Education

Designating October 3, 1990, as "National Teacher Appreciation Day".

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990

Designates October 3, 1990, as National Teacher Appreciation Day.

A joint resolution designating November 11 through 17, 1990, as "Geography Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990

Designates the week of November 11 through November 17, 1990, as Geography Awareness Week.

A joint resolution to designate the seven-day period commencing October 7, 1990, and ending October 13, 1990, as "National Aviation Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990

Designates October 7 through October 13, 1990, as National Aviation Education Week.

A joint resolution designating July 2, 1990, as "National Literacy Day".

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1990

Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that August 30, 1990, be observed as "1890 Land-Grant Institutions Centennial Recognition Day".

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that August 30, 1990, should be designated as 1890 Land-Grant Institutions Centennial Recognition Day.

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research, Education, and Health Services of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research, Education, and Health Services Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMSD) and the Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to expand and intensify research on osteoporosis and related bone disorders. Requires, with respect to osteoporosis and related bone disorders: (1) the NIAMSD Director to increase the number of Specialized Centers of Research; and (2) the NIA Director to increase the number of program project grants devoted to creating centers of excellence. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Interagency Council on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders and the Advisory Panel on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders. Authorizes appropriations for the Advisory Panel. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make up to three grants to establish model health promotion projects for community-based education on osteoporosis, with each project targeting one of these groups: young and teenage girls, midlife women, and older men and women. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the NIAMSD Director to make grants or enter into contracts to establish a Resource Center on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders to: (1) disseminate information about research results, services, and educational materials to health professionals, patients, and the public; and (2) coordinate regional training programs for the development of health professional resource networks. Requires grant and contract recipients to establish: (1) a central computerized information system to, among other matters, translate scientific and technical information into information readily understandable by the general public; and (2) a national toll-free telephone information line. Requires the grant or contract recipient to charge fees for providing information, but allows exceptions for individuals and organizations unable to pay. Authorization appropriations.

Designating 1991 as the "Year of the Lifetime Reader".

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990

Designates 1991 as Year of the Lifetime Reader.

A bill to amend the professional and graduate institution program under part B of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add certain additional institutions, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add to the list of professional or graduate institutions eligible for special grants to improve graduate educational opportunities for Black and low-income students the following: (1) Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University and/or Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Graduate Program); (2) North Carolina Central University School of Law; (3) Southern University School of Law; (4) Florida A & M College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Graduate Program); and (5) Xavier University of Louisiana School of Pharmacy (Graduate Program). Removes "independent" as an eligibility qualification for receiving grants. Sets forth funding rules for distribution of such grants to such additional institutions as well as to those institutions already on such list.

A joint resolution designating October 3, 1990, as "National Teacher Appreciation Day".

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1990

Designates October 3, 1990, as National Teacher Appreciation Day.

A bill to authorize assistance to the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1990

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars for construction and related costs of a student residence and classroom building in Washington, D.C. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993.

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research, Education, and Health Services Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1990

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research, Education, and Health Services Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMSD) and the Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to expand and intensify research on osteoporosis and related bone disorders. Requires, with respect to osteoporosis and related bone disorders: (1) the NIAMSD Director to increase the number of Specialized Centers of Research; and (2) the NIA Director to increase the number of program project grants devoted to creating centers of excellence. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Interagency Council on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders and the Advisory Panel on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders. Authorizes appropriations for the Advisory Panel. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make up to three grants to establish model health promotion projects for community-based education on osteoporosis, with each project targeting one of these groups: young and teenage girls, midlife women, and older men and women. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the NIAMSD Director to make grants or enter into contracts to establish a Resource Center on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders to: (1) disseminate information about research results, services, and educational materials to health professionals, patients, and the public; and (2) coordinate leadership training for the development of health professional resource networks. Requires grant and contract recipients to establish: (1) a central computerized information system to, among other matters, translate scientific and technical information into information readily understandable by the general public; and (2) a national toll-free telephone information line. Requires the grant or contract recipient to charge fees for providing information, but allows exceptions for individuals and organizations unable to pay. Authorizes appropriations.

National Advanced Technician Training Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990

National Advanced Technician Training Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out a national advanced technician training program of: (1) awarding competitive grants to accredited associate-degree-granting colleges which can provide competency-based technical training in designated advanced-technology occupational fields; and (2) establishing and maintaining a readily accessible inventory of advanced technician training programs. Requires the Director to appoint a National Advisory Council on Advanced Technician Training. Requires the Director and the Council to report annually on the national advanced technician training program. Requires program coordination with programs of the Department of Commerce and other relevant Federal agencies including the Departments of Labor, Education, and Defense. Requires such program to emphasize advanced technology training programs which: (1) include flexibility in scheduling to accommodate working people and parents; and (2) take steps to meet the adaptive and training needs of handicapped young people and adults. Requires the Director to designate ten centers of excellence among associate-degree-granting colleges: (1) five with exceptional programs of advanced technician training, to serve as national and regional technical education clearinghouses for other colleges; and (2) five that excel in undergraduate education in mathematics and science, to serve as national and regional mathematics and science education clearinghouses for both colleges and secondary schools. Requires the Director to make at least 20 competitive grants annually to associate-degree-granting colleges for partnerships in mathematics and science education with secondary schools in the community served by the college. Authorizes appropriations.

National Summit Conference on Education Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990

National Summit Conference on Education Amendments of 1990 - Amends the National Summit Conference on Education Act of 1984 to revise congressional findings, executive committee membership, and provide for regional meetings and agenda with respect to the National Summit Conference on Education.

Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teacher Assistance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990

Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teacher Assistance Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to repay specified portions of Stafford loans (under the guaranteed student loan program of the Higher Education Act of 1965) for full-time mathematics or science teachers at public secondary schools. Authorizes repayment of increasing portions of the loan principal for each of four consecutive years of such teaching service. Authorizes appropriations.

To make technical changes to Public Law 81-874.

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990

Amends Federal law which provides impact aid to local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activities to deem the United States to own Federal property, for purposes of such impact aid law, if such property met certain conditions prior to its transfer and if the Federal Government has: (1) transferred it to another non-taxable entity; and (2) placed specified use restrictions on it.

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1990 (CARE)

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1990 (CARE) - Title I: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act - Replaces provisions of the Public Health Service Act authorizing the establishment and operation of Alzheimer's Disease centers with provisions requiring the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements for planning, establishing, or strengthening at least 15 Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers to support any part of the full range of research and development from very basic to clinical. Requires the Director to award center core grants or enter into cooperative agreements to support shared resources for categorical research. Requires the Director to award grants or enter into cooperative agreements with entities receiving assistance under the Research Centers and center core provisions of this Act to assist in providing high-quality research and services at locations other than the Research Centers. Requires the Director to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements to: (1) attract new or young investigators to careers involving research on biomedical, behavioral, and social aspects of Alzheimer's disease; and (2) develop institutional training programs emphasizing postdoctoral training and training of women and groups underrepresented in such research. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the grants and cooperative agreements above in this Act; and (2) under existing provisions, awards for leadership and excellence, research on services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families, preparation and revision of a plan for certain research related to Alzheimer's disease, and dissemination of research results. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts for family support demonstration projects. Authorizes the Director to make grants and enter into contracts for long-term care research with regard to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, the Administration on Aging, and the National Center for Nursing Research, to make grants and enter into contracts for research on methods for improving the delivery of supportive services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. Authorizes appropriations for family support demonstration projects, long-term care research, and supportive services delivery research. Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants to States for State Alzheimer's disease programs, including medical, legal, educational, health care financing, and other aspects. Requires that 25 to 50 percent of a grant be used in any fiscal year for respite care. Limits grants to: (1) a minimum dollar amount; and (2) one-half of the costs of the research for which the grant is made. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to make grants and enter into contracts for basic and clinical research with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Amendments to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 - Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 to require the Council on Alzheimer's Disease to make certain annual reports to the Congress and the public regarding matters related to Alzheimer's disease. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment and operation, under existing provisions, of the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease. Requires grants under specified existing provisions for Alzheimer's research to focus on specialized care as well as on services. Requires the Director of the NIMH to submit a research plan to the Council annually. Modifies the research to be provided for in the plan. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the responsibilities of the NIMH relating to Alzheimer's disease under the Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to submit a research plan to the Chairman of the Council annually. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the responsibilities of the Agency under the Act. Replaces provisions requiring education programs for providers of care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease with provisions authorizing the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make grants: (1) on the basis of merit, for training programs and continuing education programs with respect to health care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; and (2) for the development of curricula for the training programs and continuing education programs. Requires the Director to establish the National Alzheimer's Education Program to: (1) provide coordination and leadership in the Federal education and promotion effort; (2) develop and distribute educational materials; (3) encourage and work with the media to provide information; (4) encourage and work with public and private efforts to develop models for education, training, and assistance programs; and (5) provide technical assistance. Authorizes the Director to make grants for programs to educate health care providers and the families of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders on caring for such individuals, and on the availability of public and private sources of assistance. Authorizes appropriations to carry out educational activities provisions of the Act.

Restructuring Schools Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1990

Restructuring Schools Act of 1990 - Amends the Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching Act to establish a program of grants for planning and implementing the restructuring of school organization, school management, or instructional programs in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants, on a competitive basis and for a three-year period, to such schools, local educational agencies (LEAs), and consortia of such schools or LEAs (with or without nonprofit organizations with relevant experience). Requires grant applications to include a plan for widespread consultation with parents, community members, school system employees, and the private sector in planning and implementing such school restructuring. Requires a school restructuring implementation plan prior to the second grant year. Requires broad geographic distribution in grant awards with special consideration for restructuring plans which benefit: (1) students or a school with below-average academic performance; and (2) eligible entities serving a large number of minority or disadvantaged students. Sets the Federal share at 50 percent, and requires that at least 50 percent of the non-Federal share come from nongovernmental sources. Authorizes appropriations.

A joint resolution to designate October 17, 1990, as "National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day".

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990

Designates October 17, 1990, as National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day.

Student Incentive Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990

Student Incentive Act of 1990 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for bonus grants for schools that require satisfactory grades for student participation in extracurricular activities, if such schools are eligible for assistance under the chapter 1 title I program for educationally disadvantaged children under such Act.

Space Science and Education Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1990

Space Science and Education Act of 1990 - Title I: Youth Exploring Space - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (the Administrator) to award grants to students in grades six through 12 to enable them to participate in mathematics and science short courses. Directs the Administrator to make such awards on a competitive basis, with special consideration to applications from women, minorities, and individuals who might be unable for financial reasons to participate in such courses. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Science and Space Exploration - Authorizes the Administrator to award grants to develop and prepare multisession informal science programs for widespread dissemination. Makes eligible to apply for such grants educational institutions, museums, nonprofit organizations, and technically oriented businesses which develop such programs on a nonprofit basis. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Industry in Education - Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) award a grant or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement for a study of existing cooperative industry and education programs; and (2) report to the Congress on how industry and education can cooperate to expand interest and participation in the mathematics, science, and engineering fields. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Scholarships - Authorizes the Administrator to award scholarships to junior and senior undergraduate students majoring in mathematics, science, engineering, or a related field at an institution of higher education, for their first and second years of student-teaching at an elementary or secondary school. Directs the Administrator to make such scholarship awards on a competitive, merit basis, with special consideration for applications from women, minorities, and those demonstrating financial need. Authorizes appropriations.

Global Elementary Education Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990

Global Elementary Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make matching grants to States, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, for foreign language institutes for professional development and retraining of elementary and secondary school teachers for elementary school teaching of foreign languages and cultures, geography, and international studies. Requires such institutes to allow teachers from other fields to retrain as foreign language teachers. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to develop innovative and model programs in preservice elementary teacher education in the areas of foreign language and culture, geography, and international studies. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make competitive grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit international exchange organizations, nonprofit educational associations, or consortia thereof, for reciprocal elementary teacher exchange programs. Requires that preference be given to nontraditional language study sites and to programs providing exchanges for teachers who have never been abroad. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to assign to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education responsibility for: (1) coordinating development and dissemination of foreign language and culture instructional material; and (2) expanding use of technology in teaching foreign languages and culture in elementary school. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations under this Act.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit the deferral of payments on students loans during professional internships, regardless of duration.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit the deferral of payments on student loans during professional internships of any duration (by removing a two-year limitation).

Enchanted National Forests Information and Education Study Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990

Enchanted National Forests Information and Education Study Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to study the opportunities for establishing a center providing information on the national forests in New Mexico and for expanding the environmental education program for such forests. Authorizes appropriations.

Construction Safety, Health, and Education Improvement Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990

Construction Safety, Health, and Education Improvement Act of 1990 - Renames the Office of Construction and Engineering within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) the Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (the Office), which is to protect the safety and health of construction workers and educate them concerning hazardous conditions on the worksite. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish an effective and fair system for construction worksite inspections by the Office. Gives priority to inspection of: (1) projects and worksites of owners and employers having a higher than average incidence of severity of injuries or illnesses for the type of construction involved; and (2) worksites and operations with a high potential for fatalities or serious injuries and illnesses. Requires the construction safety specialist to provide the Secretary a notice containing specified information on a construction project prior to commencement of work, unless it is necessary to perform such work immediately to prevent injury to persons, and notice is given to the Secretary as soon as practicable. Requires an employer to report to the appropriate regional office of OSHA by telephone or telegraph any incident involving construction work that results in: (1) a fatality or serious injury (within four hours after the incident's occurrence); or (2) a structural failure that leads to the collapse of a place of employment (within 24 hours after the incident's occurrence). Requires the construction safety specialist to submit a written follow-up report with specified information. Directs the Secretary to conduct site inspections to investigate all such reports, as well as all reports of those categories of serious injuries the Secretary prescribes. Requires such inspections within 24 hours after receipt of the telephone or telegraph report, unless site conditions would make inspection dangerous. Directs the Secretary to make public a narrative description of the occurrence. Requires each construction contractor to maintain accurate records of accidents and injuries at a construction worksite. Requires a construction safety specialist to: (1) ensure worksite compliance with the onsite plan and with guidelines of the Secretary and the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health; (2) maintain a detailed worksite safety report; and (3) upon discovery of a hazard, order the contractor to eliminate it and inform the contractor, owner, and Secretary of any imminent dangers. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations providing for certain exemptions from this Act for specified types of construction projects, operations, or construction contractors, conditioned on compliance with alternative requirements capable of promoting employee safety and health. Requires a construction contractor to establish a written safety and health program, to be managed by a construction safety specialist. Sets forth the requirements of such a program, including safety and health training for supervisors and employees, construction worksite instruction, inspections, emergency evacuation plans, and material safety data sheets. Requires such programs to have a procedure whereby, if an employee or employee representative reasonably believes that an imminent danger exists, work in the endangered area will stop until a construction safety professional arrives and completes an inspection to determine whether a danger exists. Requires written reports of such evaluations and analyses to be provided immediately to the construction safety specialist and the employee requesting them. Requires a contractor who denies such a request to provide written reasons immediately to the specialist, the employee making the request, and the employee's representative. Requires the employee to return immediately to work, if the site is determined safe. Requires employees working in that area to stop entering an unsafe area until the dangerous condition is corrected and the correction approved by the construction safety specialist. Directs the Construction Safety and Health Training Academy to: (1) train employees of the Office who conduct construction worksite inspections and other appropriate persons; and (2) train and certify construction safety specialists who have fulfilled requirements of a standardized training course and testing program. Revises Federal law relating to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Increases criminal penalties for any employer's willful violations of such Act which result in serious injury or death to an employee. Makes employers who cause such results through specified criminal negligence also liable to such penalties. Doubles the maximum amount of such fines for repeat offenders. Sets forth criminal penalties for persons giving advance notice of any OSHA inspection without authority from the Secretary or the Secretary's designees. Amends the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act to grant the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health specified powers to carry out its functions. Directs the President, in the budget message, to separate the appropriation account for construction industry safety activities from that of nonconstruction activities under such Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Israel should take immediate steps to reopen universities in the West Bank and Gaza.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Israel should take immediate steps to reopen universities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Post Secondary Education Disclosure Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990

Post Secondary Education Disclosure Act of 1990 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education participating in student aid programs to disclose to students and prospective students the completion or graduation rate of certificate- or degree-seeking students who enter each program of study in the institution. Provides criteria for calculating such completion rate.

A bill to establish a demonstration program to allow drug-addicted mothers to reside in drug abuse treatment facilities with their children, and to offer such mothers new behavior and education skills which can help prevent substance abuse in subsequent generations.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990

Provides for grants to establish at least five projects in which addicted mothers in residential drug abuse treatment facilities are allowed to have their children reside with them during treatment. Authorizes appropriations.

A concurrent resolution to encourage State governments, local governments and local educational agencies to adopt a comprehensive curricular program which provides elementary and secondary students with a thorough knowledge of the history and principles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and which fosters civic competence and civic responsibility.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990

Encourages State and local governments and local education agencies to adopt a comprehensive curriculum for each of grades kindergarten through 12 which: (1) provides elementary and secondary students with a thorough knowledge of the history and principles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and (2) fosters civic competence and responsibility.

Designating January 6, 1991 through January 12, 1991 as "National Law Enforcement Training Week".

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990

Designates January 6 through January 12, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Training Week.

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to contraception and infertility.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1990

Declares that the Congress should: (1) establish a program of research for the development of methods of contraception and methods of diagnosing and treating infertility; (2) provide adequate long-term resources for the program; (3) ensure that Federal programs with respect to sexually transmitted diseases adequately respond to the role of such diseases in infertility; (4) ensure public education on contraception and infertility; (5) establish as Federal goals the development, by the year 2010, of improved barrier methods to protect against pregnancy and diseases, new methods of contraception for use by men, a vaccine-like drug for women that prevents pregnancy for a significant period of time without other specified effects, and new and improved techniques of diagnosing and treating infertility; (6) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reestablish the Ethical Advisory Board in order to facilitate research with respect to infertility; (7) review the policies and procedures of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to expediting approval of drugs and devices for use by the public, especially with respect to contraception and infertility; and (8) determine to what extent measures can be implemented by public or private entities to resolve liability issues involved with drugs and devices concerned with contraception and infertility.

Timber Research, Education, and Enhancement Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Timber Research, Education, and Enhancement Act of 1990 - Title I: Research and Education - Subtitle A: General Research Programs - Expresses the sense of the Congress reaffirming the importance of the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a competitive forestry, natural resources, and environmental grant program; and (2) a genetic tree improvement research grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Southern Forest Productivity and Regeneration - Directs the Secretary to: (1) continue the Southern Forest Productivity Program; and (2) establish research grants under such Program. Directs the Secretary to establish a Southern Forest Regeneration Center to study forest regeneration problems in the South. Authorizes other such programs or a related comprehensive national program. Subtitle C: Education - Amends the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to expand forestry and natural resources education programs. Amends the Forest Rangeland and Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish: (1) the forestry student grant program to expand the professional education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists; and (2) the international forestry education grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Forestry Enhancement and Technical Assistance - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish forest stewardship on nonindustrial private forest lands by assisting owners to more actively manage their forest and related resources. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Urban Forestry - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) implement a program of education and technical assistance for urban forest resources; (2) establish an urban and community forestry cost share program; and (3) establish a National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council. Title IV: Economic Development Through Forestry - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to provide short term export credit guarantees and assistance with respect to wood and processed wood products under the same conditions that apply to other agricultural products. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) global economic and international marketing education programs for forest-dependent rural communities; and (2) educational programs to assist business and policymakers in creating environmentally consistent economic development programs. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Forest Service a program of forest resource and related business assistance to State and local organizations, including: (1) training; (2) financial and technical assistance; and (3) technology information. Establishes in the Treasury a loan fund for such program. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of rural revitalization cost sharing partnerships with rural communities and rural development entities. Title V: Forest Protection - Subtitle A: Fire Protection - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to provide matching financial, technical, and related assistance to State foresters or officials for mobilization activities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Pest Protection and Forest Health - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to use Forest Service appropriations to assist State or private entities in the emergency suppression of forest pests, including the gypsy moth. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Forest Service should expand its forest monitoring to all lands within the United States and its territories and possessions. Subtitle C: Emergency Reforestation Program - Authorizes the Secretary to develop within the Forest Service an emergency cost sharing reforestation program for disaster-damaged timber lands. Authorizes appropriations.

A joint resolution to designate May 4, 1990, as "Department of Education Day".

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Designates May 4, 1990, as Department of Education Day.

A joint resolution to designate the year 1991 as the "Year of the Lifetime Reader".

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Designates the year 1991 as Year of the Lifetime Reader.

To amend section 438 of the General Education Provisions Act to permit the release of records of disciplinary proceedings to victims of violent crime.

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to declare that certain privacy rights shall not be construed to prohibit an institution of postsecondary education from disclosing to an alleged victim of a violent crime the results of any disciplinary proceeding conducted by such institution against the crime's alleged perpetrator.

Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Scholarship Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Scholarship Act - Establishes the Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Scholarship Foundation as an independent establishment of the executive branch. Authorizes the Foundation to: (1) award undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships for study in the fields of peace studies and conflict resolution; and (2) make annual monetary awards to outstanding educators, teachers, and other individuals who have made significant contributions to advance secondary school and college instruction in the field. Establishes in the Treasury the Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Scholarship Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act to rename the United States Institute of Peace as the Spark M. Matsunaga United States Institute of Peace.

Access to Education for Economic Security Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Access to Education for Economic Security Act of 1990 - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the Act) to declare that homelessness alone should not be sufficient reason to separate students from the mainstream school environment. Revises the program of grants for State activities for the education of homeless children and youth. Increases grant amounts and extends the authorization of appropriations. Permits preschools to receive exemplary grants for education of the homeless and extends the authorization of appropriations for such grants. Establishes a program of demonstration grants for educational success. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make such grants to State and local educational agencies (LEAs) for support services for homeless children and youths to ensure their successful education in preschools and elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide support and technical assistance to State educational agencies to carry out their responsibilities; and (2) determine whether State laws, regulations, policies, and practices described in their plans adequately address the educational problems of homeless children and youths. Requires that comprehensive homeless assistance plans include: (1) certain information relating to homeless school-aged children and youths; and (2) an assurance that welfare authorities and other agencies responsible for placing homeless families in temporary accommodations will consider the need to minimize disruption of the education of the children or youths.

To establish an Albert Einstein Fellowship Program.

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to enter into an agreement with the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education to establish an Albert Einstein Fellowship Program providing for two fellowships within the House and two fellowships within the Senate in each fiscal year, beginning in FY 1991. Provides for the agreement only if the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology meets certain program requirements.

Save the Children Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990

Save the Children Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants, to local educational agencies in areas where the dropout rate for high school students is 20 percent or more, to pay 90 percent of costs of programs of daily after-school activities for at-risk students in the fourth through eighth grades. Authorizes appropriations.

Designating the month of November 1990 as "Dyslexia Awareness Month".

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990

Designates November 1990 as Dyslexia Awareness Month.

To designate the period commencing September 9, 1990, and ending on September 15, 1990, as "National Historically Black Colleges Week".

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990

Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that community service should be required for graduation from high school.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that community service should be required for graduation from high school.

Sensible Advertising and Family Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990

Sensible Advertising and Family Education Act - Declares it to be an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act to advertise or cause to be advertised through magazines, newspapers, brochures, promotional displays, or radio or television broadcasting (including cable broadcasting) any alcoholic beverage unless the advertising includes one of specified health warnings. Makes the Federal Trade Commission responsible for establishing and maintaining toll free numbers for assistance referred to in some of the warnings. Sets forth requirements for the warnings, including rotating among the warnings.

A joint resolution to designate the period commencing September 9, 1990, and ending on September 15, 1990, as "National Historically Black Colleges Week".

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.

Congratulating Jones Metropolitan High School of Business and Commerce, on the 50th anniversary of its establishment.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Congratulates the principal, faculty, staff, graduates, and students of Jones Metropolitan High School of Business and Commerce, in Chicago, on the 50th anniversary of the school's foundation.

Electing Members to certain standing committes of the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Elects Representatives Elliot L. Engel to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Jose E. Serrano to the Committee on Education and Labor and to the Committee on Small Business, and Dennis E. Eckart to the Committee on Government Operations.

To authorize the establishment of a National Committee on Education.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990

Authorizes the establishment of a National Committee on Education to consider reports and make recommendations on improving education.

Summer Science Academy Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990

Summer Science Academy Act of 1990 - Directs the National Science Foundation to make grants, contracts, or agreements for at least 20 Summer Science Academies for talented, economically disadvantaged minority students in grades seven through 12 to study mathematics, science, engineering design, and communications. Authorizes appropriations.

Science and Mathematics Achievement Readiness Act (SMART)

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990

Science and Mathematics Achievement Readiness Act (SMART) - Title I: Curriculum Choices - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation, by the end of FY 1991, to develop and report to the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) a set of at least ten curriculum choices designed to enhance the science and mathematics literacy of elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Secretary to disseminate such set to local educational agencies (LEAs) throughout the United States. Directs the Secretary, by the end of FY 1992, to make grants to LEAs to implement such curricula development. Limits to 1,000 the total number of such grants in each fiscal year. Requires such grant funds to be used for teacher hiring and in-service training, and for purchase of books, equipment, and materials. Requires evaluation of such curriculum choices. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Mathematics and Science Scholarships - Authorizes the Secretary to award annually up to 5,000 undergraduate and graduate scholarships to assist individuals in obtaining a teaching degree. Requires recipients to agree, within two years of completing their course of study, to teach science or mathematics in an elementary or secondary school for at least two years for each year of scholarship assistance, or else repay it. Authorizes appropriations.

Michael L. Williams, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice LeGree S. Daniels, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 29 March 1990

Head Start Transition Project Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990

Head Start Transition Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay the Federal share of demonstration grants to consortia of Head Start agencies, local education agencies (LEAs), and other cooperating agencies for transition programs for low-income elementary school students aged five through eight and their families to: (1) obtain a range of health, nutrition, education, and other family supportive services; and (2) support parents' active involvement in their children's education. Authorizes appropriations.