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Bill· HRH.R. 1144 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants during the period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act, and ending June 30, 1977, to the Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University to be used for its development and improvement. States that such grants shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may prescribe. Authorizes to be appropriated $35,000,000 in the aggregate for making grants under this Act during the period ending June 30, 1977.
Bill· HRH.R. 1086 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Drug Abuse Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to: (1) institutions of higher education and other public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations for the conduct of special educational programs and activities concerning the use of drugs; and (2) State educational agencies in assisting local agencies in the planning, development, and implementation of drug abuse education. Authorizes appropriations of $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $12,000,000 for each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint an Advisory Committee on Drug Abuse Education to advise on the administration of such programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Attorney General to render technical assistance to local educational agencies and institutions of higher learning in the development and implementation of programs of drug abuse education.
Bill· HRH.R. 1087 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Environmental Quality Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to or to enter into contracts with institutions of higher education and other public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations in order to: (1) develop new and improved curriculums in order to encourage understanding of policies, and to support activities designed to enhance environmental quality and maintain ecological balance; (2) demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; (3) disseminate curricular materials and information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (4) provide training programs for teachers, other educational personnel, public service personnel, and community and industrial business leaders and employees, and government employees at State, Federal, and local levels; and (5) provide for community education programs on preserving and enhancing environmental quality and maintaining ecological balance. Creates an Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality Education which shall: (1) advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration and preparation of general regulations for, and operation of, programs supported with assistance under this Act; (2) make recommendations regarding the allocation of the funds under this Act among the various purposes set forth in this Act, and the criteria for establishing priorities in deciding which applications to approve, including criteria designed to achieve an appropriate geographical distribution of approved projects throughout all regions of the Nation; (3) review applications and make recommendations thereon; (4) review the administration and operation of projects and programs under this Act, including the effectiveness of such projects and programs in meeting the purposes for which they are established and operated, make recommendations with respect thereto, and make annual reports of its findings and recommendations (including recommendations for improvements in this Act) to the Secretary for transmittal to the Congress; and (5) evaluate programs and projects carried out under this Act and disseminate the results of such evaluations. Provides that the Committee shall consist of 21 members appointed by the Secretary of HEW who are familiar with education, the information media, and the relationship of man as producer, consumer, and citizen to his environment and the Nation's ecology. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1973 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1083 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Comprehensive Child Development Act - States the finding of Congress that: (1) millions of children are suffering from lack of child development services; (2) comprehensive child development programs should be available to all children; (3) priority be given to preschool children with greatest economic and social needs; (4) no mother may be forced to work in order for children to receive services; and (5) such programs should be undertaken as a partnership of parents, community, and local government. States it to be the purpose of this Act to establish and expand comprehensive child development programs, building on the Headstart experience, with emphasis on economically disadvantaged and including children of working mothers and single parents, involving parents and community groups in the decision-making process, and establishing the legislative framework for eventual universally available child development programs. Title I: Comprehensive Child Development Programs; Direction to Establish Program - Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to direct programs under this title. Lists activities for which funds can be provided, including: planning and development of programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating comprehensive programs with a broad range of activities; design, acquisition, construction, alteration, renovation or remodeling of facilities including mobile facilities; training programs for professionals, paraprofessionals, parents, older family members and prospective parents; public information activities; child advocate staff; and administrative expenses. Authorizes any State, city, county, combination of units of local government, or federally recognized Indian reservation to serve as prime sponsors. Permits the Secretary to designate such prime sponsor upon receipt of an application which: (1) establishes a Child Development Council to plan, conduct, coordinate, and monitor programs; (2) establishes Local Policy Councils elected by parents of eligible children to serve appropriate subdivisions within the prime sponsorship area; and (3) delegates administrative responsibility to an appropriate local agency. Authorizes a public or private non-profit agency or organization to become a prime sponsor if the appropriate unit of local government has not submitted an application or is out of compliance, or if the Secretary determines such prime sponsor is necessary to meet the needs of economically disadvantaged children. Provides an opportunity for a State to comment on all applications for designation, notice and hearing before the Secretary makes any adverse decision on any designation, and for judicial review of the Secretary's final action. Requires submission by a prime sponsor and the Secretary's approval of a Comprehensive Child Development Plan before a governmental prime sponsor may receive financial assistance under this title. Requires that each such plan must: (1) identify needs and goals and describe purposes for which funds will be used; (2) meet the needs of children in the area including infant care and before and after school programs including 24 hour child care services; (3) give priority to economically disadvantaged children by reserving funds equal to funds expended in the prime sponsorship area under Headstart in fiscal year 1972 and then reserving 65 percent for programs for children from low-income families; (4) give priority thereafter to children of single parents and working mothers; (5-6) provide free services for economically disadvantaged children and fees on a sliding scale for others; (7) require cooperative arrangements of State and local agencies serving the handicapped; (8) provide jobs and training in so far as possible for residents of the community; (9) provide in so far as possible for socioeconomic mixture in centers; (10-11) provide for special needs of minority, bilingual, migrant and Indian children in the area; (12) assure benefits for children in nonpublic preschool and school programs; (13) coordinate programs so family members relate to each other during the day; (14) provide for parental participation in plans and programs; (15) provide for paraprofessional and volunteers, including parents, senior citizens, students, other children, and those preparing for child development careers; (16) provide for dissemination of program information in the language of parents; (17) eliminate barriers pertaining to State teacher certification standards; (18-20) assure coordination with schools and other child development programs in the community; (21) arrange for the support of business, labor, and other community groups; (22) provide assurances that non-Federal share requirements will be met; (23) establish fiscal control and accounting procedures; (24) submit annual reports and evaluations; (25) consider public, private, and non-profit organization applicants with emphasis on on-going programs; and (26) provide adequate provision for staff and administrative expenses of local policy councils. Provides for the opportunity for comment by a Governor, Mayor or community action agency, Headstart agency or educational agency; and provides for notice and hearing before an adverse decision is made on a plan by the Secretary. Authorizes funding by a prime sponsor of a qualified public or private agency which submits an application to run a child development program, which provides comprehensive services for children served, assures adequate personnel, and meets the appropriate provisions of the Comprehensive Child Development Plan. Authorizes funding by the Secretary of a non-governmental prime sponsor which submits a project application. Allows construction only of facilities essential to provide child development services, where use of existing facilities is shown to be not practicable. Provides for 20 year use of facilities for child development programs or for return of a proportionate value of the facility to the Federal government. Authorizes the Secretary to establish interests rates for construction loans, with a 3 percent minimum rate. Provides grants and loans for construction limited to 50 percent of the total cost except for private nonprofit groups, and limits construction to 15 percent of the total allotment to a prime sponsor and limits grants for construction to 7-1/2 percent of the total. Provides for the Federal Government to share 80 percent (with allowance for Secretary to pay up to 100 percent if necessary to provide services) of the costs to prime sponsors of programs for economically disadvantaged children; 50 percent Federal share of cost to prime sponsors of programs for children not economically disadvantaged; and 100 percent Federal share of migrant and Indian programs. Provides that the non-Federal share may be in cash or kind including fees paid by parents. Provides open-ended authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1973 and each succeeding fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this title. Reserves for the Secretary funds for migrant and Indian programs at a ratio equal to the ratio of such children to the total number of economically disadvantaged children in the nation; 5 percent for the Secretary's discretionary use, with the remainder apportioned among the States as follows: (1) 50 percent according to the ratio of economically disadvantaged children in the State, (2) 25 percent according to the ratio of children through age 5; (3) 25 percent according to the ratio of children of working mothers and single parents. Allows States to make apportionments among prime sponsors according to the same formula. Provides for reallotment of unused funds among prime sponsors and among States. Prohibits any State or local government from reducing its expenditures for child development or day care. Establishes an Office of Child Development to be the principal agency to administer this Act. Provides for the promulgation of Federal Standards of Child Development Services, applicable to all programs receiving assistance under this Act. Provides for the promulgation of a Minimum Uniform Code for Facilities, which shall replace State and local standards for all facilities which receive assistance under this Act or in which programs which receive assistance under this Act are operated. Provides for maximum utilization of existing Federal, State, and local public facilities, including school buildings, for child development programs. Repeals, consolidates, and coordinates existing child development programs, effective July 1, 1973. Title II: Facilities for Child Development Programs - Authorizes a program of mortgage insurance for child development facilities, administered by the Secretary of HEW, to provide a source of funds in addition to the direct grants and loans authorized in Title I for construction of such facilities. Title III: Training of Child Development Personnel - Authorizes $20,000,000 for each program to train professional child development personnel and for programs to train paraprofessional child development personnel under the Higher Education Act. Authorizes National Defense Education Act loans for training of full-time teachers in child development programs. Authorizes training grants to individuals for child development programs. Authorizes $5,000,000 annual appropriation for such grants. Title IV: Federal Government Child Development Programs - Authorizes direct grants to establish and operate programs for children of Federal employees. Authorizes $5 million in fiscal year 1972 and each fiscal year thereafter to operate such program. Title V: Evaluation and Technical Assistance - Authorizes the Office of Child Development to evaluate Federal involvement in child development programs and to provide technical assistance to prime sponsors and project applicants. Authorizes such funds as necessary to carry out such activities. Title VI: National Center For Child Development and Education - Establishes a National Center within the Office of Child Development to conduct, coordinate, and disseminate research on child development. Authorizes such appropriations as may be necessary to operate the Center. Title VII: General Provisions - Provides for advance appropriations and advance funding of programs. Assures public information, without charge. Prohibits Federal control of programs under this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act to insure accurate interpretation of its intent.
Bill· HRH.R. 1071 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that there shall be allowed to an individual as a credit against income tax an amount paid by him to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the elementary and secondary education of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an exemption for the taxable year. Provides that such amount shall not exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary and secondary education of such dependent, or $500. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 1058 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Health. Provides for a Secretary of Health, an Under Secretary, 7 Assistant Secretaries, and a Chief Medical Officer, all of whom shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under specified Federal laws. Transfers various functions of the Secretary of HEW in regard to the Public Health Service. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Education and Welfare. Authorizes the Secretary of Health to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as are necessary to carry out his functions. Transfers to the Secretary the personnel, property, and authorizations of the Acts and functions listed in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a working capital fund for expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of common administrative services and equipment. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for certain services and supplies for employees and their dependents stationed at remote localities. Provides that the Secretary shall appoint such advisory committees as appropriate for consultation with the Department in the performance of its functions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with educational institutions and public or private agencies for research into problems related to authorized programs. Establishes the National Advisory Commission on Health Planning to be composed of 19 members, which shall conduct a study of the programs of the Department, and shall submit a comprehensive report of its findings and legislative and administrative recommendations to the President, the Secretary, and the Congress. Provides that the Commission shall also conduct a detailed study of the current and future health needs of the United States, and issue a national health plan for health needs over the next ten years. Authorizes expenditures by the Commission not to exceed $5,000,000. Requires the Secretary to make a report in writing to the President for submission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding fiscal year. Continues all rules, contracts, and privileges effective under any Act previously listed, until suspended. Provides that this Act shall not affect any proceedings pending at the time of enactment. Makes the provisions of this Act effective 90 days after enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 1108 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Transportation, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, shall establish appropriate Federal motor vehicle safety standards for schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment. Provides that the Secretary shall procure experimental, prototype, and other schoolbuses for research and testing of safety standards. Requires the manufacturers or distributors of schoolbuses to certify that each such schoolbus was individually inspected and test driven for the purpose of determining its conformity to all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Provides that the Secretary shall make rules and regulations governing notification, reporting and investigating of each accident involving a schoolbus which results in death to any person.
Bill· HRH.R. 1085 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes appropriations for training teachers for bilingual education programs, under title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1088 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 1084 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Makes a State eligible for direct educational assistance if the State educational agency applies therefor and the Commissioner of Education determines that at least fifty percent of the financial support for elementary and secondary education in such State is provided from State sources. Provides that the amount of direct financial assistance to be paid to an eligible State shall be equal to the amount the Commissioner determines a State and its political subdivisions would receive for that year under provisions of: (1) title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) titles II, III, V, and VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (3) titles III, V, and VI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958; (4) the Vocational Education Act of 1963; (5) the Adult Education Act; and (6) the Education of the Handicapped Act. States that funds granted under this Act shall be used for the support of elementary and secondary education in that State without regard to the purposes for which funds could be used under the provisions of the aforementioned laws. Provides that a State shall be eligible for a grant for any fiscal year if the State education agency applies therefor and the Commissioner determines: (1) that the State has increased the percentage of its expenditures for elementary and secondary education which are derived from State revenue sources during the preceding fiscal year over such percentage for the second preceding fiscal year, and (2) the average per pupil expenditure in the State for such year is not less than such expenditure for the preceding fiscal year. Establishes formulae for determining the amount of such grant. Provides that, in the event the funds appropriated are insufficient to make in full the grants to each of the States eligible for a grant shall be reduced pro rata.
Bill· HRH.R. 1064 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Elementary or Secondary Education Tax Credit Assistance Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, a tax credit for tuition paid by an individual 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 for the taxable year. Provides that such credit shall not exceed the lesser of fifty percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent, or $500. Defines "private nonprofit elementary or secondary school" as an educational institution: (1) which is exempt from tax under the Code; (2) which regularly offers education at the elementary or secondary level; and (3) which satisfies the requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State.
Bill· HRH.R. 1002 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes grants to State educational agencies for programs of educational assistance for homebound handicapped children utilizing college students as tutors. Requires that preference be given to tutors who are veterans, needy, or handicapped themselves. Authorizes an appropriation of $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and such sums as necessary for the two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to grant sums and advise States in their applications for assistance under this Act. Sets aside twenty-five percent of the appropriations to be tentatively allocated to the States in proportion to the number of children aged three to twenty-one in each of the States. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 1421-1426)
Bill· HRH.R. 1052 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 limitation: (1) 100 percent of such tuition; or (2) $400, 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, 1971.
Bill· HRH.R. 1003 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped whose functions shall be to: (1) provide for assistance (including staff assistance) to the Committee on Mental Retardation of the Secretary, the National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf, and such other advisory committees dealing with programs for handicapped persons as serve the Secretary; (2) provide a central clearinghouse for inquiries from the public concerning Federal programs serving handicapped persons; (3) provide general information regarding Federal programs for the handicapped as well as referring detailed requests to the appropriate agency; (4) provide stimulus to cooperative planning for comprehensive services for handicapped persons by all programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by convening meetings of planning, management, and program operation personnel for such purposes; and (5) coordinate program and budget review by the Office of Education for Federal programs with Gallaudet College, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration School, the National Institute for the Deaf, and the American Printing House for the Blind, to assure proper integration of programs referred to in this section with other Federal programs for education of the handicapped. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act $500,000 for the fiscal year 1974; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1975; and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 1048 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 994 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 heritages 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 1973 the sum of $20,000,000, and for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $30,000,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 995 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
General Education Assistance Act - Establishes a program of grants to State education agencies for their use in elementary and secondary education and increasing such teachers salaries. Specifies that the amount of these grants is based on a basic grant equal to $100 times the number of children in the State in the population group aged 5 to 17 as a proportion of all children aged 5 to 17 in the United States. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of making supplemental equalization grants to local educational agencies. Earmarks fifty percent of the funds for increasing teachers' salaries, and allows the rest to be freely applied to other current expenditures, including employing additional teachers and teacher's aides, preschool and summer programs, and State educational expenditures. Requires a State educational agency to submit and have approved an application before receiving a grant. Sets forth various requirements to be included in such application.
Bill· HRH.R. 1036 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Conversion Research, Education, and Assistance 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 activies 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 of each calendar year, ending prior to March 1, 1975, 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 Corporations. Authorizes the Foundation to make grants to State and local governments and regional agencies for: (1) the establishment and development of conversion planning and support programs at the State, local or regional level; and (2) the hiring of specified government employees, who had been employed in defense related research and development activities and are now unemployed. Title III: 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 enrolled eligible personnel of such concerns in any program assisted under title II of this Act. Provides that grants shall be made only upon applications made at such times and containint 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 business 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 IV: General Provisions - 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, the Administrator of the Small Business administration, and the Secretary of Commerce with respect to their respective responsibilities 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, 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. 1013 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Transportation, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, shall establish appropriate Federal motor vehicle safety standards for schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment. Provides that the Secretary shall procure experimental, prototype, and other schoolbuses for research and testing of safety standards. Requires the manufacturers or distributors of schoolbuses to certify that each such schoolbus was individually inspected and test driven for the purpose of determining its conformity to all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Provides that the Secretary shall make rules and regulations governing notification, reporting and investigating of each accident involving a schoolbus which results in death to any person.
Bill· HRH.R. 997 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this 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. Provides that grants shall be made to the respective State educational agencies for payment to the appropriate local educational agencies. 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 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 undet 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· HRH.R. 1012 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish standards which require that schoolbuses be equipped with lap seat belts for each seated passenger and for the driver and that schoolbuses be equipped with seat backs of sufficient height and design to prevent, to the extent possible, any injury to each seated passenger and the driver. Makes standards applicable to buses manufactured after June 30, 1973. Authorizes the Attorney General to commence a civil action in the United States district courts to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof or to any school system to pay all or part of the cost of complying with the Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1392)
Bill· HRH.R. 993 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Education in 1973 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 of the 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, 1973. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1008 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education. Provides that the function and purpose of the Department shall be to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the Nation. Establishes in the Department the offices of Secretary, an Under Secretary, four Assistant Secretaries, and a General Counsel, each of whom shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Department, the United States Office of Education, together with all of its functions, personnel, property, records, obligations, commitments, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations and other funds. Provides that the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, make a report to the President for the submission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this title and to perform any other duties which may be imposed upon it by law.
Bill· HRH.R. 963 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an individual a tax credit, under the Internal Revenue Code, for an amount equal to 50 percent of any amounts paid by him during the taxable year as tuition for the elementary or secondary education of any dependent with respect to whom he is entitled to a personal exemption. States that such credit shall not exceed $500 in any taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 951 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Directs the Commissioner of Education to suspend assistance to colleges and universities failing to take appropriate corrective measures forthwith when experiencing campus disorders. Requires the suspension of Federal financial assistance to teachers participating in such disorders.
Bill· HRH.R. 972 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. Provides that grants shall be made to the respective State educational agencies for payment to the appropriate local educational agencies. 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· HRH.R. 952 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that no part of any funds appropriated for research, or otherwise available, for expenditure by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be expended to promote, subsidize, or propagandize for fluoridation of public water supplies, nor shall any such funds be expended to ridicule, dissuade, or disparage opposition to fluoridation of public water supplies.
Bill· HRH.R. 909 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Consumer Education Act - Establishes, within the Office of Education, a Director of Consumers' Education who, subject to the management of the Commissioner, shall have primary responsibility for carrying out the provisions of the consumer education programs established by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires the Director to carry out a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to provide consumer education to the public except that no grant may be made other than to a nonprofit agency, organization, or institution. Provides that financial assistance under this Act may be made available only upon application to the Director at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Director shall prescribe by regulation. Requires applicants for assistance under this Act to set forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available for any fiscal year 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 made available by the applicant for the purposes described in this section, and in no case supplant such funds. Requires applicants to make annual reports and such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may reasonably require and to keep such records, and to affort such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and vertification of such reports. Provides that applications from local educational agencies for financial assistance may be approved by the Director only if the State educational agency has been notified of the application and been given the opportunity to offer recommendations. Provides that Federal assistance to any program or project under this subsection, other than those involving curriculum development, dissemination of curricular materials, and evaluation, shall support up to 100 percent of the cost of such program, including costs of administration; and provides that contributions in kind are acceptable as local contributions to program costs. Requires each recipient of Federal funds to make such reports and evaluations as the Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $35,000,000 for the year ending June 30, 1977, for carrying out the purposes of this section.
Bill· HRH.R. 866 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Higher Education Funding Act - Authorizes an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for contributions to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer for the purposes of funding the higher education of his dependents. Limits the amount of the deduction to the lesser of: (1) $500 times the number of qualified beneficiaries; (2) 10 percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income; or (3) $2,500. Provides that a qualified education fund must be established by the taxpayer pursuant to a written plan: (A) solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of room, board, and tuition at an institution of higher education of one or more eligible beneficiaries; (B) which provides that no distribution shall be made by the fund (except upon termination thereof) other than to, or on behalf of, eligible beneficiaries; (C) which provides that upon termination of the fund all assets of the funds shall be distributed to the taxpayer or to his estate; (D) which prohibits contributions to the fund in excess of amounts deductible; and (E) under which the taxpayer consents to the income tax treatment upon termination of the fund. Defines "institution of higher education" as an educational institution: (A) which regularly offers education at a level above the twelfth grade; (B) contributions to or for the use of which constitute charitable contributions; (C) which is legally authorized to provide and does provide a program of postsecondary education; and (D) which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education.
Bill· HRH.R. 862 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Veterans' Comprehensive Education Act - Provides that, in the case of any eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education or training at an approved educational or training institution on a half-time or more basis, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay directly to the educational or training institution on behalf of such eligible veteran, not to exceed $4,000 for an ordinary school year, the cost of educational expenses which similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same courses are required to pay. Authorizes subsistence payments to veterans based on the number of dependents such veteran has. Provides that an educational assistance allowance shall be paid to each eligible individual pursuing a program of education while on active duty, to an eligible veteran pursuing a program of education on less than a half-time basis or exclusively by correspondence, to a veteran pursuing a program of flight training, or to a veteran pursuing a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1681) Provides that no tuition assistance shall be paid to an educational or training institution on behalf of an eligible veteran under this Act until the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration shall have received from such institution a certification of the actual enrollment of the eligible veteran at such institution, along with specified information concerning such enrollment. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1682)
Bill· HRH.R. 904 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows teachers to deduct from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code the expenses incurred in pursuing courses for academic credit and degrees at institutions of higher education and including travel, if academic credit is given for it or if it is in satisfaction of education requirements of the employer. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 162)
Bill· HRH.R. 900 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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; (3) prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress not later than March 1 of each calendar year, ending prior to March 1, 1977, 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, including 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 for 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, eenergy 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. 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, 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 three-year period immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act 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 titles 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. Title V: General Provisions - 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 Council on Research and Development Conversion Education to be composed of fifteen members appointed by the President for terms of three years without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. Provides that the Council 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 in the following amounts for the fiscal years indicated below, and sets limits within each fiscal year for the allotment of appropriations to the various sections of this Act: 1974 - $100 million; 1975 $150 million; and 1976 - $200 million.
Bill· HRH.R. 865 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax deduction to an individual under the Internal Revenue Code for the education of a dependent attending any primary or secondary educational institution for the costs of tuition and fees, books, supplies and equipment, transportation, and food and lodging. Provides that in the event such institution does not supply such services then the deduction for food and lodging shall not exceed $400 for each calendar nor more than $200 for each school semester during which the dependent is in actual attendance.
Bill· HRH.R. 868 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Automobile Driver Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestrians, and others with respect to the dangers incurred when driving on or crossing highways. Imposes an additional tax of one-tenth of a cent per gallon on gasoline and other motor fuels, to be paid into the Highway Trust Fund, to pay for the costs incurred in carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 864 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code in an amount equal to 90 percent of any amounts paid as tuition or fees during the taxable year to educational institutions, which are charitable organizations pursuant to the code, for the education of the taxpayer, his spouse, or dependents. Limits such tax deduction to $2,500 per student. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 170)
Bill· HRH.R. 814 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for amounts paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for educational expenses which are incurred in connection with the education at an institution of higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse, or any individual with repsect to whom the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption. Reduces the deduction allowable by the amounts of any scholarships and/or education and training allowances from the Veterans' Administration. Amends 26 U.S.C. 218)
Bill· HRH.R. 841 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Automobile Driver Education and Highway Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestians, and others with respect to: (1) the dangers incurred when driving on, crossing, or otherwise using the highways, and (2) improving safety on the highways by improving driver skills, driver attitudes, and driver knowledge of highway regulations. Permits the Secretary to engage in research, provide training, and engage in any other activity which will effectuate the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $85,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
Bill· HRH.R. 815 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an individual a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the amount of tuition paid by him to any qualified 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 for the taxable year. Provides that such amount 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 787 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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· HRH.R. 789 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Educational Technology Act - Title I: Use of Educational Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education - Provides for the improvement of the quality of preschool, elementary and secondary education through the utilization of educational technology. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as the Congress may deem necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and each of the next four fiscal years and such sums needed for payment to the States for making grants under this Act. Provides that the use of Federal funds shall be only for such programs as the planning, development, and implementation by local educational agencies of educational technology programs designed to promote uses of technological equipment and materials in the elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to pay each State from the funds allotted to it amounts necessary to enable the State educational agency to provide for programs designed to implement educational technology, dissemination of information relating to educational technology, evaluation of various programs, and the administration of the State plan. Specifies that any State desiring to receive payments must have a State advisory council and must submit to the Commissioner a State plan. Requires the Commissioner to approve the State plan if it conforms with the objectives of this Act; makes provision for the participation of nonprofit private school children; sets forth the administrative organization of the plan; uses 10 percent of the States's allotment for making grants to local educational agencies; sets forth criteria for achieving an equitable distribution of assistance; provides procedures for project evaluation; keeps State and Federal funds separate; and provides necessary accounting procedures. Sets forth procedures for applying for grants. Requires the Commissioner to pay each State having an approved plan an amount equal to the total sums expended by the State under such plan. Title II: Use of Educational Technology in Higher Education - Provides for the improvement of the quality of higher education through the utilization of educational technology. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as the Congress may deem necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, for the purpose of making grants. Requires any State desiring to receive payments to have a State advisory council and to submit a State plan. Directs the Commissioner to approve the State plan if it meets criteria similar to those set forth in Title I. Title III: General Provisions - Defines terms used in the Act. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Advisory Council on Educational Technology to evaluate the programs and projects of this Act, to report to the Congress and the President on the success of such programs, and to make recommendations for improvements of such programs. Requires the Commissioner to establish in the Office of Education a Bureau of Educational Technology to administer programs relating to educational technology. Provides for judicial review of a State's decision with respect to approval of a local educational agency's application for a grant under this Act. Prohibits the making of any payment under this Act for religious worship or instruction.
Bill· HRH.R. 796 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows teachers to deduct from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code the expenses incurred in pursuing courses for academic credit and degrees at institutions of higher education and including travel, if academic credit is given for it or if it is in satisfaction of education requirements of the employer. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 162)
Bill· HRH.R. 746 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct and provide shoreside facilities for the education and convenience of visitors to the United States Ship Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, and to transfer responsibility for their operation and maintenance to the National Park Service. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the planning, construction, equipping, and furnishing of such facilities, such sum to be in addition to the regular budgetary appropriations for the Department of the Navy.
Bill· HRH.R. 761 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education. Provides that the function and purpose of the Department shall be to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the Nation. Establishes, in the Department, the offices of Secretary, an Under Secretary, four Assistant Secretaries, and a General Counsel, each of whom shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Department, the United States Office of Education, together with all of its functions, personnel, property, records, obligations, commitments, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations and other funds. Provides that the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, make a report to the President for the submission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this title and to perform any other duties which may be imposed upon it by law.
Bill· HRH.R. 710 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Social Security Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (in the case of the Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance program or the Medicare program) or the appropriate State agency (in the case of any of the public assistance or Medicaid programs) shall be liable for attorney's fees incurred by an individual in successfully challenging a decision which denies him the benefits or assistance, or reduces or limits the benefits or assistance, to which he is entitled under such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 666 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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; 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. 712 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, under the Education of the Handicapped Act, to make grants to public or private nonprofit institutions which work with profoundly mentally retarded children in order to develop comprehensive education programs and inservice training programs for teachers and parents. States that, in determining whether to make a grant under this subsection, the Commissioner of Education shall give priority to programs aimed at reducing the dependence of profoundly mentally retarded children on custodial care. Provides that such a grant shall be made only if the Commissioner determines that: (1) there are no requirements that participants in the program possess self-help skills; (2) no children would be excluded from the program because such child has in addition to mental retardation, one or more handicapping conditions; (3) that there are no standard accreditation requirements governing selection and training of personnel in the program; (4) the teacher-child ratio is at least one to six; and (5) Federal funds shall be used solely to supplement and not to supplant State, local, and private funds. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to keep State educational agencies fully informed about the various programs for severely profoundly mentally retarded children. Requires the Commissioner to seek to achieve an equitable distribution of such programs throughout the nation.
Bill· HRH.R. 615 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 595 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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)
Law· HRH.R. 510 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey any interest held by the United States in specified property in Jasper County, Georgia, to the Jasper County Board of Education.
Bill· HRH.R. 531 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Reduces the required deposit by an institution of higher learning to the student loan fund by an amount equal to the reasonable expenses incurred by such institution in administering its loan program under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 424)
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