter 1 migrant projects with other State and local programs for migrants. Gives priority for participation first, to all currently migratory children from kindergarten through grade 12; second, to all currently migratory preschool children; and third, to formerly migrant children from kindergarten through grade 12. Repeals specified requirements relating to the Migrant Student Records Transfer System. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to operate the records system and coordinate migrant services. Eliminates a minimum requirement for spending on coordination of migrant education activities. Revises ESEA provisions relating to transition services for neglected and delinquent children. Authorizes each State to set aside up to ten percent of funds for neglected and delinquent children to support projects that facilitate the transition of such children from State operated institutions to locally operated programs. Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) to transfer funding of the ECIA Chapter 1 program for handicapped children to the EHA. Allows States, in establishing their EHA entitlement to count children who are, or used to be, in State-operated or State-supported programs for handicapped children. Sets forth hold-harmless provisions for purposes of such transfer of funding. Revises ECIA and ESEA provisions that authorize payments to States for administrative costs of Chapter 1 programs. Provides for such payments to each State based on its share of the overall Chapter 1 appropriation. Sets a required minimum payment. Makes applicable only to compensatory education programs and not to other types of special programs for educationally disadvantaged children a provision excluding certain State and local funds from the supplement-not-supplant and comparability requirements of Chapter 1. Makes such exemption available to SEAs as well as LEAs. Repeals a provision allowing States to make certain allocations to LEAs rather than counties under specified conditions. Eliminates a requirement that the State agency programs are to be fully funded and basic grant awards are to be ratably reduced where appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund all Chapter 1 programs. Revises certain ESEA definitions applicable to Chapter 1 of the ECIA. Amends the definition of average per pupil expenditure to provide for the use of the most recent satisfactory data. Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to direct the Secretary, with specified exceptions, to return to the Treasury any funds recovered by the Department of Education from a recipient after those funds are no longer available for obligation. Repeals specified provisions of the ESEA. Part II: Educational Reform and Improvement - Changes the heading of Chapter 2 of the ECIA from "Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education" to "Educational Reform and Improvement." Revises Chapter 2 State block grant program purposes. Provides that Chapter 2 funds are to assist State and local efforts to achieve excellence in elementary and secondary education (including preschool) through the implementation of educational reform and improvement programs for children attending both public and private schools. Provides for Chapter 2 assistance to SEAs and LEAs: (1) in accordance with those agencies' own determinations of their needs and priorities; and (2) in a manner that imposes minimal administrative and paperwork burdens upon schools and increases their ability to educate children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out Chapter 2 of the ECIA. Changes the amount reserved for Chapter 2 payments to the Outlying Areas from a mandated one percent to no more than one percent of the Chapter 2 appropriation. Revises provisions relating to local allocations. Provides that relative enrollments shall be calculated on the basis of the total of the number of children enrolled in public schools and the number of children enrolled in private, nonprofit schools that desire their children to participate in Chapter 2 programs or projects. Provides that SEAs shall use funds not distributed to LEAs to support State programs and activities. Revises the list of authorized Chapter 2 projects and activities. Focuses such list upon educational reform and improvement. Includes among authorized projects: (1) projects designed to improve instruction in the basic skills of reading, mathematics, and written and oral communications, including projects designed to provide parents with the literacy skills needed to help their children learn to read; (2) projects designed to enhance educational opportunities for economically or academically disadvantaged children, including children who attend schools undergoing desegregation; (3) projects designed to identify and meet special educational needs of children who demonstrate extraordinary intellectual, academic, creative, artistic, or leadership capabilities; (4) the development of plans and policies to measure the academic proficiency of students, assist students to achieve existing standards, and raise those standards; (5) projects designed to achieve and maintain in schools an orderly environment conducive to learning including activities to promote safety, reduce crime, drug use, and vandalism, and otherwise maintain school discipline; (6) projects designed to encourage students to stay in school or encourage dropouts to resume their education; (7) projects designed to teach the principles and values of good citizenship and increase students' understanding of government; (8) pre-school and in-school partnership projects in which parents participate in their children's education; (9) projects that provide parents with greater choice over the selection of their children's schools; (10) the development of merit pay, career ladder, and master teacher programs; (11) inservice training and retraining of teachers in academic subjects; (12) the development of more rigorous graduation requirements and plans to increase instructional time; (13) the recognition and dissemination of effective educational practices; (14) school partnerships with business, industry, government, and higher education; (15) the acquisition of textbooks, school library resources, and other instructional equipment and materials; and (16) any other project consistent with the purposes of Chapter 2. Provides that projects and activities may be conducted at the elementary or secondary level (including preschool). Authorizes an SEA to use Chapter 2 funds that are not distributed to LEAs to: (1) develop procedures or take other corrective actions to provide a high quality education for students who are attending public elementary and secondary schools that the SEA determines are either unable or unwilling to meet that responsibility themselves; (2) pay the additional cost of participating in the National Cooperative Education Statistics System; and (3) pay administrative costs for Chapter 2, up to five percent of the State's grant. Establishes a single list of authorized activities under subchapter A by repealing subchapters B and C. Eliminates, as outdated, provisions which repealed a number of antecedent categorical programs that were consolidated by Chapter 2. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified discretionary programs. Removes a limitation that required such funding to first be allocated to certain programs. Authorizes the Secretary in certain circumstances to grant a temporary waiver of the requirement that Chapter 2 funds may not be used to supplant funds from non-Federal sources. Part III: National Cooperative Education Statistics System - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to establish within the Center for Education Statistics a National Cooperative Education Statistics System to produce and maintain, with the cooperation of the States, comparable and uniform educational information and data that are useful for policy-making at the Federal, State, and local levels.

Quality in Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987

Quality in Education Act of 1987 - Establishes the Optional Test of Academic Excellence. Directs the Secretary of Education to prepare or approve a comprehensive test of academic excellence designed to identify students with outstanding aptitude and ability who are in the 12th grade of secondary school. Provides that such test may be taken on a voluntary basis. Provides for certificates to be given to those who pass such test.

Literacy Training Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987

Literacy Training Act of 1987 - Amends title IV (Federally Administered Programs) of the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to add provisions for a Literacy Training Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award grants to and enter into contracts with postsecondary institutions participating in any program pursuant to title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) of the Act to establish adult literacy training programs for unemployed, underemployed, and displaced workers. Limits the amount of any such grant for any two-fiscal year period. Sets forth required components of literacy training plans to be submitted by eligible postsecondary institutions. Sets forth authorized uses of funds. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the literacy training program by October 1, 1989. Reserves specified amounts for the literacy training program.

A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from sequestration.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Pell grant higher education assistance program from reduction pursuant to a sequestration order.

Magnet Schools Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987

Magnet Schools Assistance Reauthorization Act of 1987 - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to increase the FY 1988 amount of the authorization of appropriations for magnet school assistance and to extend such authorization of appropriations through FY 1993. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from making a determination about the award of funds under the magnet school assistance program solely on the basis of whether an applicant received an award in a prior fiscal year. Limits to 15 percent that portion of funds available for each fiscal year for purposes of the magnet school assistance program that may remain available for obligation and expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing any payment under such program for any fiscal year by any amount on the basis of availability of funds pursuant to specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act.

Equality in Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987

Equality in Education Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax-exempt status to any educational institution which has been found to have a policy of racial discrimination against any group in enrollment, hiring, or in other areas until such institution clearly and convincingly demonstrates abandonment of such policy through enrollment, hiring, or the taking of other vigorous, affirmative, and continued corrective action with respect to such group.

A resolution saluting Betty Brown Casey for her extraordinary support of Washington College.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987

Salutes Betty Casey and her husband, Eugene Casey, for their support of higher education through contributions to Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.

International Education for a Competitive America Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987

International Education for a Competitive America Act - Title I: Education for Economic Security - Education for Economic Security Amendments Act - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to authorize the President to make Presidential Awards for Teaching Excellence in Foreign Languages to elementary and secondary school teachers of foreign languages who have demonstrated outstanding teaching qualifications in the field of teaching foreign languages. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Title II: Elementary and Secondary Foreign Language Education - Elementary and Secondary Foreign Language Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to educational agencies for the funding of model and exemplary programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, providing for commencement or improvement and expansion of foreign language study for students within their school districts. Prescribes the contents of applications for such grants. Allows the participation of private schools under specified circumstances. Requires the ratable reduction of such grants if appropriations are insufficient to pay them in full. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Title III: Postsecondary Foreign Language and International Education - Postsecondary Foreign Language and International Education Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 and the next three succeeding fiscal years for the Secretary to provide for the acquisition, translation, and dissemination of technical and scientific periodicals published outside the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating centers for international business education which: (1) will be national resources for the teaching of improved business techniques, strategies, and methodologies which emphasize the international context in which business is transacted; (2) will provide instruction in critical foreign languages and international fields needed to provide understanding of the cultures and customs of United States trading partners; and (3) will provide research and training in the international aspects of trade, commerce, and other fields of study. Requires such centers to serve as regional resources to businesses proximately located by offering programs and providing research designed to meet the international training needs of such businesses. Describes programs and activities to be conducted by such centers. Requires institutions, or combinations of such institutions, in order to be eligible for assistance, to establish a Center Advisory Council to conduct extensive planning concerning the scope of the center's activities and programs. Establishes the schedule for the Federal share of costs for such centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and for each of the three succeeding fiscal years.

Adult Education Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1987

Adult Education Amendments of 1987 - Amends title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (commonly known as the Adult Education Act) to declare the purpose of such title to assist States to improve educational opportunities for adult who lack the level of literacy skills requisite to effective citizenship and productive employment, to expand and improve the current system for delivering adult education services, and to encourage the establishment of adult education programs. Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY 1988 and such sums as necessary through FY 1993. Provides for the allotment of such funds, including minimum allotments based on FY 1984 Federal payments. Sets forth the circumstances under which grants made by the Secretary of Education to the States for adult education programs may be used to carry out programs for a for-profit agency, organization, or institution. Limits to 20 percent the amount of a State's allotment that may be used for programs of equivalency for a certificate of graduation from a secondary school. Authorizes States to allot a specified portion of grants for private sector adult education training designed to provide literacy and other basic skills to improve the productivity of current employees through the use of business, industry, labor organizations, and education partnerships. Requires that 95 percent of funds provided by States to eligible recipients be expended for adult instructional activities. Sets forth the responsibilities of State educational agencies in carrying out this title. Requires any participating State to establish or designate a State advisory council on adult education. (Currently, the establishment of such councils is discretionary.) Requires such council to evaluate adult education programs at least once every two years and advise the Governor, the State legislature, the State agency, and the general public of its findings and recommendations. Requires States for FY 1988 and each fourth year thereafter, to submit to the Secretary a plan and application for adult education for the four succeeding fiscal years. Sets forth: (1) procedures required in formulating State plans, including meeting with the advisory council and conducting public hearings; (2) required assessments to be made of the needs of eligible adults; (3) required components of the plan; and (4) assurances to be provided in State applications. Requires the Secretary to approve any amendments made to State plans which are consistent with such Act. Directs each such State agency, during the four-year period, to: (1) arrange a program review of eligible recipients each year; and (2) gather and analyze data to determine the extent to which the adult programs are achieving the goals of the plan, and the extent to which eligible recipients have improved their capacity to achieve the purposes of this title. Authorizes the use of funds allotted to a State for: (1) special projects involving innovative methods, systems, materials or programs for educating the handicapped, the homeless, and persons of limited English-speaking ability; and (2) training personnel to carry out the purposes of this title. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program of making grants to States to support planning, developing, and evaluating programs designed to provide adult education programs, services, and activities to meet the special needs of migrant farmworkers and immigrants. Directs the Secretary to assist States in evaluating the status and progress of adult education in achieving the purposes of this title. Directs the Secretary to determine the criteria for defining literacy and to identify those skills that comprise the basic educational skills needed for literate functioning. Requires the Secretary to determine an accurate estimate of the number of illiterate adults in the Nation. Directs the Secretary to report every four years to the President and to the Congress on the status of literacy and adult education. Directs the Secretary, three years after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on an evaluation of programs required under this title, together with recommendations. Requires the Secretary to make grants to States and eligible recipients for programs to train adult volunteers, especially the elderly, who wish to participate as tutors in local adult education programs. Directs the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report jointly to the Congress on Federal funding for and services for adult education programs currently available, including literacy initiatives offered by public and private agencies. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a national clearinghouse to compile information on literacy curricula and resources for adults, including youth and adults of limited English proficiency and adults with handicaps. Authorizes appropriations for grants concerning Indian adult education for FY 1988 and such sums as necessary for FY 1989 through 1993.

Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1987

Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to: (1) the selection criteria for institutional challenge grant eligibility, including provisions for the waiver of certain requirements in certain cases when the Secretary of Education determines that such a waiver will substantially increase higher education opportunities appropriate to the needs of American Indians; (2) the value of a principal residence for the purpose of computations to determine Pell grant eligibility in certain cases involving dislocated workers or displaced homemakers; (3) the definition of "untaxed income and benefits" for the purpose of computing annual adjusted family income for Pell grant eligibility determinations; (4) the formula used in assessing institutional need for purposes of the allocation of funding for supplemental educational opportunity grants; (5) authorizations for FY 1987 through 1991 for the high school equivalency and the college assistance migrant programs; (6) special child care services for disadvantaged college students; (7) per student aggregate loan limits; (8) variable interest rates on supplemental and PLUS loans, and limitation, repayment, and refinancing criteria applicable to such loans; (9) PLUS loan deferments; (10) consolidation loans; (11) insurance program agreements to qualify loans for interest subsidies; (12) guaranty agreements for reimbursing loans; (13) the computation of the interest rate on loans under the income contingent direct loan demonstration project; (14) the financial needs assessment of students, including provisions governing the discretion of a student financial aid administrator to make necessary adjustments to allow for the treatment of individual students with special circumstances; and (15) the eligibility of preschool teachers for the Congressional Teacher Scholarship program. Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 relating to: (1) effective dates; and (2) the conduct of certain required studies. Amends the General Education Provisions Act concerning the disposition of certain funds received by the Center for Education Statistics.

Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987

Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act to add to the statement of policy the declaration that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve children of limited English proficiency have the equally important goals of developing both academic achievement and English proficiency. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve 25 percent of certain funds appropriated under such Act for special alternative instruction programs and related activities. (Current law requires that up to four percent of such funds be reserved for such activities.) Directs the Secretary to reserve 60 percent of funds appropriated under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs) of such Act for transitional bilingual education programs. (Current law requires that 75 percent of such funds be reserved for such programs.) States that no student may be enrolled in a bilingual program for more than three school years. Declares that a grant application may receive priority if it is made on behalf of small school districts or on behalf of local educational agencies having schools in which many languages are represented.

Computer Education Assistance Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Computer Education Assistance Act of 1987 - Title I: Acquisition of Computer Resources - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening and expanding computer education resources available in elementary and secondary schools. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount for the needs of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Specifies the planning activities that States must carry out in order to be eligible for grants. Authorizes the use of such grants for: (1) the acquisition and leasing of computer hardware for use in the education program in the elementary and secondary schools in the State, including operation, installation, and maintenance services; (2) teacher training programs; and (3) the acquisition of computer software. Describes the contents to be included in State and local applications for grants. Allows the participation of private elementary and secondary schools under this Act. Declares the Federal share for such grants to be 75 percent. Title II: Teacher Training Institutes - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the National Science Foundation to arrange for the development and operation of short-term or regular session institutes for study to improve the qualifications of individuals for teaching, or supervising or training teachers, in the use of computers for elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the payment of stipends for individuals who attend such institutes. Title III: Technical Assistance Information Dissemination - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the Secretary of Education and the National Science Foundation to disseminate the results of research conducted on the availability of computer hardware and software for use in classrooms and to recommend improvements in implementing computer hardware and software into the curriculum of schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the National Science Foundation, through grants or contracts, to conduct, assist, and foster research and experimentation on, and demonstration and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers which can be easily replicated. Requires the Foundation to report to the Congress annually on the results of such research and experimentation.

International Education for a Competitive America Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

International Education for a Competitive America Act - Title I: Education for Economic Security - Education for Economic Security Amendments Act - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to authorize the President to make Presidential Awards for Teaching Excellence in Foreign Languages to elementary and secondary school teachers of foreign languages who have demonstrated outstanding teaching qualifications in the field of teaching foreign languages. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Title II: Elementary and Secondary Foreign Language Education - Elementary and Secondary Foreign Language Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to educational agencies for the funding of model and exemplary programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, providing for commencement or improvement and expansion of foreign language study for students within their school districts. Prescribes the contents of applications for such grants. Allows the participation of private schools under specified circumstances. Requires the ratable reduction of such grants if appropriations are insufficient to pay them in full. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Title III: Postsecondary Foreign Language and International Education - Postsecondary Foreign Language and International Education Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 and the next three succeeding fiscal years for the Secretary to provide for the acquisition, translation, and dissemination of technical and scientific periodicals published outside the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating centers for international business education which: (1) will be national resources for the teaching of improved business techniques, strategies, and methodologies which emphasize the international context in which business is transacted; (2) will provide instruction in critical foreign languages and international fields needed to provide understanding of the cultures and customs of United States trading partners; and (3) will provide research and training in the international aspects of trade, commerce, and other fields of study. Requires such centers to serve as regional resources to businesses proximately located by offering programs and providing research designed to meet the international training needs of such businesses. Describes programs and activities to be conducted by such centers. Requires institutions, or combinations of such institutions, in order to be eligible for assistance, to establish a Center Advisory Council to conduct extensive planning concerning the scope of the center's activities and programs. Establishes the schedule for the Federal share of costs for such centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and for each of the three succeeding fiscal years.

Future Teacher Training Corps Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Future Teacher Training Corps Act - Amends title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a new program of Future Teacher Training Corps Fellowships. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot program grant funds to each State on the basis of school-age population. Directs State Governors to appoint Selection Review Panels to select fellowship recipients. Requires that recipients be interested in teaching careers and to agree to teach in areas of the State where there is a shortage of elementary or secondary school teachers or in fields of study where there is a shortage of such teachers. Sets forth guidelines for selection procedures. Sets forth program grant application requirements for States. Limits each such fellowship to not more than: (1) $5,000 for each year of graduate education in preparation to become an elementary or secondary school teacher; and (2) two years of such graduate education. Sets forth fellowship conditions. Requires fellowship repayment in cases of noncompliance with fellowship agreements, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to 5,000 fellowships during each of those fiscal years.

Partnership for Educational Innovation Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Partnership for Educational Innovation Act - Chapter 1: Federal, State, and Local Partnership - Sets forth this Act's short title and table of contents. Chapter 2: Partnership for Educational Innovation - States that the purpose of this Act is to: (1) provide funding to enable State and local educational agencies to implement promising educational programs; (2) place responsibility for the administration of funds with State agencies; and (3) enhance the quality of teaching and learning. Part A: State and Local Programs - Subpart 1: Funding - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth the method for determining a State's allotment and the basis for the State's allocation to local educational agencies. Provides that not more than 20 percent of such allotment shall be used for statewide educational agencies. Subpart 2: State Programs - Sets forth the application requirements for any State which desires to receive allotments under this Act. Lists the activities for which such allotments may be used, including: (1) State administration of programs under this Act; (2) technical assistance and direct grants for local educational agencies and statewide activities; and (3) assistance to carry out "effective school programs." Subpart 3: Local Programs - Sets forth the application requirements for any local educational agency which desires to receive an allocation of funds under this Act. Grants the local educational agency complete discretion in determining how funds for local programs shall be divided among the authorized purposes of this subpart. Allows such funds to be used for: (1) programs and projects to meet the educational needs of at-risk and high cost children; (2) "effective schools programs and activities"; (3) innovative instructional programs and materials; (4) personnel enhancement; and (5) other special projects. Subpart 4: Effective Schools Programs - Defines "effective schools programs" as school-based programs that have the objective of: (1) promoting school-level planning, instructional improvement, and staff development; (2) increasing the academic achievements of children; and (3) achieving specified conditions in the school which stress the achievement of instructional goals and a safe and orderly school environment. Subpart 5: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions to ensure a maintenance of effort between State and Federal expenditures for educational programs, and for the participation of children enrolled in private schools. Sets forth reporting requirements for local educational agencies, State educational agencies, and the Secretary of Education. Grants the Secretary authority to issue regulations to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Act. Part B: National Programs and Activities - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out directly or through grants and contracts with State and local educational agencies specified educational projects and programs. Part C: General Provisions - Repeals Chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act.

A bill to suspend through fiscal year 1989 the military education program for civilian technicians of the Army National Guard.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Suspends through FY 1989 the military education program for civilian technicians of the Army National Guard. Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than December 31, 1988, to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on the Military Education Program of the Army National Guard concerning the cost-effectiveness and other characteristics of such program.

National Schoolbus Safety Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

National Schoolbus Safety Act of 1987 - Limits the amount of financial assistance which the Secretary of Education may provide to any State or local educational agency in a State or locality that does not impose certain requirements for inspecting school buses and equipping them with safety belts. Sets forth the initial form of such requirements as follows: (1) equipping those school buses first placed in service after the effective date of this Act with safety belts; and (2) annual safety inspection of all school buses. Limits the amount of financial assistance in cases of noncompliance to not more than: (1) 95 percent of the allocated amount for the first fiscal year beginning after the effective date of this Act; (2) 90 percent for the second such fiscal year; and (3) 85 percent for any subsequent fiscal year. Sets forth final requirements which must be effective on or before January 1, 1997, as follows: (1) equipping all school buses with safety belts; and (2) annual inspections of all school buses. Prohibits any financial assistance to any State or local educational agency in a State or locality which does not have such requirements in effect by such date. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to annually provide the Secretary of Education with information necessary to determine whether a State or local government has in effect the requirements referred to under this Act, if there is an approved highway safety program for pupil transportation safety in effect for such State or local government. Requires the State or local government to provide such information when such a program is not in effect. Makes this Act effective beginning one year after its date of enactment.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal funding for vocational education should be continued.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should continue its role in promoting vocational education by continuing to provide the States with vocational education grants.

Veterans' Education Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987

Veterans' Education Amendments of 1987 - Amends Federal law relating to veterans' educational assistance to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to approve the pursuit of flight training by an individual entitled to basic educational assistance under specified conditions, including: (1) that such training is necessary for the attainment of the individual's vocational objective; (2) that the individual possesses a valid private pilot's license and meets all medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot's license; and (3) that the flight school courses are approved by the Federal Aviation Administration and the State. Sets forth the amount of assistance and other conditions for such flight training. Authorizes the Administrator to provide the same such assistance, under the same conditions, for members of the Selected Reserve of the armed forces found to be entitled to such basic educational assistance.

Computer Education Assistance Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987

Computer Education Assistance Act of 1987 - Title I; Acquisition of Computer Resources - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening computer education in the elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1988 through 1991. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States and for allocation of allotments within States. Provides that two percent of the appropriations for this Act be reserved for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Provides for allotment to States on the basis of school-age population and on the basis of a formula for distribution of aid for disadvantaged school children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the State education agency (SEA) to allocate the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of similar factors. Prohibits making any grant under this title to a State unless the SEA and LEAs within the State carry out planning activities designed to facilitate the use of Federal financial assistance under this title for the expansion of computer resources in the elementary and secondary schools within the State. Requires such planning activities to include: (1) development of goals for computer education; (2) revising basic curricula; (3) placing the computers, and making them generally available, in the elementary and secondary schools; (4) developing hardware and software selection criteria; (5) providing security; and (6) developing evaluation standards. Allows grants under this Act to be used to pay the Federal share of: (1) acquisition of computers and other equipment for computer education; (2) teacher training programs; and (3) computer software acquisition. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this Act. Sets forth requirements for local applications for payments under this Act. Makes specified provisions of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 relating to participation of children enrolled in private schools applicable to the financial assistance made available under this Act. Directs the Secretary to pay each State, from the amount allotted, the Federal share (75 percent) of the cost of the program assisted under this Act. Permits non-Federal contributions to be in cash or in kind, including plant, equipment, and services. Title II: Teacher Training Institutes - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop and operate short-term or regular session study institutes to improve the qualifications of individuals engaged or preparing to engage in the teaching, or supervising or training of teachers, of the use of computers for computer education instruction and other education programs in elementary and secondary schools. Provides that special consideration be given to grant or contract applicants who will train teachers, or supervisors or trainers of teachers, serving or preparing to serve in elementary and secondary schools that enroll substantial numbers of disadvantaged youth or in programs for children of limited English language proficiency. Provides for weekly stipends for individuals who attend such institutes. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1988 through 1991. Title III: Technical Assistance Information Dissemination - Directs the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the NSF, to provide advice and technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs on the expenditure of funds under title I of this Act and on the acquisition of computer software through an interagency agreement to: (1) research available computer hardware and software, for use in the classroom and recommend improvements; and; (2) disseminate the results of such activities. Authorizes the Secretary and the NSF to make grants and contracts to carry out such functions. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1991. Directs the NSF, through grants to or contracts with specified entities, to conduct, assist, and foster research and experimentation on, and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers which can be easily replicated. Gives priority to proposals prepared with active and broad community involvement of such groups as parents, teachers, school boards and administrators, and local business. Permits funds available under such grants and contracts to be used for the acquisition of computer hardware and software. Requires the Director of the NSF to: (1) report annually to the Congress on the results of such research and experimentation; and (2) in conjunction with the NIE, disseminate information concerning such results to LEAs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1991.

A joint resolution to designate April 10, 1987 as "Education Day U.S.A.".

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987

Designates April 10, 1987, as Education Day, U.S.A.

LeGree S. Daniels, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Harry M. Singleton, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 23 March 1987

Bonnie Guiton, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education, vice Robert Melvin Worthington, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 23 March 1987

Health Services, Mental Health Services, Job Training, and Education for the Homeless Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987

Health Services, Mental Health Services, Job Training, and Education for the Homeless Act - Title I: Health Services and Mental Health Services for the Homeless - Health Services and Mental Health Services for the Homeless Act - Part A: Health Services - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of the Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) health services for homeless individuals; and (2) mental health services for homeless individuals who do not have a chronic mental illness. Specifies services such entities are required to provide and other requirements in order to be eligible for grants. Requires the Secretary to give preference to entities which have experience in providing comprehensive primary health care services to homeless individuals and medically underserved populations. Provides that such required services shall be provided to any homeless individual without regard to the individual's ability to pay. Specifies requirements for any fees charged by grant recipients. Places other terms and conditions on the use of funds provided under such grants. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives an annual report evaluating the services provided under such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. Part B: Mental Health Services - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 for purposes of this part. Prohibits the Secretary from using more than one percent of the amount appropriated for administration. Provides a formula for allotment of funds to States, the District of Columbia, and certain U.S. territories and possessions. Specifies how such allotments shall be used for emergency projects for homeless individuals who have chronic mental illnesses. Includes in such uses: (1) services to individuals who are homeless or who have chronic mental illness and are at risk of becoming homeless; and (2) certain training of individuals to enable them to provide services to homeless individuals. Prohibits certain uses of such allotments, including inpatient services, cash payments to recipients, and, subject to waiver by the Secretary, capital expenditures. Prohibits more than five percent of the amount paid to a State from being used to administer the funds. Requires States to apply in order to receive allocations. Requires the State chief executive officer and the chief executive officer of any metropolitan city or urban county included in the application, as a part of the application, to certify to certain terms and conditions. Requires the State chief executive officer to submit a description, open to public comment while being developed and after transmittal, of the programs, activities, and services provided through such allotments. Makes applicable to allotments under the Act provisions of existing law relating to adjustments of allotments under certain circumstances, reports and audits, withholding of funds for cause, discrimination, and criminal penalties for false statements. Title II: Assuring the Education of Homeless Children - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require each State educational agency to adopt and implement a plan to ensure each homeless child of full and equal opportunities. Prohibits the application of State or local residency requirements so as to bar any homeless child from attending school. Sets forth requirements regarding selection of the school in which such child will be enrolled, transportation to the school selected, maintenance of the child's records, and participation in educational programs and services. Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies for exemplary programs for homeless students. Sets eligibility and application requirements. Requires the Secretary to disseminate information on such exemplary programs to other State and local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1987 and 1988. Title III: Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Project - Requires the Secretary of Labor to make grants for the Federal share of job training demonstration projects for homeless individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts to carry out this title. Restricts eligibility for such grants to applicants located in a State which has submitted a comprehensive plan as provided in this Act. Specifies elements required to be included in grant applications. Sets forth the purposes for which such demonstration grants may be used. Sets the Federal share of the cost of demonstration projects at 50 percent for each fiscal year. Allows the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind. Limits the amount of grants to any State in each fiscal year to 15 percent of the total amount appropriated for this title. Requires the Secretary of Labor to annually evaluate each demonstration project and submit a report to the Interagency Council on the Homeless (Interagency Council). Requires the Secretary of Labor to submit a final report to the President, the Congress, and the Interagency Council. Requires the Interagency Council to: (1) prepare and publish a report evaluating each project receiving assistance under this title; (2) make a determination of the relative effectiveness of such projects; and (3) make recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, to the Congress on job training programs for homeless individuals to be established on a national basis. Authorizes appropriations for this title for FY 1988.

Bilingual Education Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987

Bilingual Education Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) to extend the Federal bilingual education program through FY 1993. Requires programs receiving assistance under this Act to be designed to enable students to meet grade-promotion and graduation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Increases from $50,000 to $75,000 the minimum State education grant under this Act. Allows grantees to engage in preservice activities for up to one year (the current limit is six months). Requires parental notification of program instructional goals to be in a language and form that parents understand. Requires the Department of Education to consult with State Directors of bilingual education in matters pertaining to the administration of Federal bilingual education programs. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary of Education to study the content of textbooks. Declares that a minimum of 500 fellowships shall be made available each year (for FY 1988 through 1993) for the advanced study of bilingual education. Requires the Director of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs to submit annual reports to the President and to the Congress on the grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit biennial reports (beginning in 1988) to the Congress on the condition of bilingual education and the administration and operation of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from imposing restrictions on the availability or use of funds authorized under this Act.

Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987

Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to require State educational agencies to distribute funds for State and local programs for drug abuse education and prevention programs on the basis of relative enrollments in public and private, nonprofit schools (currently, on the basis of the relative number of children in the school-age population) within an area. Requires local applications for funds for a three-year period to include a description of: (1) the extent and nature of the current drug and alcohol problem in the schools of the applicant; (2) the applicant's drug and alcohol policy; and (3) how the applicant will monitor program effectiveness. Requires applicants to submit a progress report to State educational agencies for the preceding two years in order to receive funds for the third year. Requires that such report show reasonable progress toward accomplishing program objectives or a modified plan to meet such objectives. Requires States to report annually to the Secretary with specified information on programs funded under this Act.

A bill to provide for the payment of impact aid to certain school districts.

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987

Amends Federal law to entitle a local educational agency to receive impact aid payments when: (1) the population of the school district is below a specified number; and (2) the United States owns Federal property aggregating 40 percent or more of the total acreage in the district.

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to empower the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to: (1) Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee; (2) Xavier University College of Pharmacy, New Orleans, Louisiana; (3) Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee, Alabama; and (4) Meharry College of Dentistry, Nashville, Tennessee. Requires each institution to use such grants to establish, in the pertinent health care discipline, a Center of Excellence, which shall: (1) improve the recruitment of minority students and high calibre minority faculty to the institution; (2) develop effective techniques for training minorities who will serve minority populations; and (3) establish scholarship programs to attract promising individuals to the Center's programs. Directs each Center to engage in specified activities appropriate to the subject matter expertise of the institution it represents, including: (1) maintenance of a communications network to disseminate information concerning health promotion among minorities; (2) development of patient educational materials tailored to the needs of minority populations; (3) establishment of a research program focusing on the needs of minority women and teenagers; (4) study of alternative models for health care delivery systems; and (5) consultation and assistance by the recipient institutions to other medical schools to aid the latter in effecting more productive education and service programs for minority populations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991.

Star Schools Program Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987

Star Schools Program Assistance Act - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to add a title establishing a star schools program. Cites the new title as the Star Schools Program Act. Empowers the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants of up to a fiscal year maximum of $20,000,000 per grant to eligible telecommunications partnerships for the development, construction, and acquisition of telecommunications facilities and equipment and for technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992, subject to fiscal year limitations. Sets forth eligibility criteria to identify eligible telecommunications partnerships, which must be organized on a statewide or multistate regional basis and be either: (1) a public agency or corporation established to provide education-related telecommunications networks to certain educational or health institutions or to industries; or (2) a partnership that will provide a telecommunications network and whose membership includes specified educational entities or public or private nonprofit organizations experienced with telecommunications. Authorizes eligible partnerships to submit a grant application: (1) describing the telecommunications facilities, equipment, and technical assistance for which assistance is being sought; (2) providing assurances that the services offered will increase the availability of courses of instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign languages; and (3) containing other assurances and information as required by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications, to give priority to certain applicants, including those partnerships that: (1) have the capacity to serve the broadest range of targeted institutions; (2) have substantial academic and teaching capabilities; (3) will serve a multistate area; and (4) demonstrate strength in mathematics, science, and foreign language resources which by distribution through the partnership will offer new educational opportunities. Requires each grantee to report to the Secretary concerning courses and materials to be transmitted by satellite to educational institutions and teacher training centers and to specify the locus and time of such transmissions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) compile and prepare for dissemination a listing and description of the courses and materials submitted by each grantee; and (2) distribute such list to all State educational agencies. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to conduct a thorough investigation of the use of the telecommunications systems supported by the grants awarded under this Act and to submit quarterly reports to the Congress. Directs the OTA to: (1) carry out, by September 30, 1991, a study and evaluation of the cost of designing, building, and launching a satellite for educational purposes, including an analysis of potential users' ability to repay such costs; and (2) study the demand for the use of such a satellite to find out whether potential users would be able to repay such costs within ten years. States that, if potential users can repay costs within ten years, the Congress should appropriate the funds necessary to launch a satellite for use in a space-based satellite education system.

Global Basic Education Enhancement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987

Global Basic Education Enhancement Act of 1987 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set aside for programs whose effect is to reduce illiteracy and extend basic education not less than 50 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Agency for International Development for educational programs.

A joint resolution to designate September 1987 as "Partnerships in Education Month".

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987

Designates the month of September 1987 as Partnerships in Education Month.

Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987

Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program Act - Title I: Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a voluntary national service and education demonstration program. Requires participants in such program to: (1) have attained 16 years of age but not 25 years of age; (2) have a certificate of graduation from a secondary school or equivalent; (3) enter into appropriate agreements with State higher education agencies; and (4) be a citizen or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Requires each participant to perform at least two years of community service or military service. Requires State higher education agencies to apply for participation in the demonstration program through the Secretary. Provides monthly stipends and educational benefits for community service participants and educational benefits for military service participants. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Title II: Peace Corps Training and Educational Benefits Demonstration Program - Authorizes the Director of the Peace Corps to carry out a training and educational benefits demonstration program. Provides that eligible students must: (1) have completed two years of study at an institution of higher education; (2) agree to enter the Peace Corps for a period of two years; and (3) be selected pursuant to a competitive process. Describes the selection process, training, and educational benefits. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993.

Higher Education Volunteer Services Amendments Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987

Higher Education Volunteer Services Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to the direct student loan program to provide for partial cancellation of such loans for service with a tax-exempt organization.

Higher Education Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987

Higher Education Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the dissemination of the terms and conditions under which students receiving guaranteed student loans or direct student loans may: (1) obtain deferral of the repayment of the principal and interest for service under the Peace Corps Act, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (VISTA), or for comparable full-time service as a volunteer for a tax-exempt organization; and (2) obtain cancellation of the student loan for service under the Peace Corps Act or VISTA.