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Bill· HRH.R. 522 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Quality School Assistance Act - Provides financial assistance to local educational agencies to assure that their resources will be adequate to provide an excellent elementary and secondary education for all children. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides guidelines to be followed in making allotments to the educational agencies in each State out of the sums appropriated for the purposes of this Act. Requires any local educational agency in a State which desires to receive a grant to make an application containing: (1) an analysis of its needs for teacher preparation programs, facilities, student progress, adult education programs and a description of proposed use of funds; (2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of funded programs; (3) assurances that the agency will provide programs in private nonprofit schools of a secular or nonideological nature or such other arrangements as dual enrollments which will assure adequate participation of the children concerned; (4) assurances that funds used, property acquired, and services provided shall be by and through a public agency and that necessary records will be kept; and (5) assurance that no more than 10 percent of the funds received will be used for capital outlay and debt service. Provides that funds may not be disapproved by the State educational agency until such local agency has had an opportunity for a hearing. Provides that any State desiring to participate in such programs must submit through its State educational agency an application containing assurances and such other information as the Secretary of Education shall deem appropriate. Makes provision for the terms upon which funds are to be disbursed to the State educational agency and in turn to the local educational agency. Provides that no payment shall be made to a State which has taken into consideration payments under this section in determining the eligibility of any local educational agency in that State for State aid or the amount of that aid with respect to the free public education of children during that year or the preceding years. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend payments where, after an opportunity for a hearing, there has been found to be a failure to comply substantially with any assurance given. Permits any State dissatisfied with the Secretary's final action to file within sixty days of notice of such action in the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which such State is located a petition for review of that action. Authorizes the court upon good cause shown to remand the case for further evidence and findings, or to affirm the action of the Secretary. Provides funds for the purpose of construction of facilities for local educational agencies for those pupils who are in excess of the assumed maximum classroom size of thirty students, for those one-room schools and those which lack library facilities. Makes applicable and coordinates to this Act provisions of the General Education Provisions Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 556 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make grants to any institution of higher education to assist such institution in employing a full-time veterans' advisory and assistant officer to counsel veterans on all matters relating to education and career guidance, including campus orientation career guidance, financial assistance, placement planning, registration processing, and tutorial assistance. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out on a trial basis a special program for veterans who have a high school diploma and who have an academic deficiency which prevents them from qualifying for entrance in any education or training program, under standard entrance criteria, in any institution of higher education. Defines the term "institution of higher education" for purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 525 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Education for Handicapped Children Act - Provides that any State which desires to receive grants for the education of its handicapped children shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, through its State education agency, a State plan accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Directs the Commissioner to approve any such State plan if he determines that such plan: (1) sets forth such policies and procedures as will provide satisfactory assurance that funds paid to the State under this Act will be expended by the State to initiate, expand, or improve programs and projects which are designed to meet the educational needs of handicapped children throughout the States; (2) provides for the identification of all handicapped children in the State; (3) includes a proposal for the study of the State's present procedures for the institutionalization of handicapped children; (4) provides for the reduction of the number of handicapped children in the State who are institutionalized; (5) provides for the establishment of procedures for the classification of a child as a handicapped child; (6) provides satisfactory assurance that provision will be made for participation of children not enrolled in public schools in special educational programs and services provided to handicapped children by the State or by local educational agencies; (7) provides for procedures and objective measurements for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of special educational programs and services in meeting the educational needs of handicapped children; (8) provides for making annual reports to enable the Commissioner to carry out his functions under this Act; (9) provides for keeping such records as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of reports and proper disbursement of funds under this Act and meets other specific provisions; and (10) provides for the establishment of a State Advisory Committee on Education for all Handicapped Children. Directs the Commissioner to disapprove a State plan or modification thereof only after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing to such State. Establishes a formula for the distribution of funds under this Act among the States. Directs the Commissioner to report to the Congress not later than January 1, 1974, his recommendations with respect to changes which may be necessary in the amount and entitlement of grants under this Act. Establishes the conditions under which the Commissioner, after a reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may cancel payments made to the States under this Act and provides procedures for judicial review of such decisions. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each of the next four fiscal years, for the purpose of making grants under this section. Provides that grants for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be in an amount equal to not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated for payments to the States. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to enable the Commissioner to pay to those State educational agencies which have plans approved under this Act the sum of $200 for each handicapped child in the respective States for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 486 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 478 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 450 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows a credit against income tax under the Internal Revenue Code to individuals for 50 percent of the tuition expenses incurred in providing private nonprofit elementary and secondary education for a dependent. Limits such tax credit to $500, and provides that such tax credit shall not exceed an individual's tax liability. Defines educational institutions that qualify for this tax credit. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 446 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Schoolchildren's Assistance Act - Authorizes a 2 year program of financial assistance for all elementary and secondary school children. Declares that it is the intent of Congress to: guarantee the right of the parent to have his child educated in a school of his own choosing; perpetuate freedom of choice at all levels of education; continue the pluralistic system of education presently operative in the United States; avoid direct or indirect contravention of constitutionally guaranteed rights in matters of education; provide equal opportunity for all children; and provide educational opportunity to all children. Prohibits Federal Government officers or employees administering this Act from exercising direction or control over the policy determination, personnel, curriculum, or administration of any school. Authorizes appropriations, without any condition inconsistent with this Act being placed on such appropriations, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972 in the sum of $5,070,000,000 and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, in the sum of $5,070,000,000. Provides that the sum of $100 shall be allotted annually to each school pupil for the purposes of defraying the costs of his education. Asserts that if a parent or legal guardian declares to the Commissioner of Education his intention to have his ward attend private school, the allotment may be granted to such private school by the Commissioner who has the power to promulgate the rules to protect the interest of the child and of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 442 (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 the 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) 25 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. 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 $18,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 434 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits a taxpayer, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, to deduct expenses paid by him in an amount up to $1,000 in connection with his education or training, or the education or training of his spouse or any of his dependents, at an institution of higher education or a trade or vocational school. Specifies educational expenses that are deductible and institutions of higher education which qualify for the deduction. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 218)
Bill· HRH.R. 445 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for health care instruction designed to meet the special circumstances of migrant children.
Bill· HRH.R. 375 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires State plans for Federal aid under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to allocate funds as determined by the Commissioner of Education for vocational education for junior high school students.
Bill· HRH.R. 400 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for expenses incurred by the taxpayer for the education of a dependent. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 154(e)(1)(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 354 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 373 (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)
Bill· HRH.R. 365 (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, 1972, 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 State 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, 1971.
Bill· HRH.R. 322 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual for any tuition paid by him to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the 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) 100 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent, or (2) $200.
Bill· HRH.R. 331 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Supplementary Education Services for the Handicapped Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to acquire teletype, telecommunication, and similar communications systems to aid the dead. Provides that the Commissioner shall distribute, by loan or direct grant, such communications systems to public and private nonprofit schools, agencies and organizations which serve the deaf, and to police, fire and other emergency service public agencies, and to deaf persons for the purpose of providing equal opportunities for deaf persons to receive the protection of public agencies in emergencies. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide for the development or acquisition of sensory and communication devices designed to allow handicapped children and adults to participate more fully in elementary, secondary, postsecondary and continuing education programs and to provide increased cultural, recreational, and communication opportunities between handicapped and nonhandicapped persons. Authorizes to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of carrying out such programs. Provides that the Commissioner may make grants and contracts to institutions of higher education, public or private, nonprofit technical and vocational schools, State and local educational agencies, radio and television stations, and other appropriate agencies for: (1) the development and conduct of specifically designed educational programs to meet the learning needs of handicapped persons; (2) providing supplementary services such as tutoring, interpreting services for deaf persons, note taking services for deaf or blind or physically handicapped persons; and (3) other appropriate services which are designed to help handicapped persons enjoy equal education opportunities and to compensate for their physical, sensory, mental, or emotional handicaps. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making such grants and contracts $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 314 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides for the cancellation of student loans under the student loan provisions of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for service in mental hospitals and schools for the handicapped. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 425(b)(3)(B))
Bill· HRH.R. 315 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, grants to institutions of higher education for the payment to students enrolled in psychology, sociology, or social work in such institutions to encourage their part-time employment and clinical training in hospitals for mental rehabilitation. Authorizes the appropriation of a total of $22,000,000 for the fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 286 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit of up to $300, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, for tuition expenses of the taxpayer or his spouse or a dependent at an institution of higher education. Defines the term institution of higher education for purposes of this Act. Allows an income tax credit for charitable contributions to institutions of higher education. Limits such tax credit for individuals to 20 percent of tax liability or $500, whichever is less, and for corporations to 5 percent of tax liability or $5,000, whichever is less. Provides that such tax credits shall not result in a refund to the taxpayer. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 39-40)
Bill· HRH.R. 273 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows a tax deduction, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, of one-half of the expenses incurred by the taxpayer for the higher education of his children. Specifies the educational expenses that are deductible and the educational institutions which qualify for a deduction under this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 218)
Bill· HRH.R. 202 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax deduction for any amounts paid during the taxable year for: (1) the tuition of the taxpayer or any other individual at an institution of higher education, if he is regularly enrolled in such institution at a level above the twelfth grade and is an individual with respect to whom the taxpayer is entitled for the taxable year to an exemption; and (2) the expenses incurred by the taxpayer or such other individual for transportation to and from such institution if he is living away from home while so enrolled, once each regular semester. Reduces the amount allowable as a deduction by any amounts received by the taxpayer for scholarships and veterans' benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 199 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to accredited institutions of higher education to pay for up to one-half of the costs of fire science programs. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 208 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums; (2) to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; (3) to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs concerning women at all levels of education (preschool through adult education); (4) to disseminate instructional materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (5) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (6) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs, and to provide for community education programs; (7) to provide programs on the status, roles, and opportunities for women in this society; and (8) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials for use in mass media. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 171 (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. 196 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
National Fire Education and Training Act - Establishes, as a nonprofit and nongovernmental Instrument, a National Academy of Fire Prevention and Control. Provides that the board of directors of the Academy shall be reasonably representative of the various regions of the country, of the various segments of the community including private industry and labor, of all levels of government, of consumer interests, and of the various types of experience which are appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the Academy. Provides that the functions of the Academy shall be to: (1) recommend actions which can be taken by Federal, State, and local government, and by private individuals and organizations to improve and strengthen fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (2) promote and encourage eligible individuals to pursue careers as administrators of fire service organizations at all levels; (3) develop a curriculum and carry out programs of instructional assistance and special workshops, seminars, conferences, and other such instructional devices that are necessary for the purpose of introduction and dissemination of information gained from investigation, research, and development concerning the areas of fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (4) develop fire service extension programs to encourage and assist States, counties, and local communities to provide continuous training and operational programs in firefighting techniques and procedures concerning the utilization of firefighting equipment, fire suppression and other areas related to firefighting in general; (5) promote and assist universities, community colleges, and other institutions of learning, in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, and carrying out programs and projects concerning fire administration; (6) assist States, counties, and local communities in the development of training programs for firemen; (7) gather data and disseminate information to States, counties, and local communities with respect to firefighting equipment, firefighting techniques, fire services administration, and other areas related to firefighting and to establish and maintain educational programs for the purpose of informing the public of fire hazards and fire safety techniques, and to encourage avoidance of such hazards and use of such techniques; and (8) establish a voluntary, uniform national testing program for the purpose of enabling States, counties, and local communities to evaluate the skills level of their firefighting and fire administrations. Authorizes the Academy to accept contracts and grants from Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and other entitles, and to accept grants and donations from private organizations, institutions, and individuals, and to establish fees and other charges for services provided by the Academy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Academy such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 155 (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 its 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 147 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to assist elementary and secondary schools to carry on programs to teach moral and ethical princples. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972, and for each of the two succeeding years, to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 173 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Higher Education Gift Incentive Act - Allows under the Internal Revenue Code an income tax credit equal to the amounts of charitable contributions made to any institution of higher education. Limits such credit, in the case of taxpayers other than corporations, to the lesser of 20 percent of the taxpayers total tax or $100. Places such limit at 10 percent of a corporation's total tax or $5,000 whichever is less. Bars treatment of a contribution as both a tax deduction and a tax credit and specifies that the credit is not to result in a tax refund.
Bill· HRH.R. 157 (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. 111 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to accredited institutions of higher education to pay for up to one-half of the costs of fire science programs. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 128 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to assist elementary and secondary schools to carry on programs to teach moral and ethical princples. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972, and for each of the two succeeding years, to carry out this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 69 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments - Title I: Extension of Programs - Extends through 1978 the programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 including: (1) School Library Program; (2) Programs for Supplementary Educational Centers and Services and Guidance, Counseling, and Testing; (3) Programs to Strengthen State and Local Educational Agencies; (4) Bilingual Education Programs; (5) Drop-Out Prevention Programs; (6) Programs for the Education of the Handicapped; and (7) Programs of Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for the Education of Indian Children. Title II: Amendments of Existing Programs - Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year an amount equal to not more than three percent of the amount appropriated to the States for the education of children of low-income families. Provides that the amount appropriated be allotted to: (1) Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective need for grants as determined by the Commissioner of Education; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior in the amount necessary for him to make special use of the funds for Indian children. Provides that a local educational agency in a State shall be able to receive for a fiscal year: (1) $300 for each child in the school district of the local educational agency, aged five to seventeen, inclusive, who is in a family having an annual income of less than $4,000, in a family receiving an annual income in excess of $4,000 from payments under the program of aid to dependent children under a State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act or living in an institution for neglected or delinquent children, or being supported in foster homes with public funds; and (2) an amount arrived at by multiplying the number of children determined in the manner just described by fifty percent of the average per pupil expenditure in the State or, if greater, in the United States. Provides grants to State educational agencies establishing programs of education for the physically and mentally handicapped, for the migratory children of migratory agricultural workers, and for neglected or delinquent children. States that if the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for making the payments provided for under this title are not sufficient to pay in full the total amounts which all local educational agencies are eligible to receive, the allocations to such agencies shall extent necessary to bring the aggregate of such allocations within the limits of the amounts so appropriated. Revises the definition of "federally connected children" under programs of assistance for federally impacted school districts by removing from the definition of Federal property any low-rent housing, whether or not owned by the United States, which is part of a low-rent housing project assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937, the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the United States Housing Act of 1937, Public Law 671 of the Seventy-sixth Congress, or any law amendatory of or supplementary to any of such Acts. Title III: Study of Late Funding of Elementary and Secondary Education Programs - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a full and complete investigation and study to determine: (1) the extent to which late funding of Federal programs to assist elementary and secondary education handicaps local educational agencies in the effective planning of their education programs, and the extent to which program quality and achievement of program objectives is adversely affected by such late funding, and (2) means by which, through legislative or administrative action, the problem can be overcome. Provides that, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Education shall make a report to the Congress on such study, together with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate.
Bill· HRH.R. 109 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
National Fire Education and Training Act - Establishes, as a nonprofit and nongovernmental Instrument, a National Academy of Fire Prevention and Control. Provides that the board of directors of the Academy shall be reasonably representative of the various regions of the country, of the various segments of the community including private industry and labor, of all levels of government, of consumer interests, and of the various types of experience which are appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the Academy. Provides that the functions of the Academy shall be to: (1) recommend actions which can be taken by Federal, State, and local government, and by private individuals and organizations to improve and strengthen fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (2) promote and encourage eligible individuals to pursue careers as administrators of fire service organizations at all levels; (3) develop a curriculum and carry out programs of instructional assistance and special workshops, seminars, conferences, and other such instructional devices that are necessary for the purpose of introduction and dissemination of information gained from investigation, research, and development concerning the areas of fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (4) develop fire service extension programs to encourage and assist States, counties, and local communities to provide continuous training and operational programs in firefighting techniques and procedures concerning the utilization of firefighting equipment, fire suppression and other areas related to firefighting in general; (5) promote and assist universities, community colleges, and other institutions of learning, in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, and carrying out programs and projects concerning fire administration; (6) assist States, counties, and local communities in the development of training programs for firemen; (7) gather data and disseminate information to States, counties, and local communities with respect to firefighting equipment, firefighting techniques, fire services administration, and other areas related to firefighting and to establish and maintain educational programs for the purpose of informing the public of fire hazards and fire safety techniques, and to encourage avoidance of such hazards and use of such techniques; and (8) establish a voluntary, uniform national testing program for the purpose of enabling States, counties, and local communities to evaluate the skills level of their firefighting and fire administrations. Authorizes the Academy to accept contracts and grants from Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and other entitles, and to accept grants and donations from private organizations, institutions, and individuals, and to establish fees and other charges for services provided by the Academy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Academy such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 70 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Education for Handicapped Children Act - Provides that any State which desires to receive grants for the education of its handicapped children shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, through its State education agency, a State plan accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Directs the Commissioner to approve any such State plan if he determines that such plan: (1) sets forth such policies and procedures as will provide satisfactory assurance that funds paid to the State under this Act will be expended by the State to initiate, expand, or improve programs and projects which are designed to meet the educational needs of handicapped children throughout the States; (2) provides for the identification of all handicapped children in the State; (3) includes a proposal for the study of the State's present procedures for the institutionalization of handicapped children; (4) provides for the reduction of the number of handicapped children in the State who are institutionalized; (5) provides for the establishment of procedures for the classification of a child as a handicapped child; (6) provides satisfactory assurance that provision will be made for participation of children not enrolled in public schools in special educational programs and services provided to handicapped children by the State or by local educational agencies; (7) provides for procedures and objective measurements for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of special educational programs and services in meeting the educational needs of handicapped children; (8) provides for making annual reports, to enable the Commissioner to carry out his functions under this Act; and (9) provides for keeping such records as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and vertification of reports and proper disbursement of funds under this Act and meet other specific provisions. Directs the Commissioner to disapprove a State plan or modificaton thereof only after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing to such State. Establishes a formula for the distribution of funds under this Act among the States. Directs the Commissioner to report to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, his recommendations with respect to changes which may be necessary in the amount and entitlement of grants under this Act. Establishes the conditions under which the Commissioner, after a reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may cancel payments made to the States under this Act and provides procedures for judicial review of such decisions. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next four fiscal years, for the purpose of making grants under this section. Provides that grants for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be in an amount equal to not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated for payments to the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 54 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for amounts paid by an individual during the taxable year for the education of a dependent attending any primary, secondary, or higher educational institution. Provides that such amounts may include costs of tuition, books, transportation, and food and lodging. Prohibits deductions for food and lodging from being greater than the minimum amount charged for such services at such institution. Provides that, in the event such institution does not provide such services, the deduction for food and lodging shall not exceed $400 for each calendar year nor more than $200 for each school semester during which the dependent is in actual attendance at such institution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 218)
Bill· HRH.R. 50 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Title I: Office of Rural Health Care - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare an Office of Rural Health Care. Provides that such office shall be utilized by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to: (1) administer all Federal laws for which the Secretary has administrative responsibility and which provide for or authorize the making of, grants to health care programs in rural areas; (2) provide a liaison with the activities carried on by other Federal agencies relating to health care programs in rural areas; and (3) coordinate training for necessary manpower for health care programs in rural areas. Requires the placing of representatives of the Office in each regional office of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of providing technical assistance to rural communities and to entities and individuals interested in the improvement of health care in rural areas. Title II: National Council on Rural Health - Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Council on Rural Health. Provides that such Council shall study and report within twenty-four months of its appointment to the Secretary and the Congress on: (1) the health of persons residing in rural areas of the United States; (2) health care delivery to such persons; and (3) the extent of Federal involvement in the improvement of the health of such persons and health care delivery for them.
Bill· HRH.R. 68 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Commission of Education, under the insured student loan provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to provide allowances to institutions of higher education for their costs in connection with such student loans under the Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 49 (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)
Bill· HRH.R. 40 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 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. 16 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
School Finance Act - Title I: Basic Grants - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide financial assistance to the States and to local educational agencies to assure that their resources when supplemented by this Federal assistance will be adequate to provide to all children an elementary and secondary education of high quality. Entitles a local educational agency to a basic grant of $100 for every child in average daily membership in elementary and secondary schools in the school district of such agency, reduced by the percentage that its non-Federal per pupil expenditures exceeds 115 percent of the State average per pupil expenditure. Makes provisions for entitlement to grants to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make such grants under this title. Requires a local educational agency desiring such grant to submit to the appropriate State educational agency an application which contains an assessment of the educational needs of its children and plans for meeting those needs with funds provided under this title; and assurances that the agency will provide nonideological services to private school students, that the control of funds shall be in a public agency, and that the funds provided shall be used to increase the level of funds that would be made available from non-Federal sources for the education of pupils participating in programs assisted under this title. Requires any State desiring to participate under this title to submit through its State educational agency to the Commissioner of Education an application which provides satisfactory assurances that payments will be used only for programs meeting the specifications of this title, and that the State educational agency will make such periodic reports as may be necessary. Title II: Equalization Grants - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide financial assistance to the States to assist them in equalizing educational opportunity. Creates in the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Education Trust Fund, with the Commissioner of Education as the trustee. Provides that any State desiring to receive equalization grants under this title, in lieu of basic grants under title I of this Act, shall submit a State plan to achieve an equalization of resources for elementary and secondary education within such State within five fiscal years of the date of its application. Requires such an equalization plan to make various guarantees, including: (1) the quality of education provided to a child within that State cannot be the result of the wealth of the school district in which he attends school but rather must result from the wealth of the State taken as a whole; (2) amounts commensurate with their needs are expended on children with greater educational needs, including educationally disadvantaged, handicapped, and vocational education students; (3) the tax system which results within the States provides for an equitable distribution within that State of the burden of financing public elementary and secondary education; and (4) the State will provide nonideological services to private school students, and the control of funds shall be in a public agency. Specifies that the amount of an equalization grant to which a State is entitled shall be an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of children in the elementary and secondary schools in the State by: $200 for the first fiscal year in which the State participates in the program authorized by this title; $300 for the second such fiscal year; $400 for the third such fiscal year; $500 for the fourth such fiscal year; and $600 for each such succeeding fiscal year. Title III: General Provisions - States that, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act for any fiscal year when funds are not appropriated for the program authorized under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at least equal to the sum of $3,000,000,000. Provides for a suspension of payments to a State under this Act whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to such State, finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with the requirements set forth under this Act. Permits judicial review by a State dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action on its plan, or by his suspension of funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 5 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Higher Education Funding Act - Authorizes an income deduction for contributions to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer for the purposes of funding the higher education of his 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: (1) 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; and (2) a business or trade school, or technical institution or other technical or vocational school in any State, which: (A) is legally authorized to provide, and provides within that State, a program of postsecondary vocational or technical education designed to fit individuals for useful employment in recognized occupations; (B) is accredited by a nationally recognized agency or association listed by the United States Commissioner of Education; and (C) has been in existence for two years or has been specially accredited by the Commissioner as an institution meeting the other requirements of this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 218)
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 95 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 93 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that each State shall have the right to establish and prescribe the powers of their local educational agencies.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 85 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 88 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall be assigned to attend a particular school because of his race, creed, or color. Provides that no public school teacher shall be assigned to any particular school because of his race, creed, or color.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 58 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 61 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no student shall be compelled to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 55 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall be assigned to attend a particular school because of his race, creed, or color. Provides that no public school teacher shall be assigned to any particular school because of his race, creed, or color.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 57 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the right of citizens to attend the public schools of their choice shall not be abridged or denied by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, religion, or national origin.
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