Education

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide technology for tomorrow's teachers.

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

_____Act of 2001 (sic) - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program for Teaching Technology for the Future. Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the Office of Educational Technology, to award competitive matching grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for developing or redesigning teacher preparation programs to enable prospective teachers to use technology effectively in their classrooms. Makes eligible for such assistance consortia that include: (1) at least one institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree and prepares teachers for their initial entry into teaching, is in full compliance with specified reporting requirements of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), and has not been identified by the State as low performing; (2) at least one State educational agency or local educational agency with a high number or percentage of children in poverty; and (3) one or more of specified public or private entities.

To amend the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the delivery of payments under the program to local educational agencies.

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to entitle certain local educational agencies (LEAs) to specified payment amounts under Impact Aid programs: (1) relating to Federal acquisition of real property; and (2) for basic support for eligible federally-connected children. (Current law makes such LEAs eligible for such payments up to specified maximum amounts.) Revises the formula for calculating additional Impact Aid payments to LEAs for federally-connected children with disabilities who are eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations for: (1) construction and school modernization payments for certain LEAs, including ones with high percentages of children living on Indian lands or children of military parents; and (2) facilities maintenance payments for certain schools located on military bases and serving military dependent children.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

National Museum of African American History and Culture Act of 2001 - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution the National Museum of African American History and Culture to be operated as a center for scholarship and a location for museum training, public education, exhibits, and collection and study of items and materials relating to the life, art, history, and culture of African Americans form slavery and the era of reconstruction to the Harlem renaissance, the civil rights movement, and beyond. Establishes the National Museum of African American History and Culture Council. Requires the Council to appoint a Director to manage the Museum. Authorizes the Council to plan, design, reconstruct, renovate, and expand the Arts and Industries Building to house the Museum.

Asthma Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Asthma Act - Authorizes appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Directs the Program coordinating committee to report concerning the scope of, and Federal programs concerned with, asthma problems in the United States. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collaborate with the States to expand specified asthma-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit private entities to carry out related outreach activities. Gives grant priorities to communities disproportionately affected by asthma or underserved by health programs and in which a significant number of low-income individuals reside. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to States to carry out activities to assist children with respect to asthma. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies in communities with significant numbers of low-income or underserved individuals for elementary and secondary school asthma-related activities. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) hospitals and managed care plans should undertake certain efforts to increase asthma-related education and training; and (2) Federal, State, and local activities should promote Public Health Service asthma diagnosis and management guidelines.

Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for National Institutes of Health uterine fibroid research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a related public awareness program.

Voluntary Opportunities for Increasing Contributions to Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Voluntary Opportunities for Increasing Contributions to Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an annual tax credit of up to $500 for an individual ($1,000 for joint filers) and $100,000 for a corporation for 75 percent of the qualified charitable contributions (school tuition organizations, facility construction or renovation, computer acquisition or training) made on behalf of elementary or secondary schools.

Encouraging a combination of State legislative efforts and strong health education programs and activities to discourage smoking in children and adolescents.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Expresses congressional encouragement for continued State legislative and educational efforts to prohibit and discourage tobacco use by children and adolescents.

Youth Financial Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Youth Financial Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to allot grants to State educational agencies to provide funds to local educational agencies and public schools for personal financial literacy education programs for students in kindergarten through grade 12, and for professional development programs to prepare teachers and administrators for such financial education. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to or contract with an entity with substantial financial education experience for a national clearinghouse for instructional materials and information on model financial education programs and best practices.

MD-CARE Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2001, or the MD-CARE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in coordination with specified national research institutes, to: (1) expand research and related programs concerning various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Duchenne, myotonic, and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Requires the Director to: (1) award grants and contracts for establishing at least five related centers of excellence; and (2) provide for a related tissue donation program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee to coordinate NIH programs and other Federal programs. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to: (1) award grants and cooperative agreements for muscular dystrophy data collection and analysis; and (2) conduct a National Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Program. Requires the Secretary, through the Centers, to establish at least three centers of excellence in muscular dystrophy epidemiology. Requires the Secretary to establish a program to provide professionals and the public with muscular dystrophy information.

Mathematics and Science Proficiency Partnership Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Mathematics and Science Proficiency Partnership Act of 2001 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a demonstration program under which grants are awarded to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) for: (1) developing programs that build or expand mathematics, science, and information technology curricula; (2) purchasing equipment necessary to establish such programs; and (3) providing professional development to enhance teacher quality in those subject areas. Makes eligible for grants LEAs that provide assurances that they have executed conditional agreements for private sector participation, including: (1) the donation of technology tools; (2) the establishment of internship and mentoring opportunities; and (3) the donation of scholarship funds. Requires the Director to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of activities under this Act in improving student performance in mathematics, science, and information technology at the precollege level and in stimulating student interest in pursuing undergraduate studies in these fields.

Accuracy and Uniformity in Dropout Rate Reporting Study Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Accuracy and Uniformity in Dropout Rate Reporting Study Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to Congress on the best means of developing a national standard by which to measure the rate at which students drop out of secondary schools in the United States.

To provide grants to States to establish, expand, or enhance prekindergarten programs for children who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish Prekindergarten Programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to applicant States to establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs by eligible prekindergarten providers and local educational agencies in partnership with early childhood programs, organizations, or agencies that serve three-, four-, and five-year old children.

Safe Food Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Safe Food Act of 2001 - Establishes in the executive branch an independent Food Safety Administration which shall administer and enforce the food safety laws for the protection of the public health. Directs the Administrator of Food Safety to oversee the: (1) implementation of Federal food safety inspection, enforcement, and research efforts, based on scientifically supportable assessments of risks to public health; (2) development of consistent and science-based standards for safe food; (3) coordination and prioritization of food safety research and education programs with other Federal agencies; (4) coordination of the Federal response to foodborne illness outbreaks with other Federal agencies and State agencies; and (5) integration of Federal food safety activities with State and local agencies. Transfers to the Administration all functions of the following Federal agencies that relate to administration or enforcement of the food safety laws, as determined by the President: (1) the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); (3) the Center for Veterinary Medicine of FDA; (4) the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce as it relates to the Seafood Inspection Program; and (5) such others as the President may designate by executive order.

Earthquake Loss Reduction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Earthquake Loss Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable personal credit of 50 percent of so much of the qualified seismic retrofit expenses (principal residence earthquake retrofit expenses) incurred during a taxable year that does not exceed $6,000. Provides a five-year recovery period for the depreciation of qualified seismic retrofit expenses. Authorizes the issuance of qualified seismic retrofitting bonds, 95 percent of the proceeds of which must be used for seismic retrofitting expenditures. Provides an exemption from passive activity loss restrictions for any seismic retrofitting activity engaged in during a taxable year. Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to certain local governments, public or nonprofit private hospitals, or public institutions of higher education to pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out earthquake disaster mitigation and recovery planning measures with respect to critical facilities and infrastructures (disaster response facilities, hospital and medical facilities) under the jurisdiction of such recipients. Allows grant funds to be used to retrofit such facilities and infrastructures, implement earthquake disaster mitigation measures, or develop earthquake disaster recovery plans. Establishes the Loss Reduction Trust Fund for grant payments.

Joseph J. Jen, of California, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, vice I. Miley Gonzales.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Grover J. Whitehurst, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, Department of Education, vice Cyril Kent McGuire, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Eugene Hickok, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Education, vice Judith A. Winston, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Brian Jones, of California, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, vice Judith A. Winston, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Susan B. Neuman, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, vice Michael Cohen, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Productivity, Opportunity, and Prosperity Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2001

Productivity, Opportunity, and Prosperity Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a credit to an employer for qualified remedial education expenses provided to an employee; (2) allow a small business digital divide credit; (3) double from 50 percent to 100 percent the exclusion for gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held more than five years; (4) repeal the minimum tax preference for the exclusion for incentive stock options; and (5) provide for a three-year depreciable life for any semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 27 April 2001

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 and 2003 for: (1) the Department of State; and (2) U.S. international broadcasting activities. Sets forth certain Department of State authorities and activities, including: (1) diplomatic and consular activities; and (2) migration and refugee activities. Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) the organization and personnel of the Department of State; (2) Department of State U.S. educational and cultural programs; (3) U.S. international broadcasting activities; and (4) international organizations and commissions. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) certain reports regarding the nonproliferation of goods and technology to Iran; (2) the adoption of an HIV/AIDS mitigation strategy as a component of United Nations peacekeeping operations; and (3) resolution of the Taiwan Strait issue. Security Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends Federal law to extend through FY 2003 Department of Defense (DOD) authority to transfer excess defense articles to countries eligible to participate in the Partnership for Peace program and eligible for assistance under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish education and training to foreign governmental and military personnel in order to enhance their nonproliferation and export control capabilities. Earmarks certain funds for FY 2002 and 2003 for the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State for salaries and expenses and certain other improvements. Authorizes the President to transfer specified naval vessels to certain foreign countries.

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members of the Armed Forces in critical specialties, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to purchase U.S. savings bonds for military personnel who have completed certain periods of active duty and who enter into a commitment to perform at least six years of additional active-duty service in a specialty designated as critical by such Secretary. Makes such bond amounts: (1) $5,000, for members who enter into the agreement before completing three years of active duty; (2) the excess of $15,000 over the face amount of any bonds previously purchased for such members who have completed at least three years of active service but less than nine years; and (3) the excess of $30,000 over such face amount for members who have completed nine years of active service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bond amounts for the non-completion of the required additional service, with a waiver when repayment is considered to be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best interests of the United States.

To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching requirement related to such appropriations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to eligible historically black colleges and universities, to make a grant (out of funds authorized by this Act) for a building or structure listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places only if the grantee agrees to provide funds derived from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to 30 percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant is provided.

Holocaust Education Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Holocaust Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.

Education Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Education Reform Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise, and reauthorize through FY 2005, various ESEA programs. Revises and renames ESEA title I as Student Performance (currently Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards), reauthorizing appropriations for specified programs. Requires the provision of public school choice for families of students attending certain schools deemed to be in need of corrective action. Establishes a Comprehensive School Reform program and a Rural Education Development Initiative. Revises and renames ESEA title II as Teacher and Principal Quality, Professional Development, and Class Size. Establishes a new ESEA title III, Language Minority Students and Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education, which combines and revises provisions of current titles VII and IX. Redesignates, reauthorizes, and revises the current title III as title X, Technology for Education. Transfers to a new title III subtitle B the Emergency Immigration Education Program. Establishes a new ESEA title IV, Public School Choice, and authorizes a new public school choice program. Extends the authorization of appropriations for Magnet Schools Assistance and Public Charter Schools. Sets forth a new title IV part D, Report Cards. Directs the Secretary to make grants to qualifying States to publish report cards for each elementary and secondary school receiving ESEA funding. Transfers ESEA Impact Aid provisions from title VIII to a new title V, eliminating certain current title V programs. Establishes a new title VI, High Performance and Quality Education Initiatives for grants to State education agencies to award subgrants to local education agencies for: (1) school improvement; (2) 21st Century Opportunities programs; (3) safe learning environments; and (4) New Economy Technology Schools. Establishes a new ESEA title VII, Accountability. Requires certain sanctions if performance objectives have not been met by a State receiving grant funds. Directs the Secretary to make awards to States that either ensure that all teachers teaching in their public schools are fully qualified by FY 2003, or for three consecutive years have met or exceeded certain objectives. Repeals the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Technology for Education Act of 2000 (sic) - Redesignates, reauthorizes, and revises the current title III as title X, Technology for Education. Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 2000 (sic) - Redesignates, reauthorizes and revises the current title IV as title XI, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities. Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2000 (sic) - Extends the authorization of appropriations for title XII part B, Gifted and Talented Children programs. 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act - Extends the authorization of appropriations for title XII part H, 21st Century Community Learning Centers.

Affordable Student Loans Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Affordable Student Loans Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit collection of: (1) origination fees under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL program) and the Federal Direct Loan Program; or (2) insurance premiums under the FFEL program. Allows any student loan guaranty agency or consortium of such agencies to enter into a voluntary flexible agreement with the Secretary of Education.

Future Entrepreneurs of America Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Future Entrepreneurs of America Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for entrepreneurship education and training programs for students in grades seven through 12. Requires such grants to States in any fiscal year in which appropriations under this Act equal or exceed a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to make direct grants to local educational authorities and public schools for such programs, in any fiscal year for which appropriations do not reach the level required for grants to States. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make a competitive grant or contract for a national clearinghouse for instructional materials and information regarding exemplary entrepreneurship education and training programs and best practices; and (2) develop performance measures and evaluate programs assisted under this Act.

Samuel Kelner Commission on Youth Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Samuel Kelner Commission on Youth Authorization Act - Establishes the Samuel Kelner Commission on Youth to seek to reduce apathy among U.S. youth regarding the Nation's system of government by discussing and making policy recommendations on issues affecting U.S. youth, including issues in the subject areas of: (1) public education; (2) youth employment and wages; (3) higher education financing; and (4) youth drug abuse and violence.

Debt Cancellation for the New Millennium Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Debt Cancellation for the New Millennium Act - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to urge the President to commence immediately efforts within the Paris Club of Official Creditors, as well as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other appropriate multilateral development institutions, to accomplish certain modifications in the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, including requiring that: (1) the amount of debt relief provided by the IMF and the World Bank under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative for a HIPC be sufficient to completely cancel 100 percent of the HIPC's debt owed to such institutions; (2) no provision of debt relief under the Initiative be conditioned on any country's implementing a structural adjustment or stabilization program of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility of the IMF or any other such program operated solely or jointly by the IMF or the World Bank; (3) all HIPCs that are working in good faith to develop and implement their Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) pursuant to the Initiative not be required to make service payments on their debts (ensuring that the savings from such debt relief will be invested in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, health care, education, and poverty reduction programs); and (4) the eligibility requirements of the Initiative be revised to make Bangladesh, Haiti, and Nigeria eligible. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, upon request, for technical assistance to HIPCs regarding compliance with the conditions for debt relief pursuant to the Initiative, including the development and implementation of their PSRPs.

Foreign Military Training Responsibility Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Foreign Military Training Responsibility Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States: (1) shares a responsibility for actions of those foreign military personnel for which it provides education and training; and (2) should evaluate the objectives, methods, and results of such education and training. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) require the Secretaries of Defense and State to include in a required annual foreign military training report information on U.S. and non-U.S. Government personnel, including contractors, involved in each military training activity; (2) require information concerning foreign military personnel provided training to be in unclassified form; (3) require the Secretary of State to prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on all foreign police training, advice, or financial support provided; and (4) require such Secretaries and the heads of each appropriate department or agency to jointly develop and maintain a database on each foreign military and law enforcement participant in education and training activities conducted by the U.S. Government after December 31, 2001. Establishes a task force to assess the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of foreign countries.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to designate certified diabetes educators recognized by the National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services under part B of the Medicare Program.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certified diabetes educators recognized by the National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.

Historically Women's Public Colleges or Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Historically Women's Public Colleges or Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to historically women's public colleges or universities for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their campuses. Specifies eight institutions to receive such grants in FY 2002.

Agriculture Education Freedom Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Agriculture Education Freedom Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual any gain from the sale of any animal raised and sold by such individual as part of his or her participation in the 4-H program under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture, the Future Farmers of America, any tax-exempt similar organization, or any program of a tax-exempt educational organization.

Supporting the goals and ideas of a National Child Care Worthy Wage Day.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Supports the goals and ideas of National Child Care Worthy Wage Day (May 1, 2001) and urges public officials and the general public to honor early childhood care and education staff and programs in their communities, and work together to resolve the early childhood care and education staff compensation crisis.

Campus Fire Safety Right to Know Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Campus Fire Safety Right to Know Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each eligible institution participating in any program under title IV (Student Assistance) to: (1) prepare, publish, and distribute to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report which discloses specified types of information about that institution's campus fire safety standards and practices; (2) make periodic reports to the campus community on fires and false alarms that are reported to local fire departments, to aid in preventing similar occurrences; and (3) submit annually to the Secretary of Education a copy of statistics on campus occurrences of fires and false fire alarms. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such statistics; (2) make copies available to the public; (3) identify exemplary fire safety policies, procedures, and practices, and disseminate information concerning those policies, procedures, and practices that have proven effective in the reduction of campus fires; and (4) report to Congress analyses of the current status of fire safety systems in college and university facilities, and of the appropriate fire safety standards to apply to these facilities, as well as cost estimates and recommendations.

Geriatric Care Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Geriatric Care Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to payments to hospitals for direct graduate medical education costs and the limitation on the number of full-time-equivalent residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine. Provides for the disregard of up to three geriatric residents in applying such limitation. Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for Medicare coverage of care coordination and assessment services.

Immigrant Children's Educational Advancement and Dropout Prevention Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Immigrant Children's Educational Advancement and Dropout Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain (inadmissible or deportable) alien secondary or college students with qualifying years of U.S. residency. Makes such aliens eligible for Federal and State higher education assistance during the pendency of their application for cancellation of removal. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision prohibiting an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence.

Honoring the National Science Foundation for 50 years of service to the Nation.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Recognizes and acknowledges the 50th anniversary of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its achievement and service to the United States. Reaffirms commitment for the next 50 years to support research, education, and technological advancement and discovery through the NSF, the premier scientific agency in the Federal Government.

Technology Education and Training Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Technology Education and Training Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a limited tax credit for information technology training program expenses; and (2) make technology training centers eligible educational institutions for purposes of the Hope scholarship and lifetime learning credits. Establishes an Information Technology Training Certification Advisory Board, which shall develop provider certifications for certified commercial information technology training.

Affordable Education Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Affordable Education Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase, from $500 to $2,000, the maximum annual contribution allowed to an education individual retirement account. Renames such accounts as education savings accounts. Eliminates the contribution marriage penalty, with respect to such an account, by providing that the phase-out threshold dollar amounts on a joint return shall be exactly double the amounts on an individual return. Includes qualified elementary and secondary education school expenses within the definition of qualified education expenses. Renames an Education Individual Retirement Account a Coverdell Education Savings Account. Permits an eligible educational institution (currently, limited to a State or agency or instrumentality thereof) to maintain a qualified tuition program, provided such program has received a ruling that such program meets the applicable requirements for a qualified tuition program. Permanently extends the exclusion from gross income of employer provided educational assistance. Eliminates the 60 month limit on the student loan interest deduction. Increases the income limitation on the student loan interest deduction. Excludes from gross income certain amounts received under the National Public Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. Excludes from employee gross income employer contributions to Coverdell Education Savings Accounts on behalf of an employee. Increases the amount by which certain governmental bonds used to finance public school capital expenditures may be exempted from specified arbitrage bond provisions. Provides for the treatment of qualified public educational facility bonds as exempt facility bonds.

A concurrent resolution supporting a National Charter Schools Week.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Acknowledges and commends the charter school movement for its contribution to improving student achievement and our Nation's public school system. Designates the week of April 30 through May 4, 2001, as National Charter Schools Week.

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to provide for elementary and secondary school library media resources, including mandatory State allotments for library media resources and discretionary grants for school library access during non-school hours.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to permit local educational agencies to use funds made available under the innovative education program to support certain community service programs.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to permit local educational agencies to use funds made available under the innovative education program to support community service programs under which qualified school personnel train and mobilize young people to strengthen their communities through nonviolence, responsibility, compassion, respect, and moral courage.

To establish a commission to study the establishment of a national education museum and archive for the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Directs the Secretary of Education to appoint a national commission, including representatives from both the public and private sectors, to study the development, creation, and operation of a national education museum and archive.

To allow States to spend certain funds to establish and maintain peer mediation programs.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow funds under State Governors' drug and violence prevention programs to be used to establish and maintain peer mediation programs.

Student Health Assessment Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Student Health Assessment Act of 2001 - Establishes a demonstration program of grants to ten local educational agencies (LEAs) to develop and complete comprehensive health assessments for students, including physical and psycho-social evaluations. Requires each grantee LEA to: (1) notify parents of the availability and benefits of such assessments; (2) assist qualified parents to apply for the Children's Health Insurance Program under the Social Security Act; and (3) facilitate or provide such an assessment to each participating student. Directs the Secretary of Education to develop a checklist for LEAs to provide physicians or health care workers authorized to conduct such assessments if chosen by a student's parents to do so.

To encourage the provision of multilateral debt cancellation for countries eligible to be considered for assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative or heavily affected by HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to use the U.S. voice, vote, and influence to call for a vote by such institutions on: (1) negotiating a strategy to cancel debts owed them by any country eligible for assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative or heavily affected by HIV/AIDS, which should ensure that the savings from such cancellation are used for fair and transparent poverty reduction; (2) accepting an immediate moratorium on debt service payments and accrual of interest on the debt owed by such country; (3) encouraging each country to ensure that the national HIV/AIDS strategic plan is fully funded, with a significant proportion of the savings from the debt cancellation to be used for HIV/AIDS response and other health priorities, and HIV/AIDS and infectious disease control strategies are based upon best practices, including prevention, care, treatment, orphan response, and accessibility to affordable drugs and social and health infrastructure; and (4) using their reserve accounts or net income to offset debt cancellation costs. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at the World Bank and the IMF to oppose any of their programs that would include user fees for primary education or primary health care, including prevention and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being. Directs the Secretary to develop strategies to counter corruption in beneficiary countries under this Act.

Worker Amnesty and Opportunity Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Worker Amnesty and Opportunity Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for legal permanent resident status for certain undocumented or nonimmigrant aliens who are: (1) alien workers; (2) eligible for admission at a U.S. institution of higher education; or (3) at least 65 years old.

Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "transplanted child" as an alien who has been granted cancellation of removal or who has such an application pending. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the provision prohibiting postsecondary education benefits based on State residency to an illegal alien unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for similar benefits without regard to such residency. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make transplanted children eligible for public benefits. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain aliens under and above the age of 18 with qualifying years of continuous U.S. residency.

American Hospital Preservation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

American Hospital Preservation Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by Federal law commonly referred to as the (Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP) Benefits Improvement and Protection Act, to: (1) increase (restore the full) market basket update for inpatient prospective payment services hospitals; and (2) maintain the indirect medical education adjustment percentage at 6.5 percent.