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Bill· HRH.R. 2796 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Public and Private Education Assistance Act - Title I: Payments to States for Public Elementary and Secondary Education - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make available to the States funds from the Public Education Trust Fund established by this Act for the use by the States for expenditures to equalize public education within each State. Designates the Secretary as the trustee of the Public Education Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for deposit in the Fund of $2,250,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, and $2,250,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on the operation and status of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year. Provides for standards which the States must establish in order to qualify for payments under this title. Provides that no person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, national origin, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this title. Title II: Credit Against the Individual Income Tax for Tuition Paid for the Elementary or Secondary Education of Dependents - Allows as a credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the amount paid by an individual to any private non-profit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for a dependent's education according to the following limitations: (1) 100 percent of such tuition, or (2) $200, whichever is the lesser. Defines the terms used in this title. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1972.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 240 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no part of the Constitution shall be construed to require a school system which assigns pupils on the basis of neighborhood attendance areas to assign pupils in any other manner.
Bill· SS. 485 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Safe Schools Act - Authorizes appropriations for local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that not in excess of 3 percent of such funds be set aside for schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and to the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated for Indian children. Provides that the remainder of such appropriations be allotted to other local educational agencies. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for such grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Provides that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; special administrative activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school.
Bill· SS. 503 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Title I: Neighborhood Schools Program - Neighborhood School Act - Makes it the policy of the United States to encourage the concept of the neighborhood school so that students are assigned to a public elementary or secondary school solely on the basis of residence within the geographic zone which that school serves. Makes it a policy of the United States that no student may be denied attendance at that neighborhood school serving the geographic zone in which he resides on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, or national origin. Provides that any student has the right to transfer and be provided transportation out of the neighborhood public elementary or secondary school serving the geographic zone in which he resides if such a student is a member of a minority group and that minority group constitutes at least fifty percent of the students enrolled in that school. Authorizes Federal funds to be made available under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or any other provision of law to pay the cost of the assignment or transportation of students in accordance with the provisions contained in this title. Prohibits any officer or employee of any department agency or the Federal Government from ordering or requiring the assignment of transportation of students inconsistent with the policy set forth in this title. Title II: Prize Schools Program - Elementary and Secondary Education Systems Act - States that it is the purpose of this title to strengthen the concept of the neighborhood school through a program of financial assistance for use in meeting the special needs of educationally disadvantaged children in such schools and for establishing such schools as educational and cultural centers for a better community. Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act, make payments to State educational agencies for the period beginning July 1, 1972 and ending June 30, 1976. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year for the purpose of making such grants an amount equal to not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated for such year for payments to States under this title. Provides that the maximum grant which a local educational agency shall be eligible to receive under this title for any fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the Federal percentage (65 percent) multipled by the average per pupil expenditure in that State, or if greater in the United States, and multiplied by the number of children enrolled in the neighborhood schools of such agency who are age five to seventeen years, inclusive. Defines the term "neighborhood schools" to mean any public elementary or secondary school in which: (1) not less than 75 percent of the children enrolled in such school are assigned to that school on the basis of residence within a specified geographic area which that school serves and not more than 25 percent are assigned to such school on the basis of voluntary request by the parents or guardian of such children or by reason of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (2) (A) not less than 40 percent of the children enrolled in such school are (i) in families having an annual income of less than the low-income factor ($4,000), (ii) in families receiving an annual income in excess of the low-income factor from payments under the program of aid to families with dependent children under a State Plan Approved Under title IV of the Social Security Act, or (iii) living in instituions for neglected or delinquent children (other than such instituions operated by the United States) but not counted for the purpose of a grant to a State agency, or being supported in foster homes with public funds; or (B) not less than 40 percent of the children enrolled in such school are members of a minority group. Provides that funds available for grants under this title shall be used only in neighborhood schools for programs and projects designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children and new or innovative school and community educational and recreational programs designed to strengthen community involvement in a more effective use of the neighborhood schools. States that a local educational agency may receive grants under this title for any fiscal year only upon application approved by the appropriate State educational agency upon its determination consistent with such criteria as the Commissioner may establish: (1) that programs and activities for which assistance is sought will be administered by or under the direct supervision of the applicant; (2) that such assistance will be expended only in neighborhood schools and described with particularity the programs and activities for which such assistance is sought; (3) that policies and procedures will be established to assure the Federal funds made available under this title for any fiscal year (A) will not be commingled with State funds, and (B) will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be available for the purposes described in this title, and in no case supplant such funds; (4) that effective procedures will be adopted for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of programs and activities assisted under this title; (5) that fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be established as may be necessary to assure proper disbursal of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the applicant under this title; (6) reasonable reports will be furnished in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require and such records will be kept and access furnished thereto as the Commissoner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. Provides that any State desiring to participate under this title shall submit through the State educational agency to the Commissioner an application which provides satisfactory assurances: (1) that payments under this act will be used only for programs activities in neighborhood schools which have been approved by the State educational agency; (2) that such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be adopted as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State; and (3) that the State educational agency will make to the Commissioner periodic reports evaluating the effectiveness of payments under this Act and such other reports as may be necessary to enable the Commissioner to perform his duties under this title. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold funds under this title if he finds: (1) that the program or activity for which such grant was made has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of this title; or (2) that in the operation of the program or activity there is failure to comply substantially with any such provision. Provides for judicial review of the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of an application or with his final action with respect to the withholding of funds. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this title.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 28 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Proposes that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school.
Bill· HRH.R. 2754 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Education Revenue Sharing Act - States that the Congress has found current Federal education assistance programs too narrow in scope to meet the Federal Government's responsibility to help States meet the costs of education in areas of special national concern. Authorizes necessary appropriations to fund the revenue sharing program, effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. Authorizes necessary appropriations to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make payments to States during the period January 1, 1974, to June 30, 1974, which will assist the States in planning for transition from the existing system of categorical educational grants to the revenue sharing system provided for in the Act. Prescribes the amounts of revenue to be shared with each State and how such revenue is to be used. Directs the Secretary of HEW to allot to each State 60 percent of the average per pupil education expenditure in the United States multiplied by the average daily attendance of children in public elementary or secondary schools of such State who resided on Federal property. Provides that such amount may be used for any educational purpose. Sets forth a formula for computing a State's pro rata share of the remaining sums. Provides that a State's formula is derived as follows: (1) 1.0 times the number of school-age children from low-income families in the State; (2) .6 times the number of children in average daily attendance in the State's public schools who do not live on Federal property or is on active duty in the uniformed services; and (3) .1 times the number of school-age children in the State. Authorizes use of shared revenue for construction of education-oriented facilities. Permits the Secretary to reallot to other States, on a pro rata basis, funds declined by a State or funds not shared with a State by reason of the State's ineligibility to receive them. Provides that such reallotment is at the discretion of the Secretary. States that the Secretary shall determine average daily attendance, average per pupil expenditure, and numbers of children, using the latest data. Provides that such determinations are final. Directs that funds received by the States be "passed through" to local educational authorities in accordance with the number of children in average daily attendance who resided on Federal property in the school district of such authority and directs that funds received by the States be "passed through" to local educational authorities in accordance with the number of children in the district who are in low-income families. Permits the State to retain any part of such funds which are needed by the State to discharge its duty of directly educating neglected or delinquent children. Provides that, if a given district is ineligible to receive funds under this Act, the State may reallot such funds to other districts. Allows States to use 30 percent of the funds derived from the calculation to be used for any of the described purposes. Permits the 30 percent limitation to be exceeded upon a demonstration satisfactory to the Secretary that such action will more effectively achieve the purposes of the Act. Directs the State agency designated to give children enrolled in nonprofit private schools an opportunity to participate in activities for which funds are made available. Provides for the designation of a State agency which will be the single agency administering the revenue sharing program established by the Act (unless the single agency requirement is waived pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4214). Requires the designated agency to develop annually in consultation with the advisory council appointed under this Act a plan for the distribution of funds received by it under the Act. Directs the chief executive officer of each State participating in the program under the Act to appoint an advisory council which shall be broadly representative of the State and the public. Provides that the State agency designated will require that children attending school within the State, who reside with a parent employed on Federal property or who have a parent who is a member of the uniformed services, will receive public elementary or secondary education on a basis comparable to that provided to other children in the State. Allows the Secretary to reserve up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated to make payments to States to assist them in carrying out activities described in the Act which are designed to further national policy objectives in the field of education. Authorizes the Secretary, if he determines that a State has failed to comply with the provisions of the Act, to refer the matter to the Attorney General for appropriate civil action, or, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to notify the State that if corrective action is not taken within sixty days, revenues shared with it will be reduced in the same or succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to the amount of funds which were not expended in accordance with the Act, or to take such other action as may be provided by law. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring civil action in any appropriate district court for any appropriate (including injunctive) relief. Prescribes the court procedure to be followed in the event that a State receives notice of reduction in revenues. Permits the State to file a petition for review of the Secretary's action in a court of appeals for the circuit in which it is located, or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. States that revenues shared under the Act shall be considered Federal financial assistance within the meaning of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Provides that appropriations for carrying out the Act may be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that laborers and mechanics employed in any construction assisted under the Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality. Provides that the Secretary shall make an annual report to the President and the Congress on the effectiveness of assistance under the Act in meeting the educational needs of children and adults. Provides that payments made pursuant to the Act shall be available, consistent with the provisions of the Act, for paying the non-Federal share of expenditures under other Federal programs. Provides that revenues shared with States under the Act shall be properly accounted for as Federal funds in the accounts of such States. Provides that the consent of Congress is given to agreements between States when necessary to realize the full benefit of the provisions of the Act. Sets forth various definitions for purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2753 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 2725 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Allows a tax credit against an individual's Federal income tax for a portion of the expenses of higher education paid by him for his own or any other individual's education. Limits such tax credit to: (1) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 10 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Provides for a proration of the tax credit where more than one taxpayer pays the educational expenses, and a reduction of the tax credit equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year exceeds $25,000. Specifies allowable expenses of higher education for purposes of this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 39)
Bill· HRH.R. 2666 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 2681 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Extends a veteran's time limitation for completing a program of education and remaining eligible for financial assistance from 8 years to 14 years after release from active duty. (Amends 38 U.S.C. l662(a), (b), (c))
Bill· HRH.R. 2650 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Safe Schools Act - Authorizes appropriations for local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that not in excess of 3 percent of such funds be set aside for schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and to the Secretary of the Interior for shcools operated for Indian children. Provides that the remainder of such appropriations be allotted to other local educational agencies. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for such grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Provides that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school.
Bill· HRH.R. 2683 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Authorizes additional training or education for veterans who are no longer eligible for training, in order to restore employability lost due to technological changes. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1503(c))
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 231 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Authorizes the President to declare the week of February 11 to 17, 1973, as "National Vocational Education Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 2593 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1973
Provides the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the authority to make grants to States and local communities to pay for the costs of eye examination programs to detect glaucoma for the elderly. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2558 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out program to provide, through the use of students to institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of educcation for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proporsal to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975 and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proporation to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out programs to provide, through the use of students in institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational rehabilitation, and to students with greater financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proposals to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proportion to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2595 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1973
Conversion Research and Education Act - Title I: Research and Development Conversion Coordination Policy - Provides that it shall be the function of the National Science Foundation to: (1) analyze data regarding Federal expenditures for research and development activities, and the employment and availability of scientific, engineering, and technical manpower, which the Foundation has assembled; (2) develop and recommend to the President programs and activities which will contribute to carrying out various policies; and (3) prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress not later than March 1, 1976, a report on its activities under this title and an appraisal of the extent to which various policies are being successfully implemented, together with such recommendations for additional legislation as it deems appropriate. Title II: National Science Foundation Conversion Program - Authorizes the Foundation to make grants to, or to enter into contracts with, academic institutions, not-for-profit institutes and organizations, public agencies, and private business firms, for the conduct of basic and applied research designed to: (1) study and appraise the social, economic, and managerial aspects of conversion from defense related research and development activities to civilian research and development activities; (2) identify priority areas of civilian research and development activity likely to contribute to the resolution of the Nation's pressing domestic problems, energy sources and natural resources, nutrition, housing, transportation, education, and health-care; and (3) advance the scientific and technical state-of-the-art in priority areas. Authorizes the Foundation to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, local government or non-profit corporations for the development of Community Conversion Corporations. Title III: Economic Development Administration Conversion Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, in accordance with the provisions of this title, to make grants to, and to enter into contracts with, academic institutions, not-for-profit institutes and organizations, and business firms for the purpose of developing, initiating, improving, or operating training programs for management personnel of business firms, and to assist them in converting the research and development activities of such firms from defense related areas to civilian areas of work. Title IV: Small Business Conversion Program - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make grants to small business concerns which have engaged in defense related research and development activities within the five-year period immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and to pay up to 80 percent of the cost of enrolling eligible personnel of such concerns in any program assisted under title II or title III of this Act. Provides that grants shall be made only upon applications made at such times and containing such information as the Administration shall require. Asserts that the Administration is authorized to prepare recommended programs from among programs carried out under title II and III of this Act which the Administration determines are especially applicable to assisting small businesses in converting to civilian research and development activities. Authorizes the Administration to guarantee any loan for a conversion project made by an eligible lender against loss as a result of the failure of any person to meet the terms of such loan. Establishes a revolving fund to carry out the loan guarantee provisions of this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Defines various terms such as Foundation and Director. Defines "defense related research and development activities" to mean any activity which involves: (1) research, development, or engineering, including necessary supporting services, performed under grant from, or contract with, the Department of Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or under subcontract to such a grant or contract; or (2) the construction, reconstruction, repair, or installation of any building, plant structure, facility, or equipment connected or necessary to such research, development, engineering, or supporting services; and (3) which requires at least six months to complete. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Research and Development Conversion to be composed of fifteen members appointed by the President for terms of three years and of three ex officio members. Provides that the Commission shall: (1) advise the Director and the Secretary of Commerce with respect to their respective responsibilities for educational programs under this Act; (2) review and evaluate the effectiveness of Federal educational assistance programs under this Act; (3) prepare and submit such interim reports as it deems advisable, and an annual report of its findings and recommendations, together with any recommendations for changes in the provisions of this Act; and (4) publicize its findings and recommendations to such extent and in such manner as it deems effective and advisable. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2561 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out program to provide, through the use of students to institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of educcation for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proporsal to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975 and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proporation to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out programs to provide, through the use of students in institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational rehabilitation, and to students with greater financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proposals to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proportion to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2559 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out program to provide, through the use of students to institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of educcation for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proporsal to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975 and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proporation to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out programs to provide, through the use of students in institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational rehabilitation, and to students with greater financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proposals to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proportion to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2560 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out program to provide, through the use of students to institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of educcation for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proporsal to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975 and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proporation to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out programs to provide, through the use of students in institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational rehabilitation, and to students with greater financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the Federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to State educational agencies on the merits of their proposals to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each State in proportion to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States.
Bill· SS. 414 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Bilingual Job Training Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for job training programs in the combined languages of English and of the person's dominant language, and to provide for the development of skilled instructors and instructional materials and techniques for bilingual job training. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of making grants under this Act. Provides that 65 percent of such funds shall be utilized for grants for State bilingual job training programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to: (1) develop and disseminate accurate information on the status of bilingual job training in all parts of the Nation; (2) evaluate the impact of such training on the shortages of well-trained personnel, the unemployment of persons of limited English-speaking ability and the ability of such persons to contribute fully to the Nation's economy; and (3) report hig findings annually to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to States, local educational agencies, post-secondary educational institutions, private vocational training institutions, or to nonprofit organizations to assist them in conducting bilingual job training programs in all communities of the State. Provides that grants under this Act may be made to the State Board of Vocational Education upon application to the Secretary, or directly to the institutions and organizations listed above if such individual applications are approved in advance by the State Board of Vocational Education. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, or directly to educational insitutions, to assist them in conducting training for instructors of bilingual job training programs. Specifies information which shall be included in an application for such a grant. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the development of instructional materials, method and techniques for bilingual job training.
Bill· SS. 468 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Allows an individual a tax credit, under the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year, of a specified portion of the expenses of higher education paid by him during the taxable year to one or more institutions of higher education above the twelfth grade for himself or for any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200; and (2) 50 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500. Reduces the credit available under this Act by two percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year exceeds $18,000.
Bill· SS. 416 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Equal Educational Opportunities Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and that the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments. States that the purpose of this Act is to authorize concentration of resources under the Emergency School Aid Act on educationally deprived students and to specify appropriate remedies for the orderly removal of the vestiges of the dual school system. Title I: Assistance - Provides financial assistance for educationally deprived students entolled in schools with a high proportion of students from low-income families, or transferring from such schools to schools enrolling a lower proportion of students from low-income families. Authorizes grants from State educational agencies to local educational agencies adopting and implementing plans for such students. Sets requirements for State educational agency plans and applications under this section. Authorizes appropriations for payments to States under this section of $500,000,000 for each fiscal year. Provides for judicial review for a State following final action on its plan. Title II: Unlawful Practices - States that no State shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, by: (1) the deliberate segregation by an educational agency of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among or within schools; (2) the failure of an educational agency which has formerly practiced such deliberate segregation to take affirmative steps, consistent with title IV of this Act, to remove the vestiges of a dual school system; (3) the assignment by an educational agency of a student to a school, other than the one closest to his or her place of residence within the school district in which he or she resides, if the segregation of students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin among the schools of such agency that would result if such student were assigned to the school closest to his or her place of residence within the school district of such agency providing the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student; (4) discrimination by an educational agency on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the employment, employment conditions, or assignment to schools of its faculty or staff, except to fulfill the purposes of subsection (6) below; (5) the transfer by an educational agency, whether voluntary or otherwise, of a student from one school to another if the purpose and effect of such transfer is to increase segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among the schools of such agency; or (6) the failure by an educational agency to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by its students in its instructional programs. States that the failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal educational opportunity, or equal protection of the laws. States that the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of educational of such student is not a denial of equal educational opportunity or of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or the school to which such student is assigned was located on its site for the purpose of segregating students on such basis. Title III: Enforcement - Provides for a civil action for appropriate relief in an appropriate district court by an individual denied an equal educational opportunity as defined by this Act, or by the Attorney General in his behalf. States that when a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a school system is desegregated, or that it meets the constitutional requirements, or that it is a unitary system, or that it has no vestiges of a dual system, and thereafter residential shifts in population occur which result in school population changes in any school within such a desegregated school system, such school population changes so occurring shall not, per se, constitute a cause for civil action for a new plan of desegregation or for modification of the court approved plan. Title IV: Remedies - Provides that in formulating a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of the equal protection of the laws, which may involve the transportation of students, a court, department or agency of the United States shall require implementation of the first of the remedies set out below, or on the first combination thereof which would remedy such denial: (1) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account school capacities and natural physical barriers; (2) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account only school capacities; (3) permitting students to transfer from a school in which a majority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin to a school in which a minority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin; (4) the creation or revision of attendance zones or grade structures without requiring transportation beyond that described in this title; (5) the establishment of new or magnet schools or the closing of inferior schools; or (6) the development and implementation of any other plan which is educationally sound and administratively feasible, subject to the provisions of this title. Prohibits a court or department order that would require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school closest or next closest to his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student. Prohibits a transportation order where such transportation would pose a risk to the health of a student or constitute a significant impingement on his educational process. Prohibits the requirement of a new desegregation plan involving transportation of students where residential shifts in population occur in previously approved desegregated school systems. Provides that State-drawn school district lines shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose, and had the effect, of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Permits an educational agency to propose voluntarily or implement a desegregation plan, otherwise lawful, at variance with the standards set out in this title. Provides that upon application of an educational agency, court orders, or desegregation plans under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in effect at enactment of this Act and intended to end segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin, shall be reopened and modified to comply with the provisions of this Act. Provides that any court order requiring, directly or indirectly, the transportation of students for the purpose of remedying a denial of the equal protection of the laws shall, to the extent of such transportation, be terminated if the court finds the defendant educational agency is not effectively excluding any person from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not the schools of such agency were in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Provides that no additional order requiring such educational agency to transport students for such purpose shall be entered unless such agency is found to be effectively excluding any person from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not the schools of such agency were in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Requires the termination of any court order requiring the desegregation of a school system if the court finds the schools of the defendant educational agency are a unitary school system, one within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Provides that no additional order shall be entered against such agency for such purpose unless the schools of such agency are no longer a unitary school system. Title V: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the provision of Emergency School Aid Act authorizing the construction of integrated education parks. States that if any provision or application of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this Act and of the amendments made by this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected therefy.
Bill· HRH.R. 2490 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Authorizes grants to schools for planning and taking other steps leading to the development of programs designed to meet the special educational needs of children of limited English-speaking ability pursuant to the Bilingual Education Act. Provides for the making of grants to schools for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of programs, including acquisition of necessary teaching materials and equipment, designed to meet the special educational needs of children of limited English-speaking ability. Removes the following restriction on the ability of schools to receive such grants; that the schools must have a high concentration of children of limited English-speaking ability: (1) from families with incomes of below $3,000 per year; or (2) from families receiving payments under a program of aid to families with dependent children under a State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2378 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Ethnic Heritage Studies Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to arrange through grants to public and private nonprofit educational agencies and organizations for the establishment and operation of a number of ethnic heritage studies projects. Provides that each project provided for under this Act shall; (1) develop curriculum materials for use in elementary and secondary schools which deal with the history, geography, society, economy, literature, art, music, drama, language, and general culture of the ethnic heritage or regional group of heritage with which the project is concerned, and the contributions of that ethnic heritage or regional group of heritages to the American heritage; (2) disseminate curriculum materials to permit their use in elementary and secondary schools throughout the nation; and (3) provide training for persons utilizing or preparing to utilize the curriculum materials developed under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this title for fiscal year 1974 the sum of $20,000,000, and for fiscal year 1975, the sum of $30,000,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2391 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual for tuition paid by him to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of any dependent. Provides that the amount allowable for the taxable year with respect to any dependent shall not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent, or (2) $400. Reduces the aggregate amount which would be allowable by an amount equal to $1 for each full $20 contained in the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer (or, if the taxpayer is married, the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer and his spouse) for the taxable year exceeds $25,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2376 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Education in 1972 in order to stimulate a national assessment of the condition, needs, and goals of education and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of findings and recommendations resulting from such assessment. Requires the Conference to include 5 areas of study in its agenda, as follows: (1) pre-school education, including child care and nutritional programs, and the needs of disadvantaged children; (2) the adequacy of primary education in teaching the skills of communication-reading, writing, and arithmetic; (3) the place of occupational education in helping to meet the nation's requirements for skilled workers; (4) higher education, including ways of providing adequate levels of institutional support and student help; and (5) the adequacy of education at all levels in meeting the special needs of individuals. Authorizes the President to appoint a 35-member National Conference Committee, twelve members of which would be educators, and the remainder representative of the public interest in education. Authorizes the Committee to describe the guidelines, organize the Conference, and make its final report before December 1, 1974. Authorizes grants ranging from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $75,000 to each state to defray the expenses of the conferences. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2310 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Expands the membership of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to include elected school board officials.
Bill· HRH.R. 2254 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 2277 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Equal Educational Opportunities Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and that the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments. States that the purpose of this Act is to authorize concentration of resources under the Emergency School Aid Act on educationally deprived students and to specify appropriate remedies for the orderly removal of the vestiges of the dual school system. Title I: Assistance - Provides financial assistance for educationally deprived students enrolled in schools with a high proportion of students from low-income families, or transferring from such schools to schools enrolling a lower proportion of students from low-income families. Authorizes grants from State educational agencies to local educational agencies adopting and implementing plans for such students. Sets requirements for State educational agency plans and applications under this section. Authorizes appropriations for payments to States under this section of $500,000,000 for each fiscal year. Provides for judicial review for a State following final action on its plan. Title II: Unlawful Practices - States that no State shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, by: (1) the deliberate segregation by an educational agency of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among or within schools; (2) the failure of an educational agency which has formerly practiced such deliberate segregation to take affirmative steps, consistent with title IV of this Act, to remove the vestiges of a dual school system; (3) the assignment by an educational agency of a student to a school, other than the one closest to his or her place of residence within the school district in which he or she resides, if the assignment results in a greater degree of segregation of students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin among the schools of such agency that would result if such student were assigned to the school closest to his or her place of residence within the school district of such agency providing the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student; (4) discrimination by an educational agency on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the employment, employment conditions, or assignment to schools of its faculty or staff, except to fulfill the purposes of subsection (5) below; (6) the transfer by an educational agency, whether voluntary or otherwise, of a student from one school to another if the purpose and effect of such transfer is to increase segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among the schools of such agency; or (7) the failure by an educational agency to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by its students in its instructional programs. States that the failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal educational opportunity, or equal protection of the laws. States that the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student is not a denial of equal education opportunity or of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or the school to which such student is assigned was located on its site for the purpose of segregating students on such basis. Title III: Enforcement - Provides for a civil action for appropriate relief in an appropriate district court by an individual denied an equal educational opportunity as defined by this Act, or by the Attorney General in his behalf. States that when a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a school system is desegregated, or that it meets the constitutional requirements, or that it is a unitary system, or that it has no vestiges of a dual system, and thereafter residential shifts in population occur which result in school population changes in any school within such a desegregated school system, such school population changes so occurring shall not, per se, constitute a cause for civil action for a new plan of desegregation or for modification of the court approved plan. Title IV: Remedies - Provides that in formulating a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of the equal protection of the laws, which may involve the transportation of students, a court, department, or agency of the United States shall require implementation of the first of the remedies set out below, or on the first combination thereof which would remedy such denial: (1) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account school capacities and natural physical barriers; (2) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account only school capacities; (3) permitting students to transfer from a school in which a majority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin; (4) the creation of revision of attendance zones ir grade structures without requiring transportation beyond that described in this title; (5) the establishment of new or magnet schools or the closing of inferior schools; or (6) the development and implementation of any other plan which is educationally sound and administratively feasible, subject to the provisions of this title. Prohibits a court or department order that would require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school closest or next closest to his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student. Prohibits a transportation order where such transportation would pose a risk to the health of a student or constitute a significant impingement on his educational process. Prohibits the requirement of a new desegregation plan involving transportation of students where residential shifts in population occur in previously approved desegregated school systems. Provides that State-drawn school district lines shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose, and had the effect, of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Permits an educational agency to propose voluntarily or implement a desegregation plan, otherwise lawful, at variance with the standards set out in this title. Provides that upon application of an educational agency, court orders, or desegregation plans under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in effect at enactment of this Act and intended to end segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin, shall be reopened and modified to comply with the provisions of this Act. Provides that any court order requiring, directly or indirectly, the transportation of students for the purpose of remedying a denial of the equal protection of the laws shall, to the extent of such transportation, be terminated if the court finds the defendant educational agency were in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Provides that no additional order requiring such educational agency to transport students for such purpose shall be entered unless such agency is found to be effectively excluding any person from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Provides that no additional order shall be entered against such agency for such purpose unless the schools of such agency are no longer a unitary school system. Title V: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the provision of Emergency School Aid Act authorizing the construction of integrated education parks. States that if any provision or application of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this Act and of the amendments made by this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Bill· HRH.R. 2202 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that there shall be allowed to an individual, a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year, equal to the amount of tuition paid by him to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an exemption. Provides that such amount shall not exceed, with respect to any dependent, the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent; or (2) $400.
Bill· HRH.R. 2170 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that no educational assistance shall be afforded to an eligible veteran beyond the date 20 years after his last discharge or release from active duty if occurring after October 1, 1965. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 1662(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 2158 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that law schools approved by the State bar of any State be considered institutions of higher education for purposes of the programs and student loans available under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 403(b))
Bill· HRH.R. 2157 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Safe Schools Act - Authorizes appropriations for local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that not in excess of three percent of such funds be set aside for schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and to the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated for Indian children. Provides that the remainder of such appropriations be allotted to other local educational agencies. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for such grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Provides that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; special administrative activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school.
Bill· HRH.R. 2159 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Establishes an Executive Department to be known as the Department of Education. Provides that the head of such Department shall be a Secretary of Education who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the function and purpose of the Department shall be to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the Nation. Provides that the Secretary shall, among his responsibilities: (1) advise the President with respect to the progress of education; (2) develop and recommend to the President appropriate policies and programs to foster the orderly growth and development of the Nation's educational facilities and resources; (3) exercise leadership at the direction of the President in coordinating Federal activities affecting education; (4) conduct continuing comprehensive surveys, collect data, and make available findings, on the progress of education; (5) provide information and such other assistance as may be authorized by the Congress to aid in the maintenance of efficient school systems; and (6) encourage comprehensive planning by the State and local governments with a view to coordinating Federal State, and community educational activities at the local level. Provides for the transfer to the Department of the functions and personnel of the United States Office of Education. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education. Directs such Committees to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Authorizes the Secretary to make such expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2131 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Conversion Research and Education Act - Title I: Research and Development Conversion Coordination Policy -9 Provides that it shall be the function of the National Science Foundation to: (1) analyze data regarding Federal expenditures for research and development activities, and the employment and availability of scientific, engineering, and technical manpower, which the Foundation has assembled; (2) develop and recommend to the President programs and activities which will contribute to carrying out various policies; and (3) prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress not later than March 1, 1976, a report on its activities under this title and an appraisal of the extent to which various policies are being successfully implemented, together with such recommendations for additional legislation as it deems appropriate. Title II: National Science Foundation Conversion Program - Authorizes the Foundation to make grants to or to enter into contracts with, academic institutions, not-for-profit institutes and organizations, public agencies, and private business firms, for the conduct of basic and applied research designed to: (1) study and appraise the social, economic and managerial aspects of conversion from defense related research and development activities to civilian research and development activities; (2) identify priority areas of civilian research and development activity likely to contribute to the resolution of the Nation's pressing domestic problems including, but not limited to unemployment, poverty, race relations, social alienation, crime, environmental pollution, urban problems, energy sources and natural resources, nutrition, housing, transportation, education, and health-care; and (3) advance the scientific and technical state-of -the-art in priority areas. Authorizes the Foundation to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, local government or non-profit corporations for the development of Community Conversion Corporation. Title III: Economic Development Administration Conversion Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, in accordance with the provisions of this title, to make grants to and to enter into contracts with, academic institutions, not-for-profit institutes and organizations, and business firm for the purpose of developing, initiating, improving, or operating training programs for management personnel of business firms, and to assist them in converting the research and development activities of such firm from defense related areas to civilian areas of work. Title IV: Small Business Conversion Program - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make grants to small business concerns which have engaged in defense related research and development activities within the five-year period immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and to pay up to 80 percent of the cost of enrolling eligible personnel of such concerns in any program assisted under title II or title III of this Act. Provides that grants shall be made only upon applications made at such times and containing such information as the Administration shall require. Asserts that the Administration is authorized to prepare recommended programs from among programs carried out under title II and III of of this Act which the Administration determines are especially applicable to assisting small businesses in converting to civilian research and development activities. Authorizes the Administration to guarantee any loan for a conversion project made by an eligible lender against loss as a result of the failure of any person to meet the terms of such loan. Establishes a revolving fund to carry out the loan guarantee provisions of this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Defines various terms such as Foundation and Director. Defines "defense related research and development activities" to mean any activity which involves: (1) research, develoment, or engineering, including necessary supporting services, performed under grant from, or contract with, the Department of Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or under subcontract to such a grant or contract; or (2) the construction, reconstruction, repair, or installation of any building, plant structure, facility, or equipment connected or necessary to such research, development, engineering, or supporting services; and (3) which requires at least six months to complete. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Research and Development Conversion to be composed of fifteen members appointed by the President for terms three years and of three ex officio members. Provides that the Commission shall: (1) advise the Director and the Secretary of Commerce with respect to their respective responsibilities for educational prgrams under this Act; (2) review and envaluate the effectiveness of Federal educational assistance programs under this Act; (3) prepare and submit such interim reports as it deems advisable, and an annual report of its findings and recommendations, together with any recommendations for changes in the provisions of this Act; and (4) publicize its findings and recommendations to such extent and in such manner as it deems effective and advisable. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2074 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows an individual a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by him during the taxable year to one or more institutions of higher education in providing an education above the twelfth grade for himself or for any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be limited to an amount equal to the sum of: 75 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200, 50 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the amount declared as educational expenses by the amount of any scholarships and/or veterans' benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 2097 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 2093 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 2132 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides for the establishment of Veterans assistance centers to offer a veterans outreach services program in the Veterans' Administration to assist eligible veterans, especially those recently separated. From the Armed Forces. Directs that functions of centers will include assisting veterans in obtaining benefits and services to which they are entitled by law and in obtaining education, training, and employment. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to report semiannually on the activities carried out under this Act. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 240-243)
Bill· HRH.R. 2088 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual in the taxable year for the amount of the expenses of higher education paid by him during the taxable year to one or more institutions of higher education in providing an education above the twelth grade for himself or for any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 50 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 5 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500.
Bill· HRH.R. 2033 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows a credit, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents. Limits such tax credit to 50 percent of education expenses or $400, whichever is less. Provides for a reduction of this tax credit in an amount equal to $1 for every $20 by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $25,000. Defines tuition expenses allowable and educational institutions eligible under this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 1993 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that in the case of any court busing order, including any order to overcome racial imbalance or to carry out a plan of desegregation, the effectiveness of such order shall be postponed until all appeals have been exhausted, or until the time for such appeals has expired. Removes the January 1, 1974, expiration date on the effectiveness of this section. (Amends Pub. L. 92-318)
Bill· HRH.R. 1979 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows a credit, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents. Limits such tax credit to 50 percent of education expenses or $400, whichever is less. Provides for a reduction of this tax credit in an amount equal to $1 for every $20 by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $25,000. Defines tuition expenses allowable and educational institutions eligible under this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 1980 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a credit against the individual income tax for expenses paid by the taxpayer for the higher education of any individual, including the taxpayer. Excludes scholarships and fellowship grants, and educational assistance benefits paid by the Veterans' Administration, from such expenses paid for education purposes under this Act. Limits the eligibility for tax credit. Provides that the credit allowed to the taxpayer during the taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of the education expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1500. Reduces the credit allowable under this Act by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income under the code exceeds $25,000.
Bill· SS. 329 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual for the amount paid by him for tuition during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an exemption. Provides that the amount allowable for the taxable year with respect to any dependent shall not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year to a private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the elementary or secondary education as a full-time student of such dependent during a school year which begins or ends in such taxable year, or (2) $200. Provides that the amount of the tuition with respect to any student which may be taken into account for any school year shall not exceed $100. Reduces the aggregate amount allowable by an amount equal to $1 for each full $20 by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer (or, if the taxpayer is married, the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer and his spouse) for the taxable year exceeds $18,000.
Bill· SS. 324 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Nutritional Medical Education Act - Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and each of the next succeeding four years for grants under the Public Health Service Act to public or nonprofit private schools of medicine to plan, develop and implement a program of nutritional education within their curriculum.
Bill· SS. 335 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Community School Center Development Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide recreational, educational, and a variety of other community and social services through the establishment of a community school as a center for such activities in cooperation with other community groups. Title I: Community Education Center Grants - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to develop and establish programs in community education which will train people as community school directors. Provides that each application to the Commissioner for such grants shall: (1) provide that the programs and activities for which assistance is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; (2) describe the programs and activities for which assistance is sought; (3) set forth fiscal control and fund accounting procedures; and (4) provide for reports in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title II: Grants for Community Schools - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to local educational agencies for the establishment of new community school programs and the expansion of existing ones and for the training and salaries of community school directors as well as actual and administrative and operating expenses. Establishes standards for the apportionment of project grants available to each State. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title III: Community School Promotion - Directs the Commissioner to accumulate and disseminate pertinent information to local communities, to appoint twenty-five teams of not more than four individuals each to assist communities contemplating the adoption of a community school program, and to establish a program of permanent liaison between the community school districts and the Commissioner. Establishes in the Office of the Commissioner a Community Schools Advisory Council, the members to be appointed by the President for two-year terms. Directs the Commissioner to make available to the Council such information, staffs and other assistance as it may require to carry out its activities. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department or agency to exercise control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system. Authorizes any State or local educational agency displeased with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of applications to seek judicial review of the action in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Allows the Commissioner to delegate any of his functions under this Act, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education. Requires the Commissioner to transmit to the President and to the Congress annually a report of activities under this Act, including the name of each applicant and the number and amount of grants.
Bill· SS. 287 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that Federal courts shall not have jurisdiction to hear or decide cases or controversies involving the public schools. Provides that the jurisdiction of the Federal courts terminated by this Act shall vest in the State courts.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 14 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Proposes that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school.
Bill· HRH.R. 1926 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Defines a "unitary school system", for purposes of the equal protection guarantee of the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as one within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Declares it to be the policy of the United States to encourage school systems to adopt programs permitting any student who attends a school in which persons of his race, color, or national origin constitute a majority of the students to transfer, if he desires to do so, to the nearest appropriate school in which persons of his race, color, or national origin constitute a minority of the students.
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