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Bill· HRH.R. 4376 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Student Loan Amendments - Provides for the elimination of the defense of infancy with respect to non-payment of federally insured student loans made pursuant to the Higher Education Act of 1965. Authorizes students who have elected to repay student loans in less than 5 years to, at any time prior to completion of repayment, extend the repayment period to 5 years. Provides for a minimum annual payment of $360 for married couples both of whom have loans outstanding. Provides that lenders may be paid interest on the aggregate amount of multiple disbursements to a student from the time the first disbursement is made for the particular period of enrollment. Mandates the availability to eligible educational institutions of the latest known address of the student borrower. Provides that defaulting students shall be ineligible for future student assistance. Eliminates proprietary institutions as eligible lenders under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Provides that educational loans, to be dischargeable in bankruptcy, must have the first installment due less than 5 years before the filing of the petition for bankruptcy.
Law· SS. 969 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Extends the basic educational assistance eligibility for veterans and for specified dependents from 36 to 45 months. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661,1711).
Bill· SS. 972 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Public Safety Officers Memorial Scholarship Act - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Authorizes the United States Commissioner of Education to award a scholarship to any eligible applicant for full-time undergraduate study at an eligible institution. Requires applicants to submit an application and a certification from the head of the agency which employed the public safety officer upon whom the applicant was dependent, stating that such officer was the victim of a homicide while engaged in the performance of his official duties. Sets the maximum scholarship amount. Prescribes additional requirements that the student be full-time and maintain good standing. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into agreements with eligible institutions in which any student receiving a scholarship award under this Act has enrolled or is accepted for enrollment. Specifies the content of such agreements. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 960 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
National Education Investment Act - Title I: Loan and Guarantees and Interest Subsidies for Construction and Acquisition of Facilities for Elementary and Secondary Schools - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, in order to assist State and local education agencies to carry out the acquisition and construction of facilities for elementary and secondary schools, to: (1) guarantee to non-Federal lenders making loans to such agencies the payment of principal and interest on such loans which are approved under this title; and (2) pay to the holder of such loans amounts sufficient to reduce the net effective interest rate otherwise payable on such loans by up to 3 percent. Provides that no loan guarantee or interest subsidy shall be made unless the Commissioner finds: (1) that the applicant was to secure the amount of such loan at equally favorable rates and conditions, and (2) that the construction will be undertaken in an economical manner. Establishes an Elementary and Secondary School Facility Construction and Acquisition Loan Guarantee and Interest Subsidy Fund in the Treasury. States that such funds shall be available to the Commissioner to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under this title. Authorizes the Commissioner to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Trasury to enable him to discharge his responsibilities if there are insufficient moneys in the fund. Authorizes to be appropraited to the fund not more than $2,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and not more than $2,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. Title II: National Education Trust Fund - Creates the National Educational Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund not more than $10,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and not more than $10,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. States that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the fund as is not, in his judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Authorizes the Secretary to make and to contract to make payments from the fund to applicants in order to enable such applicants to substantially reduce or eliminate the taxation of real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education. States that, in order to be eligible to receive payments under this title, an applicant shall provide satisfactory assurances to the Secretary that: (1) it will eliminate the taxation of real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education on the first $35,000 of all resident-owned domiciles in which the head of the household or immediate survivor is receiving social security, railroad retirement, veteran's pension and/or disability benefits or equivalent retirement benefits as the major source of income; and (2) it will reduce the taxation of real property of all resident-owned domiciles to not more than 5 percent of the national adjusted average tax rate on real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress not later than March 1 of each year on the status and operation of the fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 4295 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Emergency Jobs and Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments - Extends the authorization for carrying out title VI of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for two additional years. Regulates the administration of the public employment programs authorized by titles II and VI of such Act. Authorizes an additional 13 weeks of special unemployment assistance under title II of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974.
Bill· SS. 941 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Declares the purposes of this Act in revising the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that any State desiring to participate in the program authorized by this Act shall fulfill specified administrative requirements, including designating a State board as the sole agency for administration of a State plan for vocational education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to assure that adequate staffing is available to the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education to make certain that the Bureau's responsibilities are accomplished. Enumerates such responsibilities, including to provide leadership to assist State vocational education agencies to expand and improve their programs. Requires that the President appoint, during 1978, a Panel of Consultants on Vocational Education to review the administration of vocational education programs. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education to perform specified functions, including to advise the President, Congress, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Commissioner concerning vocational education programs supported under this Act and the Higher Education Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $500,000 for each fiscal year. Requires any State which desires to receive a grant under this Act to establish an independent State advisory council. Specifies the membership composition of such council. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these purposes $4,315,844 for each fiscal year. Provides that a State board shall have the primary responsibility for preparing statewide plans for vocational education, and shall designate a planning group to prepare such plans. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each fiscal year, from which the Commissioner shall make a grant to each participating State for purposes of preparing statewide plans. Defines the terms used in this Act. Declares that it is the purpose of this part of this Act to implement that portion to the career education concept in which vocational education plays an important role. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for carrying out such purpose and directs the Secretary to make grants to each State which has approved administrative arrangements for prevocational education programs. Enumerates the purposes for which such grants may be used. Authorizes appropriations for vocational education program support, providing for the allotment of such funds among the States. Authorizes appropriations for vocational education program services and empowers the Secretary to make grants to each State from such funds for programs of: (1) teacher education; (2) placement and followup services; and (3) student support. Directs the Commissioner to make available three-year leadership development grants to specified persons in order meet the need in all the States for qualified vocational education personnel with high potential to advance to policymaking and leadership positions. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Provides for grants for applied research, curriculum development, demonstration programs and leadership development. Authorizes appropriations for such programs.
Bill· SS. 942 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Redefines the term "vocational education" for purposes of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 by stipulating that such term does not include training, retraining, guidance, counseling, instruction, and education of individuals who are sixteen years of age or older and who have graduated from or have left elementary or secondary school. Defines the terms "postsecondary occupational education" and "postsecondary occupational education institution" for purposes of such Act. Requires States to establish separate allotments for vocational education and for postsecondary occupational education in order to be eligible for grants under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Sets forth the information required on applications by States for funds under such Act. Authorizes States to appeal denials of such applications in accordance with specified procedures. Prohibits States from using such grants to provide vocational education programs for those that have left or completed high school, or for persons who have already entered the labor market. Stipulates that a State may use its postsecondary occupational educational allotment only for postsecondary occupational education programs. Stipulates that 10 percent of such allotment may be used only for programs to benefit handicapped persons, and 15 percent for programs to benefit persons who have academic or socioeconomic handicaps. Requires the State commission which administers the distribution of such State's postsecondary education allotment to undertake a continuous program of statewide planning for postsecondary occupational education. Sets forth the factors required to be considered by such commissions with respect to such planning programs. Requires such commissions to prepare, with the advice of the State advisory council on vocational and occupational education, an annual State plan, which shall serve as the basis for disbursement of the State's allotment for that year by the State agency designated in accordance with this Act. Specifies the content required of such annual plans. Requires States to establish programs designed to promote access to postsecondary occupational education. Requires the Commissioner of Education to evaluate various means of promoting access to postsecondary occupational education programs to assist the Congress in its oversight responsibilities. Redesignates the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education as the National Advisory Council on Vocational and Postsecondary Occupational Education. Expands the duties of the Council to include advice, review, and evaluation with respect to postsecondary occupational education. Requires State advisory councils to include in their membership, representatives of postsecondary occupational education institutions. Authorizes to be appropriated for planning grants for programs under this Act such sums as may be necessary for the period beginning July 1, 1975 and ending September 30, 1976. Requires any State which desires to receive assistance after September 30, 1976 for any program authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965 for purposes of postsecondary education to submit a plan containing specified information before August 1, 1976. Authorizes States to appeal denials of such assistance in accordance with specified procedures. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to any State to improve the quality and to broaden the scope of comprehensive statewide planning for postsecondary education by such State in order to promote efficient and effective use of all the postsecondary education resources of the State. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purposes.
Bill· SS. 943 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Authorizes appropriations, under the Vocational Education Act, of $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 for vocational education programs for persons with academic, socioeconomic, or other handicaps which prevent them from succeeding in regular vocational education programs. Authorizes additional appropriations under such Act for specified programs, including (1) employment of technical assistance by the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, (2) grants for exemplary programs and projects, and (3) demonstration schools. Authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 for consumer and homemaking education programs. Authorizes additional appropriations for cooperative vocational education programs and work-study programs for vocational education students.
Bill· SS. 939 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Establishes a division of funds between vocational and postsecondary education in allotments to States under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds granted to States for occupational education may be used for: (1) strengthening State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education in order that they may effectively carry out the additional functions imposed by this Act; and (2) enabling the states to initiate and conduct a program of planning, including the development of a long range strategy for placing occupational education on an equal footing with traditional academic education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to the States for specific projects relating to the design, establishment, and conduct of postsecondary occupational education programs. Directs any State desiring to receive the amount of its occupational education allotment for a fiscal year to submit a State plan for occupational education at such in such detail, and containing such information as the Commissioner of Education may prescribe. Sets forth criteria to be met for approval of State plans by the Commissioner. Provides that the Commission shall pay, from the State's occupational education allotment for a fiscal year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total expenditures made in carrying out the State's approved plan. Directs each State to establish a local coordinating committee for each locality in the State. Provides that each local coordinating committee shall make a continuing study of the needs in its locality for vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs. States that on the basis of the information derived from such study, the local coordinating committee shall develop and propose a strategy which will present a coherent, integrated, and comprehensive set of vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs designed to meet such needs. Stipulates that aggregate expenditures for administration may not exceed 5 percent and guidance, counseling, and technical assistance may not exceed 15 percent of the State's vocational education allotment for that year. Provides for the consolidation, under the Vocational Education Act, of programs for research and training, exemplary programs, and project and curriculum development. Sets forth provisions governing how appropriated sums shall be divided by the Commissioner among specific projects. Authorizes appropriations of $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the improvement of vocational and occupational education programs pursuant to this Act.
Bill· SS. 936 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a deduction (up to a maximum of $2,000) the amounts paid during the taxable year by a taxpayer for tuition and fees at an institution of higher education, or a vocational school for himself, his spouse, or a dependent as a full time student. Reduces any amount otherwise deductible under this Act by: (1) the amount which the taxpayer's income exceeds $23,500, and (2) by the amount received by an individual who could be taken into account for purposes of such deduction as a scholarship or fellowship grant or as veterans benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 4254 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Provides that no Federal court shall have jurisdiction to hear or decide cases or controversies involving the public schools. Vests the jurisdiction terminated by this Act in State courts, except where such cases or controversies arise in the District of Columbia, or in a territory or possession of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 4252 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Student Freedom of Choice Act - States that no department employee of the United States empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program at any public school shall withhold, or threaten to withhold, such financial assistance: (1) on account of the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class where the school board maintains, in respect to such public school and class, a freedom of choice system: (2) to coerce or induce the school board to transport students to any other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; (3) to coerce or induce any school board to close any public school, and transfer the students from it to another public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; and (4) to coerce or induce the school board to transfer any faculty member 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. Provides that whenever this Act is violated, the school board aggrieved, or the parent of any student affected, or any student affected, or any member of any faculty affected, may bring a civil action against the United States in a district court of the United States. Provides that no court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order: (1) 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 (2) requiring any school board to transport any students in order to effect a change in the racial composition of the student body; or (3) denying to any student the right or privilege of attending any public school or class at any public school chosen by the parent of such student in conformity with a freedom of choice system; or (4) requiring any school board to close any school and tranfer the students from the closed school to any other school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; or (5) 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.
Law· HRH.R. 4221 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Permits the Commissioner of Education, under the Higher Education Act, to reallocate work-study funds not expended by the institutions to which they were originally allocated to make grants to other institutions in the same State.
Bill· HRH.R. 4255 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Uniform Criteria Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to specify appropriate criteria for the formulation of remedies for the orderly elimination of the vestiges of dual school systems. Title I: Assignment Provisions - States that the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student is not a denial of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is made for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Provides that the failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, or socioeconomic status of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal protection of the laws. Title II: Remedies - Requires a court, department, or agency of the United States in formulating a remedy for a denial of the equal protection of the laws, to seek or impose only such remedies as are essential to correct particular denials of equal protection of the laws. Provides that in formulating a remedy for a denial of the equal protection of the law, which may involve the transportation of students, a court, department, or agency of the United States shall consider and make specific findings on the efficacy in correcting such denial of specified remedies and shall require implementation of the remedies or on the first combination thereof which would remedy such denial: (1) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account school capacities and natural physical barriers; (2) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student, taking into account only school capacities; (3) permitting students to transfer from a school in which a majority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin to a school in which a minority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin; (4) the creation or revision of attendance zones or grade structures without requiring transportation beyond the next closest school to a student's residence; or (5) the development and implementation of any other plan which is educationally sound and administratively feasible. Prohibits any court, department, or agency of the United States from ordering the implementation of a plan that would require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school closest or next closest to his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student. Prohibits any court, department, or agency of the United States from requiring directly or indirectly the transportation of any student if such transportation poses a risk to the health of such student or constitutes a significant impingement on the educational process with respect to such student. Provides that when a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a school system is desegregated, or that it meets the constitutional requirements, or that it is a unitary system, or that it has no vestiges of a dual system, and thereafter residential shifts in population occur which result in school population changes in any school within such a desegregated school system, no education agency shall because of such shifts be required by any court, department, or agency of the United States to formulate, or implement any new desegregation plan or modify or implement any modification of the court approved desegregation plan to compensate wholly or in part for such shifts in school population. States that in the formulation of remedies under this Act, the lines drawn by a State, subdividing its territory into separate school districts, shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Asserts that nothing in this Act prohibits an educational agency from proposing, adopting, requiring, or implementing any plan of desegregation, otherwise lawful, that is at variance with the standards set out in this title, nor shall any court, department, or agency of the United States be prohibited from approving implementation of a plan which goes beyond what can be required under this title, if such plan is voluntarily proposed by the appropriate educational agency. Provides that on the application of an educational agency, court orders, or desegregation plans under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and intended to end segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin, shall be reopened and modified to comply with the provisions of this Act. States that any court order requiring the desegregation of a school system shall be terminated, if the court finds the schools of the defendant educational agency are a unitary school system, one within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Title III: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the provision of the Emergency School Aid Act authorizing the construction of integrated education parks. Provides that if any provision of this Act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Bill· HRH.R. 4167 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Allows a deduction for income tax purposes of expenses (including tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment, transportation, food, and lodging) incurred by the taxpayer for the education of a dependent. Provides that the deduction for food and lodging shall be limited to $200 per semester or $400 per calendar year.
Bill· HRH.R. 4132 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Requires the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of financial assistance to local educational agencies during fiscal years 1976 through 1978 for the construction of public elementary and secondary schools for the purpose of alleviating educational service deficiencies in low-income family areas. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4123 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires such transfer to be implemented in accordance with such procedures and regulations as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 273 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Authorizes the President to proclaim the second week of February in each year as "National Vocational Education Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 4094 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States and local communities to pay for the costs of eye examination programs to detect glaucoma for the elderly.
Bill· HRH.R. 4018 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey title from the United States to the Board of Regents of the University of Georgia in a specified parcel of land located in Augusta, Georgia. Conditions the sale of the land on the payment of $662,000 or the fair market value, whichever is greater. Makes available the moneys received by this sale for the construction of a United States Army Reserve Training Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 3992 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Declares the purposes of this Act in revising the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that any State desiring to participate in the program authorized by this Act shall fulfill specified administrative requirements, including designating a State board as the sole agency for administration of a State plan for vocational education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to assure that adequate staffing is available to the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education to make certain that the Bureau's responsibilities are accomplished. Enumerates such responsibilities, including to provide leadership to assist State vocational education agencies to expand and improve their programs. Requires that the President appoint, during 1978, a Panel of Consultants on Vocational Education to review the administration of vocational education programs. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education to perform specified functions, including to advise the President, Congress, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Commissioner concerning vocational education programs supported under this Act and the Higher Education Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $500,000 for each fiscal year. Requires any State which desires to receive a grant under this Act to establish an independent State advisory council. Specifies the membership composition of such council. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these purposes $4,315,844 for each fiscal year. Provides that a State board shall have the primary responsibility for preparing statewide plans for vocational education, and shall designate a planning group to prepare such plans. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each fiscal year, from which the Commissioner shall make a grant to each participating State for purposes of preparing statewide plans. Defines the terms used in this Act. Declares that it is the purpose of this part of this Act to implement that portion to the career education concept in which vocational education plays an important role. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for carrying out such purpose and directs the Secretary to make grants to each State which has approved administrative arrangements for prevocational education programs. Enumerates the purposes for which such grants may be used. Authorizes appropriations for vocational education program support, providing for the allotment of such funds among the States. Authorizes appropriations for vocational education program services and empowers the Secretary to make grants to each State from such funds for programs of: (1) teacher education; (2) placement and followup services; and (3) student support. Directs the Commissioner to make available three-year leadership development grants to specified persons in order meet the need in all the States for qualified vocational education personnel with high potential to advance to policymaking and leadership positions. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Provides for grants for applied research, curriculum development, demonstration programs and leadership development. Authorizes appropriations for such programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3993 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Career Guidance and Counseling Act - Title I: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations of specified amounts for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Establishes, within the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education, an Office of Career Guidance and Counseling to administer the provisions of this Act. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Career Guidance and Counseling composed of fifteen members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare who shall be broadly representative of the guidance and counseling profession at large. States that the Council shall conduct a survey of the current status of career guidance programs in the United States and report to the Secretary and the Congress. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Career Guidance and Counseling Programs - Provides that each State which desires to receive a grant under this title shall submit through its State educational agency to the Commissioner for approval, through the Office of Career Guidance and Counseling, a State plan for career guidance and counseling to include specified elements and also such provisions as the Commissioner of Education may require. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to States having approved plans for distribution to local educational agencies, on the basis of statewide needs and priorities, for career development guidance and counseling programs and services. Specifies in detail the purposes for which such grants may be used. Sets forth the requirements that State programs must meet in order to be awarded grants by the Commissioner through the Office of Career Guidance and Counseling. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of contracting with institutions of higher education for purposes of providing needed training and retraining of guidance personnel. Defines the term "guidance personnel" for the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the requirements to be met by institutions of higher education entering into contracts to train and retrain guidance personnel. Provides for demonstration and evaluation projects relative to the services and programs provided pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to provide programs and equipment for career information systems and services.
Bill· HRH.R. 3990 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each suceeding fiscal year for basic grants under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 1982 for special programs for the disadvantaged under such Act. Extends for seven years in the case of each such program the present authorizations under such Act for the exemplary programs and projects, for residential vocational education demonstration schools, for cooperative vocational education programs, for work-study programs, and for curriculum development in vocational and technical education.
Bill· HRH.R. 3991 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Establishes a division of funds between secondary vocational and postsecondary occupational education in allotments to States under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds granted to States for occupational education may be used for: (1) strengthening State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education in order that they may effectively carry out the additional functions imposed by this Act; and (2) enabling the States to initiate and conduct a program of planning, including the development of a long-range strategy for placing occupational education on an equal footing with traditional academic education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to the States for specific projects relating to the design, establishment, and conduct of post secondary occupational education programs. Directs any State desiring to receive the amount of its occupational education allotment for a fiscal year to submit a State plan for occupational education at such time, in such detail, and containing such information as the Commissioner of Education may prescribe. Sets forth criteria to be met for approval of State plans by the Commissioner. Provides that the Commission shall pay, from the State's occupational education allotment for a fiscal year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total expenditures made in carrying out the State's approved plan. Directs each State to establish a local coordinating committee for each locality in the State. Provides that each local coordinating committee shall make a continuing study of the needs in its locality for vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs. States that on the basis of the information derived from such study, the local coordinating committee shall develop and propose a strategy which will present a coherent, integrated, and comprehensive set of vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs designed to meet such needs. Stipulates that aggregate expenditures for administration may not exceed 5 percent and guidance, counseling, and technical assistance may not exceed 15 percent of the State's vocational education allotment for that year. Provides for the consolidation, under the Vocational Education Act, of programs for research and training, exemplary programs, and project and curriculum development. Sets forth provisions governing how appropriated sums shall be divided by the Commissioner among specific projects. Authorizes appropriations of $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the improvement of vocational and occupational education programs pursuant to this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3945 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 3933 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Allows a taxpayer a deduction from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code for up to $1500 of the expenses paid by him for the education of any of his dependents at an institution of higher learning.
Bill· HRH.R. 3888 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out program to provide, through the use of students to institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proposal to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1974 and 1975, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proporation to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 3885 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for carrying out the programs authorized under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, including (1) comprehensive manpower services, (2) public employment programs, and (3) Job Corps.
Bill· HRH.R. 3861 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 156 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the provisions of the National School Lunch Act which require that the national average value of donated foods (or cash payments in lieu thereof), the special assistance factor for payments for free and reduced price lunches, and the national average rate for lunches and breakfasts served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program shall reflect changes in the series of food away from home of the Consumer Price Index are necessary provisions of such Act which maintain the stability of the national school lunch and school breakfast programs in the current period of inflation.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 158 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the provisions of the National School Lunch Act which require that the national average value of donated foods (or cash payments in lieu thereof), the special assistance factor for payments for free and reduced price lunches, and the national average rate for lunches and breakfasts served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program shall reflect changes in the series of food away from home of the Consumer Price Index are necessary provisions of such Act which maintain the stability of the national school lunch and school breakfast programs in the current period of inflation.
Bill· HRH.R. 3801 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Makes specified technical and perfecting amendments to the Education Amendments of 1974. Extends reporting dates of specified surveys and studies of the Commissioner of Education, including the survey of career education programs, from November 1, 1975 to February 1, 1976.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 257 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Authorizes $298,000 for a special investigation and study of welfare and pension plans to be conducted by the House Committee on Education and Labor. Directs that the funds be allocated to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. Calls for reports and recommendations concerning the impact and effect of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 on private and public pension and welfare plans. Requests that a report be made to the House during the present Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 3722 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. Restores on behalf of qualified veterans those educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated.
Bill· HRH.R. 3729 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Declares ineligible for purposes of federally assisted student loans, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, any institution of higher education or vocational school which does not have a policy of refunding an appropriate portion of tuition and fees to a student who withdraws from a course of study during the academic year. Requires educational institutions to disclose such policies to their students before the payment of fees. Directs the Commissioner of Education to prescribe regulations for determining the appropriate portion of fees to be refunded and for determining whether institutions have complied with the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3708 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Establishes a division of funds between secondary vocational and postsecondary occupational education in allotments to States under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds granted to States for occupational education may be used for: (1) strengthening State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education in order that they may effectively carry out the additional functions imposed by this Act; and (2) enabling the States to initiate and conduct a program of planning, including the development of a long-range strategy for placing occupational education on an equal footing with traditional academic education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to the States for specific projects relating to the design, establishment, and conduct of post secondary occupational education programs. Directs any State desiring to receive the amount of its occupational education allotment for a fiscal year to submit a State plan for occupational education at such time, in such detail, and containing such information as the Commissioner of Education may prescribe. Sets forth criteria to be met for approval of State plans by the Commissioner. Provides that the Commission shall pay, from the State's occupational education allotment for a fiscal year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total expenditures made in carrying out the State's approved plan. Directs each State to establish a local coordinating committee for each locality in the State. Provides that each local coordinating committee shall make a continuing study of the needs in its locality for vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs. States that on the basis of the information derived from such study, the local coordinating committee shall develop and propose a strategy which will present a coherent, integrated, and comprehensive set of vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs designed to meet such needs. Stipulates that aggregate expenditures for administration may not exceed 5 percent and guidance, counseling, and technical assistance may not exceed 15 percent of the State's vocational education allotment for that year. Provides for the consolidation, under the Vocational Education Act, of programs for research and training, exemplary programs, and project and curriculum development. Sets forth provisions governing how appropriated sums shall be divided by the Commissioner among specific projects. Authorizes appropriations of $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the improvement of vocational and occupational education programs pursuant to this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3688 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Consumers' Nutritional Education Act - Expresses the finding of Congress that adequate resources do not exist for educating and informing consumers about the nutritional value and economic aspects of food purchasing. Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to remedy the inadequacy of such resources. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and private nonprofit agencies for (1) the development of new curriculums to educate consumers on the nutritional and economic aspects of commodities; (2) community consumers' agricultural commodity education programs; and (3) for mass media materials dealing with consumer education of commodities. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act for fiscal year 1976 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 3697 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Makes an appropriation of $187,500 for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for fiscal year 1976, to provide funds to conduct a study, under authority of the Public Health Service Act, of the effects of the red tide on human health.
Bill· HRH.R. 3682 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Defines the term "special dietary uses" as applied to food for man under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not classify a food for special dietary use as a drug within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act solely on the basis of levels of any vitamin, mineral, protein, or other food ingredient present in such food. Provides that such limitation shall not apply to vitamins A and D if the amount recommended to be consumed is determined by the Secretary, by regulation, to be injurious to health. States that nothing in this Act shall authorize the Secretary to establish limits on the amount of any vitamin, mineral, protein, or other food ingredient which may be contained in a food special dietary use, unless the Secretary determines, by regulation that such food would be injurious to health except for such limits. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the Secretary's exercise of authority concerning food additivies pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmentic Act, or to prescribe the steps to be taken to establish their safety.
Bill· HRH.R. 3670 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
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) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 5 percent of so much of such expenses as exceed $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Provides for a reduction of such credit by 1 percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income in excess of $18,000. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 3666 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Allows a credit against the individual income tax for 50 percent, up to $200, of tuition paid for the education of dependents who are full-time students at an elementary or secondary institution.
Bill· HRH.R. 3691 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Authorizes additional appropriations of such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 to carry out programs authorized by the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977 to provide cash grants to State health departments, Indian tribes, or the Indian Health Service for Supplemental food for pregnant and latating women and infants whose diet is nutritionally inadequate.
Bill· HRH.R. 3649 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Extends appropriations for the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Program through fiscal year 1978. Extends appropriations for the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act through fiscal year 1978. Provides that the program of cash grants to State health departments, Indian, and other agencies for supplemental food to pregnant and lactating women and infants shall continue through fiscal year 1978. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and the two succeeding fiscal years for such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 3671 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Higher Education Funding Act - Authorizes an income tax deduction for contributions to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer for the purposes of funding the higher education of his dependents. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of: (1) $500 times the number of qualified beneficiaries; (2) 10 percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income; or (3) $2,500. Provides that a qualified education fund must be established by the taxpayer pursuant to a written plan: (1) solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of room, board, and tuition at an institution of higher education of one or more eligible beneficiaries; (2) which provides that no distribution shall be made by the fund (except upon termination thereof) other than to, or on behalf of, eligible beneficiaries; (3) which provides that upon termination of the fund all assets of the funds shall be distributed to the taxpayer or to his estate; (4) which prohibits contributions to the fund in excess of amounts deductible: and (5) under which the taxpayer consents to the income tax treatment upon termination of the fund. Defines "institution of higher education" as an educational institution: (1) which regularly offers education at a level above the twelfth grade; (2) contributions to or for the use of which constitute charitable contributions; (3) which is legally authorized to provide and does provide a program of postsecondary education; and (4) which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education. Sets forth the tax treatment revisions to the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the creator of a qualified higher education fund and the tax treatment upon termination of such fund.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 145 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Authorizes the printing of 7,500 additional copies of "A Compilation of Federal Education Laws." States that 5,000 shall be for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and 2,500 copies for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate.
Bill· HRH.R. 3585 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
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) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 5 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 scholorship or fellowship grant or as veterans benefits.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 238 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Honors J. Lyman Goldsmith, who retired on December 26, 1974, as administrator of career education for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Bill· SS. 780 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make incentive grants to the States to equalize the quality of elementary and secondary education among the local educational agencies within each State, in such areas as the State deems vital. States that a State is eligible to receive a grant under this Act only if the State educational agency provides assurance that: (1) the quality of education provided to a child within that State is not the result of the wealth of the school district of the local educational agency in which the child attends school, but reflects the wealth of the State as a whole; (2) amounts commensurate with their needs are expended on children with greater educational needs, including, but not limited to, educationally disadvantaged, gifted, talented, handicapped, and vocational education students; and (3) amounts commensurate with the education costs are expended in local educational agencies within the State with greater costs, including cost attributable to sparsity of population, high density of population, and high living costs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
Bill· HRH.R. 3492 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out program to provide, through the use of students to institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proporsal to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1977 and 1978, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proporation to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 3490 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Safe School Act - Authorizes $50,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976 and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 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.