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United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Authorizes the printing of 1,000 additional copies of Oversight Hearings entitled "State Postsecondary Education Commissions" for the use of the House Committee on Education and Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Provides that in the determination of eligibility for student loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965, a student whose adjusted family income is equal to or more than $15,000 at the execution of the loan shall be assessed the interest on such a loan in installments beginning not earlier than nine months nor later than one year after the date on which the student ceases to carry a specified academic workload.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
National Equal Educational Opportunities Act - Title I: Denial of Equal Educational Opportunities - States that no State or educational agency established by a State shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of race, color, or national origin including by: (1) deliberate segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among or within schools; (2) failure in situations in which such deliberate segregation has occurred or is occurring, to take affirmative steps, consistent with title III of this Act, to remove the vestiges of discrimination due to official action; (3) failure to take appropriate action to attempt to overcome language barriers, or cultural, social, economic, or other deprivations that impede equal participation by students in instructional programs of educational agencies; and (4) maintenance of practices and provision of resources in schools in which minority groups are concentrated that are less favorable for educational advancement than at schools attended primarily by students of any other race, color, or national origin. Allows any person or persons alleging, or the Attorney General if he has reasonable cause to believe, that any policy or measure of a local educational agency violates this Act, to bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court for equitable relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, or other order. Title II: State Equal Educational Opportunity Plans - Requires each State to prepare and submit to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for his approval, in accordance with regulations issued by him a plan to carry out the purpose of this Act. States that the plans of Virginia and Maryland shall take account of the areas of the District of Columbia nearest to each and shall be worked out in consultation with the local educational agency of the District of Columbia. Requires such plans to provide for the establishment of State and local advisory councils which shall advise State and local educational agencies on implementation of the State plans. Requires the plan submitted by each State to be submitted to the Secretary by June 30, 1975; and to define goals consistent with the purpose of this Act and provide for attaining such goals by a date approved by the Secretary, but in no event later than August 30, 1985. States that each plan shall provide specific means for implementing: (1) a majority transfer plan on either an intradistrict or interdistrict basis; (2) an open communities educational resources compensation program; (3) a school district reorganization plan; and (4) an approved, concentrated compensatory education program. Requires such plans to: (1) assure that in each year of operation of the plan substantial progress will be made toward meeting the purpose of the Act; (2) specify how additional State financial assistance will be made available to local educational agencies undergoing desegregation; and (3) specify what procedures will be used by the State educational agency for involving on an equitable basis children enrolled in private nonprofit schools in the programs funded under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out this title not in excess of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $750,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Provides that all sums appropriated under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and all other Federal funds appropriated under programs for educational enrichment or for desegregation assistance shall be allotted to implement the approved plan. Allows judicial review of the Secretary's final action regarding approval of a State plan. Title III: Remedies - States that in formulating a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of the equal protection of the laws, a court, department, or agency of the United States shall seek or impose only such remedies as are essential to correct particular denials of equal educational opportunity or equal protection of the laws; and shall consider and make specific findings on the efficacy of the following remedies in correcting such denial and shall require implementation of the first of the remedies set out below, or on the first combination thereof, which would remedy such denial: (1) assigning students to the school closest to their place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students; (2) good faith participation in and reasonable progress in the implementation of an approved State plan pursuant to title II of this Act by the local educational agency involved; or (3) transportation of students to schools other than the one closest to their own home. Prohibits a court, department, or agency of the United States from ordering the implementation of a remedy that would: (1) pose a risk to the health and safety of the students involved, significantly impinge on the educational process, or involve the transportation of students to schools significantly inferior to those which such students would in the ordinary course have attended; or (2) substantially increase during any school year the average daily distance to be traveled, the average daily time of travel, or the proportional average daily number of students to be transported by an educational agency for all students in the sixth grade or below, over the comparable averages for the preceding year, or all students in the seventh grade or above, over the comparable average for the preceding school year, unless it is demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that no other method will provide an adequate remedy for the denial of equal educational opportunity or equal protection of the laws. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Removes the present requirement under the Higher Education Act of 1965 that educational institutions, whose students apply under such Act for Federal interest subsidy payments, make the determinations of need for use by lenders under such Act. Requires such institutions to provide lenders with statements of the students' estimated costs of attendance and with estimates of the amounts of assistance other than the lenders' loans which the students will receive. Extends for one year (until July 1, 1975) specified provisions of the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 covering the postsecondary education costs of eligible students under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Education for Handicapped Children Act - Provides that any State which desired to receive grants for the education of its handicapped children shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, through its State education agency, a State plan accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Directs the Commissioner to approve any such State plan if he determines that such plan: (1) sets forth such policies and procedures as will provide satisfactory assurance that funds paid to the State under this Act will be expended by the State to initiate, expand, or improve programs and projects which are designed to meet the educational needs of handicapped children throughout the States; (2) provides for the identification of all handicapped children in the State; (3) includes a proposal for the study of the State's present procedures for the institutionalization of handicapped children; (4) provides for the reduction of the number of handicapped children in the State who are institutionalized; (5) provides for the establishment of procedures for the classification of a child as a handicapped child; (6) provides satisfactory assurance that provision will be made for participation of children not enrolled in public schools in special educational programs and services provided to handicapped children by the State or by local educational agencies; (7) provides for procedures and objective measurements for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of special educational programs and services in meeting the educational needs of handicapped children; (8) provides for making annual reports, to enable the Commissioner to carry out his functions under this Act; and (9) provides for keeping such records as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and vertification of reports and proper disbursement of funds under this Act and meet other specific provisions. Directs the Commissioner to disapprove a State plan or modification thereof only after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing to such State. Establishes a formula for the distribution of funds under this Act among the States. Directs the Commissioner to report to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, his recommendations with respect to changes which may be necessary in the amount and entitlement of grants under this Act. Establishes the conditions under which the Commissioner, after a reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may cancel payments made to the States under this Act and provides procedures for judicial review of such decisions. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next four fiscal years, for the purpose of making grants under this Act. Provides that grants for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be in an amount equal to not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated for payments to the States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve ifself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 69) to extend and amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. States that three legislative days after the conclusion of general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed four hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 7, rule XVI, it shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Provides that all points of order under clause 4, rule XXI, are hereby waived against title I and sections 305, 403, 605, 702, and 803 of said substitute, and said substitute shall be read for amendment by titles instead of by sections. States that no amendment shall be in order to title I of said substitute except germane amendments which have been printed in the Congressional Record at least two calendar days prior to their being offered during the consideration of said substitute for amendment, and amendments offered by the direction of the Committee on Education and Labor, and neither of said classes of amendments shall be subject to amendment. Requires that, at the conclusion of such consideration, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. Provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Defines the term "special dietary uses" to mean: (1) uses of supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of a physical, phsiological or other condition, including, but not limited to the conditions of diseases, convalescence, pregnancy, lolactation, allegic hypersensitivity to food, underweight and overweight; (2) uses for supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of age, including but not limited to, the ages of infancy and childhood; and (3) uses for supplementing or fortifying the ordinary or usual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other dietary property. Makes provisions for the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to foods for special dietary use.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Education for Handicapped Children Act - Provides that any State which desired to receive grants for the education of its handicapped children shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, through its State education agency, a State plan accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Directs the Commissioner to approve any such State plan if he determines that such plan: (1) sets forth such policies and procedures as will provide satisfactory assurance that funds paid to the State under this Act will be expended by the State to initiate, expand, or improve programs and projects which are designed to meet the educational needs of handicapped children throughout the States; (2) provides for the identification of all handicapped children in the State; (3) includes a proposal for the study of the State's present procedures for the institutionalization of handicapped children; (4) provides for the reduction of the number of handicapped children in the State who are institutionalized; (5) provides for the establishment of procedures for the classification of a child as a handicapped child; (6) provides satisfactory assurance that provision will be made for participation of children not enrolled in public schools in special educational programs and services provided to handicapped children by the State or by local educational agencies; (7) provides for procedures and objective measurements for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of special educational programs and services in meeting the educational needs of handicapped children; (8) provides for making annual reports, to enable the Commissioner to carry out his functions under this Act; and (9) provides for keeping such records as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and vertification of reports and proper disbursement of funds under this Act and meet other specific provisions. Directs the Commissioner to disapprove a State plan or modification thereof only after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing to such State. Establishes a formula for the distribution of funds under this Act among the States. Directs the Commissioner to report to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, his recommendations with respect to changes which may be necessary in the amount and entitlement of grants under this Act. Establishes the conditions under which the Commissioner, after a reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may cancel payments made to the States under this Act and provides procedures for judicial review of such decisions. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next four fiscal years, for the purpose of making grants under this Act. Provides that grants for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be in an amount equal to not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated for payments to the States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Freer Schools Act - Phases out specified Federal elementary and secondary education programs which would otherwise expire on June 30, 1974. Declares that nothing in this Act or in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: (1) shall be construed or applied in such a manner as to infringe upon or usurp the moral or legal rights or responsibilities of parents or guardians with respect to the moral, emotional, or physical development of their children, or (2) shall be construed or applied in such a way as to authorize the participation or use of any child in any research or experimentation program or project, or in any pilot project, without the prior, informed, written consent of the parents or legal guardians of such child. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1977 to carry out the provisions of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Increases to $20,000 (presently $15,000) the family income ceiling set by the Higher Education Act of 1965 as the basis for eligibility for student loan interest subsidy payments under such Act. Extends for one year (until July 1, 1975) specified provisions of the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 covering the postsecondary educational costs of students.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner to, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that Social Security payments shall not be counted as effective income for students if the effective family income of the student is less than $9,000. States that if the effective family income of the student is: (1) between $9,000 and $15,000, one-half of the amount received by the student from Social Security would be considered as effective income; and (2) over $15,000, all Social Security payments will be considered as effective income.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner to, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the amount of expenses paid for higher education in the taxable year for education above the twelfth grade paid for by the taxpayer for himself or any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceed $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Defines expenses of higher education as: (1) tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at a level above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education; and (2) fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education. Provides that the amount of higher education expenses taken into consideration shall be reduced by any amounts received as a scholarship or fellowship grant or as veterans benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner to, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Student Loan Amendments - Increases the maximum rate of interest to be charged on a loan secured under the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 from 3 to 4 percent. Extends to July 1, 1976, the time within which an eligible loan may be made which is insured under such Act. Requires, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, that to be eligible for interest payment to be made in behalf of a student who is receiving a loan under such Act, the student must have been enrolled as a regular student at an institution of higher education prior to April 1, 1973. Provides for reimbursement of 80 percent of the losses incurred by default of the borrower to public or private institutions operating a student loan insurance program. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to increase the basic grant payment, the amount of such increase to be determined by and limited to, an estimation of the amount of interest which will accrue on the outstanding and anticipated loans of a student which were necessary for him to attend an institution of higher learning during previous years or which are necessary to enable such student to continue to attend such an institution during such year. Permits the compounding of interest on loans made pursuant to the Higher Education Act of 1965. Increases the loan limitations for undergraduate students to $2500 in one year and for graduate or professional students to $5000 in one year. Increases the total amount any student may borrow to $25,000. Extends the maximum allowable repayment period for federally insured loans from 10 to 15 years, this period to begin nine months after graduation. Extends the maximum allowable period of the loan from 15 to 20 years. Provides for the determination of need and the granting of a loan based on such determination to eligible students outside of the United States. Eliminates the defense of infancy with respect to written agreements executed by a student relating to federally insured student loans.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Extends, until July 1, 1975, the time period for applications for grants for startup assistance to schools under the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Permits a taxpayer, under the Internal Revenue Code, to deduct the expenses paid by him for the special deduction furnished to any person who is under 21 years of age and who is physically or mentally handicapped if the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption under the Internal Revenue Code for such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Amendments Act - Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans. Establishes the Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center within the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of Veterans' Administration programs for making veterans aware of benefits and services available to them under the veterans laws.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Vietnam Era Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act - Title I: Veterans' Education Loan Program - Provides educational loans to eligible veterans who qualify for such loans under the conditions specified in this Act. Limits the amount of any such loan to $1980 in any one regular academic year. Provides that the source of funds for loans under this Act shall be the National Service Life Insurance Fund. Title II: Employment of Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans - Establishes an affirmative action plan providing for the preferential employment of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era by every department and agency of the United States Government. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1698 and 38 U.S.C. 2014)
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Increases to $20,000 (presently $15,000) the family income ceiling set by the Higher Education Act of 1965 as the basis for eligibility for student loan interest subsidy payments under such Act. Extends for one year (until July 1, 1975) specified provisions of the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 covering the postsecondary educational costs of students.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Amendments Act - Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans. Establishes the Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center within the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of Veterans' Administration programs for making veterans aware of benefits and services available to them under the veterans laws.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Community School Center Development Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide recreational, educational, and a variety of other community and social services through the establishment of a community school as a center for such activities in cooperation with other community groups. Title I: Community Education Center Grants - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to develop and establish programs in community education which will train people as community school directors. Provides that each application to the Commissioner for such grants shall: (1) provide that the programs and activities for which assistance is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; (2) describe the programs and activities for which assistance is sought; (3) set forth fiscal control and fund accounting procedures; and (4) provide for reports in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title II: Grants for Community Schools - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to local educational agencies for the establishment of new community school programs and the expansion of existing ones and for the training and salaries of community school directors as well as actual and administrative and operating expenses. Establishes standards for the apportionment of project grants available to each State. Provides that grants shall be made to the respective State educational agencies for payment to the appropriate local educational agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Title III: Community School Promotion - Directs the Commissioner to accumulate and disseminate pertinent information to local communities, to appoint twenty-five teams of not more than four individuals each to assist communities contemplating the adoption of a community school program, and to establish a program of permanent liaison between the community school districts and the Commissioner. Establishes in the office of the Commissioner a Community Schools Advisory Council, the members to be appointed by the President for two-year terms. Directs the Commissioner to make available to the Council such information, staffs and other assistance as it may require to carry out its activities. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department or agency to exercise control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system. Authorizes any State or local educational agency displeased with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of applications to seek judicial review of the action in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Allows the Commissioner to delegate any of his functions under this Act, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education. Requires the Commissioner to transmit to the President and to the Congress annually a report of activities under this Act, including the name of each applicant and the number and amount of grants.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Increases to $20,000 (presently $15,000) the family income ceiling set by the Higher Education Act of 1965 as the basis for eligibility for student loan interest subsidy payments under such Act. Extends for one year (until July 1, 1975) specified provisions of the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 covering the postsecondary educational costs of students.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Veterans Comprehensive Education Act - Increases the rates of monthly assistance payable to eligible veterans as educational benefits. Provides that in the case of an eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education under this Act on a half-time or more basis, other than a program exclusively by correspondence or a program of flight training, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay directly to the educational institution on behalf of such veteran the customary cost of tuition (including such laboratory, library, or other similar fees as are customary, as well as the costs of books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, excluding board, lodging, other living expenses, and travel) which similarly circumstanced non-veterans enrolled in the same courses are required to pay. Provides that in no event shall the payment authorized by this Act exceed $4,000 for an ordinary school year. Provides that if the educational institution has no customary cost of tuition, a fair and reasonable rate of payment for tuition, fees, or other charges for such course or courses shall be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed under veterans' educational benefits. Provides that such benefits shall remain available until used. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Permits a taxpayer, under the Internal Revenue Code, to deduct the expenses paid by him for the special deduction furnished to any person who is under 21 years of age and who is physically or mentally handicapped if the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption under the Internal Revenue Code for such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Extends to 14 years (now 8 years) the time limitation for completing a program of education under veterans' educational benefits. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Amendments Act - Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans. Establishes the Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center within the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of Veterans' Administration programs for making veterans aware of benefits and services available to them under the veterans laws.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed under veterans' educational benefits. Restores on behalf of qualified veterans those educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Athletic Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make a study to determine for the 12-month period beginning 60 days after enactment of this Act: (1) the number of athletic injuries and deaths occurring in athletic competition and in practice sessions; (2) the number of athletic injuries and deaths occurring: (a) at each school with an athletic trainer, who is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association; and (b) at each school with an athletic trainer who is not certified; (3) the number of schools which have a certified trainer; (4) the number of schools which have student and nonstudent noncertified trainers; (5) the period of time required before a certified trainer could reasonably be available for all of the schools which have only a noncertified trainer; (6) the estimated cost to the schools for having a certified trainer; and (7) appropriate certification procedures for athletic trainers for schools. Directs the Secretaty to request each school to maintain appropriate records to enable it to compile information under this Act. Requires the Secretaty to make a report to Congress on the study required by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Authorizes the President to proclaim the week of May 13, 1974, as Bilingual Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Women's Equal Educational Opportunity Act - Declares that sex discrimination is detrimental to the Nation's welfare because it limits the potential of all citizens, and women in particular; that the elimination of sex discrimination from public education is in the National interest; and that federally-supported education programs should be used to ensure women equal educational opportunity. Requires, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, that State plans for Title II school library and textbook grants setting forth criteria to be used in the selection of library resources, textbooks and other instructional materials provided under Title II include those designed to preclude sex bias. Requires that such State plans provide assurances that Federal funds made available under such Act for any fiscal year shall be used, on a priority basis and where possible, in the acquisition of non-sex-biased library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials. Allows funds under ESEA's Title III - Supplementary Educational Centers and Service-to be used for demonstration projects promoting new approaches to expand educational opportunities for women, including comprehensive physical education programs and sports activities for women. States that not less than 15 percent of the funds granted under ESEA in any fiscal year shall be used for programs or projects designed to meet the special educational needs of women. Allows, under ESEA's Title V - Grants to Strengthen State Departments of Education, funds apportioned to the States to be used for programs promoting equal educational opportunities for women, the elimination, reduction or prevention of sex discrimination in education and public information activities to increase the awareness of educational personnel and the public concerning problems relating to sex discrimination. Requires that in using funds reserved for special projects to develop State leadership in education, priority consideration be given to projects designed to increase the proportion of women in leadership positions and to promote equal educational opportunities for women. Authorizes funds for the improvement of post-secondary education activities designed to improve the status of women in post-secondary education. Specifies programs to meet the needs of women as one of the methods by which the National Institute of Education shall seek to improve education. Requires, under the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, that consider theation be given to the capability and willingness of institutions of higher education to provide effective community service programs designed to improve the status of women. Expands the uses of HEA funds to include programs designed to increase the proportion of women serving as school administrators, and programs to train teachers and other personnel. Expands the criteria for making leadership development awards to include encouraging the participation of women in vocational education leadership. Increases, under the Vocational Education Act (VEA) of 1963, the eligible purposes of grants for State vocational education programs to include the training of students of both sexes for occupations dominated by the other sex. Requires that State plans consider the need to ensure the training of students for occupations traditionally dominated by one sex. Includes VEA programs to include occupational aspirations and opportunities by eliminating barriers based on sex. Requires that State plans under VEA include provisions for all persons who have use for skills relating to the establishment and maintenance of the home. Includes, under VEA, the development and dissemination of vocational educational materials which increase awareness of the changing role of women in the world of work and also requires that curriculum materials developed or disseminated under VEA be free of sex biases.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Education for Exceptional Children Act - Defines "exceptional children" as handicapped children, children with specific learning disabilities, and particularly gifted children. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children which shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each of the four succeeding years for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in providing free appropriate public education for exceptional children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Sets forth the basis on which funds will be allocated to the States. Provides that in order to receive funds under this Act a State must submit to the Commissioner of Education a State plan is required detailing the State program for free appropriate education for exceptional children. Provides that the State plan must contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Sets forth the criteria needed to be met by a State in order to obtain approval of its plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments under this Act from any State when it is found that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of this Act. Provides a method for judicial review of the Commissioner's decision. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to provide training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in educating exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning to provide training for leadership personnel for the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct research relating to the education of exceptional children and to make grants to States, educational agencies, institutions of higher learning and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies for such research. Directs the Commissioner to establish standards and procedures to determine which children are "exceptional children" within the meaning of this Act, such standards and procedures to be applied uniformly by all States submitting plans pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Education for Exceptional Children Act - Defines "exceptional children" as handicapped children, children with specific learning disabilities, and particularly gifted children. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children which shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each of the four succeeding years for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in providing free appropriate public education for exceptional children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Sets forth the basis on which funds will be allocated to the States. Provides that in order to receive funds under this Act a State must submit to the Commissioner of Education a State plan is required detailing the State program for free appropriate education for exceptional children. Provides that the State plan must contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Sets forth the criteria needed to be met by a State in order to obtain approval of its plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments under this Act from any State when it is found that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of this Act. Provides a method for judicial review of the Commissioner's decision. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to provide training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in educating exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning to provide training for leadership personnel for the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct research relating to the education of exceptional children and to make grants to States, educational agencies, institutions of higher learning and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies for such research. Directs the Commissioner to establish standards and procedures to determine which children are "exceptional children" within the meaning of this Act, such standards and procedures to be applied uniformly by all States submitting plans pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Education for Exceptional Children Act - Defines "exceptional children" as handicapped children, children with specific learning disabilities, and particularly gifted children. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children which shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each of the four succeeding years for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in providing free appropriate public education for exceptional children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Sets forth the basis on which funds will be allocated to the States. Provides that in order to receive funds under this Act a State must submit to the Commissioner of Education a State plan is required detailing the State program for free appropriate education for exceptional children. Provides that the State plan must contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Sets forth the criteria needed to be met by a State in order to obtain approval of its plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments under this Act from any State when it is found that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of this Act. Provides a method for judicial review of the Commissioner's decision. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to provide training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in educating exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning to provide training for leadership personnel for the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct research relating to the education of exceptional children and to make grants to States, educational agencies, institutions of higher learning and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies for such research. Directs the Commissioner to establish standards and procedures to determine which children are "exceptional children" within the meaning of this Act, such standards and procedures to be applied uniformly by all States submitting plans pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Expresses the greetings and extends the congratulations of the Congress on the one hundredth anniversary of Eastern Kentucky University's role in higher education.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Increases to $20,000 (presently $15,000) the family income ceiling set by the Higher Education Act of 1965 as the basis for eligibility for student loan interest subsidy payments under such Act. Extends for one year (until July 1, 1975) specified provisions of the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 covering the postsecondary educational costs of students.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Increases to $20,000 (presently $15,000) the family income ceiling set by the Higher Education Act of 1965 as the basis for eligibility for student loan interest subsidy payments under such Act. Extends for one year (until July 1, 1975) specified provisions of the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 covering the postsecondary educational costs of students.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Student Freedom of Choice Act - States that no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program or activity at any public school by way or grant, loan, or otherwise shall withhold, or threaten to withhold, such financial assistance from any such program or activity: (1) on account of the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school in any case whatever where the school board operating such public school or class maintains, in respect to such public school and class, a freedom of choice system; (2) to coerce or induce the school board operating such public school to transport students from such public school to any other public school for the purpose of altering in any way the racial composition of the student body at such public school or any other public school; (3) to coerce or induce any school board operating such public school system to close any public school, and transfer the students from it to another public school for the purpose of altering in any way the recial composition of the student body at any public school; and (4) to coerce or induce the school board operating such public school system to transfer any member of any public school faculty from the public school in which the member of the faculty contracts to serve to some other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the faculty at any public school. Provides that whenever any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States violates or threatens to violate this Act, the school board aggrieved by the violation or threatened violation, or the parent of any student affected or to be affected by the violation or threatened violation, or any member of any faculty affected or to be effected by the violation or threatened violation may bring a civil action against the United States in a district court of the United States complaining of the violation or threatened violation. Provides that no court of the United States shall have jurisdiction ot make any decision, enter judgment, or issue any order requiring any school board to make any change in the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school to which students are assigned in conformity with a freedom of choice system, or requiring any school board to transport any students from one public school to another public school or from one place to another place or from one school district to another school district in order to effect a change in the racial composition of the student body at any school or place or in any school district, or denying to any student the right or privilege of attending any public school or class any any public school chosen by the parent of such student in conformity with freedom of choice system, or requiring any school board to close any school and transfer the students from the closed school to any other school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body at any public school, or precluding any school board from carrying into effect any provision of any contract between it and any member of the faculty of any public school it operates specifying the public school where the member of the faculty is to perform his or her duties under the contract.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require, under the Social Security Act, that skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the patients who are receiving treatment in such facilities and treat their patients in accordance with the provisions of such public statement. Provides that the Secretary shall require that the statement include specified items including: (1) a guarantee that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) a guarantee of the patient's right to have private and unrestricted communications with his physician, attorney, and any other person; (3) a guarantee of the patient's rights to present grievances on behalf of himself or others; (4) a guarantee of the patient's right to manage his own financial affairs, or have a monthly accounting of any financial transactions in his behalf; (5) a guarantee of the patient's right to receive at least adequate and appropriate medical care, to be fully informed of his medical condition and proposed treatment, and to participate in the planning of all medical treatment; (6) a guarantee of the patient's right to have privacy in treatment for personal needs, confidentiality in the treatment of records, and security in storing personal possessions.; (7) a guarantee of the patient's right to receive courteous, fair, and equal treatment and services and a written statement of the services provided by the facility; (8) a guarantee of the patients's right to be free from mental and physical abuse and from physical and chemical restraints; (9) a statement of the facility's regulations and an explanation of the patient's responsibility to obey all reasonable regulations; the patient be adjudicated incompetent in accordance with State law and not be restored to legal capacity, the above rights and responsibilities shall devolve upon a sponsor or guardian.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Authorizes the President to proclaim the week of May 13, 1974, as Bilingual Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Authorizes the President to proclaim the week of May 13, 1974, as Bilingual Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Authorizes, under the Foreign Service Buildings Act, the sale of specified United States Government property in Venice, Italy, to Wake Forest University.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of curriculums; (2) support programs; (3) to disseminate information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (4) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (5) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs; and (6) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and all other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Provides, under the General Education Provisions Act, that funds appropriated for specified programs for fiscal year 1974 shall remain available during the succeeding fiscal year and that such funds for fiscal year 1973 shall remain available during fiscal years 1974 and 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Defines the term "special dietary uses" to mean: (1) uses of supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of a physical, phsiological or other condition, including, but not limited to the conditions of diseases, convalescence, pregnancy, lolactation, allegic hypersensitivity to food, underweight and overweight; (2) uses for supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of age, including but not limited to, the ages of infancy and childhood; and (3) uses for supplementing or fortifying the ordinary or usual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other dietary property. Makes provisions for the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to foods for special dietary use.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the period from October 12 through 19 of each year as "National Patriotic Education Week".
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
Provides, under the General Education Provisions Act, that funds appropriated for specified programs for fiscal year 1974 shall remain available during the succeeding fiscal year and that such funds for fiscal year 1973 shall remain available during fiscal years 1974 and 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
Provides that three members of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare shall be designated by that committee as ex officio members of the Senate Appropriations Committee when considering bills for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare.