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Bill· HRH.R. 1195 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Senior Citizen Higher Education Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that higher education institutions receiving Federal aid submit to the Commissioner of Education a senior citizen access plan providing for tuition-free registration of qualified senior citizens in scheduled classes and programs on a space available basis. Directs that such plan be implemented to the satisfaction of the Commissioner. Defines "qualified senior citizen" as an individual 60 years of age or older who has completed all course requirements mandated by the institution of higher learning for enrollment in the scheduled class or program. Deems that a class or program has space available if it is not fully subscribed by students other than nonpaying senior citizens. Enjoins the payment of funds or the approval of supplemental or special grants under specified titles of such Act unless the institution seeking aid has established and fully implemented a senior citizen plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 1178 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Student Freedom of Choice Act - States that no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program at any public school shall withhold, or threaten to withhold, such financial assistance: (1) on account of the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class where the school board maintains, in respect to such public school and class, a freedom of choice system: (2) to coerce or induce the school board to transport students to any other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; (3) to coerce or induce any school board to close any public school, and transfer the students from it to another public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; and (4) to coerce or induce the school board to transfer any faculty member from the public school in which the member of the faculty contracts to serve to some other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the faculty. Provides that whenever this Act is violated, the school board aggrieved, or the parent of any student affected, or any student affected, or any member of any faculty affected, may bring a civil action against the United States in a district court of the United States. Provides that no court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order: (1) requiring any school board to make any change in the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school to which students are assigned in conformity with a freedom of choice system; or (2) requiring any school board to transport any students in order to effect a change in the racial composition of the student body; or (3) denying to any student the right or privilege of attending any public school or class at any public school chosen by the parent of such student in conformity with a freedom of choice system; or (4) requiring any school board to close any school and transfer the students from the closed school to any other school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body; or (5) precluding any school board from carrying into effect any provision of any contract between it and any member of the faculty of any public school it operates specifying the public school where the member of the faculty is to perform his or her duties under the contract.
Bill· HRH.R. 1117 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Home Health Clearinghouse. Directs such Clearinghouse to establish and maintain a computer system to gather information on services and benefits available to the elderly through public and private agencies. Directs the Clearinghouse to publish and keep current a publication describing services and benefits available to the elderly under Federal law. Creates in the Department an Assistant Secretary for Elderly Health, to perform specified duties, including the coordination of Department policy relating to the health of the elderly and coordination of the interagency task force on long-term home and institutional care of the elderly.
Bill· HRH.R. 1140 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Establishes the Department of Education within the Executive branch of the Federal Government to take over specified functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and all of the functions of the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Establishes the Federal Interagency Committee on Education to coordinate all Federal programs affecting education.
Bill· HRH.R. 1138 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
School Finance Act - Title I: Basic Grants - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide financial assistance to the States and to local educational agencies to assure that their resources, when supplemented by this Federal assistance, will be adequate to provide for all children an elementary and secondary education of high quality. Entitles a local educational agency to a basic grant of $100 for every child in average daily membership in elementary and secondary schools in the school district of such agency, reduced by the percentage that its non-Federal per pupil expenditures exceeds 115 percent of the State average per pupil expenditure. Makes provisions for entitlement to grants to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make such grants under this title. Requires a local educational agency desiring such grant to submit to the appropriate State educational agency an application which contains an assessment of the educational needs of its children and plans for meeting those needs with funds provided under this title; and assurances that the agency will provide nonideological services to private school students, that the control of funds shall be in a public agency, and that the funds provided shall be used to increase the level of funds that would be made available from non-Federal sources for the education of pupils participating in programs assisted under this title. Requires any State desiring to participate under this title to submit through its State educational agency to the Commissioner of Education an application which provides satisfactory assurances that payments will be used only for programs meeting the specifications of this title, and that the State educational agency will make such periodic reports as may be necessary. Title II: Equalization Grants - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide financial assistance to the States to assist them in equalizing educational opportunity. Creates in the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Education Trust Fund, with the Commissioner of Education as the trustee. Provides that any State desiring to receive equalization grants under this title, in lieu of basic grants under title I of this Act, shall submit a State plan to achieve an equalization of resources for elementary and secondary education within such State within five fiscal years of the date of its application. Requires such an equalization plan to make various guarantees, including: (1) the quality of education provided to a child within that State cannot be the result of the wealth of the school district in which he attends school but rather must result from the wealth of the State taken as a whole; (2) amounts commensurate with their needs are expended on children with greater educational needs, including educationally disadvantaged, handicapped, and vocational education students; (3) by the end of the fifth fiscal year per pupil expenditure of any local educational agency shall not vary more than 10 percent from that of any other local agency within the State (except for additional amounts as in number (2)); and (4) the State will provide nonideological services to private school students, and the control of funds shall be in a public agency. Specifies that the amount of an equalization grant to which a State is entitled shall be an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of children in the elementary and secondary schools in the State by: $200 for the first fiscal year in which the State participates in the program authorized by this title; $300 for the second such fiscal year; $400 for the third such fiscal year; $500 for the fourth such fiscal year; and $600 for each such succeeding fiscal year. Title III: General Provisions - States that, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act for any fiscal year when funds are not appropriated for the program authorized under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at least equal to the sum of $3,000,000,000. Provides for a suspension of payments to a State under this Act whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to such State, finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with the requirements set forth under this Act. Permits judicial review by a State dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action on its plan, or by his suspension of funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 1073 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Allows a credit against the income tax for amounts paid during the year to any nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education of a dependent. Limits the allowable tax credits per dependent, to $200, or 50 percent of the tuition paid for such education during the year, whichever is less, with a progressive decrease of this limitation for individuals who have an adjusted gross income that is greater than $18,000. Grants standing to taxpayers to commence suits in the District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the constitutionality of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1111 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Removes the authority of any United States court to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order whose effect would be to require a pupil to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence. Forbids any Federal department, agency, officer, or employee empowered to extend financial assistance to any program of activity to withhold or threaten to withhold such funds in order to induce implementing or continuing a plan or program whose effect would be to assign a pupil to a public school other than the one nearest his residence.
Bill· HRH.R. 1087 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national education campaign designed to educate drivers and pedestrians as to the danger of driving on or crossing the highways. Imposes an additional tax of one-tenth of one percent per gallon on gasoline and other motor fuels to pay for the costs of such campaign.
Bill· HRH.R. 1060 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Automobile Driver Education and Highway Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national education campaign designed to educate drivers and pedestrians as to the danger of driving on, or crossing the highways. Authorizes appropriations of $85,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years to carry out such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1074 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for the amounts paid for the education of a dependent in any primary or secondary educational institution. Limits the deduction taken for food or lodging to the minimum amount charged for such service at the institution the student is attending. Allows a $400 deduction (not more than $200 per semester) for food and lodging not provided by the student's school.
Bill· HRH.R. 1075 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Higher Education Funding Act - Authorizes an income deduction for contributions to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer for the purposes of funding the higher education of his child dependents. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of: (1) $500 times the number of qualified beneficiaries; (2) ten percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income; or (3) $2,500. Provides that a qualified education fund must be established by the taxpayer pursuant to a written plan: (1) solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of room, board, and tuition at an institution of higher education of one or more eligible beneficiaries; (2) which provides that no distribution shall be made by the fund (except upon termination thereof) other than to, or on behalf of, eligible beneficiaries; (3) which provides that upon termination of the fund all assets of the funds shall be distributed to the taxpayer or to his estate; (4) which prohibits contributions to the fund in excess of amounts deductible; and (5) under which the taxpayer consents to specified income tax treatment upon termination of the fund. Defines "institution of higher education" as an educational institution: (1) which regularly offers education at a level above the twelfth grade; (2) contributions to or for the use of which constitute charitable contributions; (3) which is legally authorized to provide and does provide a program of postsecondary education; and (4) which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education.
Bill· HRH.R. 997 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Education in 1978 in order to stimulate a national assessment of the condition, needs, and goals of education and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of findings and recommendations resulting from such assessment. Requires the Conference to include 5 areas of study in its agenda, as follows: (1) pre-school education, including child care and nutritional programs, and the needs of disadvantaged children; (2) the adequacy of primary education in teaching the skills of communication: reading, writing, and arithmetic; (3) the place of occupational education in helping to meet the nation's requirements for skilled workers; (4) the structure and needs of higher education, including ways of providing adequate levels of institutional support and student help; and (5) the adequacy of education at all levels in meeting the special needs of individuals. Authorizes the President to appoint a 35-member National Conference Committee, 12 members of which shall be educators, and the remainder representative of the public interest in education. Authorizes the Committee to describe the guidelines, organize the Conference, and make its final report before December 1, 1978. Authorizes grants ranging from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $75,000 to each State to defray the expenses of the conferences. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 969 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
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. 998 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide that local educational agencies shall not receive Federal financial assistance unless they provide educational services to all handicapped children at levels of expenditure at least equal to outlays for other children. Allows a civil action to be brought by the parent of a handicapped child to enforce the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 982 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 917 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Veterans' Education Amendments - Increases the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and special training allowance paid to eligible veterans and persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 932 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Neighborhood School Act - Eliminates the jurisdiction of Federal courts to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order with regard to the assignment of pupils to a particular school on the basis of their race, color, religion, or national origin. Prohibits the withholding of Federal financial assistance by any Federal department, agency, officer or employee to achieve such student assignment.
Bill· HRH.R. 918 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Extends to all career personnel of the Veterans Administration the preference for attendance at Regional Medical Education Centers heretofore limited only to V.A. medical and health personnel.
Bill· HRH.R. 887 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be headed by a Secretary of Education to whom shall be transferred all functions of the Office of Education and of the Commissioner of Education. Transfers to the Secretary of Education specified functions of the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Assistant Secretary of Education. Provides for the redesignation of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare. Grants to the Secretary of Education the administrative powers necessary to the performance of his functions. Makes amendments to other Federal laws to bring them into conformity with the provisions of this Act. Provides that any matter of legal privilege or prohibition which has become effective under any provision of law amended by this Act shall continue in effect according to its terms until modified, terminated, or superceded by order of the Secretary, court of competent jurisdiction, or operation of law.
Bill· HRH.R. 817 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 830 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Energy Materials Conservation Education Act - Establishes within the Office of Education the Council on the Conservation and Nonuse of Energy-Materials, the members of which shall broadly represent the public and private sectors. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on programs established under this Act. States that funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act shall be available for (but not limited to) such activities as: (1) community education programs concerning the conservation and nonuse of energy and materials, including special programs for adults; (2) dissemination of information to public and private nonprofit preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, adult, and community education programs; (3) research, development, and dissemination of curriculums, texts and materials, tests, and programs for adequate vocational and technical education and career counseling for persons in the field of energy-materials conservation and nonuse; and (4) programs and projects to recruit, train, organize, and employ professional and other persons, and to organize and participate in energy-materials conservation and nonuse education programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and other institutions for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on the conservation and nonuse of energy materials in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community, labor and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community.
Bill· HRH.R. 831 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Consumer Education Act - Establishes, within the Office of Education, a Director of Consumers' Education who, subject to the management of the Commissioner, shall have primary responsibility for carrying out provisions of consumer education programs pursuant to this Act. Requires the Director to carry out a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to provide consumer education to the public except that no grant may be made other than to a nonprofit agency, organization, or institution. Provides that Federal assistance to any program or project under this Act, other than those involving curriculum development, dissemination of curricular materials, and evaluation, shall support up to 100 percent of the cost of such program, including costs of administration; and provides that contributions in kind are acceptable as local contributions to program costs.
Bill· HRH.R. 773 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Authorizes the United States Commissioner of Education to award a scholarship for full-time undergraduate study to any child who was a dependent of a public safety officer killed in the performance of duty and who has been accepted for enrollment or is enrolled in an institution of higher education. Sets forth guidelines relative to the amount and duration of such scholarships. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into agreements with institutions of higher education to facilitate the administration of the scholarship program.
Bill· HRH.R. 729 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Allows a credit against the income tax for amounts paid during the year to any private, nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education of a dependent. Limits the allowable credit, per dependent, to $400, or 50 percent of the tuition paid for such education during the year, whichever is less, with a progressive decrease of such limitation for individuals who have an adjusted gross income that is greater than $25,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 755 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act. Directs the Secretary to give priority to small business and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a visit; or (2) if conditions are found during such a visit which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1979 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 743 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Directs that two percent of all income taxes collected within a State or territory on individual incomes under Federal statutes be transferred as revenue to such State or territory to be utilized for educational purposes, free of any Federal control.
Bill· HRH.R. 730 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 75 percent of the next $300, and 25 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 710 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Career Education Act - Establishes a career education program to assist States and local educational agencies in increasing the emphasis they place in elementary and secondary school education on job awareness, exploration, decision-making, and planning. Authorizes appropriations of specified amounts to carry out this Act through fiscal year 1982. States that for any fiscal year for which funds are appropriated, such funds shall be made available to the States in the same proportions that each State's population, aged five to seventeen, bears to the total population, aged five to seventeen, of the United States. Requires any State receiving funds for fiscal year 1978 to use them for employing a State coordinator of career education, preparing or updating extant career education plans, and planning in local educational agencies to implement such State plans. Requires every State wishing to receive funds in subsequent fiscal years to submit a plan which sets out explicitly the objectives the State will seek to achieve by December 30, 1982, in implementing its goals for providing career education. Lists the permissable uses of funds received by States after September 30, 1978, including: (1) developing and implementing career guidance and counseling programs; (2) training local career education coordinators and conducting in-service institutes for teachers and counselors; and (3) purchase of instructional materials for career education activities. Designates the Office of Career Education to be the administering agency within the Office of Education for the review of State plans, applications, and reports submitted. Directs the National Institute of Education to continue its complementary efforts in career education and calls for coordination between the Institute and the Office of Education. States that goals of this coordinated effort shall include: (1) identifying research and development priorities; and (2) disseminating the products and findings of research and development undertaken by the Institute.
Bill· HRH.R. 686 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Federal Student Loan Act - Title I: Loans for College Students - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to enter into an agreement with any public or nonprofit institution of higher education which desires to participate in a program making financial loans to students. Sets forth the terms which must be included in the agreement. Provides that the maximum loan shall not exceed $2,000 per year for an undergraduate student or $3,000 per year for a graduate student, and the average loan shall not exceed $1,500 per year for undergraduate students and $2,000 per year for graduate students. Provides for repayment of such loans commencing 2 years after the recipient ceases to be a bona fide student. Establishes repayment terms based on a percentage of personal net taxable income or a percentage of the total amount of the loan. Title II: Definitions and Other Provisions Applicable to Entire Act - Defines "institution of higher education", "high school", "non-profit educational institution" and "States". Authorizes the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of HEW, to appoint advisory committees to consult with him with respect to the administration of his functions under this Act. Title III: National Study - Directs the Commissioner to undertake a study and to report his findings and recommendations concerning the extent to which this Act can reasonably replace various other Federal grants or assistance programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 660 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 662 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that attorneys' fees allowed in administrative or judicial proceedings under that Title (Or under title XVIII (Medicare) of such Act), in cases where the claimants are successful, shall be paid by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare rather than deducted from the amounts awarded claimants.
Bill· HRH.R. 593 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a program under which epileptics shall be provided medicine for the treatment of epilepsy.
Bill· HRH.R. 585 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for expenses incurred in providing special education and training for a dependent handicapped child at a private institution which is established and operated for the specific purpose of providing such education and training.
Bill· HRH.R. 573 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Allows the children of parents employed on Federal property who attend school in a State contiguous to the State in which such property is located to be counted in determining the aid entitlement of the local educational agency having jurisdiction over such school.
Bill· HRH.R. 596 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 599 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for the expenses paid for the higher education of the taxpayer, or a dependent, not exceeding $1,000 for each student.
Bill· HRH.R. 584 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $2,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 553 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to exempt sex segregated gymnastics classes from the prohibition against sex discrimination contained within such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 564 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $250 for any individual, 25 percent of the next $250, and five percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 554 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Exempts musical and social programs and activities designed for parents and students from the prohibition against sex discrimination in federally assisted educational activities imposed by the Education Amendments of 1972.
Bill· HRH.R. 505 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance to American land-grant universities to enable such universities to assist and cooperate in developing and improving land-grant type universities in agriculturally developing nations. Lists programs designed to effectuate this assistance including: (1) cooperation in developing capacity in the university in the cooperating nation for classroom teaching; and (2) cooperation in agricultural research to promote efficiency in the production of food. Establishes an International Land-Grant University Advisory Board to assist in the administration of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that such sums shall not exceed $150,000,000 in a fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 491 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 487 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Surplus School Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local agencies to pay the costs of renovating closed school buildings so they may be converted for other educational and social purposes. Suggests purposes for which conversion grants may be extended, including: (1) community centers; (2) senior citizen centers; (3) day care centers; (4) vocational schools; (5) medical facilities; and (6) recreational centers. Sets forth application requirements which local agencies must complete including: (1) structuring a plan for renovation of the closed school building; (2) estimating costs of such renovation; and (3) demonstrating to the Secretary's satisfaction sufficient financial ability to carry out the provisions of such plan. States that the amount of a grant under this Act shall be 80 percent of the estimated cost of renovation. Requires local agencies which receive a grant for more than the actual cost of renovation to return such surplus money to the Secretary. Sets priorities to be followed by the Secretary in approving applications for grants under this Act including: (1) an application for renovating a closed school building in a school district whose current school enrollments have decreased by ten percent or more from the enrollments of the previous school year, and (2) an application for renovating a closed school building which is not being utilized for any educational or social service purpose at the time of application. Directs the Secretary to serve as a national clearinghouse to local agencies by providing information on feasible alternative uses for closed school buildings. Prohibits the distribution of more than ten percent of the funds appropriated by Congress for the program for grants in any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and Congress: (1) a yearly report listing local agencies which received grants and the purposes for which such grants were made; and (2) a detailed evaluation of the effectiveness of the program based on cost analysis and a survey of school closure problems to be submitted at the end of three years.
Bill· HRH.R. 445 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Commission on School Integration Act - Establishes a 13 member Commission on School Integration for the purpose of studying specified aspects of school integration, including: (1) the goals of racial integration and the effectiveness of methods used to achieve it; and (2) the impact of compulsory integration achieved through the use of busing. Directs that one member of the Commission be appointed by each chief judge of the 11 United States Court of Appeals circuits, the remaining two members to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the United State Supreme Court. Makes provisions for pay, travel expenses, and staffing for the Commission. Details the powers of the Commission. Requires the Commission to transmit to the President and Congress a report not later than one year after the Commission's organization. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of such report.
Bill· HRH.R. 429 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of making grants to central library systems to pay the operating expenses of public libraries. States that the amount of such grant shall be equal to the amount of private contributions made to such library system for operating expenses. Requires that 50 percent of the funds received from such grant be used to pay the operating expenses of public libraries in localities where the average family gross income in such localities is at least 25 percent below the average income level in the area served by such system.
Bill· HRH.R. 398 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for the expenses paid for the higher education of the taxpayer, or a dependent, not exceeding $1,500 for each student.
Bill· HRH.R. 392 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit federally ordered assignment of teachers or students on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin.
Bill· HRH.R. 328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Directs that no part of any funds appropriated, or otherwise available, for expenditure by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be expended to promote the fluoridation of public water supplies.
Bill· HRH.R. 296 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to 100 percent of the first $200 for any individual, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1,000. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans' benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the credit allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 315 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends Title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require that skilled nursing facilities covered by the Medicare program and intermediate care facilities covered by the Medicaid program, adopt a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the patients who are receiving treatment in such facilities. Specifies that such statement shall include a guarantee that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; a guarantee of the patient's right to communications with his physician; a guarantee of the patient's right to present grievances; a guarantee of the patient's right to manage his own financial affairs; and a guarantee of the patient's right to be free from mental and physical abuse and from physical and chemical restraints.