Education

A bill to clarify the meaning of the phrase "program or activity" as applied to educational institutions that are extended Federal financial assistance, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1984

Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to specify that education institutions receiving Federal financial assistance are included within prohibitions against discrimination. Provides that, for purposes of such Acts, notwithstanding the Supreme Court decisions in Grove City and others against Bell, Secretary of Education, and in North Haven against Bell, the phrase "program or activity" shall, as applied to educational institutions which are extended Federal financial assistance, mean the educational institution.

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per State, necessary to establish and operate a technical assistance center in each State. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with local educational agencies (LEAs), intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such entities) for the establishment and operation of technical assistance training centers in each State. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the LEAs in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee (which would include representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs); (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds. Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984

Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984 - Amends title IV the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish under HEA title IV (Student Assistance) a new program of graduate study grants for first- and second-year graduate and professional students who demonstrate financial need. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1991 to enable the Secretary of Education to make payments to institutions of higher education which have made agreements for purposes of such grants program. Provides that such funds shall be available on an academic year basis in accordance with specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Sets such grants at the amount needed by the student to pursue a course of graduate or professional study at the institution, but limits such amount to between $1,000 and $5,000. Prohibits regulations for such grants program from including any parental contributions as part of an expected family contribution to the cost of attendance. Provides that such grants may be made only to first- and second-year enrollees in graduate or professional programs who will be carrying the normal full-time academic workload and who meet specified eligibility requirements for student assistance. Provides that the institution, in accordance with the program agreement and from the amount allocated to the institution, shall select from among the eligible those who are to be awarded such grants and determine the amounts to be paid to them. Requires that at least 20 percent of the amount paid to each recipient shall be made available by the institution from non-Federal sources. Directs the Secretary to allocate program funds among institutions on the basis of the relative need for assistance of the their eligible students. Directs the Secretary to set deadlines for applications by institutions for allocation of such funds for any fiscal year. Authorizes institutions to use their allocations for grants to eligible students in such manner as the institution determines will best achieve the purposes of this Act. Redesignates provisions for fellowships for graduate and profesional study and provisions for the national graduate fellows program under HEA title IX (Graduate Programs) as provisions under HEA title IV (Student Assistance). Repeals provisons setting forth specified groups of individuals to whom grants are to be made under provisions for fellowships for graduate and professional study. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for fellowships for graduate and professional study. Extends through FY 1989 the period during which the Secretary is authorized to award fellowships (in the arts, humanities, and social sciences) under the national graduate fellows program.

A resolution waiving certain points of order against the conference reports on the bills (H.R. 4164) to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to strengthen and expand the economic base of the Nation, develop human resources, reduce structural unemployment, increase productivity, and strengthen the Nation's defense capabilities by assisting the States to expand, improve, and update high-quality programs of vocational-technical education, and for other purposes, and (S. 2496) to amend the Adult Education Act in order to simplify requirements for States and other recipients participating in Federal adult education programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984

Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference reports on H.R. 4164 (vocational education programs) and S. 2496 (adult education programs).

A resolution in support of high school exchange programs with the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984

Urges the Secretary of State to help international youth exchange organizations in exploring with the Soviet Union the establishment of youth exchange programs, particularly for high school students. Calls upon the Soviet Union to respond positively and to make arrangements for U.S. exchange students. Urges U.S. support for such high school exchange programs through financial aid to students and grants to international exchange organizations.

Geriatric Manpower Training and Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1984

Geriatric Manpower Training and Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) internal medicine and general pediatrics training grants; (2) family medicine and general dentistry training grants; (3) grants for start-up assistance and curriculum development to schools; (4) advanced nurse training program grants; and (5) nurse practitioner program grants. Makes specific amounts available, from each authorization of appropriations, for programs relating to geriatrics. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) training and instruction activities and traineeships and fellowships of the National Institute on Aging; (2) training, instruction, and traineeships relating to the mental health problems and illnesses of the elderly and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of mentally ill elderly individuals. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs for FY 1986 through 1990. Sets aside for each year a specific amount for training and instructional activities.

Head Start Reauthorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1984

Head Start Reauthorization Act - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for programs under the Act through FY 1986. Requires the Secretary of Education to reserve for training and technical assistance for each fiscal year funds which are not less than the amount spent for such activities under the Act in FY 1982. Provides that such minimum reservation shall not apply in any fiscal year in which the appropriation for the Head Start program is less than the amount appropriated for FY 1984. Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies. Requires that the designated agency be in the community which it serves. Requires the Secretary to give priority in the designation of such agencies to any local public or private nonprofit agency (or its successor agency) receiving funds under any Head Start program on a specified date, unless the Secretary makes a finding that the agency involved fails to meet program and fiscal requirements established by the Secretary. Requires that any such designation be governed by the same program and fiscal requirements, criteria, and standards as are applicable to existing Head Start programs. Requires that specified provisions relating to the initial designations of Head Start agencies be applied by the Secretary in the distribution of any additional appropriations made available under the Act during any fiscal year. Permits each Head Start program operated in a community to provide more than one year of Head Start services to children from age three to the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the Head Start program is located. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in connection with Head Start programs. (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such technical assistance and training.) Requires that such training activities include: (1) a centralized child development training and national assessment program, which may be administered at the State and local level, leading to recognized credentials for such personnel; and (2) resource access projects for such personnel working with handicapped children. Prohibits any revision in Head Start performance standards which would result in either the elimination of or the reduction in the scope or types of health, education, parental involvement, social or other services required to be provided under the performance standards in effect on November 2, 1978.

A bill to provide for the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center to be established by the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida.

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1984

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida, to establish the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.

A joint resolution to designate the week of February 10, 1985, through February 16, 1985, as "National DECA Week".

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1984

Designates the week of February 10 through February 16, 1985, as National DECA Week.

A bill to provide for the use of safety belts by children in schoolbuses, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1984

Prohibits the Secretary of Education from obligating or expending any of the funds appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of providing financial assistance to any State or local educational agency within a State if such State does not have in effect a school bus safety belt and inspection plan approved by the Secretary. Provides that such plan must require: (1) the installation of safety belts in any school bus which is first placed in service as a school bus after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) an annual inspection of all school buses by the appropriate State or local agency. Provides that this Act shall take effect on August 1, 1986.

Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1984

Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add this Act as part A (Gifted and Talented Children) of title IX (Additional Programs) of ESEA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for programs for gifted and talented children. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve 15 percent of such appropriations or $3,000,000, whichever is larger, for carrying out discretionary programs. Requires that the remainder of such appropriations be available for State programs. Sets forth provisions for State programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for the Federal share of the costs of planning, developing, operating, and improving programs to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Permits such programs to include: (1) inservice training of personnel to teach such children; (2) demonstration programs designed to develop special techniques for teaching such children, and assessments of such programs; and (3) State leadership programs to assist in extending programs for such children throughout the State. Directs the Secretary to allot such funds in accordance with specified provisions. Requires SEA applications for such grants to contain specified assurances, including the assurance that appropriate consideration will be given to the particular educational needs of disadvantaged gifted and talented children. Prohibits a SEA from reserving more than ten percent of grant funds for program administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning. Requires a SEA to distribute, on a competitive basis, at least 90 percent of grant funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) which apply, with due regard for the quality of the proposed activities. Requires a SEA to use at least 50 percent of grant funds for programs and projects which include a component for the identification and education of disadvantaged gifted and talented children from low-income families. Permits use of grant funds for instructional equipment only if such equipment will enhance the program or project. Prohibits SEA approval of an LEA application unless the needs of children in nonprofit private elementary and secondary schools have been taken into account. Requires the SEA to provide technical assistance for proposals and programs of LEAs which are unable to compete due to smaller size or lack of financial resources. Requires that an opportunity for a hearing be afforded before the Secretary may disapprove an application which does not meet specified requirements. Sets forth provisions for discretionary programs relating to education of gifted and talented children. Authorizes the Secretary, from amounts reserved for discretionary programs, to pay the Federal share of the costs of grants or contracts to SEAs, LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public or private organizations for: (1) leadership training of personnel engaged in the education of gifted and talented children; (2) an information clearinghouse; and (3) research, evaluation, and related activities. Sets forth application requirements for discretionary program grants and contracts. Applies specified ESEA requirements relating to private school pupil and teacher participation in such discretionary programs, unless such requirements cannot be legally met in the State. Sets forth provisions for State allotments of appropriations for programs for gifted and talented children. Directs the Secretary to allot up to one percent of such appropriations, in accordance with their respective needs, among: (1) specified territories and possessions of the United States; (2) programs in schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior; and (3) programs in overseas dependent schools of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among applicant States on the basis of numbers of children aged five through 17, with a $50,000 minimum allotment to each State. Sets forth provisions for reallotment of any State allotment exceeding the amount a State needs and will be able to use in a fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer and coordinate programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that any Indian tribe or Hawaiian organization which operates schools for its children shall be deemed an LEA for purposes of this Act. Makes the Federal share for any fiscal year 90 percent, but 100 percent for programs and projects involving participation of private school students. Makes conforming amendments to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Makes a technical amendment to ESEA.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5609) to authorize a national program of improving the quality of education.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1984

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5609 (Federal aid to education).

A joint resolution to designate the week of February 3, 1985, through February 9, 1985, as "National School Guidance and Counseling Week".

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1984

Designates the week of February 3 through February 9, 1985, as National School Guidance and Counseling Week.

A concurrent resolution to congratulate Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, on the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of its founding.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1984

Congratulates Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, on the 175th anniversary of its founding and salutes such university for its achievements and prospects for the future.

Linda M. Combs, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Department of Education, vice Charles L. Heatherly, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 10 September 1984

A joint resolution to designate the year of 1985 as the "Year of the Teacher".

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984

Designates 1985 as the Year of the Teacher.

Overseas Teachers Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984

Overseas Teachers Act of 1984 - Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act to entitle an individual who is recruited outside the United States as a teacher in a Department of Defense overseas dependents school to the same benefits as an individual recruited in the United States. Denies such entitlement to any individual who is the spouse of a member of a uniformed service, unless: (1) the individual is legally separated from the member; (2) the member dies or has retired from Government service; (3) the individual no longer resides with the member because the member has been reassigned to another geographic area for more than 90 days; or (4) the member's benefits comparable to a teacher's quarters allowance and cost of living benefits have been terminated for any other reason. Provides that such a teaching position shall include a position for which teaching duties and responsibilities are performed: (1) in a substitute capacity; (2) as a summer teacher; (3) as an instructor for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps; (4) as a paraprofessional or teacher aide; (5) for a definite term not to exceed one school year in the excepted service; or (6) for an indefinite term in the excepted service. Entitles an overseas teacher to 12 (currently ten) days of cumulative leave with pay if the school year exceeds eight months. Eliminates the limitation on the amount of leave a teacher may accumulate. Permits the use of leave for paternity purposes. Entitles a teacher to an additional three days of leave to use for any purpose during the school year if the teacher provides appropriate advance notice. Entitles a teacher who is separated from such leave system to elect to: (1) receive a lump sum payment for such leave if the separation exceeds 31 days; or (2) receive credit for such leave as unused sick leave for purposes of determining the amount of a civil service retirement annuity. Entitles a Federal or District of Columbia employee who is transferred, promoted, or reappointed to a teaching position to: (1) receive a lump sum pay for the annual leave credited to such employee before he or she became a teacher; or (2) be recredited with such leave upon returning to a Federal or District of Columbia position without a break in service. Requires the Director of Dependents' Education, upon appropriate application, to grant any full-time teacher who has completed at least seven years of service a sabbatical with full pay for up to one year to enable the teacher to engage in study or uncompensated work experience which will contribute to the development of the teacher's skills, provided: (1) the teacher has not been granted a sabbatical during the preceding seven years; and (2) the teacher agrees to serve in a teaching position for three consecutive years. Requires the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a five-level pay system for overseas teachers. Requires determinations concerning appropriate pay levels to be based on the length of service of an individual as a teacher, counselor, psychologist, or social worker within the defense education system. Requires rates of basic pay within level I to be equal to the average of the range of rates of basic pay for comparable positions in school jurisdictions in the United States having an average daily attendance of 100,000 or more students. Directs the Secretary to modify regulations concerning teacher compensation to require a teacher to be compensated for the appropriate fraction of his or her pay for each day of service during a school year exceeding the number of days comprising a school year in such a jurisdiction. Requires determinations concerning housing, transportation, services, or use of Government facilities for teachers at certain pay levels to correspond to such determinations for commissioned officers in the Armed Forces in equivalent grade levels, except that pay level I determinations shall correspond to grade level two determinations. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out specified overseas teacher requirements concerning: (1) the effect of administrative delays on starting dates; (2) a per diem allowance for travel to and from a duty station; (3) Government reimbursement for emergency transportation costs; (4) school assignments based on staffing requirements; (5) medical and dental benefits; (6) Government payments for the transportation of household goods; (7) service creditable for purposes of determining civil service annuities; (8) eligibility for military-controlled housing; (9) hours of duty; (10) leaves of absence; (11) qualifications and eligibility for vacancies within the system; (12) administrative leave during periods of inclement weather; and (13) class size limitations. Provides that any teacher who has served for at least three school years shall be eligible for appointment as a Federal employee in the competitive service on a non-competitive basis.

Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984

Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of Education allocate funds for basic grants to local educational agencies on the basis of a specified formula involving data from the 1975 survey of income and education conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary to use the criteria of poverty from the most recent available decennial census in determining the number of children to be counted for purposes of such grants. Makes a technical amendment deleting the adjective "nonfarm," in order to conform to current census data language. Reduces (from five years to three years for FY 1985 and to two years thereafter) the maximum period of continuation of migratory status for a child of a migratory agricultural worker or migratory fisherman who resides in the area served by the State or local educational agency carrying on this program for migratory children. Revises the minimum amount required to be reserved for coordination of activities under the migrant education programs (but retains the maximum limit on any such reservation of funds).

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the conduct of pilot and demonstration projects to test whether requiring programs for the provision of education or vocational training for caretaker parents with pre-school children under the AFDC program will assist them in leaving the AFDC rolls quickly and in securing gainful long-term employment at earnings levels sufficient to maintain their families without subsidies.

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984

Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to invite each State having an approved plan under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to submit an application to establish and conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of testing whether the provision of mandatory education or vocational training (or both) for the caretaker parents of dependent children under six years of age in families receiving AFDC would enable such families to leave the AFDC rolls quickly and assist such parents in securing long-term gainful employment at earnings levels sufficient to maintain their families without public assistance. Requires any State desiring to establish and conduct such a demonstration project to submit an application to the Secretary within six-months after the enactment of this Act. Requires the application to include assurances that the proposed project would be permitted under applicable State and local law. Directs the Secretary to consider all applications submitted and to approve ten of the proposed projects within nine months after the enactment of this Act. Requires six of the approved projects to be located in urban areas and four to be located in predominantly rural areas. Prohibits the approval of a project unless: (1) it is of sufficient size and scope to demonstrate program and cost effectiveness and to permit the drawing of valid inferences for evaluation and permit the drawing of valid inferences for evaluation and policy recommendations; (2) it will be conducted for a period of not less than three nor more than five years; (3) it covers all caretaker parents in families which are eligible for aid under the applicable State plan and which include one or more children under six years of age; and (4) it complies fully with all other requirements and will contribute to the purposes of this Act. Defines "caretaker parent" to mean the parent of a dependent child under age six with whom such child is living, who is personally providing care for such child, who is eligible for AFDC, and who is or would be exempt from the manpower services, training, and employment registration requirements because that parent personally provides care for such child. Directs a State, in conducting an approved demonstration project to: (1) offer each caretaker parent in a jurisdiction involved an opportunity to participate in the project; (2) establish an individualized program for the education or vocational training of each participating caretaker parent; and (3) permit such parent to receive education or training under the program so established (from the time the youngest child in the care of such parent is six-months old, or earlier with a physician's written permission) until either the parent is employed and self-sufficient, the parent is no longer a caretaker parent, or the family has become ineligible for aid. Permits a State to make participation in the project by caretaker parents in the State mandatory rather than voluntary. Permits a jurisdiction within a State to make participation mandatory, if the State does not exercise its option. Directs the Secretary to pay each State with an approved demonstration project 90 percent of the costs incurred by the State in establishing and carrying out such project. Requires the remainder of the costs incurred to be paid from non-Federal sources. Requires the education or training for caretaker parents in such program to meet the following requirements: (1) for caretaker parents without a high school diploma; (2) after receipt of such diploma (or in the case of an individual already having a high school diploma or better), the caretaker parent must participate in an approved post-secondary education program, an approved vocational education program, or a program of employment and training under auspices of the Job Training Partnership Act; (3) the award of an academic scholarship to a caretaker parent shall not result in any loss of eligibility or benefits under AFDC or any other public assistance program, so long as the scholarship payments are made directly to the appropriate educational institution; (4) the education and training must include instruction in family management and life skills, employment and job search training, career counseling, and community-supported recreational activities; (5) appropriate English language and adjustment training must be provided for caretaker parents from immigrant groups who have language or cultural adjustment difficulties; (6) special training must be provided for physically handicapped participants; (7) education and training for each participate in the project must be provided for at least 20 hours per week and must be coordinated with available child care services; (8) any caretaker parent who has completed all of the education and training required by this Act shall remain a participant in the project for 20 hours a week of job search and placement assistance (with associated child care) until either the parent is employed and self-sufficient, the parent is no longer a caretaker parent, or the family has become ineligible for AFDC. Provides that in the case of a caretaker parent who ceases to be a participant in the project because he or she has completed all of the education and training required by this Act and has become employed: (1) the parent will be provided with child care services, as necessary, without charge for a six-month period, and for an additional six-month period subject to the payment of a gradually increasing portion of the cost of such services; and (2) the parent shall be considered for a 12-month period to be still a project participant for purposes of receiving Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act). Requires all of the child care and transportation which is necessary for a caretaker parent to participate in a demonstration project to be included, without charge to the caretaker parent, as a part of the project. Requires each approved project to be designed so as to provide an effective demonstration of: (1) the planning and design of quality and cost-effective approaches to child and infant care, utilizing group services provided by the participants themselves or utilizing any other child care services which may be available; (2) the cost-effective utilization of existing publicly-funded educational, vocational, and other training programs; (3) coordination with other community service providers, including job developers; and (4) cost- effective and creative approaches to the utilization of transportation facilities. Prohibits participation in an approved project by a caretaker parent from resulting in any loss of eligibility or benefits under AFDC or any other public assistance program. Provides that if any caretaker parent refuses to undergo any education or training required by this Act or otherwise fails to participate in an approved demonstration project, without a reasonable basis for such refusal or failure as determined on medical, psychological, psychiatric, or other grounds by an appropriate licensed practitioner in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary (subject to a State being granted a waiver): (1) such parent's needs shall not be taken into account in determining need under AFDC with respect to the parent's family; and (2) any AFDC payments shall be made in the form of protective payments. Permits any State whose application for a demonstration project is approved to submit to the Secretary a request for the waiver of any requirement which would otherwise apply with respect to the project under title XI or title IV of the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary, if authorized, to approve the request upon a determination that the waiver is necessary in order for the project to accomplish its purpose. Requires each approved demonstration project to have a voluntary advisory group to assist in developing the program and in monitoring the project. Sets forth reporting requirements (including reports to Congress). Requires each State in which a demonstration project is located to submit to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning a project. Authorizes appropriations.

A resolution to congratulate the United States athletes who have participated in the games of XXIII Olympiad and urge enactment of H.R. 5490 or legislation affirming a comprehensive interpretation of title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984

Congratulates the U.S. athletes who participated in the games of the XXIII Olympiad in Los Angeles. Urges enactment of H.R. 5490 or legislation affirming a comprehensive interpretation of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

State Merit Grants Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984

State Merit Grants Act of 1984 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to extend through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for the program of Grants to States for State Student Incentives. Provides for an additional authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 under such program for grants to students based on merit. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay a State one-third of the amount of such merit-based student grants under a State program which meets specified requirements. Requires that such State program be administered by a single State agency under specified HEA provisions. Limits each such merit-based student grant to no more than $2,000 per academic year for full-time attendance at an institution of higher education. Requires that merit-based student grant recipients be selected on the basis of criteria established by the State. Requires that, effective with respect to any academic year beginning on or after October 1, 1978, all nonprofit institutions of higher education in the State be eligible to participate in such State's program, except where such participation is in violation of a State constitution or a State statute enacted prior to such date. Requires that the payment of the non-Federal portion of such grants be from non-Federal sources including, when applicable, private resources. Sets forth auditing and reporting requirements for such State programs.

Continuing Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984

Continuing Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to revise title I provisions. Retitles title I (currently "Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning") as "Postsecondary Continuing Education." Retitles and replaces title I part A (currently "Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education") with new provisions for "Postsecondary Education Innovation and Outreach Grants." Sets forth the types of individuals for which such title I part A program is designed. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program, in accordance with such part A, to assist eligible postsecondary institutions to establish programs to enhance the educational opportunities available to adult learners. Directs the Secretary, from specified sums, to award grants to institutions with applications meeting specified criteria for such assistance. Makes institutions of higher education, and combinations of such institutions, eligible for such part A assistance if the Secretary determines that specified conditions are met. Sets forth permissible uses of such part A grant funds. Sets the maximum award that may be made to a single applicant under part A for any three-fiscal-year period at $150,000. Retitles and replaces part B (currently "Education Outreach Programs") with new provisions for "Postsecondary Continuing Education Research and Research Application Grants." Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with institutions of higher education and combinations of such institutions to carry out part B research and research application programs. Sets forth authorized uses of funds under such part B. Sets forth application requirements for such part B assistance. Sets the maximum award that may be made to a single applicant under part B at $400,000 for any fiscal year, and $2,000,000 over five years. Retains (under a new part C) provisions for the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education. Updates the required commencement date for the Council's annual reports to September 30, 1985. Sets forth new part D General Provisions. Defines "adult learner" for purposes of title I programs. Provides that, for purposes of title I part A, an "institution of higher education" includes all institutions of higher education described under general provisions relating to student assistance programs under the Act. Provides for a discretionary Federal share of title I programs. Authorizes the Secretary to include, under part A or B or both, an appropriate matching provision that makes Federal support contingent upon a non-Federal contribution of dollars or services by the approved applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out title I programs. Sets the portion of such funds which may be used to carry out part B programs in any fiscal year at not less than 15 percent nore more than 20 percent.

Federal Merit Scholarship Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984

Federal Merit Scholarship Act - Amends the Higher Eduation Act of 1965 to establish a Federal Merit Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to enable States to award scholarships to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and who show promise of continued academic achievement. Provides that such scholarships shall be awarded for a period of one academic year for the first year of study at any institution of higher education which the student chooses to attend. Provides for allocation of program funds to each State according to a formula based on the number of individuals in the State eligible for such scholarships. Sets forth requirements for program agreements between the Secretary and each State desiring to participate in such scholarship program. Requires that each student awarded such a scholarship: (1) be a graduate of a public or private secondary school; (2) have been admitted for enrollment at an institution of higher education; and (3) show promise of continued academic achievement, pursuant to criteria established by the Secretary. Authorizes the State educational agency (SEA) to establish the criteria for the selection of merit scholars. Directs the SEA to adopt selection procedures designed to assure that ten individuals will be selected from among residents of each congressional district in a State (and in the case of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico not to exceed ten individuals selected in such District or Commonwealth). Provides that each student awarded a merit scholarship shall receive a stipend of $1,500 for the academic year of study for which it is awarded. Directs the SEA to establish procedures under which merit scholars establish that they are maintaining satisfactory proficiency and devoting full time to the course of study for which the scholarship was awarded. Directs the SEA to make arrangements to award merit scholarships at a place in each State which is convenient to the individuals selected as recipients. Provides that, to the extent possible, the awards shall be made by Members of the Senate and Members of the House of Representatives (or by the Delegate from the District of Columbia or the Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) who represent the State, Commonwealth, or District from which the individuals come. Requires that the selection process be completed and the awards made prior to August 1 in each year, except that such awards shall be made in the first year after the date of enactment of this subpart as soon as possible after such date. Provides that nothing in this or any other Act shall be construed to permit the receipt of a scholarship under the Federal Merit Scholarship Program to be counted for any needs test in connection with the awarding of any grant or the making of any loan under the Higher Education Act of 1965 or any other provision of Federal law relating to Federal assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 to carry out the Federal Merit Scholarship Program.

United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984

United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act - Directs the President, acting through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Information Agency, to provide a program of financial assistance to enable citizens and nationals of developing countries to study at American institutions of higher education. Requires that half of each payment to a student shall be in the form of a loan with repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her home country for a period of no less than the years spent studying in the United States plus one. Sets forth guidelines for implementing the program. Directs the President, before allocating any funds, to consult with U.S. educational institutions, educational exchange organizations, U.S. missions, and the governments of participating countries on how to implement the guidelines. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments to further the scholarship program. Urges the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs, in implementing such programs, to increase financial assistance for undergraduate students of limited financial means from developing countries to study in the United States. Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Authorizes the President to establish counseling and orientation services: (1) abroad to prepare foreign students for study in the United States; and (2) at U.S. schools to help them while they are in the United States. Directs the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in the discharge of programs authorized by this Act. Requires the public and private sectors in the United States to be encouraged to contribute to the costs of the programs financed under this Act. Directs the President to engage the public and private sectors of developing countries in programs to maximize the use of program participants upon their return to their own countries. Authorizes the President to publicize the scholarship program abroad. Authorizes the President to provide English instruction abroad when necessary. Provides for funding to carry out this Act. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on the activities taken pursuant to this Act.

Grove City Reversal Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1984

Grove City Reversal Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination. Provides that the term "any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance" in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be construed without reference to "any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance" in the Education Amendments of 1972.

Children's Television Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1984

Children's Television Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that every television broadcast station broadcast each Monday through Friday a minimum of one hour per day of programming specifically designed to enhance the education of children. Directs the Federal Communications Commission: (1) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out such requirement; and (2) beginning four years after such enactment, and periodically thereafter, to review the effectiveness of such regulations and amend or supplement them as necessary.

Indian Education Act Reauthorization of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984

Indian Education Act Reauthorization of 1984 - Amends the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act to extend to October 1, 1985, the fiscal year used to compute grants to local educational agencies. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985. Authorizes appropriations to State educational agencies for specified purposes for FY 1985. Limits the total grants made to State educational agencies to 15 percent of the sums appropriated in any fiscal year. Amends the Indian Education Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985. Extends through FY 1985 the authorization for graduate and professional fellowships and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. Amends the Adult Education Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985.

A bill to amend the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 with respect to determinations of the number of eligible participants under such Act.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1984

Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to state that, with regard to general and special impact assistance, eligible participant and fund reduction estimates shall be made: (1) when actual data from State or local educational agencies is unavailable; and (2) on the basis of the most recent data available from the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

A bill to create within the National Library of Medicine a clearinghouse for consumer health education and information.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create, within the National Library of Medicine, a clearinghouse for consumer health education and information.

Sex Discrimination Prohibition Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1984

Sex Discrimination Prohibition Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.

A joint resolution to designate the week beginning February 3, 1985, as "National School Guidance and Counseling Week".

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1984

Designates the week beginning February 3, 1985, as National School Guidance and Counseling Week.

Higher Education Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1984

Higher Education Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Institutional Aid - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to repeal part B (Aid to Institutions With Special Needs) of title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act. Adds the purpose of helping meet eligible institutions' special needs to the enumeration of purposes of part A (Strengthening Institutions) of title III of the Act. Revises the definitions of "eligible institution" and "full-time equivalent students" for purposes of part A. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to also consider specified factors in determining whether an institution is an eligible institution for purposes of part A. Increases to five years the maximum period for which a grant to an eligible institution under part A may be made. Provides that one-year grants to assist in preparation of plans and applications under part A may be awarded only to institutions which have not received such a grant for any prior fiscal year. Sets forth provisions for a Federal share of the costs of part A grants which shall decrease from 100 percent for the first two years to 90 percent for the third year, 80 percent for the fourth year, and 70 percent for the fifth year an institution receives such a grant. Sets forth transition provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards under part A to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under part A or part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984. Prohibits any institution from receiving a grant under this continuation award provision or under: (1) part A grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than seven years in the aggregate; and (2) part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than five years in the aggregate. Makes an institution which has received a continuation award for such maximum period ineligible to receive a grant under part A. Redesignates part C of title III of the Act as part B of title III of the Act. Renames such part (currently "Challenge Grants for Institutions Eligible for Assistance Under Part A or Part B") "Challenge Grant Transition Awards." Repeals provisions for challenge grant program authority and for applications for such challenge grants. Sets forth new provisions for continuation awards. Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards, under part B Challenge Grant Transition Awards provisions, to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under challenge grant program authority as in effect on September 30, 1984. Redesignates provisions for endowment grants under a new part C heading of "Endowment Grants." Revises provisions for eligibility for such grants to conform to amendments made by this Act. Revises general provisions under part D of title III of the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title III of the Act for FY 1985. Provides that any funds made available for grants under part C which are not expended during the fiscal year for which such funds were appropriated shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose of making such grants until expended. Directs the Secretary to make at least 25 percent of such FY 1985 title III of the Act funds available to junior or community colleges. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount of such FY 1985 title III funds for eligible institutions that have historically served substantial numbers of black students. Title II: Student Assistance - Part A: Student Grant Amendments - Subpart 1: Pell Self-Help Grants - Revises title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act to make nomenclature amendments under which all references to "basic educational opportunity grants" or "basic grants" are replaced by references to "Pell Self-Help Grants." Revises Pell Grant award rules to provide that a student may receive only one Pell Grant for an academic year during an award year as defined by the Secretary. Sets the maximum Pell Grant for academic year 1985-1986 at $3,000. Directs the Secretary to establish the maximum amount for each succeeding academic year. Revises the formula for determining the amount of a Pell Grant which an eligible student may be paid for academic year 1985-1986 and for succeeding academic years. Provides that no Pell Grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for Pell Grants. Revises provisions for determination of Pell Grant awards in case of insufficient appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Pell Grant program for FY 1985. Sets forth provisions for determination of expected family contributions and cost of attendance for purposes of the Pell Grant program. Provides that for academic year 1985-1986, the living expense allowance shall not exceed: (1) $3,000 for a student not residing with his or her parents; and (2) $1,500 for student residing with his or her parents. Directs the Secretary to set appropriate limits on living expense allowances for subsequent academic years. Subpart 2: Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for supplemental educational opportunity grants. Sets forth a new formula, including a specified baseline figure for determining the amount of a supplemental grant for any student who has also received a Pell Grant. Provides that no supplemental grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Provides that, for purposes of supplemental grants, "expected family contribution" and "cost of attendance" shall have the same meanings given to such terms under provisions for Pell Grant need analysis. Authorizes the Secretary to change by regulation a specified baseline figure for purposes of supplemental grant determinations for any academic year after 1985-1986. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for supplemental grants. Sets forth provisions for cost sharing. Requires each institution receiving funds under the supplemental grant program or under specified provisions for transfer of allotments to provide matching funds equal to 20 percent of the amount received under such provisions, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Makes a conforming amendment which repeals specified provisions of the Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments of 1982 as amended by a specified provision of the Student Loan Consolidation and Technical Amendments Act of 1983. Subpart 3: State Student Incentive Grant - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for grants to States for State student incentives to eliminate a maintenance of effort requirement of such grants program. Part B: Guaranteed Student Loan Program - Revises title IV of the Act to rename part B provisions (currently "Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education") as the "Guaranteed Student Loan Program." Revises provisions relating to student eligibility for subsidized loans under the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions relating to deferments of repayment by student borrowers under the conditions of Federal loan insurance. Sets forth provisions relating to the need analysis to be made for students attending foreign schools, for purposes of the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions for Federal loan insurance limitations to provide that "undergraduate student" shall be defined in regulations of the Secretary. Provides for the recall of certain advances. Eliminates provisions authorizing appropriations for specified advances to establish or strengthen the reserve funds of State and nonprofit private loan insurance programs. Revises provisions for repayment of such advances to require that such repayment be made prior to October 1, 1985. Revises provisions relating to insurance liability limitations of Federal student loan insurance. Revises provisions relating to the amount of reimbursement to be paid a State or nonprofit private institution or organization under the program of Federal guaranty of student loans insured under non-Federal programs. Repeals provisions for Federal supplemental guarantee agreements for reimbursement of non-Federal student loans insurance programs. Revises provisions for agreements with State and nonprofit private institutions for Federal interest subsidy payments on loans insured under their student loan insurance programs to provide for uniform loan availability. Requires that such programs authorize insurance in any academic year or its equivalent (as determined by regulations of the Secretary) of loans to any individual student who is carrying at an eligible institution at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload (as determined under regulations of the Secretary.) Sets the amount of such a loan at $2,500 (currently a $1,000 minimum and $2,500 maximum range). Revises requirements relating to the repayment period for such loans. Requires that such non-Federal student loan insurance programs, under Federal interest subsidy payment standards, insure 100 percent (currently 80 percent) of the unpaid principal of loans insured by such programs, whether or not such loans are eligible for Federal interest subsidy payments. Adds to the standards for Federal interest subsidy payments to require non-Federal student loan insurance programs to provide for: (1) guarantee of loans made to students, their spouses, and their parents under the auxiliary loan program; (2) if the lender is an eligible institution, insurance of loans by only such institutions as are within the geographic area served by such State or nonprofit private institution or organization; (3) no restrictions relating to enrollment in-State or out-of-State by an otherwise eligible student; (4) no restrictions more onerous than institutional eligibility requirements under the Federal student loan insurance program, with specified exceptions; and (5) eligibility of all lenders described in specified provisions under reasonable criteria, with specified exceptions, and annual reports to the Secretary concerning such criteria. Makes a conforming amendment removing a reference to the supplemental guaranty program. Eliminates provisions for special payments for administrative and other costs to State and nonprofit private institution student loan insurance programs under guaranty and supplemental agreements. Eliminates provisions relating to multiple disbursements and escrow accounts under the Federal interest subsidy payments program. Eliminates specified "school lender" and other "origination" requirements relating to maximum annual insurable loans under Federal loan insurance limitations and under requirements for non-Federal student insurance programs receiving subsidy payments. Repeals specified restrictions on eligible institutions of higher education acting as eligible lenders or originators of student loans. Revises the definition of "eligible lender," for purposes of student loan insurance programs, to include: (1) a State or a Federal agency which is an assignee of another eligible lender; and (2) a Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, or its successor agency, which has received Federal funds under specified Federal law. Removes specified limitations on the functions of the Secretary under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program which may be delegated to regional offices of the Department of Education. Revises the definition of "eligible institution," for purposes of student loan insurance program requirements, to include a reference to auxiliary loans under the prohibition against the use of commissioned salesmen to promote the availability of a loan program at an institution. Revises auxiliary loan program provisions to make parents or a spouse of a graduate or professional student eligible for such loans. Sets forth repayment provisions for auxiliary loans made to students which are different than repayment provisions for such loans to parents or spouses. Authorizes lenders to charge fees up to $25 for checking the credit of any auxiliary loan borrower who is not a student. Establishes a ten-year maximum repayment period for an auxiliary loan made to a parent or spouse, with specified exceptions. Revises the statement of purpose for the part B Guaranteed Student Loan Program to include the encouragement of adequate loan insurance programs for borrowers participating in the auxiliary loan program. Allows auxiliary loans to be insured directly by the Secretary if the lender satisfies the Secretary that, by reason of the residences of the intended borrowers of such lenders, such lender will not have access to any single State or nonprofit private loan insurance program which will insure substantially all of the loans such lender intends to make to such borrowers. Part C: Work-Study Program - Increases the amount of the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for work-study programs under part C of title IV of the Act. Revises provisions for work-study program allotments to States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Provides that a specified amount shall be allotted to such territories and possessions. Bases State allotments on the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in institutions of higher education in a State. Requires that the amount allotted to each State shall not be less than the amount allotted to such State in FY 1984. Eliminates specified provisions relating to criteria for allotment of remainder sums and to consolidation of allotments. Revises provisions for reallotments to eliminate certain requirements for preferences under reallotment. Eliminates provisions for a reservation from appropriations for work-study assistance to students residing in American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands who attend eligible institutions outside of those areas. Eliminates the prohibition against any work-study program paying lower than the current Federal minimum wage. Eliminates specified maintenance of effort requirements for work-study programs. Eliminates a prohibition against criteria for distribution of work-study assistance resulting in any institution's receiving an amount less than that used during FY 1979. Provides that student need analysis for purposes of work-study programs shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary. (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Includes area vocational schools under the definition of "institution of higher education" for purposes of receiving work-study program assistance, but provides that work-study programs at such schools may not include work for the institution itself. Adds provisions for cooperative education and adult literacy program activities to work-study program provisions for job location and development programs. Raises the amount which an eligible institution may use from its work-study allotment for such programs and activities. Eliminates certain maintenance of effort requirements relating to such programs. Requires that an institution's annual report on such programs include a summary of student compensation received and of any activities performed by organizations participating in such programs. Requires that agreements for such programs provide for fiscal control and fund accounting procedures. Provides that, for academic year 1986-1987 and thereafter, the maximum amount of an institution's work-study program allotment that may be used for such job location and development and cooperative education activities shall not exceed one-fifth of the total amount of earnings received by students in work-study programs during the previous academic year. Provides that, for purposes of calculating such limitation, the Federal contribution to any earnings received by a student and placed in employment through a job location and development program shall be excluded unless the student is employed in an adult literacy program. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals provisions for work-study for community service-learning programs. Repeals the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for cooperative education programs under title VIII of the Act. (Such programs are similar to the cooperative education activities which this Act adds to work-study program job location and development provisions.) Part D: Special Programs for the Disadvantaged - Revises provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Removes references, in the enumeration of program aims, to "contracts" and to the training of persons serving or preparing for service in specified projects. Eliminates specified provisions relating to program grant and contract authority. Eliminates the definition of, and references to, "first generation college student." Revises provisions for the Talent Search program to rename it the Talent Search and Assistance program. Replaces references to "youths" and "youth" with references to "persons." Revises provisions for design of the talent search and assistance program to add: (1) information on available academic (as well as financial) assistance; and (2) assistance to applicants for admission to institutions of higher education, including assistance in preparing admissions and financial aid applications and forms. (Current law provides for similar services under the Educational Opportunity Centers program.) Requires that two-thirds of the persons who would participate in a talent search and assistance project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped. (Current law requires two-thirds of the youths participating in the project to be low-income individuals who are first-generation college students.) Removes the maximum age limit (27 years) for project participants. Provides that other participant eligibility requirements (minimum age 12 and the completion of six years of elementary education) may be waived by the Secretary because of exceptional circumstances demonstrated by the applicant. Prohibits project participants from receiving services from another project funded under the talent search and assistance program. (Current law prohibits their receiving services under such program or under the Educational Opportunity Centers program which provides for services similar to those added to the talent search program by this Act.) Requires assurances that a substantial concentration of low-income or physically handicapped persons reside in the project area, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants under the talent search and assistance program based on applications submitted by institutions of higher education, including consortia of such institutions, public and private agencies, and, in exceptional circumstances, secondary schools. Limits the amount of any such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of the project. Revises provisions for the Upward Bound program. Requires that two-third of the persons who would participate in an upward bound project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped. Eliminates requirements that: (1) two-thirds of the youths participating in the proposed project be low-income individuals who are first generation college students; and (2) the remaining youths participating be either low-income individuals or first-generation college students. Eliminates references to contracts under such provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants based on applications submitted by those institutions of higher education which have entered into a program participation agreement with the Secretary under specified provisions of the Act and which participate in programs authorized under title IV of the Act, other than provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Limits additional assistance to any institution of higher education which, on or before October 1, 1984, had received assistance under the Upward Bound program for three or more years to a period of not more than three years. Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such three-year period to: (1) 75 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 50 percent during the second year; and (3) 25 percent during the third year. Limits Upward Bound program assistance to any institution which is not subject to the foregoing limitations, beginning on October 1, 1984, to a period of not more than five years. Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such five-year period to: (1) 100 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 90 percent during the second year; (3) 75 percent during the third year; (4) 50 percent during the fourth year; and (5) 25 percent during the fifth year. Repeals provisions for Educational Opportunity Centers and for staff development activities under special program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Part E: National Direct Student Loans - Revises provisions for Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education (the NDSL program) under part D of title IV of the Act. Makes technical amendments. Provides that the need analysis for NDSL program purposes shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary. (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Revises the repayment period for direct student loans to begin six months after "the month" (currently "the date") in which the borrower ceases to carry a specified academic workload. Requires an eight percent annual interest rate on direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985. Provides that specified deferments of repayment shall apply only to direct student loans made on or before July 1, 1985. Eliminates the six-month grace period following the completion of the study, service, or disability for which such deferment was given. Sets forth deferment provisions for direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985. Provides that such deferments shall be: (1) not in excess of five years in the aggregate, during which the borrower has resumed study, and is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload, at an institution of higher education or at a comparable institution outside the United States approved by the Secretary for this purpose; (2) not less than six months, nor more than three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower is serving as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces; (3) not in excess of three years in the aggregate during which the borrower is in service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act; or (4) not in excess of three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower demonstrates a financial inability to repay any loan principal or interest because of exceptional circumstances which meet criteria established by the Secretary. Revises provisions for cancellation of direct student loans for certain public service to direct the Secretary to pay to each institution for each fiscal year an amount equal to ten percent of the aggregate of the amounts of direct student loans from its student loan funds which are cancelled pursuant to such provisions. Allows such payments to be used as each institution determines appropriate. Part F: General Provisions - Revises general provisions under title IV of the Act. Eliminates general provisions relating to need analysis. Revises provisions relating to independent students. Eliminates provisions for a common Federal financial aid application form and a common pre-eligibility Federal financial aid form. Revises provisions for title IV program participation agreements to eliminate a requirement that an institution continue to spend in its own scholarship and student aid program, from sources other than the funds received under title IV of the Act, not less than the average expenditures made for that purpose during the most recent period of three fiscal years preceding the effective date of the title IV program participation agreement. Authorizes the Secretary to waive all requirements for such program participation agreements with respect to an institution of higher education outside the United States and organized under the law of a foreign nation. Raises, from ten percent to 50 percent, that portion of an institution's allotment for either the work-study program or for the supplemental grant program which may be transferred to the other program. Revises provisions for administrative expenses to authorize the Secretary to require an institution to use specified funds it receives for Pell Grant administrative expenses to carry out specific activities. Eliminates a requirement that administrative expenses payments for work-study programs be ten percent of the institution's expenditures under such programs. Title III: Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities - Revises title VII (Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities) to eliminate the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part A (Grant for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Undergraduate Academic Facilities) and part B (Grants for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Graduate Academic Facilities). Lowers (from $80,000,000 to $18,775,000) the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part C (Loans for Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities), and provides that none of the sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this Act or otherwise available may be used for commitments for new loans under title VII of the Act. Authorizes appropriations for part D general provisions relating to recovery of payments under title VII. Title IV: Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education - Revises provisions of title X (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education). Directs the Secretary to require a recipient of assistance under part A (Establishment and Operation of Fund) to pay 50 percent of the allowable costs incurred by the recipient in carrying out a project assisted under such part. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title VII of the Act for FY 1985. Makes technical amendments. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for specified provisions of this Act.

Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1984

Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of Education allocate funds for basic grants to local educational agencies on the basis of a specified formula involving data from the 1975 survey of income and education conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary to use the criteria of poverty from the most recent available decennial census in determining the number of children to be counted for purposes of such grants. Makes a technical amendment deleting the adjective "nonfarm," in order to conform to current census data language. Reduces (from five years to three years for FY 1985 and to two years thereafter) the maximum period of continuation of migratory status for a child of a migratory agricultural worker or migratory fisherman who resides in the area served by the State or local educational agency carrying on this program for migratory children. Removes the minimum amount required to be reserved for coordination of activities under the migrant education programs (but retains the maximum limit on any such reservation of funds).

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1984

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY 1985. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of Labor for the following agencies and purposes: (1) the Employment and Training Administration for program administration, employment and training assistance, Federal unemployment benefits and allowances, and grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services; (2) the Labor-Management Services Administration for salaries and expenses and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (3) the Employment Standards Administration for salaries and expenses, special benefits, and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (4) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (5) the Mine Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (6) the Bureau of Labor Statistics for salaries and expenses; (7) departmental management, salaries and expenses; (8) veterans' employment and training assistance; (9) the special foreign currency program; and (10) Office of the Inspector General. Makes such appropriations which are available for salaries and expenses available for supplies, services, and rental of conference space within the District of Columbia, as deemed necessary for the settlement of labor-management disputes. Prohibits such funds from being used to grant variances, interim orders, or letters of clarification to employers which will allow exposure of workers to workplace hazards in excess of existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for the purpose of conducting experiments on worker health or safety. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the following agencies: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration for the Medical Facilities Guarantee and Loan Fund and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (2) the Centers for Disease Control for disease control; (3) the National Institutes of Health for the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Eye Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute on Aging, and Research Resources, the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, the National Library of Medicine, buildings and facilities, and the Office of the Director; (4) the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health and Saint Elizabeths Hospital; (5) the Office of Assistant Secretary for retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service; (6) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and program management; (7) the Social Security Administration for payments to Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, supplemental security income program, assistance payments program, child support enforcement; (8) the Office of Human Development Services for social services block grants, family social services, and work incentives; (9) the Office of Community Services for community services block grants; (10) departmental management; (11) the Office of the Inspector General; (12) the Office for Civil Rights; and (13) policy research. Prohibits any of the funds appropriated for grants-in-aid of State agencies from being withheld from the agencies of any State which have established a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering their employees because of any disapproval of the manner of their selection or the rates of pay. Prohibits the use of any of the funds appropriated by this Act to pay any recipient of a research grant an amount equal to the full cost of such research. Makes specified funds available for expenses for active commissioned officers in the Public Health Service Reserve Corps and for a limited number of commissioned officers in the Regular Corps. Makes such funds also available for specified activities of the Corps. Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Makes funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund from appropriations in this Act available for the expenses of sharing medical care facilities and resources under the Public Health Service Act. Makes funds appropriated in this title for the Social Security Administration and the Office of Child Support Enforcement available for official reception and representation expenses related to income maintenance or child support enforcement activities. Makes funds appropriated by this title for the Health Care Financing Administration available for official reception and representation expenses. Prohibits the use of any funds for basic pay, special pay, basic allowances for subsistence and basic allowances for quarters of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service above a specified level. Prohibits the use of any funds to transfer the general administration of programs authorized under the Native American Programs Act from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of the Interior. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) special programs; (3) bilingual education; (4) education for the handicapped, rehabilitation services and handicapped research; (5) vocational and adult education; (6) student financial assistance; (7) guaranteed student loans; (8) higher education; (9) higher education facilities loans and insurance; (10) college housing loans; (11) educational research and statistics; (12) libraries; (13) Special Institutions for the American Printing House for the Blind, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Gallaudet College, and Howard University; and (14) departmental management for salaries and expenses, the Office for Civil Rights, and the Office of Inspector General. Prohibits withholding of funds appropriated by this title for grants-in-aid to cover State agency operating expenses because of any disapproval of their personnel or manner of personnel selection if a merit system and classification and compensation plan is in operation. Subjects the funds appropriated in this Act to the American Printing House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet College to an audit by the Secretary of Education. Prohibits the use of any funds provided by this Act to pay any recipient of a research grant an amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such research. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to: (1) force any school or school district which is desegregated to take any action to force the busing of students, to force on account of race, creed, or color the abolishment of any such school, or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending such a school to or from a particular school over the protest of the student's parents; (2) transport students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance or to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system; or (3) transport any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Amends the Housing Act of 1950 to permit a discount (in the best financial interest of the Government) on the prepayment in full of a loan for educational institution housing and facilities if: (1) the prepayment is made from non-Federal sources; (2) the Secretary has received assurances that the housing or other facilities financed with such loan will continue to be used for related purposes; and (3) prepayment is made prior to October 1, 1985. Prohibits the withholding of any funds appropriated to the Department of Education for FY 1983 and 1985 from distribution to grantees because of the provisions of the order entered by the United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois on June 30, 1983, provided that the court's decree shall remain in full force and effect. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to: (1) ACTION for operating expenses; (2) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for salaries and expenses; (3) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (4) the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for salaries and expenses; (5) the National Council on the Handicapped for salaries and expenses. (6) the National Labor Relations Board for salaries and expenses; (7) the National Mediation Board for salaries and expenses; (8) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (9) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (10) the Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account; and (11) the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home for operation and maintenance and capital outlay. Title V: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds appropriated for salaries and expenses under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for any loan, loan guarantee, grant, salary, or other remuneration for any individual applying for admission, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at an institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance to others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure of property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such institution. Authorizes the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act, provided that such transferred balances are used for the same purposes, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from: (1) remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided; (2) being used for publicity or propaganda to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself or for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships; (3) being used to pay for activities by grant or contract recipients or their agents designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress; or (4) being used for research, experimental, or other activities presenting a danger to participants or subjects, without their written, informed consent (or that of parents or legal guardians, in the case of minors). Authorizes the Secretaries to make available a specified amount, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I, II, and III, for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board to make available specified amounts for such expenses. Prohibits the use of funds to pay for the transportation of any officer or employee of a department or agency between his domicile and his place of employment, except for the Secretaries of Labor, of Health and Human Services, and of Education.

Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1984

Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize the award of a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs to a parent or legal representative of a handicapped child or youth who is the prevailing party in a civil suit under such Act to protect the child's right to a free appropriate public education. Provides that such amendment shall apply to actions and proceedings brought on or after July 4, 1984, and actions and proceedings brought prior to such date which were pending on such date. Provides that nothing in the Education of the Handicapped Act shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights, procedures, and remedies under the Constitution, title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or other Federal statutes prohibiting discrimination.

Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1984

Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize the award of a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs to a parent or legal representative of a handicapped child or youth who is the prevailing party in a civil suit under such Act to protect the child's right to a free appropriate public education. Provides that such amendment shall apply to actions and proceedings brought on or after July 4, 1984, and actions and proceedings brought prior to such date which were pending on such date. Provides that nothing in the Education of the Handicapped Act shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights procedures and remedies under the Constitution, title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or other Federal statutes prohibiting discrimination.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 11) to extend through fiscal year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1984

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 11 (educational programs funding).

A bill to eliminate the asset criteria for the needs test under the guaranteed student loan program.

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to exclude the amount of the assets of the student and the assets of the student's family from the determination of expected family contribution for the determination of need under the guaranteed student loan program, for any academic year beginning after academic year 1983-1984.

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY 1985. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of Labor for the following agencies and purposes: (1) the Employment and Training Administration for program administration, employment and training assistance, community service employment for older Americans, Federal unemployment benefits and allowances, grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services, and advances to the Unemployment Trust Funds and other funds; (2) the Labor-Management Services Administration for salaries and expenses and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (3) the Employment Standards Administration for salaries and expenses, special benefits, and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (4) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (5) the Mine Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (6) the Bureau of Labor Statistics for salaries and expenses; (7) departmental management, salaries and expenses; (8) the special foreign currency program; (9) Office of the Inspector General; and (10) Veterans Employment Service. Makes such appropriations which are available for salaries and expenses available for supplies, services, and rental of conference space within the District of Columbia, as deemed necessary for the settlement of labor-management disputes. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the following agencies: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration for health resources and services; (2) the Medical Facilities Guarantee and Loan Fund for Federal interest subsidies for medical facilities; (3) the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control for disease control; (5) the National Institutes of Health for the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Eye Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute on Aging, and Research Resources, the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, the National Library of Medicine, buildings and facilities, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health, and Saint Elizabeths Hospital; (7) the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health for public health service management; (8) retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers; (9) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and program management; (10) the Social Security Administration for payments to Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, supplemental security income program, specified assistance payments programs, child support enforcement, low-income home energy assistance program; (11) the Office of Human Development Services for social services block grants, human development services, family social services, and work incentives; (12) the Office of Community Services for community services block grants; (13) departmental management; (14) the Office of the Inspector General; (15) the Office for Civil Rights; and (16) policy research. Makes specified funds available for expenses for active commissioned officers in the Public Health Service Reserve Corps and for a limited number of commissioned officers in the Regular Corps. Make such funds also available for specified activities of the Corps. Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or except for such medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest. Makes funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund from appropriations in this Act available for the expenses of sharing medical care facilities and resources under the Public Health Service Act. Makes funds appropriated in this title for the Social Security Administration and the Office of Child Support Enforcement available for official reception and representation expenses related to income maintenance or child support enforcement activities. Makes funds appropriated by this title for the Health Care Financing Administration available for official reception and representation expenses. Prohibits the use of any funds for basic pay, special pay, basic allowances for subsistence and basic allowance for quarters of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service above a specified level. Prohibits the use of funds to transfer the general administration of programs authorized under the Native American Programs Act from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of the Interior. Requires that funds provided to the National Institutes of Health by this Act be used to maintain a specified minimum number of Federal full time equivalent positions. Prohibits the use of funds to bill persons receiving services from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in order to collect from third party payees, nor to charge those persons who may have financial means to pay, unless and until such time as Congress has agreed upon a specified policy to do so, and has directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement such a policy. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) special programs; (3) bilingual education; (4) school assistance in federally affected areas; (5) education for the handicapped; (6) rehabilitation services and handicapped research; (7) vocational and adult education; (8) student financial assistance; (9) guaranteed student loans; (10) higher education; (11) higher education facilities loan and insurance; (12) college housing loans; (13) educational research and statistics; (14) libraries; (15) Special Institutions including the American Printing House for the Blind, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Gallaudet College, and Howard University; (16) the Office for Civil Rights for salaries and expenses; (17) departmental management for salaries and expenses; and (18) the Office of the Inspector General for salaries and expenses. Prohibits withholding of funds appropriated by this title for grants-in-aid to cover State agency operating expenses because of any disapproval of their personnel or manner of personnel selection if a merit system and classification and compensation plan is in operation. Subjects the funds appropriated in this Act to the American Printing House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet College to an audit by the Secretary of Education. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to: (1) force any school or school district which is desegregated to take any action to force the busing of students, to force on account of race, creed, or color the abolishment of any such school, or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending such a school to or from a particular school over the protest of the student's parents; (2) transport students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance or to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system; or (3) transport any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home. Requires funds provided to the Department of Education by this Act to be used to maintain a specified minimum number of Federal full time equivalent positions. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to: (1) Action for operating expenses; (2) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the public broadcasting fund; (3) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for salaries and expenses; (4) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (5) the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for salaries and expenses; (6) National Council on the Handicapped; (7) the National Labor Relations Board for salaries and expenses; (8) the National Mediation Board for salaries and expenses; (9) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (10) the Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account and payment to the railroad retirement account; (11) the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home for operation and maintenance and capital outlay; and (12) the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission. Title V: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. Prohibits the expenditure of any funds appropriated by this Act by any executive agency pursuant to any obligation for services by contract, unless the contract was awarded and entered into in full compliance with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds appropriated for salaries and expenses under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for any loan, loan guarantee, grant, salary, or other remuneration for any individual applying for admission, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at an institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance to others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure of property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such institution. Authorizes the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act, provided that such transferred balances are used for the same purposes, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from: (1) remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly provided; (2) being used for publicity or propaganda to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself or for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships; (3) being used to pay for activities by grant or contract recipients or their agents designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress; or (4) being used for research, experimental, or other activities presenting a danger to participants or subjects, without their written, informed consent (or that of parents or legal guardians, in the case of minors). Authorizes the Secretaries to make available a specified amount, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I, II, and III, for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board to make available specified amounts for such expenses. Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act for the transportation of any officer or employee of any department or agency between his domicile and his place of employment. Exempts the Secretaries of Labor, of Health and Human Services, and of Education, and medical officers and other health personnel on out-patient medical service who are exempted from such limitation by law. Declares that the number of full-time equivalent positions for which amounts are appropriated by this Act shall not be subject to any personnel ceiling or other restriction on permanent, temporary, or intermittent employment unless such ceiling or restriction is explicitly established by statute. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act for personnel compensation and benefits shall be available for other object classifications set forth in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

A joint resolution designating 1985 as the "Year of the Teacher".

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984

Designates 1985 as the Year of the Teacher.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the several States should authorize judges to require delinquent juveniles to complete a secondary education.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that States should authorize judges to require delinquent juveniles to complete their secondary education.

Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984

Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for special impact aid payments to State and local educational agencies which provide educational services to immigrant children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to each State educational agency (SEA) for its administrative costs under this Act up to one and one-half percent of the funds to which the SEA is entitled under this Act. Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to make, for FY 1985 through 1989, State entitlement payments equal to $500 for each immigrant child in public and nonpublic elementary or secondary schools within eligible local educational agencies (LEAs). Requires that the number of such children in the public and nonpublic schools within an eligible LEA be at least the lesser of: (1) 500; or (2) three percent of the total enrollment in such public or nonpublic schools during the fiscal year. Requires that the amount of any such grant to an SEA for any fiscal year be reduced by the amounts made available for such fiscal year by any other Federal law for expenditure within the State for the same purposes as those for which funds are available under this Act. Provides that such reduction shall be made only to the extent that such amounts are made available: (1) for such purposes specifically because of the refugee, parolee, asylee, or other immigrant status of the individuals served by such funds; and (2) to provide assistance to individuals eligible for services under this Act. Permits payments to States under this Act to be used for supplementary public educational services and costs for immigrant children in public and nonpublic schools within districts served by eligible LEAs. Includes among such services: (1) English language instruction; (2) other bilingual educational services; (3) special materials and supplies; (4) additional basic instructional services; and (5) inservice personnel training. Sets forth requirements for SEA applications for payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make payments to SEAs having applications approved; and (2) arrange for the provision of public educational services under this Act to children enrolled in nonpublic schools in cases where a State is prohibited by law from providing such services to such children and where the LEA has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of such children in such services.

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that educators should develop recommendations to increase student motivation as a means of improving excellence in education.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) student motivation is an important element of educational excellence; (2) educators are urged to devote more research to ways to motivate students; and (3) educators, parents, business persons, and others interested in improving education should develop recommendations for inspiring student motivation.

A joint resolution to designate the week beginning September 2, 1984 as "Youth of America Week".

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984

Designates the week beginning September 2, 1984, as Youth of America Week.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5490) to clarify the application of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5490 (discrimination by recipients of Federal assistance).

United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act - Directs the President, acting through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Information Agency, to provide an undergraduate scholarship program for citizens and nationals of developing countries to study at American institutions of higher education. Requires that half of each payment to a student shall be in the form of a loan with repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her country of origin for a period of no less than the years spent studying in the United States plus one. Sets forth guidelines for implementing the program. Directs the President, before allocating any funds, to consult with U.S. educational institutions, educational exchange organizations, U.S. missions, and the governments of participating countries on how to implement the guidelines. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments to further the scholarship program. Urges the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs, in implementing such programs, to increase assistance for undergraduate scholarships for students of limited financial means from developing countries to study in the United States. Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Authorizes the President to establish counseling and orientation services: (1) abroad to prepare foreign students for study in the United States; and (2) at U.S. schools to help them while they are in the United States. Directs the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in the discharge of programs authorized by this Act. Requires the public and private sectors in the United States to be encouraged to contribute to the costs of the programs financed under this Act. Directs the President to engage the public and private sectors of developing countries in programs to maximize the use of program participants upon their return to their own countries. Authorizes the President to publicize the scholarship program abroad. Authorizes the President to provide English instruction abroad when necessary. Provides for funding to carry out this Act. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on the activities taken pursuant to this Act.

Carl Vinson Institution of Government Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Carl Vinson Institute of Government Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to the State of Georgia to renovate the physical facilities of the former Lucy Cobb Institute for Girls in Athens, Georgia, to provide a central home for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1984.

Police Corps Assistance Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1984

Police Corps Assistance Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make contracts and payments to institutions of higher education for loans to full-time undergraduate or graduate students who are in an eligible police corps of a State or local government. Limits the amount of such a loan to not more than $4,000 per academic year. Provides that such loans shall be on such terms and conditions as the Secretary and the police corps involved may determine. Requires that the total amount of any such loan, plus interest, shall be cancelled for services as a full-time officer or employee of a police department at the following rates: (1) 20 percent for the first complete year (or its equivalent) of such service; (2) 30 percent for the second such year; and (3) 50 percent for the third such year. Allows waivers of payment to be granted for illness, accident, or other hardship. Authorizes the Attorney General to approve a police corps as eligible for purposes of this Act for a period not longer than five years (which may be extended for additional periods) if: (1) participants are to undergo the same training as regular police officers before taking up police duties; (2) the program will be used to supplement but not supplant existing police workers, and the force level will be maintained at no less than the average of the three years before police corps workers are made available; (3) police corps workers are likely to be used for "on-line" duties, and their pay scales are set at a fixed percentage of regular pay and benefits which can be known before such workers decide to participate in the police corps; (4) the State within which the locality or unit is located has agreed to provide to each participant, from non-Federal sources, to cover the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education an amount no less than the amount of any loans obtained by the participant under this Act; (5) participants undertake to engage in police work for three years after graduation, and any participants retained after such period will be subject to collective bargaining agreements to the same extent as police workers who were not participants; and (6) such approval is appropriate in the light of relevant crime rates, populations served, and existing police force levels, and the need to achieve a fair distribution of available funds among the various approved police corps programs. Authorizes appropriations for such police corps program payments to institutions of higher education for FY 1985 through 1989.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of subsistence and educational assistance allowance for veterans pursuing vocational rehabilitation programs under chapter 31 and for veterans and eligible persons pursuing programs of education or training under chapters 34, 35, or 36 and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984

Increases the rates of educational and subsistence allowances for eligible veterans and their dependents and survivors. Increases the amount of reporting fee per participating veteran or other eligible person payable to an educational institution. Increases the amount a veteran or other eligible person may borrow for education in any one regular academic year.

Mathematics, Science, and Technology High School Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984

Mathematics, Science, and Technology High School Act of 1984 - Title I: Planning Grants for the Establishment of Mathematics, Science, and Technology High Schools - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to assist eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) or a combination of educational agencies in structuring and implementing a plan for exemplary mathematics, science, and technology high schools. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to LEAs with applications meeting specified criteria. Sets forth requirements for applications for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to award such grants on a competitive basis. Sets the maximum award of such grants that may be made to a single LEA or combination of educational agencies under this title at $150,000. Provides that such grants may be expended over a period not to exceed three years. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds. Prohibits use of such funds in connection with the general overhead costs of the applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to carry out this title. Limits payments under this title to not more than 70 percent of the cost of the assisted activities. Permits the non- Federal share of such costs to be in cash or in kind, but prohibits it from including payments received under any other Federal program. Title II: Start-Up Grants for the Establishment of Mathematics, Science, and Technology High Schools - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to assist eligible LEAs or a combination of LEAs in establishing and contributing to the start-up costs of an exemplary mathematics, science, and technology high school. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to LEAs or combinations of LEAs with applications meeting specified criteria. Sets forth requirements for applications for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to award grants on a competitive basis taking into consideration the innovation and merit of the proposed center. Sets the maximum award of such grants that may be made to a single LEA or combination of LEAs under this title at $500,000. Provides that such grants may be expended over a period not to exceed three years. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds. Prohibits use of such funds in connection with the general overhead costs of the applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to carry out this title. Title III: Grants for the Establishment of Educational Partnership Programs - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to assist postsecondary institutions or a combination of postsecondary institutions in structuring and implementing a program designed to utilize the faculty and resources of a postsecondary institution to: (1) teach advanced science, mathematics, and technology to secondary students; and/or (2) provide in-service instruction to elementary and secondary teachers in the fields of science, mathematics, and computer technology. Directs the Secretary to award grants to postsecondary institutions meeting specified criteria. Directs the Secretary to require a recipient of such assistance to pay 20 percent of the allowable costs incurred by the recipient in structuring and implementing this program. Sets forth requirements for applications for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to award such grants on a competitive basis. Sets the maximum award that may be awarded to a single postsecondary institution or a combination of such institutions under this title at $100,000. Authorizes the Secretary to award such a grant for a period of up to three years, subject for each fiscal year to the availability of appropriations. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds. Prohibits use of such funds in connection with the general overhead costs of the applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to carry out this title. Limits payments under this title to not more than 80 percent of the costs of assisted activities. Permits the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind, but prohibits it from including payments received under any other Federal program.