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United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1987
Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to require accreditation or certification of providers of training and education under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987
Directs the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Commission (established by this Act) to establish and administer a scholarship program in the form of loans to enable students from eligible countries in the Caribbean Basin to study at an institution of higher education or vocational school in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that repayment of such loans will be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to such student's country of origin for a period which is at least one year longer than the period spent studying in Puerto Rico. Requires Puerto Rico to provide 50 percent of the amount appropriated to the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund. Permits such amount to be provided by other than cash. Establishes the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund. Appropriates to the Fund five percent of the amounts received in the Treasury on or after enactment of this Act that are attributable to the duties imposed on all articles imported from eligible countries. Establishes the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Commission to distribute scholarships to students in eligible countries, giving consideration to: (1) underserved and underdeveloped areas; (2) students who need financial assistance to pursue an education; and (3) institutions of higher education and vocational schools offering training or education in areas that have the greatest potential for strengthening the workforce in the Caribbean Basin. Specifies conditions for eligibility and selection of scholars.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit certain additional depository institutions to serve as eligible lenders under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program. (Allows such lending to be their primary, so long as it is not their sole, consumer credit function.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Project Impact of the Combined Accident Reduction Effort should be supported by every State and should be recognized as a model project to educate the Nation's youth regarding the impact of drug and alcohol abuse upon driving safety.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Project Impact of the Combined Accident Reduction Effort should be supported by every State and should be recognized as a model project to educate the Nation's youth regarding the impact of drug and alcohol abuse upon driving safety.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1987
Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Grants Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation, for the Margaret Chase Smith Library Center in Skowhegan, Maine. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1987
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 1720 (Aid to Families with Dependent Children replacement program).
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to make permanent the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to offset tax refunds against defaulted Federal student loans.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987
Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1987 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth provisions relating to default rates under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires each guaranty agency to furnish the Department of Education with information on the amount of each guaranteed student loan. Requires such information to be used in the National Student Loan Data System. Requires each guaranty agency to expand and standardize the confirmation reports to be submitted on the date of enactment of this Act in order to assure that such information is provided at least bimonthly on student loan delinquencies, defaults, and the change in status of borrowers whose loans are delinquent or in default. Requires each guaranty agency to provide the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) with complete and accurate data on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate the usefulness of the National Student Loan Data System. Allows the guaranty agency to enter into agreements whereby the eligible institution may make principal and interest payments on defaulted guaranteed student loans in order to reduce the default rate. Requires (current law authorizes) guaranty agencies to furnish to eligible institutions, upon request, specified information on students who are delinquent or have defaulted on guaranteed student loans. Requires that such information include names and addresses of such students. Revises the definition of "default." Includes supplemental loans for students under specified eligibility provisions. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to establish and carry out the National Student Loan Data System. Prohibits guaranty agencies from making any limitation, suspension, or termination action with respect to an eligible institution based on a default rate unless the default rate is based upon an average of three years' experience in the guaranteed student loan program. Requires eligible lenders or holders of loans under the guaranteed student loan program to: (1) furnish the appropriate eligible institution a copy of the first delinquency notice and final demand letter to the guaranty agency; and (2) notify the borrower and the eligible institution within 30 days of the sale or other transfer of the loan. Directs the Secretary, in establishing criteria for disqualification of eligible institutions under the guaranteed student loan program, to include provisions giving eligible institutions credit for successfully serving high risk students in the calculation of the default rate. Requires each eligible institution to maintain and make available to guaranty agencies upon request additional information on student borrowers, including family addresses, the parents' place of business, and other information relevant to the collection of guaranteed student loans that are delinquent or in default. Requires eligible institutions to require all student borrowers to sign a form at or before the first disbursement of a guaranteed student loan outlining its terms and conditions and the borrower's rights and responsibilities. Requires eligible institutions to withhold academic transcripts of any borrower in default on a guaranteed student loan: (1) until the institution has received notice from the guaranty agency that the borrower has reentered payment status; or (2) unless this requirement is waived pursuant to regulations by the Secretary because the borrower is unemployed or disabled. Requires eligible institutions to develop, carry out, and periodically review a guaranteed student loan default prevention policy and plan. Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating regulations with respect to such policy and planning requirements. Requires eligible institutions to require guaranteed student loan borrowers to submit to the institution during a required exit interview the borrower's address after graduation (or after leaving the institution for any other reason), the address of the borrower's next of kin, and the borrower's driver's license number. Requires a statement on the consequences of defaulting on a guaranteed student loan to be included in an eligible institution's financial assistance information for students. Revises the definition of "prospective student" for purposes of such information requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop and publish an annual default report to the Congress on the guaranteed student loan program beginning on September 30, 1988. Sets forth the contents for such report. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, to be published for public comments, for the conduct of program reviews, at least once triennially, of all eligible institutions and eligible lenders under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the results of such reviews. Prohibits an eligible institution, in the case of a guaranteed student loan obtained by a borrower for the first period of instruction at that institution, from certifying the eligibility of such student to receive the loan prior to a specified period after classes have begun.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 1987
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative State Research Service, to construct a plant science research and education facility at Kansas State University.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1987
Middle-Income Family Higher Education Savings Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of the taxpayer's child at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the deduction to $1,000 per year per child. Provides that no account may have more than one beneficiary. Permits a deduction with respect to only one account in cases of multiple accounts for the same beneficiary. Disallows the deduction for contributions made to an account after the beneficiary either attains age 25 or graduates from an eligible educational institution. Permits the exclusion from the gross income of the recipient beneficiary of payments and distributions from an education savings account as long as such amounts: (1) are used for the educational expenses of that individual; or (2) are rolled over into an education savings account established for a sibling of that individual. Exempts the education savings accounts themselves from taxation unless they cease to be proper education savings accounts because either the contributor taxpayer or the beneficiary engages in prohibited transactions or the beneficiary pledges the account as security. Establishes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are improperly used. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's benefactor on the maintenance of the account. Identifies the criteria and requirements applicable to an education savings account. Provides that contributions to an education savings account shall not be subject to gift tax. Establishes: (1) a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to an education savings account; and (2) a penalty for failure to file required reports concerning the education savings account.
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1987
Class Size Demonstration Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and thereafter to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local educational agencies having elementary and secondary schools with large classes in order to demonstrate the advantages of reducing the size of classes. Sets forth grant selection criteria, application requirements, and audit requirements. Sets forth provisions for the Federal share of program payments.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1987
Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to include among the requirements for secondary school graduation a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Federalist Papers.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1987
Directs the Secretary of Education, in recognition of the service of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and in lieu of a grant for the preservation of his papers and records, to forgive the remaining debt obligation of the receiving institution with respect to the loan used to establish the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1987
Adolescent Tobacco Education and Prevention Act - Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to include instruction relating to the use of tobacco products as an activity under drug and alcohol abuse prevention and education programs. Requires such instruction to include: (1) the variety of tobacco products available; (2) the physical and psychological effects on the human body of the inhalation of tobacco smoke, ingestion of tobacco products, and any other use of tobacco products; (3) the addictive nature of such products; and (4) the connection between use of tobacco products and other forms of substance abuse, specifically use of marijuana and alcohol abuse. Prohibits the sale of tobacco products to any person under the age of 18 or such other age as a State may establish. Requires such products to be sold over-the-counter by the legal owner, proprietor, or designated employee of an establishment. Requires the posting of a conspicuous sign in such establishment which states that the sale of cigarettes to minors is prohibited. Establishes fines for violations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1987
Student Loan Default Reduction Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth provisions relating to default rates under the guaranteed student loan program. Allows a guaranty agency, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to cease to provide insurance for student loans at an otherwise eligible institution if the cumulative default rate of loans from such institution in repayment: (1) exceeds 30 percent of the amount of all guaranteed student loans at that institution insured by all guaranty agencies before October 1, 1991; and (2) exceeds 25 percent of the amount of such loans after September 30, 1991. Provides for reinstatement of such loan insurance if the eligible institution reduces the default rate. Allows the guaranty agency to enter into agreements whereby the eligible institution may make principal and interest payments on defaulted loans in order to reduce such default rate. Requires eligible institutions which have guaranteed student loan default rates in excess of 30 percent to endorse such loans. Makes change of address or status notice requirements applicable to borrowers and institutions both during and after enrollment and attendance. Requires (currently authorizes) guaranty agencies to furnish eligible institutions, upon request, specified information on students who are delinquent or have defaulted on guaranteed student loans. Requires that such information include names and addresses of such students. Requires the eligible institutions to review the names and addresses and report corrections to the appropriate guaranty agency. Authorizes guaranty agencies to request from eligible institutions information on student withdrawals, default rates, admissions policies, and placement rates. Requires eligible lenders to furnish to appropriate eligible institutions lists of names of student borrowers who are delinquent in repayment of guaranteed student loans, their last known address, and the amount of the loan in delinquent status. Requires eligible institutions to report to eligible lenders on the last known address and subsequent change of address of all student borrowers who are delinquent or in default on repayment of guaranteed student loans. Lowers from 100 to 95 percent the portion of the loss resulting from the default of a student borrower for which the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) must reimburse a guaranty agency under the guaranteed student loan program. Directs the Secretary, through the Division of Eligibility and Certification of the Office of Postsecondary Education, to review the default rates of eligible institutions under the guaranteed student loan program at least once in every 12-month period and notify any institution with a cumulative default rate of 30 percent or higher for loans before October 1, 1991, and 25 percent or higher for loans after September 30, 1991, that it is likely to be placed on probation and is, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, subject to loss of its status as an eligible institution for up to one year. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such suspensions. Requires the suspended institution, in order to be reinstated, to demonstrate that it has taken actions to reduce its default rate. Directs the Secretary annually to publish data showing default rates by eligible institutions, guaranty agencies, and eligible lenders. Requires eligible institutions under the guaranteed student loan program to have policies of substantial tuition refunds to students who withdraw from the program after an enrollment period of less than seven days. Revises the definition of administrative costs of supplemental preclaims assistance to exclude reference to preclaims assistance which is merely permitted, rather than required, under specified provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 1720 (Aid to Families with Dependent Children replacement program).
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1987
Warren G. Magnuson Foundation and Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to: (1) the Warren G. Magnuson Foundation, for the Warren G. Magnuson Health Services Center at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington; and (2) the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation, for the Margaret Chase Smith Library Center in Skowhegan, Maine.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1987
Technology to Educate Children With Handicaps Act - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to add provisions for assistive device resource centers. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing assistive device resource centers. Directs the Secretary to make State allotments based on the number of handicapped children. Sets forth a minimum State allotment. Requires that each center serve severely handicapped: (1) infants and toddlers; (2) children and youth; and (3) individuals who have attained 21 years of age if the State plan prescribes a targeted population of such individuals. Requires each center to: (1) train and assist specialists in local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations to evaluate a handicapped student's potential to benefit from assistive devices; (2) instruct teachers, therapists, paraprofessionals, parents, and handicapped students in the appropriate use of assistive devices; (3) provide follow-up services and collect data to determine the effectiveness of the services provided; (4) develop a statewide service delivery system for severely handicapped children; (5) be able to assist in the development of assistive devices to meet the needs of handicapped individuals; (6) disseminate information to local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations; and (7) provide in-service training to specialists, teachers, parents, and others on the benefits of assistive devices to promote improved educational performance and increased interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped individuals. Requires each State to assure priority of services for handicapped children from birth through age 21. States that nothing in this Act precludes the provision of center services to handicapped individuals who are no longer eligible for services under the Education of the Handicapped Act. Requires each center to establish an Advisory Committee. Prohibits Federal funds from being used for the operations of such Committee. Sets forth required contents of State allotment applications. Allows any public agency or private nonprofit organization or institution to apply to a State for a grant to establish a center. Makes the Federal share of the cost 70 percent in FY 1988, 65 percent in FY 1989, and 60 percent in FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1987
Student Aid Readjustment Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum limits on the amount of individual Pell Grants. Restricts the period of eligibility for Pell Grants to the full-time equivalent of the period required for the completion of the first two academic years of the undergraduate baccalaureate course of study. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to keep the congressional appropriations committees informed with respect to the amount of funds required to satisfy fully all entitlements to Pell Grants. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing such a grant except as expressly provided by and in accordance with specified provisions relating to insufficient appopriations. Eliminates loan eligibility for the first two academic years of undergraduate study and increases the maximum limits on loan amounts for the succeeding years under the Federally-insured student loan (FISL), guaranteed student loan (GSL), and supplemental student loan programs. Makes the limit on national direct student loans (NDSL) $9,000 in the case of any student other than a graduate or professional one, except that the amount loaned for any one academic year may not exceed $4,500.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of a dependent at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of $1,000 or the earned income includible in the taxpayer's gross income for the year. Disallows the deduction for contributions to an account maintained for any individual who has attained age 19. Provides that: (1) no account may have more than one beneficiary; and (2) no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Permits the exclusion from gross income of payments and distributions from an education savings account as long as such amounts are used exclusively for the educational expenses of the eligible beneficiary or are distributions of excess contributions before the due date of the tax return. Exempts the accounts themselves from taxation (except for the tax on unrelated business income of a charitable organization) unless they cease to be proper education savings accounts because either the contributor-taxpayer engages in prohibited transactions or the account's beneficiary pledges the account as security. Imposes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are used for other than educational purposes. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's beneficiary on the maintenance of the account. Extends the deduction for contributions to an educational savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Imposes a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to an education savings account. Provides that contributions to the account shall not be subject to gift tax. Imposes a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to an education savings account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file required reports. Excludes from the gross income of an individual any distributions from an education savings account used exclusively for that individual's educational expenses. Revises the definition of "qualified residence interest" for purposes of the income tax deduction for personal interest to distinguish between acquisition indebtedness and home equity indebtedness. Limits to $500,000 and $75,000 respectively the amount of indebtedness on which interest is deductible. Provides that for purposes of this deduction a boat or a mobile home used on a transient basis shall not be treated as a qualified second residence of the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1987
Designates the week beginning September 11, 1988, as Total Education Awareness Week, recognizing that the educational experience should address the total needs of children, including their intellectual, psychological, social, and physical needs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mary Lasker in recognition of her humanitarian contributions in medical research and education, urban beautification, and the fine arts. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987
Education Savings Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an income tax exclusion to a taxpayer who transfers a qualified U.S. savings bond to an eligible institution of higher education or vocational school to pay the higher education expenses (tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment) of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent. Excludes from gross income the lesser of: (1) the otherwise taxable amount involved in the transfer; or (2) the amount of the relevant higher education expenses. Phases out the permissible exclusion in the case of taxpayers having adjusted gross income of $75,000 or more, disallowing it entirely when income exceeds $150,000. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to advise the general public of the program established by this Act. Amends Federal law to permit: (1) the type of transfer of U.S. savings bonds that would be necessary to effect the tax exclusions described in this Act; and (2) redemption of such bonds by recipient institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1987
Education Savings Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an income tax exclusion to a taxpayer who transfers a qualified U.S. savings bond to an eligible institution of higher education or vocational school to pay the higher education expenses (tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment) of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent. Excludes from gross income the lesser of: (1) the otherwise taxable amount involved in the transfer; or (2) the amount of the relevant higher education expenses. Phases out the permissible exclusion in the case of taxpayers having adjusted gross income of $75,000 or more, disallowing it entirely when income exceeds $150,000. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to advise the general public of the program established by this Act. Amends Federal law to permit: (1) the type of transfer of U.S. savings bonds that would be necessary to effect the tax exclusions described in this Act; and (2) redemption of such bonds by recipient institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1987
Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1987 - Establishes a program to promote more effective schools and excellence in education. Requires each State to use for purposes of such program at least 25 percent of funds available under its allotment under chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Authorizes program funds to be used to: (1) plan for, and review proposed changes in, effective schools programs; (2) implement effective schools programs; (3) obtain technical assistance and consultant services with respect to effective schools programs from qualified nonprofit educational organizations; (4) design and publish educational materials on effective schools programs; (5) develop data collection and analysis systems concerning effective schools programs; (6) promote State and local educational agency awareness of effective schools information; (7) conduct evaluations of effective schools programs; (8) conduct training and other professional development for teachers and administrators; (9) plan and conduct training in assessment of students and programs, and in evaluation and use of such assessments; and (10) otherwise identify and disseminate information concerning exemplary effective schools programs. Sets forth requirements for applications and agreements under such program. Directs the Secretary of Education to evaluate programs under this Act and to report to the Congress by September 30, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1987
Recognizes the contributions of Frank Lloyd Wright to American artistic and architectural expression.
United States · United States Senate · 16 October 1987
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Designates March 18, 1988, as National Energy Education Day to promote and enhance energy education programs at all grade levels of public and private schools.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Rural Educational Opportunities Act - Establishes a rural educational opportunities program. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education or public or private nonprofit agencies (including regional educational laboratories), or combinations of such institutions or agencies to pay all or part of the cost of establishing and operating ten regional rural assistance centers. Requires each such center to provide technical assistance, consultation, training, and other assistance to State and local educational agencies in the region to improve the quality of education to educationally disadvantaged children participating in chapter 1 programs (under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981) who reside in rural areas or attend small schools. Directs the Secretary to give priority to certain applications in carrying out this Act. Sets forth center coordination and dissemination requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Authorizes the Indian American Forum for Political Education to establish a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in the District of Columbia and its environs. Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of establishing the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1987
Authorizes the Indian American Forum for Political Education to establish a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in the District of Columbia and its environs. Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of establishing the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1987
Overseas Teachers Act of 1987 - Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 and the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act with respect to recruitment and employment of teachers working for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS). Requires the Director of the Office of Dependents' Education (ODE) to establish a uniform system for filling vacant teaching positions. Requires that such vacancies be filled as follows: (1) by voluntary transfer of an individual already appointed to a teaching position (except that individuals recruited outside the United States may not be considered for such voluntary transfer unless they are entitled, under specified amendments made by this Act, to be treated in the same way as individuals recruited in the United States); (2) if no such individual is available, by appointment of an individual recruited in the United States; and (3) if none of the above, by the appointment of an individual recruited outside the United States. Provides that, for purposes of filling such vacancies, regulations defining "recruited in the United States" and "recruited outside the United States": (1) take into account the respective roles of the central office and the applicable regional or area offices of ODE in the appointment of the individual; and (2) may not require that a teacher be resident or interviewed in the United States during the recruitment and hiring process in order to be treated as a teacher "recruited in the United States." Requires that notification relating to vacant teaching positions be provided in a timely fashion to potential applicants for transfer. Requires each school to inform the Director at least annually of any vacant positions. Requires information on such vacancies to be distributed throughout the defense dependents' education system. Requires the Director to report annually to the Congress on implementation of the system for transfer and appointment of teachers. Makes the central office of ODE responsible for coordinating all activities relating to such system. Directs the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) to issue regulations providing that DODDS teachers not be denied pay because of administrative delays. Directs the Secretary to issue other regulations relating to conditions for employment as a DODDS teacher. Makes teacher spouses of military personnel who were recruited outside the United States ineligible as DODDS teachers if certain contingencies occur, such as divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or reassignment or discharge of the sponsoring spouse. Allows such teachers to complete the current school year. Makes such requirements applicable to those appointed after the effective date of this Act. Makes individuals recruited outside the United States (except military spouses) ineligible to serve as DODDS teachers for more than one school year, except in a substitute capacity. Makes eligible for full allowances and benefits under the defense dependents' education system (that is, treatment as individuals recruited in the United States) teachers who: (1) are serving on the effective date of this Act; (2) complete at least three years of service; and (3) are not eligible for similar benefits based on familial relationship to a member of the armed forces or civilian employee of the United States. Prohibits any appointment to a DODDS teaching position (other than in a substitute capacity) of any individual who has not performed specified duties and responsibilities for at least one complete school year. Includes Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructors under the definition of teacher for DODDS purposes. Adds paternity leave to DODDS leave provisions. Makes the position of Director of ODE a career reserved position. Provides for separate budget requests for DODDS operation and construction. Permits appropriations for DODDS to be: (1) appropriated in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation; (2) made available for expenditure on the basis of an academic year; and (3) remain available for a succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987
Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to include single pregnant women under provisions for the distribution of assistance under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that colleges and universities should demand drug-free environments on campus and should enforce strict but fair policies to eliminate drug use by students with the support of parents, students, and the community.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1987
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Administrative Provisions - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to require the Secretary (hereinafter refers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Interior, or both, as appropriate) to prescribe the records recipients of Federal financial assistance must keep by promulgating regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that multi-year contract recipients of such assistance must keep quarterly financial statements, an annual specified single-agency audit, and a brief annual program report. Title II: Indian Self-Determination Act Amendments - Directs the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe or tribal organization (currently, Indian tribe) to enter into a self-determination contract (currently, contract) with such Indian tribe or tribal organization, for: (1) the transfer of certain hospitals and health services; (2) construction programs administered by the Secretary for which appropriations are made to agencies other than the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of the Interior; and (3) any program for the benefit of Indians without regard to the agency of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of the Interior within which it is performed. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after receiving a proposal for a self-determination contract, to approve it (currently, may initially decline to enter into a contract) unless he makes specified findings. Entitles Indian tribes and tribal organizations to contract for any program or function operated by the Federal Government. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of an Indian tribe or tribal organization, to consolidate two or more mature self-determination contracts into one contract. Requires the Secretary, when he declines to enter into a self-determination contract, to provide assistance (currently, provide to the extent practicable) to the Indian tribe or tribal organization. Exempts liability for interest prior to judgment or for punitive damages from the requirement that a carrier which provides liability insurance to an Indian tribe or tribal organization must waive its right to raise the tribe's sovereign immunity from suit as a defense. Provides that a tribal organization or Indian contractor carrying out a contract, grant agreement, or cooperative agreement regarding claims for personal injury resulting from the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions is deemed to be part of the Public Health Service with respect to claims for personal injury. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make contracts with tribal organizations for hospital and health facility functions. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe or tribal organization, to provide technical assistance on a non-reimbursable basis to: (1) develop new self-determination contracts authorized by this Act; (2) provide for the assumption by such Indian tribe or tribal organization of contracts for certain health, education, and welfare programs; and (3) modify proposals for self-determination contracts which the Secretary has declined to approve. Exempts self-determination contracts from the provisions of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Makes permanent the provision of Federal law which permits Federal employees who transfer to tribal employment to retain civil service benefits. Extends the length of self-determination contracts to three years (currently, one year) for a new contract and five years (currently, three years) for a mature contract, unless the appropriate Secretary determines that a longer term would be advisable. Requires that a request for retrocession of a contract requested by an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall become effective within one year (currently, 120 days). Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, in connection with self-determination contracts, to: (1) donate to an Indian tribe or tribal organization the title to any personal property exceeding the needs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service or the General Services Administration, including purchases made with funds under self-determination contracts; and (2) acquire excess or surplus Government property for donation to an Indian tribe. Repeals a restriction on the minimum amount of self-determination contracts. Provides that the funds for self-determination contracts shall: (1) include all costs incurred by an Indian tribe or tribal organization in connection with such contract; (2) not be reduced to make base funding available for any new self-determination contract; (3) not be less than the appropriate Secretary would have otherwise provided for direct operation of the programs; (4) not be reduced by the Secretary in subsequent years except by a reduction in congressional appropriations; and (5) not be reduced by the Secretary to pay for Federal functions or for the costs of Federal personnel displaced by a self-determination contract. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Interior to report annually to the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees on the implementation of this Act. Prevents Indian tribes and tribal organizations from being held liable for uncollectable indirect costs from Federal agencies, except for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. Prohibits Indian tribes and tribal organizations from being held liable for amounts of indebtedness attributable to underrecoveries or overrecoveries of indirect costs. Requires the Secretary to give notice of any disallowance of costs before removing any program from the Indian Priority System. Requires the Secretary to add indirect costs to the amount of funds provided for direct costs for self-determination contracts for the first year and for each subsequent year that the program remains continuously under contract. Gives to the Federal district courts, concurrent with the United States Claims Court, original jurisdiction over any civil action or claim against the appropriate Secretary arising under this Act. Prohibits unilateral modification of self-determination contracts by the United States and sets forth provisions relating to such modifications. Applies the Equal Access to Justice Act to administrative appeals by Indian tribes and tribal organizations regarding self-determination contracts. Applies the Contract Disputes Act to such contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1987
National Assessment of Educational Progress Amendments of 1987 - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to revise provisions relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Transfers NAEP responsibilities from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement to the Center for Educational Statistics. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), with the advice of the Education Assessment Council established by this Act, to carry out the NAEP by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with an organization experienced in educational testing. Requires that the NAEP: (1) test skills, abilities, and knowledge in reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, civics, and literacy; and (2) use sampling techniques that produce data representative on both a national and a State basis. Requires that the NAEP: (1) collect and report data on a periodic basis, at least every two years for reading and mathematics, and at least every four years for writing and science; (2) collect and report data every two years on students at ages nine, thirteen, and seventeen and in grades four, eight, and twelve; (3) every four years, assess and report upon the literacy achievement of a nationally representative sample of out-of-school 17-year olds and adults; (4) report achievement data on a basis that facilitates valid State-by-State comparisons; (5) include special assessments of achievement in other educational areas as the need arises; and (6) include information on special groups and on students attending nonpublic schools. Prohibits the NAEP from collecting any data that are not directly related to the appraisal of educational performance and achievement or the fair and accurate presentation of such information. Requires the NAEP to provide technical assistance to States, localities, and others that desire to expend it to yield additional described information. Grants the public access to all NAEP data, questions, and test instruments, except that the Secretary: (1) shall ensure that all personally identifiable information about students, their educational performance, and their families remain confidential; and (2) may decline to make available to the public cognitive questions intended to be reused in the future. Establishes the Education Assessment Council to provide the Secretary with expert, nonpartisan, and independent advice and recommendations pertaining to the implementation of the NAEP. Sets forth provisions for council membership. Directs the Secretary: (1) to pay the full cost of administering NAEP tests to students and adults who are part of the national sample for such persons; but (2) to share with the various governments involved the cost of administering NAEP tests designed to generate data representative on a State basis. Provides that participation in the NAEP by State and local educational agencies and nonpublic schools shall be voluntary.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1987
Elementary and Secondary Education Reform Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Improved Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education under Chapter 2 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to revise the statement of purpose for the ECIA Chapter 2 program. Retitles Chapter 2 as Educational Priorities for Educational Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education. Extends the authorization of appropriations for Chapter 2 programs through FY 1993. Revises State application requirements. Revises provisions for allocation of funds to local educational agencies. Requires State educational agencies to distribute Chapter 2 funds among local educational agencies or consortia of such agencies on the basis of criteria established with the advice of peer review panels. Requires the minimum grant to each local educational agency or consortium to be at least $25,000. Provides an exception from such requirement for grants for library resources activities to a local educational agency with a small student enrollment. Revises requirements for local applications for Chapter 2 funds. Requires such applications to set forth: (1) a description of how the projects for which assistance is sought will contribute to goals established for assisting educationally disadvantaged students; (2) the planned use of funds among such priorities or activities; (3) the allocation of funds required to implement provisions for private school children; (4) the agency's educational objectives and how they relate to goals and priorities; and (5) procedures for annual evaluation of achievement of objectives. Sets forth the following educational assistance priorities under the Chapter 2 program: (1) prekindergarten programs, especially for children from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds (including children with handicaps); (2) student dropout prevention programs, particularly early intervention and reentry projects; (3) parental involvement in the education of disadvantaged children receiving ECIA Chapter 1 assistance, including the integration of early childhood education and adult education for parents into unified Even Start programs; (4) projects for enriching secondary school curricula (including mathematics, sciences, and foreign languages); (5) programs for gifted and talented students, particularly those not identified through traditional assessment methods; and (6) implementation of State-adopted educational reforms. Allows Chapter 2 program funds also to be used for purchase of library resources, instructional resources and equipment, and testing, guidance, and counseling programs whenever these are associated with such priorities. Title II: The Teacher Training and Improvement Act - Teacher Training and Improvement Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve up to 20 percent of such funds for national programs. Requires the Secretary to reserve one half of one percent of such funds for each of the following: (1) specified U.S. territories and possessions; and (2) Department of the Interior schools for Indian children. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among States on the basis of number of children aged five through 17. Provides for reallotment under specified conditions. Sets forth programs for Indian children in Department of the Interior schools. Requires program funds to be used for such schools, teachers, and administrators in the following ways: (1) inservice education; (2) scholarships for additional training; (3) cooperative exchange programs with public and private employers; and (4) other activities under this title. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this title. Sets forth provisions for State and local projects. Requires program funds to be used for: (1) inservice education of teachers and administrators; (2) retraining of teachers who wish to teach different subjects; (3) improvement of teacher education programs; (4) professional personnel exchange programs between education and other fields; and (5) other activities consistent with the purposes of this title. Sets forth special rules for allocation of funds among such activities, for priorities, and for requiring trainees to remain for a reasonable time in educational service (or repay training costs). Provides for local project cooperation. Provides for program participation by private nonprofit school teachers and administrators. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out national program research, development, evaluation, demonstration, dissemination, and data collection activities. Includes among such activities: (1) centers and summer institutes for teachers and administrators; (2) scholarships and fellowships for additional education; (3) model personal exchange programs between education and private industry; (4) awards for development and testing of teacher education programs; (5) support for study, writing, or research by teachers and administrators; (6) presidential teacher internships for persons in other professions and recent college graduates; and (7) model programs for preservice and inservice training. Directs the Secretary to disseminate summary results of exemplary programs assisted under national program provisions. Requires Federal funds under this title to be used to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds. Prohibits such Federal funds from being used to benefit teachers or administrators in private, for-profit schools.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1987
National Assessment of Educational Progress Improvement Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to revise provisions relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Provides that the NAEP shall be carried out by grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with a qualified organization or institution. Requires that NAEP data be collected and reported on a national, regional, and State basis at least every two years in the areas of reading, science, and mathematics, and at least every six years in the areas of writing, history, geography, and civics. Replaces a reference to the basic skill of communication with a reference to the basic skills of writing, science, history, geography, and civics, under provisions for technical assistance on the use of NAEP objectives. Replaces the Assessment Policy Committee with a National Assessment Governing Board authorized to design and supervise the conduct of the national assessment. Provides that the Board shall be considered an advisory committee for the purpose of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Makes the Board independent of the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and the other offices and officers of the Department of Education. Grants the Board final authority on the appropriateness of cognitive items. Requires that participation in assessments made on a State basis be on a voluntary basis. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with States which desire to carry out such assessments. Requires such States to participate in the assessment and to pay the non-Federal share of participation from non-Federal sources or from funds paid to the State under specified provisions of GEPA. Sets the Federal share at 80 percent. Permits the non-Federal share of such payments to be in cash or in kind. Directs the Secretary, within six months after the enactment of this Act, to publish a report setting forth plans for the collection of State representative data for the 1990 assessment. Requires such report to be submitted to the Congress and made available the public. Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (including the NAEP) and the Center for Education Statistics. Increases the minimum amount reserved for purposes of the NAEP.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1987
Agricultural Nitrogen Education Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Agricultural Nitrogen Best Management Practices Task Force to: (1) develop agricultural best management practices to minimize nitrogen losses from all potential agricultural sources and practices; (2) develop and disseminate to American farmers educational and training materials with respect to such practices; and (3) report to the Congress in two years on the progress of its efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) to require that any State assessment report or management report be developed in consultation with the task force. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the task force in preparing annual reports and final reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987
Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to include single pregnant women under provisions for the use of funds and the distribution of assistance under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1987
National Education Savings Trust Act of 1987 - Title I: Establishment of National Education Savings Trust - Establishes the National Education Savings Trust. Creates a Board of Trustees including the Secretaries of Education and of the Treasury, ex officio, and representatives of postsecondary education institutions and of the general public, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Creates under the jurisdiction and control of the Board an Advance Tuition Payment Fund. Sets forth the general duties of the Board, including paying money directly to postsecondary institutions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, as Managing Trustee, to invest portions of Fund moneys in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in federally-guaranteed obligations. Sets forth restrictions on uses of the Fund. Requires the Board to make annual reports to the Congress. Allows a purchaser to enter into an agreement with the Trust for the purchase of an advance tuition payment plan for use by a qualified beneficiary to pay a portion of the tuition and fees required to attend a postsecondary education institution. Sets forth required contents and design of advance tuition payment plan agreements. Directs the Trust to provide that a purchaser may purchase an advance payment tuition plan for an eligible beneficiary at any time following the beneficiary's birth. Sets forth certain restrictions and conditions for termination of agreements and for refunds upon termination. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that not more than 75 percent of any corpus or income under any advance tuition payment agreement from the Trust with respect to which the student is a qualified beneficiary shall be considered as income or resources with respect to any student in determining eligibility for assistance under any program funded under title IV of such Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit a postsecondary education institution to request information concerning an advance tuition payment plan agreement with the Trust unless such information relates to eligibility for Federal financial assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or some other Federal law. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit any postsecondary education institution to charge any differential in the cost of attendance at such institution for qualified beneficiaries of such a plan agreement. Authorizes appropriations for a period not to exceed seven fiscal years after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Board to notify the Congress whenever, prior to the end of such period, it determines that the Trust is self-supporting. Title II: Tax Treatment of Advance Tuition Payment Plan Agreements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax deduction in an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the amount paid in cash by the taxpayer to the Trust under any advance tuition payment plan agreement. Makes the applicable percentage: (1) 100 percent if the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer is not over $25,000; (2) 50 percent if between $25,000 and $60,000; (3) 25 percent if between $60,000 and $100,000; and (4) zero percent if over $100,000. Reduces such dollar amounts by 50 percent in the case of a married individual filing a separate return. Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment for years after 1988. Allows such deduction only if: (1) the taxpayer is the qualified beneficiary under the agreement and is not the dependent of another taxpayer; or (2) the taxpayer is entitled to a specified deduction with respect to the qualified beneficiary under such agreement for the taxable year. Limits maximum deductible payments per beneficiary to $2,000 for any taxable year and $48,000 for all taxable years. Disallows such deduction for the taxable year in which the beneficiary dies or attains age 30 or for any year thereafter. Disallows such deduction to a taxpayer who is a dependent of another taxpayer. Disallows such deduction with respect to a beneficiary who is the taxpayer's spouse, unless the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption for the spouse and files a joint return. Deems payments to an advance tuition payment plan agreement as made for the preceding taxable year if they are made not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the return. Provides that the deduction for payments under advance tuition payment plan agreements is also allowable to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions. Excludes from gross income any amount paid from the Trust to any postsecondary education institution pursuant to any advance tuition payment plan agreement. Includes in the gross income of the person to whom the amount is paid any other amount paid for the Trust which is not described in the preceding sentence. Adds a penalty tax for such refunds from the Trust, except where the beneficiary under the agreement dies (the penalty is equal to 20 percent of gross income, or ten percent of gross income for taxable years ending before the qualified beneficiary attains age 25).
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1987
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act of 1987 - Title I: AIDS as a National Public Health Emergency - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine that acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) presents a public health emergency for purposes of specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Adds the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to the list of individuals with whom the Secretary must consult before determining that a public health emergency exists. Authorizes appropriations to increase the amount of the standard level required to be in the Public Health Emergency Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. Requires, during any year in which AIDS is determined to present a public health emergency, that not less than 60 percent of the amounts in the Public Health Emergency Fund be reserved for the provision of drugs approved for treatment of AIDS or related conditions. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Congress an annual report on the expenditure by the Department of Health and Human Services of amounts appropriated for programs, projects, and activities relating to AIDS. Authorizes, notwithstanding other laws, additional employees for the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a plan to expedite the award of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements by any agency of the Department of Health and Human Services for projects relating to AIDS. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to provide technical assistance to State and local governments and public and nonprofit private entities carrying out programs relating to AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to request that the National Academy of Sciences and other similar institutions provide recommendations to the Secretary concerning the creation of consortia for research and development on AIDS. Directs the Secretary to implement an emergency program to disseminate information, based on guidelines issued by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to all health workers, public safety workers, and emergency service workers concerning methods to reduce in the work place the risk of becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue a standard, based on the guidelines, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Title II: Comprehensive AIDS Programs - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (Director), to prepare and transmit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a comprehensive national plan containing specified elements relating to education, information, and risk reduction activities concerning AIDS. Directs the Secretary to submit to the committees each year for the next ten years a revision of the plan. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director, to make grants to States for the development, implementation, or expansion of State plans for education, information, risk reduction, and other activities relating to AIDS. Requires States, in order to receive grants, to submit an application with specified contents. Directs the Secretary to make grants to local governments and public and private nonprofit entities for development, establishment, or expansion of programs for targeted education, information, and risk reduction activities relating to AIDS. Directs the Secretary to give grant priority to activities directed toward individuals at highest risk of becoming infected with the acquired immunodeficiency virus. Prohibits grants from being made unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Directs the Secretary to give preference to community-based organizations which are located in, have a history of service in, and will serve specified areas. States that the Secretary may review the content of any educational or informational materials developed with grants only for scientific and factual validity. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control for the training of individuals to develop skills in epidemiology, surveillance, testing, counseling, education, information, laboratory analysis, and risk reduction relating to AIDS. Declares that individuals receiving fellowships shall not be counted in determining the number of full time equivalent employees of the Department of Health and Human Services for specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to make grants to international organizations concerned with public health for: (1) programs of education, information, and risk reduction relating to AIDS; (2) projects to train individuals to develop skills and technical expertise regarding AIDS; and (3) epidemiological research relating to AIDS. Directs the Secretary to inform the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development of grants made under this provision. Prohibits grants from being made unless an application is submitted. Requires that not less than 50 percent of the grants be made through the World Health Organization and, in the Western Hemisphere, through the Pan American Health Organization. Requires grants to be in furtherance of the global strategy of the World Health Organization Special Programme on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for grants to States, for grants to local governments and public and private nonprofit entities, for fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control, and for grants to international organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the development, establishment, or expansion in a service area of networks of comprehensive medical services for individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Requires networks to provide: (1) comprehensive services, or referrals to comprehensive services, for such individuals, including specified services; and (2) continuing education for health care personnel involved in the delivery of services to individuals infected with the virus. Specifies allowed and prohibited uses of grants. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Requires entities applying for a grant, prior to applying, to establish a network advisory committee to assist in development of grant applications, provide support for the development, establishment, or expansion of the network, and monitor the implementation of, and the services provided through, the network. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give priority to specified types of applicants. Directs the Secretary to make at least one grant each fiscal year to an applicant in each service area in which there is a high incidence of children who are infected with the virus. States criteria for selecting such applicant. Directs the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate innovative models for cost-effective delivery of health services to individuals with AIDS. Requires projects supported with such grants to provide for the delivery of health services in conjunction with the comprehensive medical services networks. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for comprehensive medical service networks and for innovative models for cost-effective delivery of health services for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities for the development, establishment, or expansion of programs to: (1) provide long-term counseling to individuals who have AIDS or who have tested positively for the presence of antibodies to the virus; and (2) conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of such counseling. Specifies purposes for which grants may be used. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give priority to entities based at, or having relationships with, entities providing comprehensive health services to individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to make grants to public and nonprofit private agencies for the study of, and projects for the demonstration of, effective methods, with regard to intravenous drug abusers, to reduce the transmission of the virus and provide treatment to individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to create the National Program on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, consisting of: (1) a research program on AIDS, including a research program relating to the prevention of AIDS; and (2) demonstration, education, and other programs for the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of AIDS and for the provision of counseling concerning AIDS. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to designate one of the Directors of the national research institutes as the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Coordinator. Makes the AIDS Coordinator responsible for administration of the Program. Directs the AIDS Coordinator, in conjunction with the Directors of the national research institutes and in consultation with the National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Advisory Board (Advisory Board), to promote cooperation between specified agencies in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of AIDS. Directs the AIDS Coordinator to expand clinical trials of treatments and therapies for AIDS and for infection with the virus. Authorizes the AIDS Coordinator to: (1) establish or support the large-scale production or distribution of specialized biological materials or other therapeutic substances for research relating to AIDS and set standards of safety and care for persons using such materials; (2) support, in consultation with the Advisory Board, research relating to AIDS outside the United States in certain circumstances, collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, the training of American scientists abroad and foreign scientists in the United States, and programs of education and training, including education and laboratory and clinical research training; (3) encourage and coordinate research relating to AIDS by industrial concerns in certain circumstances and provide for the exchange of information between Federal agencies and private entities involved in specified ways with therapies and vaccines for AIDS; (4) acquire, improve, repair, operate, and maintain, in consultation with the Advisory Board, laboratories and other real and personal property, make grants for the renovation of facilities, and lease certain spaces for a limited period; (5) enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to expedite and coordinate research relating to AIDS; and (6) maintain and operate the International Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Data Bank. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the AIDS Coordinator, to establish in NIH a National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Advisory Board to: (1) review and evaluate the implementation of the Program; (2) advise and make recommendations to the Congress, the Secretary, the Director of NIH, the AIDS Coordinator, and the heads of other Federal agencies; and (3) maintain liaisons with other advisory bodies and key non-Federal entities involved with the control of AIDS. Requires the Advisory Board to prepare an annual report for the AIDS Coordinator describing the Advisory Board's activities and making recommendations regarding the Program. Authorizes the Director of the Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with and make grants to public or private nonprofit entities for planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for, centers for basic and clinical research into, and training in, advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for AIDS. Specifies permitted uses for Federal payments under a cooperative agreement or grant. Limits support of a center to five years, subject to extension for periods of up to five years, if recommended by a peer review group. Requires, in the Institute, appointment of an Associate Director for Prevention to coordinate and promote the programs in the Institute concerning the prevention of infectious diseases, including AIDS. Directs the Associate Director for Prevention to prepare, for inclusion in a biennial report required by existing law, a description of the prevention activities of the Institute. Requires the Director of the Institute to establish a virus and serum bank in which all human immunodeficiency virus serotypes and serum are available to qualified investigators. States that AIDS is included within the scope of the purpose of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to make awards, under existing provisions for National Research Service Awards, for the training of individuals to participate in national research efforts relating to AIDS. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, or the Administrator of General Services to respond to any priority request made by the AIDS Coordinator of the NIH within 14 calendar days. Title III: Improvement of Provision of Community-Based Services to AIDS Patients Under the Medicaid Program - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that a State plan for medical assistance include provision of hospice care for specified individuals in certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary to provide for demonstration projects by States to improve the provision of hospice care to Medicaid beneficiaries who have AIDS. Specifies elements the projects must include, including provisions relating to: (1) increasing the payment rate; (2) treating patients diagnosed with AIDS as terminally ill; and (3) waiving a limitation on the aggregate days of inpatient care. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirements of title XIX of the Social Security Act as necessary, subject to limitations, to implement demonstration projects. Limits the aggregate amount of Federal expenditures for the projects in FY 1988, 1989, or 1990. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of the projects. Directs the Secretary to provide for demonstration projects by States to improve the provision of home health services to Medicaid beneficiaries who have AIDS. Specifies elements the projects must include. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirements of title XIX of the Social Security Act as necessary, subject to limitations, to implement the demonstration projects. Limits the aggregate amount of Federal expenditures for the projects in FY 1988, 1989, or 1990. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of the projects. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to make grants to demonstrate the effectiveness of training home health aides and homemakers to meet the needs of patients with AIDS provided care in their homes. Specifies elements the projects may include. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
United States · United States Senate · 7 August 1987
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a 15 percent nonrefundable income tax credit for contributions made to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of an individual at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the credit to $150 per year per account. Adjusts this limit annually for inflation. Provides that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Disallows the credit for contributions to an account maintained for any individual who, during the relevant taxable year, either attains age 21 or begins attending an eligible educational institution. Identifies the criteria and requirements applicable to an education savings account. Permits the exclusion from the gross income of the taxpayer-contributor of payments and distributions from an education savings account as long as such amounts: (1) are used exclusively for the educational expenses of the eligible beneficiary; (2) are rolled over into another education savings account; or (3) are distributions of excess contributions before the due date of the tax return. Provides that for the ten tax years beginning when the beneficiary attains age 25, ten percent of the amount paid or distributed from an education savings account to pay the educational expenses of that individual shall be included in his or her gross income each year. Exempts the education savings accounts themselves from taxation unless they cease to be proper education savings accounts because either the contributor-taxpayer engages in prohibited transactions or the account's beneficiary pledges the account as security. Establishes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are used for other than educational purposes. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's beneficiary on the maintenance of the account. Establishes a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to an educational savings account. Provides that contributions to an education savings account shall not be subject to gift tax. Establishes a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to an education savings account. Establishes a penalty for failure to file required reports concerning the education savings account. Excludes from the gross income of an individual any distributions from an education savings account used exclusively for that individual's educational expenses (deferring taxation of these amounts until the beneficiary attains age 25).
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a 15 percent nonrefundable income tax credit for contributions made to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of an individual at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the credit to $150 per year per account. Adjusts this limit annually for inflation. Provides that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Disallows the credit for contributions to an account maintained for any individual who, during the relevant taxable year, either attains age 21 or begins attending an eligible educational institution. Identifies the criteria and requirements applicable to an education savings account. Permits the exclusion from the gross income of the taxpayer-contributor of payments and distributions from an education savings account as long as such amounts: (1) are used exclusively for the educational expenses of the eligible beneficiary; (2) are rolled over into another education savings account; or (3) are distributions of excess contributions before the due date of the tax return. Provides that for the ten tax years beginning when the beneficiary attains age 25, ten percent of the amount paid or distributed from an education savings account to pay the educational expenses of that individual shall be included in his or her gross income each year. Establishes a 15 percent tax on the investment income of an education savings account unless it ceases to be a proper education savings account because either the contributor-taxpayer engages in prohibited transactions or the account's beneficiary pledges the account as security. (In such cases, regular capital gains tax rates would apply.) Establishes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are used for other than educational purposes. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's beneficiary on the maintenance of the account. Establishes a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to an educational savings account. Provides that contributions to an education savings account shall not be subject to gift tax. Establishes a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to an education savings account. Establishes a penalty for failure to file required reports concerning the education savings account. Excludes from the gross income of an individual any distributions from an education savings account used exclusively for that individual's educational expenses (deferring taxation of these amounts until the beneficiary attains age 25).
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Excellence in Education Incentive Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for education excellence incentives. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1989 through 1992. Limits the amount of any such grant to an LEA for an elementary school or for a secondary school. Directs the Secretary to select, on the basis of specified criteria, one elementary school and one secondary school of excellence for each congressional district and make an incentive grant to the LEA having authority over that elementary or secondary school. Makes the selection criteria: (1) for elementary schools, improvements in academic performance and attendance; and (2) for secondary schools, improvements in academic performance and attendance, plus decrease in the student dropout rate. Gives academic performance twice as much weight as the other criteria. Directs the Secretary to establish a list of recognized national standardized tests for academic performance determinations. Requires each LEA awarded such a grant to use: (1) 25 percent for academic programs and activities, academic supplies and equipment, or repair of academic facilities; and (2) 75 percent for merit bonuses for full-time teachers and the principal. Limits the minimum and maximum amount of such bonuses. Permits such grants to be used for bonuses only when the appropriation does not exceed a specified amount. Sets forth grant application requirements. (Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State educational agencies for the processing of such applications.) Requires an LEA applying for such a grant to establish an educational excellence merit board. Requires such boards to establish procedures, including specified criteria, for the selection of the principal and teachers who shall be paid merit bonuses.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Individual Education Savings Account Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account established to pay the tuition and lodging expenses, as certified by the relevant educational institution, of the taxpayer's child (or descendant of such child) at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of the deduction to $2,000 per year and a $48,000 total. Provides that: (1) an account may have only one beneficiary; and (2) only one taxpayer may contribute to such an account. Lists requirements applicable to an educational savings account trust. Permits the exclusion from gross income of payments and distributions from an education savings account as long as such amounts are used for the qualified educational expenses of the eligible beneficiary or are distributions of excess contributions before the due date of the tax return. Exempts the accounts themselves from taxation (except for the tax on unrelated business income of a charitable organization) unless they cease to be proper education savings accounts because: (1) the beneficiary no longer meets age or school enrollment requirements; or (2) the contributor-taxpayer transfers an ownership interest in the account, engages in prohibited transactions, or pledges the account as security. Imposes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are used for other than educational purposes. Permits a tax exclusion for qualified rollover contributions with respect to an educational savings account. Requires that the trustee of the account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's owner on the maintenance of the account. Extends the deduction for contributions to the account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Establishes: (1) a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to an education savings account; (2) a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction; and (3) a penalty for failure to file reports required concerning the account. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the treatment of education savings accounts under Federal student financial aid programs. Identifies the role of account funds and distributions for purposes of Pell grant eligibility determinations and the needs analysis applicable to student financial aid generally. Provides that contributions from such funds by persons with income of less than $35,000 will be indexed according to a special specified formula when calculating eligibility for student aid.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1987 - Reauthorizes and revises Federal law relating to impact aid payments to local educational agencies affected by Federal activity. Revises the policy declaration to use the term "reimbursement" (rather than "assistance"). Extends the authorization of specified provisions under the Act through FY 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Revises formulas for determining the amount of payments to local educational agencies. Provides that certain increases in such payments shall be sufficient to allow the school district to have an operating cost no greater than: (1) the average of comparable school districts in the State; or (2) if there are no comparable school districts, the State average operational cost. Provides that a reasonable tax effort has been made if the agency's tax effort is at least equal to 80 percent of the average taxes levied for operational purposes by not more than three comparable school districts for that year. Reduces certain payments to an agency by the percentage that the average operational tax rate of the comparable school districts (or, if none, the State average operational tax rate) exceeds the actual tax levied by the agency's school district. Provides that, for FY 1988 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the local contribution rate for agencies whose school district boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of a military installation shall be not less than 70 percent of the average per pupil expenditure in all States during the second preceding year prior to the current fiscal year. Provides that any agency eligible for an increase under certain provisions shall receive 100 percent of the amount to which it is entitled under other specified provisions. Provides for rounding of payments to the nearest whole dollar. Revises provisions for adjustments where necessitated by appropriations to change the formulas determining how the Secretary of Education shall allocate additional amounts among various categories of local educational agencies. Revises provisions relating to State treatment of Federal impact aid payments in determining a local educational agency's eligibility for, and the amount of, State aid. Requires that the State formula ensure that the local agency will have sufficient funds available to expand at or above the State average per pupil expenditure or the average per pupil expenditure for comparable districts, whichever is greater. Provides that specified types of impact aid shall not be taken into consideration as local resources by the State. Directs the Secretary, for any fiscal year after FY 1987, to allocate to any local educational agency which received a payment under specified provisions in FY 1987 an amount which is not less than the product of 100 percent of the per pupil amount paid to such agency in FY 1987 and the number of children in average daily attendance for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. Permits a local educational agency receiving impact aid funds also to receive funds under provisions for education of children where local agencies cannot supply facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish regional panels to review proposed regulations before their publication. Provides that such panels shall be composed of Federal, State, and local education administrators, parents of elementary and secondary students, elementary and secondary teachers, and members of local educational agencies involved with implementing programs under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to issue emergency regulations without such review, but requires the Secretary to convene regional panels immediately thereafter to review such emergency regulations prior to issuing them in final form.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1987 (CARE) - Title I: Public Health Service Programs with Respect to Alzheimer's Disease - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's) and creates, in title III (relating to the general powers and duties of the Public Health Service) of the Act a new part K on Alzheimer's. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to assist grantees in establishing and maintaining, with respect to Alzheimer's and related disorders, centers for: (1) conducting basic and clinical research, training, and dissemination of clinical information; (2) demonstrating advanced diagnostic, prevention, treatment, and management methods; (3) conducting programs of community education; and (4) maximizing research. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may and may not be used. Limits support for a center to five years, with extensions by the Secretary of up to five years if recommended by a technical and scientific peer review group. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct basic and clinical research regarding Alzheimer's and related disorders. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct research and demonstration projects with respect to teaching the families of individuals with Alzheimer's or related disorders methods for providing appropriate care and managing stress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct demonstration projects with respect to teaching the families of individuals with Alzheimer's or related disorders methods for providing appropriate care and managing stress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct long-term care research with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and with respect to the coordination of long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct research with respect to developing methods for improving the delivery of supportive services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and with respect to the coordination of long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for a research program for the study of Alzheimer's and related disorders. Specifies elements for which the plan must provide. Requires research under the plan to be carried out through the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary to submit the plan to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to plan, establish, and operate programs to provide specified services regarding Alzheimer's or related disorders. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may not be used. Limits grants to three years, subject to annual evaluation by the Secretary. Limits the amount of a grant and its portion of the costs of the program for which it is made. Directs the Secretary to annually evaluate the grant programs. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with private entities to conduct the evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, to require, as a condition of receiving funds under provisions of part B (Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant) of the Public Health Service Act, that a State must agree that activities carried out under a specified provision will include increased provision of mental health services related to Alzheimer's and related disorders. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants to assist grantees in providing training programs and continuing education programs, regarding Alzheimer's or related disorders, to health care professionals, health care paraprofessionals, and family caregivers. Specifies eligible types of grant recipients. Directs the Secretary to ensure that grants are equitably geographically distributed. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants to the Alzheimer's centers established by this Act to assist in developing curricula for such training programs and continuing education programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to initiate a study regarding specified health manpower needs related to Alzheimer's disease, related disorders, and other disorders requiring long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Alzheimer's Disease Education Program for: (1) promoting the coordination of health care financing, service, research, education, and training programs; (2) collecting, through the Clearinghouse on Alzheimer's Disease, information on research and treatment programs; (3) making such information available to specified groups and to the general public; and (4) providing technical assistance to States and public and private organizations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Title II: Improvement of Services Under Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the levels of reimbursement provided under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for home health services, extended care services, and inpatient hospital services relating to an advanced stage of Alzheimer's or a related disorder and adjust the levels to accurately reflect the reasonable amount required to provide adequately for services furnished. Requires each State plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to report to the Secretary on how the levels of reimbursement under the plan for home health services, nursing facility services, inpatient hospital services, and community-based care take into account special needs regarding an advanced stage of Alzheimer's or a related disorder. Directs the Secretary to modify contracts with utilization and quality control peer review organizations under part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure that the organizations conduct adequate and representative quality of care reviews on patients who require intensive home health services or extended care services. Requires States, as a condition of approval of a State plan under Medicaid, to provide assurances that the State is providing for the conduct of adequate and representative quality of care reviews on patients who require intensive home health services, nursing facility services, or other long-term care services. Directs the Secretary to review and report to the Congress regarding whether specified types of facilities participating under the Medicare or Medicaid program limit or restrict the services they provide to individuals with Alzheimer's or a related disorder. Directs the Secretary to provide for research and demonstration projects concerning methods of improving the delivery of health care services to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. Specifies projects to be included. Directs the Secretary to provide for an evaluation of the research and demonstration projects and submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires funds, to the extent that research and demonstration projects relate to Medicare beneficiaries, to be appropriated from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to waive compliance with the requirements of part B (Peer Review) of title XI, title XVIII (Medicare), and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act as necessary to conduct these research and demonstration projects.