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Bill· HRH.R. 3470 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Higher Education Amendments - Provides for annual cost of-education payments to institutions of higher education payable on a schedule reflecting the total number of students in attendance at the institution and the number of students who are also recipients under other specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Prescribes the procedure for application by institutions to receive cost-of-education payments under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of sums through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 3473 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 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. 3491 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Drug Abuse Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to: (1) institutions of higher education and other public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations for the conduct of special educational programs and activities concerning the use of drugs; and (2) State educational agencies in assisting local agencies in the planning, development, and implementation of drug abuse education. Authorizes appropriations of $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $12,000,000 for each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint an Advisory Committee on Drug Abuse Education to advise on the administration of such programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Attorney General to render technical assistance to local educational agencies and institutions of higher learning in the development and implementation of programs of drug abuse education.
Bill· HRH.R. 3475 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Entitles veterans to 45 months (now 36 months) of educational assistance for undergraduate or any other authorized programs of education. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661).
Bill· HRH.R. 3471 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Student Financial Aid Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide basic and supplemental educational opportunity grants to eligible students for postsecondary education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to pay to each student enrolled in an institution of higher education a basic educational opportunity grant in an amount up to $600, determined by the expected family contributions to the student's higher education. Sets forth criteria for determining the expected family contribution, including the amount of family income and the number of dependents. Requires the Commissioner to carry out a program of supplemental grants to financially needy students who demonstrate outstanding academic performance or clear promise of such performance. Authorizes appropriations for supplemental grants of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each succeeding fiscal year prior to September 30, 1980. States that supplemental grants shall be equal to the full cost of tuition, fees, books and other direct instructional costs at the institution attended by such student, together with a cost-of-living allowance. Requires students receiving supplemental grants to maintain satisfactory academic progress. Establishes a program of incentive grants to the States to assist them in providing grants to eligible students in attendance at institutions of higher education, in providing work-study programs, or in providing additional capacity for enrollment of students at public institutions of higher education which do not charge tuition or fees. Permits the States to determine how such grants shall be utilized. Authorizes appropriations of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to September 30, 1980, for incentive grants to States. Sets forth a formula for determining each State's allotment. Directs the Commissioner to carry out a program designed to identify qualified students from low income families and veterans, to prepare them for a program of postsecondary education, and to provide special services for them. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions for such services, including (1) "Talent Search" programs to identify such individuals with exceptional potential, (2) "Upward Bound" programs, (3) "Special Services for Disadvantaged Students" programs, and (4) a program for paying up to 75 percent of the cost of establishing and operating Educational Opportunity Centers. Authorizes appropriations for incentive grants of $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to September 30, 1980. Establishes a federal loan insurance program to encourage States and nonprofit private institutions and organizations to provide adequate loan programs for students in eligible institutions. States that the total of loans made to a student in any academic year covered by Federal loan insurance may not exceed $1,000 for the first year of postsecondary education and $1,500 in subsequent years. Sets forth criteria governing the eligibility of student borrowers and the terms of federally insured student loans. Limits the interest rate on such loans to 7 percent. Authorizes the Commissioner to pay to each holder of loans insured under this Act a special allowance equal to a specified percentage of the average unpaid balance of disbursed principal of all such loans held by such holder. Permits any State or any nonprofit institution or organization to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner for the purpose of entitling students who receive loans which are insured under a student loan insurance program of that State, institution, or organization to have made on their behalf the payments provided for by this Act if the Commissioner determines that the student loan insurance program meets the requirements of this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to issue certificates of Federal loan insurance to eligible applicants. Requires the Commissioner to pay beneficiaries of loan insurance the amount of the unpaid balance of the principal plus interest whenever a student borrower defaults on such loan. Establishes a student loan insurance fund for making payments in connection with the default of insured loans. Directs the Commissioner to repay loans of student borrowers who die or become permanently disabled. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the student loan program. Establishes a student loan marketing association to serve as a secondary market and warehousing facility for insured student loans. States that such Association will be financed by private capital. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of $5,000,000 for making advances for the purpose of establishing the Association. Permits the Association to make advances on the security of, purchase, service, or sale of insured student loans. Directs the Association to report annually to the President and Congress on its operations and activities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1969 through 1980 for student work-study programs. Directs the Commissioner to enter into agreements with eligible institutions for the making of grants to such institutions for work-study programs. Sets forth provisions and conditions governing such agreements. Requires institutions to provide matching funds. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions to pay for the costs of establishing a program under which such institutions will, in cooperation with other employers in the localities of such institutions, find and create jobs for students enrolled at such institutions which are suitable to the scheduling and other needs of such students. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher education for the planning, establishment, expansion, or carrying out by such institutions of programs of cooperative education that alternate periods of full-time academic study with periods of full-time public or private employment. Provides that institutions which establish and maintain a student loan fund and meet other specified criteria are eligible for capital contributions to such fund by the Federal government. Sets forth conditions governing loans to students from such fund. States that such loans shall be cancelled if the student engages in specified public service activities. Defines the terms used in this Act. Requires that students receiving assistance from loans, grants, or loan guarantees must file an affidavit with the institution he is attending stating that the money received will be used solely for educational purposes.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 139 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 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· SS. 754 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Education Reorganization Act - Establishes a Department of Education, headed by a Secretary at cabinet level, to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the nation. Provides for certain functions to be performed by the Secretary of Education and Assistant Secretaries in the fulfilment of this purpose. Transfers to the Department of Education the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, as well as specified functions in the area of education, of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, of the Secretary of Defense, of Agriculture, of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and of the National Science Foundation. Authorizes the President to transfer other Federal agency functions to the Department as he determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the creation of a Federal Interagency Committee on Education, to be composed of designated Federal agency officials. Declares that the purpose of such committee shall be to assure effective coordination of all Federal programs affecting education. Creates a National Advisory Commission on Education to be composed of 15 members appointed by the President, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate. Requires that such members be chosen from among those who have recognized expertise and direct involvement in the field of education, as well as representatives from the general public, industry, and the mass media. Makes it the purpose of such commission review the administration and operation of Federal education programs, conduct evaluations, and make recommendations for necessary improvements. Allows such Commission to make legislative recommendations directs toward the determination and implementation of priorities among unmet needs and nationaal goals of education. Provides for a comprehensive report on education to be made annually by the Secretary to the President for submission to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to make such expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Privides that this Act shall be effective on its date of enactment, except that the provisions for transferring functions shall be effective within 90 days following such date.
Bill· HRH.R. 3341 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 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 scholarship or fellowship grant or as veterans benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 3329 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 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. 3298 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 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· HRH.R. 3269 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 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. 3240 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 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. 3271 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 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. 3225 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Grants to private schools an exemption from the tax imposed on corporations under the Internal Revenue Code. Allows individuals a tax deduction for charitable contributions for the use of private schools. Defines the term "private school" for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3205 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
National Health Education Policy and Development Act - Declares that the Congress finds that (1) a number of health problems have their roots in the habits, lifestyles, attitudes, and beliefs of the American people; and (2) there is a need for the development of effective school health education programs. Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to develop a national health education policy and program, and to authorize financial assistance for the development and implementation of that policy. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Health Education Administration. Establishes a permanent Advisory Council for Health Education to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Administrator on matters relating to the administration of this Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and submit a report to the Congress on specified subjects including: (1) the current status of health education in the United States; (2) areas of greatest potential impact for health education; and (3) opportunities to improve, by means of health education, the well being of ethnic groups with distinctive health problems. Authorizes the Administrator, upon recommendation of the Council, to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private entities for the purpose of: (1) developing specific educational and informational techniques for the dissemination of health information; (2) developing mutifaceted systems of health care education for a defined geographic area; and (3) providing the training for personnel to carry out health education programs. Requires the Administrator to submit an annual report to the Congress on the status of health education in the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this Act a sum not to exceed $5,000,000 for the first fiscal year after the enactment of this Act, $10,000,000 for the second fiscal year, and $15,000,000,000 for the third fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 703 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1975
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for household and dependent care services necessary to enable the taxpayer to be a student.
Bill· HRH.R. 3182 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1975
Provides that eligible veterans who, due to complications of a service-connected disability, are required to terminate their programs of education during a school term, shall not have such school period charged against their entitlement. Provides that such veterans shall not be required to make reimbursement for benefits paid to them for such school period.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 123 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 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. 3112 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1975
Sets forth standards, relating to the rights of patients under the General Provisions of the Social Security Act, to be met by intermediate care facilities participating in programs under title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Provides that the statement of rights required to be adopted by such facilities shall include guarantees: (1) that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) that the patient has the right to private communications with his physician, attorney, or any other person; and (3) that the patient has the right to have privacy in treatment and in caring for personal needs and confidentiality in the treatment of personal and medical records.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 113 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 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. 3076 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Public and Private Education Assistance Act - Title I: Payments to States for Public Elementary and Secondary Education - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make available to the States funds from the Public Education Trust Fund established by this Act for the use by the States for expenditures to equalize public education within each State. Designates the Secretary as the trustee of the Public Education Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for deposit in the Fund of $2,250,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, and $2,250,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on the operation and status of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year. Provides for standards which the State must establish in order to qualify for payments under this title. Provides that no person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, national origin, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this title. Title II: Credit Against the Individual Income Tax for Tuition Paid for the Elementary or Secondary Education of Dependents - Allows as a credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the amount paid by an individual to any private non-profit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for a dependent's education according to the following limitations: (1) 100 percent of such tuition, or (2) $200, whichever is the lesser. Defines the terms used in this title. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 3068 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 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) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $500; (2) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1000; and (3) 10 percent of so much of such expenses as exceed $1000 but does not exceed $2,000. 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. 3036 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 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. 3037 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 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. 3043 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Department of Education and Manpower Act - States that the national interest requires: (1) that adequate recognition be given to the fundamental importance to our society of education and training in its broadest aspect and to the importance within the Federal structure of the agency charged with the responsibility of carrying out Federal policy in education and training; (2) that Federal programs designed to provide financial support for education and training at all levels, to assist in the training and retraining of persons for employment, and to encourage progress in the arts, sciences, and humanities be coordinated and administered in such a manner as to eliminate duplication of effort and conflicting policies and procedures; and (3) that the Federal Government develop a consistent and effective manpower policy which would encompass both short- term and long-range national needs for education and training and would be administered so as to strengthen public and private resources available to meet these needs without interference in or disruption of the responsibilities of State and local school systems or private and public institutions. Establishes at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Education and Manpower headed by a Secretary of Education and Manpower, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that there shall be in the Department an Under Secretary, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall act for, and exercise the powers of the Secretary, during the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Secretary. Gives the Under Secretary such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. Provides that there shall be in the Department four Assistant Secretaries and a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. Gives one Assistant Secretary responsibility for scientific manpower and for the National Science Foundation. Gives one Assistant Secretary responsibility for the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of : (1) the Office of Education and of the Commissioner of Education and other officers and offices of the Office of Education; and (2) all functions of the Secretary of Labor and of the other officers and offices of the Department of Labor under the following provisions of law: The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, Chapter 3 of the Trade Expansion Act, Part A of title V of the Economic Opportunity Act, and the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. Transfers various other programs to the Department. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, on and after the effective date of this Act, as the Department of Health and Welfare. Provides that any reference in a law, regulation, document, or record of the United States to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or an office the title of which is redesignated shall be held and considered to be a reference to the Department of Health and Welfare or to such office as so redesignated. Grants the Department administratives powers. Makes technical amendments to various other laws so as to conform to this Act. Requires an annual report by the Secretary to the President and the Congress on the activities of the Department. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress within two years a proposed codification of all laws which contain functions transferred to the Secretary by this Act. Makes the effective date of this Act 90 days after enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 2976 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 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. 2993 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Entitles veterans to 45 months (now 36 months) of educational assistance for undergraduate or any other authorized programs of education. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661).
Bill· HRH.R. 2983 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Sets forth standards, relating to the rights of patients under the General Provisions of the Social Security Act, to be met by intermediate care facilities participating in programs under title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Provides that the statement of rights required to be adopted by such facilities shall include guarantees: (1) that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) that the patient has the right to private communications with his physician, attorney, or any other person; and (3) that the patient has the right to have privacy in treatment and in caring for personal needs and confidentiality in the treatment of personal and medical records.
Bill· SS. 575 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the higher education of any individual in the following amounts: (1) 75 percent of so much of the expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 25 percent of the expense as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 10 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1500. Provides for the proration of such credit between taxpayers where more than one taxpayer pays the expenses. Provides for the reduction of the credit authorized by this Act by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year exceeds $25,000. States that the amounts otherwise taken into account for determination of such credit shall be reduced by the amount of any scholarships, fellowship grants, or veterans' educational benefits received during the taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 2874 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides for a credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 20 percent of the amounts deposited by the taxpayer in an educational savings plan for himself or a dependent. Sets limitations on the amount of such credit, dependent upon the nature of the account. Defines "educational savings plan" and other terms used in this Act. Provides for the recapture of any such credit allocable to nonqualified noneducational uses or for failure to use the account. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 2863 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Declares that there has been an increase in the incidence of fraud and misuse of Federal financial assistance committed by persons administering or participating in programs or activities conducted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint not less than 20 nor more than 30 persons to serve as full time professional investigators of allegations and charges of such fraud and misuse. Stipulates that the Secretary may not direct such persons to carry out any function with respect to any internal security program or any other program relating to internal employee security. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2822 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides that the amount of the assets of a student and those of the students' family shall no longer be taken into account as one of the criteria for evaluating eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants under the Higher Education Act. Authorizes Federal interest subsidy payments on loans made pursuant to such Act if the students adjusted family income is less than $30,000 (presently $15,000), or, if the income is above $30,000, there is a verified determination of need. Authorizes appropriations of $1,260,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for work-study assistance grants to needy students.
Bill· HRH.R. 2786 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Postsecondary Education Consumer Protection Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide protection for students, consumers, and legitimate postsecondary educational institutions against substandard or fraudulent practices. Defines the term "federally recognized approving entity" as an entity relied upon by any Federal officer or agency in connection with a program: (1) of Federal assistance to postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants or contracts, loans, or loan insurance or guarantee; (2) of Federal assistance to students at postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants; loans, loan insurance or guarantee, or work programs; or (3) under which continuation of Federal payment is conditioned on attendance at a postsecondary educational institution approved or accredited by an approving entity. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, through the Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility, to conduct a study of the operation and effectiveness of the various federally recognized approving entities. Requires the Secretary to make such interim reports of his activities, findings, and recommendations as he may deem appropriate and to make a final report to the President and the Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act. States that, upon completion of the study conducted under this Act, the Secretary shall revise the criteria to be met by federally recognized approving entities. Stipulates that whenever an officer or agency of the United States receives notification from the Secretary that a federally recognized approving entity fails to meet the criteria set by the Secretary, he shall discontinue reliance on such entity's approval or accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions or programs. Directs the Secretary to publish biannually in the Federal Register a list showing the following: (1) the approving entities which currently meet the criteria established by the Secretary pursuant to this Act; (2) the postsecondary educational institutions which are approved or accredited by such approving entities including a particularization of the departments or courses of study which are approved or accredited at the institutions; and (3) the institutions which have lost approval or accreditation and those whose applications for approval or accreditation were not accepted.
Bill· HRH.R. 2819 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Prohibits any agency of the Federal Government, under the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, from requiring schools or other educational institutions, as a prerequisite to the receipt of Federal funds, to provide such agency with access to records concerning race, religion, sex, or national origin maintained by such schools, or other institutions, exept as provided in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2791 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Entitles veterans to 45 months (now 36 months) of educational assistance for undergraduate or any other authorized programs of education. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661).
Bill· HRH.R. 2787 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Establishes in the Office of Education a National Student Financial Assistance Data Bank to assist students in identifying public and private sources of financial assistance for higher education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to (1) collect and assemble all available information pertaining to scholarships, loans, grants, and other financial assistance, and (2) disseminate such information without change to individuals applying to data bank.
Bill· HRH.R. 2652 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Permits a taxpayer, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, to deduct expenses paid by him in an amount up to $1,000 in connection with his education or training, or the education or training of his spouse or any of his dependents, at an institution of higher education or a trade or vocational school. Specifies educational expenses that are deductible and institutions of higher education which qualify for the deduction. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 218)
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 139 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Provides up to $1,600,000 from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for the expenses of the House Committee on Education and Labor for the investigations and studies to be conducted during the first session of the 94th Congress.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 93 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 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. 92 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 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. 94 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 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. 95 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 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· SS. 534 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education, including postsecondary trade and vocational schools, paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the higher education of any individual in the following amounts: (1) 100 percent of so much of the expenses as does not exceed $200, and (2) 50 percent of the expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500. Provides for the proration of such credit between taxpayers where more than one taxpayer pays the expenses. States that the amounts otherwise taken into account for determination of such credit shall be reduced by the amount of any scholarships, fellowship grants, or veterans' educational benefits received during the taxable year.
Bill· SS. 544 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 1976; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2600 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 1976; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, 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, when requested, to 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2613 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Permits a taxpayer, under the Internal Revenue Code, to deduct the expenses paid by him for the special deduction furnished to any person who is under 21 years of age and who is physically or mentally handicapped if the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption under the Internal Revenue Code for such individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 2584 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 2609 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 2601 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 1976; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, 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, when requested, to 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2599 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 1976; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, 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, when requested, to 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.