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United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Permits eligible veterans to use their veteran's educational benefits for a program of flight training at an educational institution outside the United States. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1676)
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act States that the Secretary shall give priority to small businesses and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a vist; or (2) if conditions are found during such a vist which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Authorizes the Commandant of the Defense Intelligence School to award the degree of Master of Science of Stratgic Intelligence under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2150)
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
National Nutrition Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provisions of nutrition education programs in the classroom and lunchrooms of elementary and secondary schools by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive nutrition education programs. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of nutrition education programs in schools. Authorizes specified appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local education agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies, institutions, or organizations to pay the cost of pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. Authorizes special appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State education agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out nutrition education programs in elementary and secondary schools within each State. Authorizes specified appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978. Sets forth application requirements for the grants authorized to be made by this Act. Establishes within the Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Nutrition Education Resource Center. Makes it the function of the Center to provide training and information relating to nutrition education. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the center not to exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Provides under title XX of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Services) that none of the limitations on payments to States shall apply with respect to expenditures made by a State for the provision of education, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services, if such services are provided consistent with the State plan approved under the Older Americans Act or the State law relating to multipurpose senior centers.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that the transfer of teachers between State schools is impeded by the possibility of forfeiture of retirements, and that the resulting immobility hinders the growth of new communities. Sets forth the terms and definitions of this Act. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet to receive Federal financial benefits under this Act. Provides that the Federal contribution to each qualified State system for each retiring teacher's out-of-State service shall be 50 percent of the total cost, as determined by the retirement system at such teacher's age on date of retirement. Contributes to the State retirement system an additional 2 percent of the Federal amount under this Act for the costs of administration. Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal year 1975 and each succeeding year of amounts necessary to effectuate this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be headed by a Secretary appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that the purpose of the Department is to promote the cause and advancement of education throughtout the Nation. Enumerates the responsibilities of the Secretary, including; (1) to advise the President with respect to the progress of education; (2) to develop and recommend to the President appropriate policies and programs to foster the orderly growth and development of the Nation's educational facilities and resources; (3) to conduct continuing and comprehensive surveys, collect data, and make available findings, on the progress of education; and (4) to provide information and such other assistance as may be authorized by the Congress to aid in the maintenance of efficient school systems. Grants to the Secretary the appropriate administrative powers to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the orderly transfer of the Education Division from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Department of Education. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to the President and the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year. Establishes a Federal Interagency Commission on Education to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Authorizies to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Postsecondary Education Consumer Protection Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide protection for students, consumers, and legitimate postsecondary educational institutions against substandard or fraudulent practices. Defines the term "federally recognized approving entity" as an entity relied upon by any Federal officer or agency in connection with a program: (1) of Federal assistance to postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants or contracts, loans, or loan insurance or guarantee; (2) of Federal assistance to students at postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants; loans, loan insurance or guarantee, or work programs; or (3) under which continuation of Federal payment is conditioned on attendance at a postsecondary educational institution approved or accredited by an approving entity. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, through the Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility, to conduct a study of the operation and effectiveness of the various federally recognized approving entities. Requires the Secretary to make such interim reports of his activities, findings, and recommendations as he may deem appropriate and to make a final report to the President and the Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act. States that, upon completion of the study conducted under this Act, the Secretary shall revise the criteria to be met by federally recognized approving entities. Stipulates that whenever an officer or agency of the United States receives notification from the Secretary that a federally recognized approving entity fails to meet the criteria set by the Secretary, he shall discontinue reliance on such entity's approval or accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions or programs. Directs the Secretary to publish biannually in the Federal Register a list showing the following: (1) the approving entities which currently meet the criteria established by the Secretary pursuant to this Act; (2) the postsecondary educational institutions which are approved or accredited by such approving entities including a particularization of the departments or courses of study which are approved or accredited at the institutions; and (3) the institutions which have lost approval or accreditation and those whose applications for approval or accreditation were not accepted.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax amounts paid by an individual during the taxable year for the expenses of higher education for himself or any other individual. Limits such credit to 100 percent of the first $300 of such educational expenses, 50 percent of the next $300, and 10 percent of the next $400 of such expenses. Reduces such credit by 2 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $20,000. Reduces the amount of educational expenses otherwise recognized by this Act by the amounts received as scholarships, fellowships, and veterans benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Prohibits, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 any individual enrolled in an institution of higher education from receiving food stamps if such individual receives at least one-half of his income from any other individual who is a member of another household which is ineligible for food stamps.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Provides that no State shall be required to apply a means test, or limit benefits on the basis of federally prescribed income levels, in determining the individuals for whom education, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services may be provided under the Social Security Act, if such services are provided in a manner consistent with State plans approved under the Older Americans Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants each fiscal year to each State, and to each gateway city, on such terms and conditions as he shall establish, for programs in education, job training, counseling (including health counseling), orientation, and other similar activities for the benefit of immigrants. Defines "gateway city" as meaning any city or unit of local government having a population of fifty thousand or more, 5 percent of such population being immigrants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant arriving in the United States not more than one year prior to the making of the grant, to enable such immigrant to travel for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located, if an employer in the place to which such immigrant is to travel under the grant certifies that such employer will employ that immigrant. Permits the Secretary to make additional discretionary grants to gateway cities to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for new immigrant grants and such sums as are necessary for the purposes of grants to States and gateway cities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Defines the term "periodical publications" for purposes of postal rate application. Authorizes the mailing of catalogs and course listings issued by institutions of higher education at second-class mail rates. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
School Teachers' Unemployment Insurance Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that school teachers shall be eligible for unemployment insurance under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Defines the term "periodical publications" for purposes of postal rate application. Authorizes the mailing of catalogs and course listings issued by institutions of higher education at second-class mail rates. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Authorizes educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance to make expenditures for a sport from revenues derived from that sport, notwithstanding the provisions of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibiting sex discrimination. Authorizes the separation of students by sex in physical education classes of recipient institutions if equal facilities are provided for each sex.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Authorizes educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance to make expenditures for a sport or team from revenues derived from that sport or team, notwithstanding the provisions of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibiting sex discrimination. Authorizes the separation of students by sex in physical education classes of recipient institutions if equal facilities are provided for each sex.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Disapproves regulations submitted to the Congress on June 4, 1975, for the implementation of specified sections of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. States that such regulations are disapproved on the grounds of their inconsistency with the Act from which they derive their authority. Returns such regulations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Disapproves regulations submitted to the Congress on June 4, 1975, for the implementation of specified sections of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. States that such regulations are disapproved on the grounds of their inconsistency with the Act from which they derive their authority. Returns such regulations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, under the Education Amendments of 1974, to carry out, either directly or through grants or contracts, innovation and development projects and activities of national significance which show promise of having a substantial impact in overcoming reading deficiencies in youths and adults through incorporation into ongoing State and local educational systems.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Provides that the amount of veterans' cost-of-instruction payments which an institution of higher education is entitled to under the Higher Education Act shall be based upon the number of veterans who are undergraduate or graduate (presently limited to only undergraduate Students) students in attendance at such institution on October 16 of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Increases to $225,000 the maximum amount of payments for any fiscal year which the Commissioner of Education may pay to any State for the administrative expenses incurred by the State in carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
National Health Education and Disease Prevention Act - Title I: Health Information, Education, and Promotion - National Health Information, Education, and Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to formulate under the Public Health Service Act national goals, and a strategy to achieve such goals, with respect to health information, education, and promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of medical care. Directs the Secretary to undertake research and demonstration projects, and training programs, to achieve such goals. Authorizes the Secretary to make recommendations to the Congress and to reorganize and coordinate health information, education, and promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of medical care. Provides that no payment may be made under the Medicaid program of the Social Security Act unless the recipients provide health education in a form and a manner which meets the standards developed under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of health information, education, and preventive health services. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the National Institute for Health Information, Education, and Promotion to be headed by a Director. Authorizes to be appropriated a total of $150,000,000 for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to the Institute for research programs, community programs, and information programs designed to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes the National Council on Health Information, Education, and Promotion and specifies the membership of the Council. Directs the Council to provide advice and recommendations for the consideration of the Secretary on matters of general policy with respect to the functions of the Institute. Title II: Disease Prevention and Control - Disease Prevention and Control Amendments. Authorizes to be appropriated $120,000,000 in total for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for grants to States and public and nonprofit private entities to assist them in meeting the costs of disease prevention and control programs (including administrative costs and the costs of demonstrations and evaluations of such programs). Directs the Secretary to develop a program under which personnel, equipment, medical supplies, and other resources of the Public Health Service may be used to effectively control epidemics of any disease. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendment - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Revises, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the method of allocating grants among local educational agencies for special education programs and projects for educationally deprived children.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Removes the numerical limitation on Allen J. Ellender Fellowships to disadvantaged secondary school students. Authorizes $750,000 each for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and $1,000,000 each for fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Removes the numerical limitation on Allen J. Ellender Fellowships to disadvantaged secondary school students. Authorizes $750,000 each for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and $1,000,000 each for fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Provides that specified publications of institutions of higher education shall continue to qualify as second-class mail. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Stipulates that no regulation, or modification of a regulation, concerning intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act after January 1, 1974, shall be effective prior to July 1, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1975
Guaranteed Post-Secondary Education for Americans Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, a refundable credit against tax for post-secondary education expenses for tuition and fees paid by the taxpayer attributable to the attendance of a student at an institution of post-secondary education. Stipulates that the credit allowed for post-secondary education expenses attributable to one student shall not exceed: (1) 80 percent of the amount of such expenses which does not exceed $500; (2) 60 percent of the amount of such expenses which is greater than $500 but does not exceed $1,000; and (3) 40 percent of such expenses which does not exceed $2,250. Permits the taxpayer to elect to apply the credit to the preceding taxable year. States that no deduction shall be allowed for any amount of post-secondary education expenses which is taken into account in determining the amount of the credit allowed under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to local educational agencies or to the States to assist in the cost of providing education and occupational training and retraining to Cambodian and Vietnamese children and adults who are refugees as defined in the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978 for such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1975
Provides that children of parents employed on Federal property who attend school in a State contiguous to the State in which such property is situated may be counted for purposes of determining the aid entitlement of the local educational agency having jurisdiction over such school.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax amounts paid by an individual during the taxable year for the expenses of higher education for himself or any other individual. Limits such credit to 100 percent of the first $200 of such educational expenses, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1000 of such expenses. Reduces such credit by 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $22,500. Reduces the amount of educational expenses otherwise recognized by this Act by the amounts received as scholarships, fellowships, and veterans benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare Appropriation Act - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriation Act - Makes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1976 and the transition period ending September 30, 1976 for: (1) the Manpower Administration; (2) the Labor-Management Services Administration; (3) the Employment Standards Administration; (4) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (5) departmental management. Title II: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Makes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1976 and the transition period ending September 30, 1976 for: (1) the Health Services Administration; (2) the Center for Disease Control; (3) the National Institutes of Health; (4) the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; (5) the Health Resources Administration; (6) the Social and Rehabilition Service; (7) the Social Security Administration; and (8) departmental management. Title III: Related Agencies - Makes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1976 and the transition period ending September 30, 1976 for: (1) the Action Agency; (2) the Community Services Administration; (3) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (4) the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (5) the National Labor Relations Board; (6) the National Mediation Board; (7) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (8) the Railroad Retirement Board; and (9) the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Title IV: General Provisions - Places specified limitations on the use to which appropriations made by this Act may be put.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Defines the term "periodical publications" for purposes of postal rate application. Authorizes the mailing of catalogs and course listings issued by institutions of higher education at second-class mail rates. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Provides under title XX of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Services) that none of the limitations on payments to States shall apply with respect to expenditures made by a State for the provision of education, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services, if such services are provided consistent with the State plan approved under the Older Americans Act or the State law relating to multipurpose senior centers.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants each fiscal year to each State, and to each gateway city, on such terms and conditions as he shall establish, for programs in education, job training, counseling (including health counseling), orientation, and other similar activities for the benefit of immigrants. Defines "gateway city" as meaning any city or unit of local government having a population of fifty thousand or more, 5 percent of such population being immigrants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant arriving in the United States not more than one year prior to the making of the grant, to enable such immigrant to travel for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located, if an employer in the place to which such immigrant is to travel under the grant certifies that such employer will employ that immigrant. Permits the Secretary to make additional discretionary grants to gateway cities to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for new immigrant grants and such sums as are necessary for the purposes of grants to States and gateway cities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no governmental or judicial authority shall prescribe attendance assignments in public schools on the basis of race or color. Gives Congress the power to enforce this article.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Disapproves specified sections of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance applicable to athletic programs and grants.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1975
Directs that applications for assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for bilingual education programs be developed in consultation with both parents of English-speaking children and parents of children of limited English-speaking ability.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1975
Removes the numerical limitation on Allen J. Ellender Fellowships to disadvantaged secondary school students. Authorizes $750,000 each for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and $1,000,000 each for fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Safe Schools Act - Authorizes appropriations for local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that not in excess of 3 percent of such funds be set aside for schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and to the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated for Indian children. Provides that the remainder of such appropriations be allotted to other local educational agencies. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for such grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Provides that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Disapproves specified regulations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Disapproves specified sections of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance applicable to athletic programs and grants.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975
National Nutrition Education Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to encourage the provision of nutrition education programs in the classrooms and lunchrooms of elementary and secondary schools by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive nutrition education programs. Directs 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 nutrition education programs in schools. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the provision of grants. Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies, institutions, or organizations to pay the cost of pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State education agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out nutrition education programs in elementary and secondary schools within each State. Sets forth criteria to be followed in applying for grants under this Act. Directs the Commissioner to render technical assistance to local education agencies, through qualified staff members having expertise in nutrition, health education, school food services, home economics, dietetics, and physical education, to public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of education programs with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. Stipulates that in order to be eligible for assistance under this Act a State shall appoint a State coordinator for nutrition education. Directs the State coordinator for each State to develop, prepare, and furnish to the Commissioner a comprehensive plan for nutrition education within that State. Establishes in the Office of Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Nutrition Education Resources Center. Sets forth the functions of the Center, including the following: (1) to collect and create curriculum materials relevant to nutrition education, including, but not limited to, the integration of nutrition education materials into all subject matter at the elementary and secondary education levels; and (2) to collect information and materials relating to nutrition education and maintain such information and materials in a library for the use of State coordinators and other interested persons. Authorizes appropriations of up to $2,000,000 per fiscal year to establish and maintain the Center.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim retained rights to specified land in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to the State superintendent of education of the State of South Carolina.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to local educational agencies or to the States to assist in the cost of providing education and occupational training and retraining to Cambodian and Vietnamese children and adults who are refugees as defined in the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978 for such grants.