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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 477 (101st)referred

Designating April 6, 1990, as "National Student-Athlete Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990

Designates April 6, 1990, as National Student-Athlete Day.

Bill· SS. 2114 (101st)open

Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990

Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Title I: National Goal and Policy for Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology Education - Declares the 1990's to be the Decade of Excellence in American Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education. Sets forth objectives to be achieved by the year 2000. Title II: Scientific and Technical Literacy of the General Public - Scientific and Technical Literacy Act of 1990 - Part A: National Research and Dissemination in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution the National Institute for Technology and Learning (NITL) to conduct and publish interdisciplinary research on processes by which individuals learn and ways in which advanced technologies can facilitate such processes. Establishes a Technology and Learning Advisory Panel within NITL. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a merit-based, competitive grant or contract to establish a National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (Clearinghouse). Part B: Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Educational Programs - Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Consortium Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award merit-based competitive grants for regional science, mathematics, and technology education consortia to disseminate and implement exemplary science, mathematics, and technology education instruction materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools for use by elementary and secondary school students. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to conduct programs of Roving Master Teachers in mathematics and science in elementary and middle schools. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State and local educational agencies, or to consortia of such agencies with other organizations, to assist them in planning, but not operating, regional mathematics, science, and technology academies. Part C: Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Programs - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish: (1) within NSF a Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate); and (2) within the Directorate a Division of Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (the Informal Division). Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to award merit-based competitive grants: (1) (and fellowships) for professional enhancement activities to increase the pool of informal science education professionals and consultants; (2) for community extension programs to make available interactive science exhibits and programs for rural and urban poor areas; and (3) for specified types of innovative activities or programs. Requires the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to make grants to: (1) science and technology museums and centers to develop hands-on, interactive programs; and (2) specified types of entities to develop public television programs in science and technology, especially programs using women or minority role models. Part D: Science and Space Exploration Education - Science and Space Exploration Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to establish a program of grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop innovative educational materials relating to space exploration to deepen students' interest in mathematics, science, and technology. Directs the Clearinghouse: (1) to develop and disseminate a descriptive listing of scientific and technical facilities and equipment useful for educational purposes; and (2) (together with Regional Consortia) inform schools, museums, and science and technology centers of items available for donation. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to conduct an annual competition for science and space exploration education project awards for students or teams from grades nine through 12. Title III: Education of Scientists and Engineers - Scientists and Engineers Education Act of 1990 - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish within the NSF Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate) a Division of Undergraduate Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education (the Undergraduate Division). Part A: Undergraduate Programs - Requires the NSF Director to make outreach grants to community colleges to negotiate the establishment of partnerships with nearby four-year academic institutions that award bachelor degrees in mathematics, science, or engineering, or a four-year technology degree. Authorizes the NSF Director to make competitive, merit-based partnership grants to eligible partnerships of community colleges and four-year academic institutions to assist their students in making the transition to such degree programs. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make bootstrap grants to colleges and universities to strengthen particular departments of mathematics, science, or engineering. Authorizes the President to make a limited number of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or Technology to college or university teachers. National Mathematics-Science Teacher Corps Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to make awards to students in baccalaureate degree programs in science, mathematics, or engineering who commit themselves to teach elementary or secondary science or mathematics. Part B: Graduate Fellowships - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to require the NSF Director to increase, as much as practicable, the number of graduate fellowships awarded by the NSF: (1) in FY 1991 to approximately double that of FY 1987; and (2) to women and minority students. Title IV: Technology Education and Training - Technology Education and Training Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to establish a High School Technology Curriculum Development Program to make grants to or contracts with appropriate institutions or organizations to develop comprehensive curricula for introductory and advanced secondary school technology courses leading to careers as engineers or technologists. College and Company Technology Partnership Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to and contracts with eligible partnerships (of four-year colleges of engineering or technology and/or two-year community colleges with private companies) to engage in specified activities involving student work-study at the company, company personnel teaching at the institution, curriculum development, and equipment loans or donations. Technology Training Consortium Act of 1990 - Requires the Department of Labor to establish or designate, within its Employment and Training Administration, an Office of Technology Training Consortiums (the Office). Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, through the Office, to: (1) make planning grants to companies to plan for the establishment of consortia; and (2) pay up to 50 percent of the cost of startup grants to newly established consortia for their initial organization costs. Title V: Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering - Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Part A: Women and Minority Role Models in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology - Authorizes the NSF Director to award exemplary visiting professional fellowships for women and minority professionals in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to provide role models in such fields for female and minority students in grades seven through 12. Authorizes the NSF Director to make distinguished visiting professor grants to women and minority faculty members in mathematics, science, or engineering to serve as visiting professors at academic institutions which do not have sufficient resources to attract and retain faculty members of such stature permanently. Part B: Undergraduate Fellowships and Minority College-University Partnerships - Requires the NSF Director to award undergraduate fellowships in mathematics, science, and engineering to women and minority students. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to: (1) minority colleges to establish partnerships with research universities; and (2) eligible partnerships to enable mathematics, science, and technology students from the minority colleges to be exposed to and use facilities, programs, and instruction available at the research universities. Title VI: General Provisions and Authorization of Appropriations - Directs the Secretaries of Education and of Labor and the NSF Director to evaluate and report to the Congress on their respective programs, activities, and responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 2000.

Bill· SS. 2121 (101st)open

Access to Education Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990

Access to Education Act of 1989 - Title I: Access and Choice in Federal Education Programs - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children) the use of certain special education financial assistance funds for innovative projects to provide continued services to eligible children transferred to ineligible areas as part of an open enrollment public school system. Allows a local educational agency to provide basic program services to educationally deprived children who, under a desegregation plan or open enrollment system, attend a school not located in an eligible school attendance area. Requires that information on basic program services under an open enrollment system be provided to parents of eligible children. Allows the use of local targeted assistance program funds for the planning and implementation of open enrollment systems. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish special rules for Pell grant, supplemental educational opportunity grant, and State student incentive grant eligibility of secondary school open enrollment participants enrolled in or accepted for classes offered by higher education institutions. Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to provide for parental choice open enrollment for overseas military dependents. Title II: Demonstration Projects and Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to State educational agencies to develop and expand policies, programs, and projects that increase opportunities of parents to select the public school or program attended by their children, particularly disadvantaged, minority, or rural area children. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local educational agencies or consortia for open enrollment demonstration projects that increase parental access to excellent, distinctive, and diverse schools or programs that can meet their children's educational needs and promote parental choice. Provides for research and dissemination of results on open enrollment systems. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1990 through 1995.

Bill· SS. 2123 (101st)referred

Parental Choice and Open Enrollment in Public Schools Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990

Parental Choice and Open Enrollment in Public Schools Act - Schools of Choice Act of 1989 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of grants to local and intermediate education agencies for Schools of Choice to promote open enrollment through parental choice in public schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 for such purpose.

Bill· SS. 2122 (101st)referred

Bootstrap Schools Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990

Bootstrap Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Bootstrap School Program for recognition and rewarding of public and private elementary and secondary schools that have made substantial progress in: (1) raising student educational achievement; (2) creating a safe and drug-free school environment; and (3) reducing the dropout rate. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 for such program. Provides for the award of Presidential Certificates of Merit to Bootstrap Schools.

Bill· SS. 2095 (101st)referred

A bill to establish a Healthy Start Demonstration Grant program.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay the Federal share (80 percent) of the costs of making Healthy Start demonstration grants to local education agencies (LEAs) for coordinating support services to children and youth. Makes a LEA's eligibility for such a grant contingent on its eligibility to receive certain financial assistance for education of disadvantaged children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires establishment of local service delivery coordination councils under such grants program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993.

Bill· HRH.R. 3970 (101st)referred

Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990

Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local education agencies to establish effective and innovative elementary school counseling programs that can serve as national models. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of School Counseling, headed by a Director, in the Department of Education.

Bill· SS. 2082 (101st)referred

Pacific Island Gifted and Talented Program Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990

Pacific Island Gifted and Talented Program Act of 1989 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to or contracts with the Governments of American Samoa and Guam to establish a Gifted and Talented Program on each of those islands, including: (1) projects to address the special needs of elementary and secondary students; (2) scholarship or fellowship assistance to undergraduate and graduate students; and (3) faculty development programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993.

Bill· HRH.R. 3953 (101st)referred

To amend the Head Start Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1991 through 1994.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990

Amends the Head Start Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994 for the Head Start program of early childhood education and other related services for disadvantaged children.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 329 (101st)open

Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Education and Labor and the Pension Reform Activities of its Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations in the second session of the One Hundred First Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990

Authorizes amounts for expenses of investigations and studies by the House Committee on Education and Labor and for special investigations and studies of welfare and pension plans by its Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations for the second session of the 101st Congress.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 249 (101st)referred

A joint resolution to designate March 23, 1990 as "National Energy Education Day".

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990

Designates March 23, 1990, as National Energy Education Day to promote and enhance energy education programs at all grade levels of public and private schools.

Bill· HRH.R. 3943 (101st)referred

Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990

Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title establishing, at the Centers for Disease Control, a Center for Tobacco Products to coordinate Federal education and research with regard to tobacco products. Directs the Center to conduct certain activities, including to study tobacco product additives and disclose their health risks to consumers and to establish ten model State programs to enforce laws concerning the sale of tobacco products to minors. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Transfers functions of the Federal Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to the Center. Amends the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act to require the establishment of an outreach program to youth about the health consequences of smoking. Directs the Center to make grants: (1) for public information campaigns concerning the use of tobacco products; (2) to States for anti-tobacco use programs and programs to limit youth access to tobacco products; and (3) to unions and others to attempt to reduce the incidence of smoking among workers. Requires the establishment of a program, with an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health, to inform the public of any dangers to human health presented by cigarette smoking and by smokeless tobacco products. Requires related reports to the Congress. Details administrative requirements of grants. Imposes criminal penalties allowing seizure of such products, and penalties against retailers engaged in a pattern of sale to minors. Declares tobacco products to be misbranded for not disclosing to the public information on additives and harmful constituents. Describes conditions which constitute adulteration of tobacco products, including if the product contains any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package any tobacco product unless the person has provided the Center: (1) a complete list of tobacco additives and the quantity of each; and (2) a complete list of all brands that includes the levels of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other constituents for each brand. Makes it unlawful to engage in certain types of advertising and promotion of tobacco products. Provides for establishment of an advisory committee to give advice on promulgation of regulations imposing additional restrictions or requirements on tobacco advertising and promotion. Repeals the Federal preemption of State regulation of local tobacco advertising, allowing the enactment by States and local governments of additional restrictions on the sale of tobacco products to minors and on the placement of tobacco advertising displayed solely within the applicable geographic area. Makes conforming amendments to the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986. Changes the warning label on cigarettes.

Bill· HRH.R. 3942 (101st)referred

Smoke-Free Schools Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990

Smoke-Free Schools Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 for the Secretary of Education to make incentive grants to establish smoke-free schools. Requires States, as a condition for receiving such grants, to enact and enforce certain types of legislation for smoke-free schools. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to include anti-tobacco education and smoke-free schools.

Bill· HRH.R. 3926 (101st)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove certain limitations on the exclusion of income from United States savings bonds when used to pay higher education tuition and fees.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal certain provisions concerning the income limitation with respect to the tax exclusion of U.S. savings bonds proceeds used to pay higher education tuition and fees. Repeals: (1) the income limitation where redemption proceeds exceed higher education expenses; (2) the requirement that expenses be incurred for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or the taxpayer's dependent; and (3) the age limitation for the issuance of such bonds.

Bill· SS. 2034 (101st)open

National Education Report Card Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990

National Education Report Card Act of 1990 - Establishes a National Council on Educational Goals to issue an annual National Report Card measuring educational achievement of both students and schools. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2039 (101st)referred

A bill to improve the quality of student writing and learning, and the teaching of writing as a learning process in the Nation's classrooms.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990

Title I: National Writing Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with the National Writing Project (a nonprofit educational organization) to support costs of programs of teacher training and classroom research to improve the teaching of writing and the quality of student writing and learning. Directs the Project to establish a National Advisory Board. Title II: Research and Development - Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to make grants to individuals and higher education institutions for research on the teaching of writing. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1996.

Bill· SS. 2035 (101st)referred

200-Day School Year Study Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990

200-Day School Year Study Act of 1990 - Establishes a 200-Day School Year Study Commission to examine and report on the advisability of lengthening the school day and the school year in public elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations.

Law· HRH.R. 3910 (101st)enacted

1992 National Assessment of Chapter 1 Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990

Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a comprehensive national assessment of the effects of programs for disadvantaged children receiving Special Educational Needs financial assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires an independent review panel to consult on such assessment.

Bill· HRH.R. 3909 (101st)open

Augustus F. Hawkins Early Childhood and Elementary Teacher Preparation and Retraining Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990

August F. Hawkins Early Childhood and Elementary Teacher Preparation and Retraining Act of 1990 - Title I: Loan Forgiveness for Teachers - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to assume the obligation to repay Stafford loans (direct, insured, or guaranteed student loans) for any borrower employed as a full-time teacher in a public early childhood or elementary school. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Title II: Early Childhood and Elementary Preparation and Retraining - Directs the Secretary to make grants to State education agencies to improve teacher skills and instruction in reading, writing, history, government, mathematics, and science in public elementary and early childhood schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Title III:: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to designate part B of title III as the Augustus F. Hawkins Program for Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth definitions for terms used in this Act.

Bill· SS. 2029 (101st)referred

Student Loan Default Reduction Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1990

Student Loan Default Reduction Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to reduction of student loan defaults. Requires provision for graduated repayment of student loans under federally insured student loans and the insurance program under the guaranteed student (or Stafford) loan program. Restricts certain institutional promotional activities. Sets forth wage garnishment requirements for collection of student loan repayments. Directs the Secretary of Education to take certain emergency actions against lenders and institutions. Requires that students admitted on the basis of ability to benefit pass certain tests prior to enrollment. Sets forth the effect of loss of accreditation on an institution's eligibility to participate in student loan and assistance programs. Requires eligible institutions participating in student loan and assistance programs to have certain tuition refund policies.

Bill· SS. 2024 (101st)referred

Agriculture and Ground Water Policy Research and Education Coordination Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990

Agriculture and Ground Water Policy Research and Education Coordination Act - Title I: Ground Water Policy - Sets forth the groundwater policy of the Department of Agriculture (the Department) with respect to agrichemicals. Establishes the Office of Ground Water Policy Coordination (the Office) in the Department. Establishes an interagency committee on groundwater policy in the Department. Requires the Director of the Office to establish technical advisory committees, as necessary. Requires the Director to formalize the existence of certain technical integration groups. Authorizes the Director to establish interagency technical support committees. Provides for the development and implementation of agricultural groundwater policy within the Department, including an agency-specific groundwater policy statement and implementation plan, a national agricultural groundwater plan, and an annual groundwater activities report. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Coordination with State Programs - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to require the establishment of State groundwater coordination committees (the committees) within the food and agricultural councils. Directs the Secretary to establish, through the Extension Service, a groundwater supply quality coordinator (the coordinator) in each State extension service. Directs each State committee and coordinator to work with Federal, State, and other appropriate entities to: (1) evaluate the State's groundwater plan's adequacy in addressing agricultural sources of nonpoint source pollutants; (2) review the relevance of certain water quality protection projects to groundwater protection programs; (3) assess the identification and mapping of hydrologic units; and (4) assess the adequacy of the State's programs for addressing agricultural sources of groundwater contamination. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Extension and Education - Subtitle A: Pesticide Education - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Pesticide Education Program. Subtitle B: National Nutrient Management Education Program - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Nutrient Management Education Program. Subtitle C: Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizers - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service: (1) a National Education Program for the Management of Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizers; and (2) a Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizer Advisory Council. Subtitle D: National Water Quality Management Education Programs - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Education Program for the Management of Water Resources which shall include: (1) well water testing; (2) water utilization; and (3) staff training. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Soil Conservation Service - Requires the Soil Conservation Service to protect and improve groundwater quality through specified activities. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Research of the Department of Agriculture - Directs the Secretary to conduct or assist research on specified topics relating to agriculture and groundwater. Requires each State coordinator to request appropriate representative Federal, State, and university scientists to work with the State committee and coordinator to establish a prioritized agriculture and groundwater research agenda for the State. Provides for coordination of such State agendas in establishing a prioritized research agenda for regional projects. Requires the Director to use regional reports in establishing a national agricultural groundwater plan, developing funding priorities in Department water quality research programs, and requesting certain research proposals. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: National Agricultural and Ground Water Clearinghouse - Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Agricultural Library (the Library) to establish at the Library a repository of reports developed under this Act. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Library and in consultation with the Tennessee Valley Authority, to establish at the Library a data base on State programs and State laws relating to groundwater quality and agriculture. Requires the Director of the Library to collaborate with the Director of the Office, State coordinators, and Federal and State departmental agency administrators to develop a standardized format for the entry and description of State programs, activities, and results. Requires the Director of the Office to report to the Congress on measures necessary to develop a national data base on agricultural practices and groundwater resources, to be located at the Library. Directs the Secretary, after the submission of such report, to initiate the development of such data base. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3900 (101st)referred

Family Education Assistance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990

Family Education Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of the taxpayer's child or certain other relatives at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the deduction to $1,500 annually (adjusted for inflation) for each account. Disallows the deduction for contributions to an account maintained for any individual aged 19 or older. Requires any account balance to be distributed after the beneficiary attains age 27. Permits an exclusion from the gross income of the contributor or the beneficiary of account distributions used to pay educational expenses of the latter. Exempts an account from taxation (except for the tax on unrelated business income of a charitable organization), unless a contributor or the beneficiary engages in specified prohibited transactions in connection with it. Imposes a ten percent surtax on distributions not used for educational purposes. Requires the account trustee to report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's beneficiary concerning the account. Imposes a penalty for failure to report. Allows taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions to deduct for contributions to an education savings account. Imposes penalty taxes in connection with excess contributions or prohibited transactions associated with an account.

Bill· SS. 2014 (101st)referred