Education

A joint resolution designating November 14, 1982, as "National Retired Teachers Day."

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982

Designates November 14, 1982, as National Retired Teachers Day.

A bill to reinstate the provisions relating to parental involvement in chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 relating to financial assistance to meet special educational needs of disadvantaged children.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to require the Secretary of Education to base payments of assistance to local education agency programs for special educational needs of disadvantaged children on the amounts of grants as determined under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act concerning parental involvement.

A bill to assist certain institutions receiving funds under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Relieves certain institutions of liability to the United States with respect to specified amounts received under the Higher Education Act of 1965 and expended for unauthorized purposes, if specified conditions have been met.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for individual education accounts, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the higher or vocational educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, child, grandchild, or ward. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 per year ($2,250 in the case of a joint return). Excludes such accounts from taxation. Excludes distributions from such accounts so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational expenses.

A bill to require a separate family contribution schedule for Pell Grants for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985, to establish restrictions upon the contents of such schedule, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the maximum Pell Grant a student may receive for academic year 1983-1984 to $1,800 or 50 percent of the cost of attendance (as defined for academic year 1982-1983). Directs the Secretary of Education to approve separate (from the Pell Grant family contribution schedule) systems of need analysis for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 for the campus-based programs of supplemental education opportunity grants, work-study, and direct loans. Carries over for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 the Pell Grant cost of attendance criteria in effect for academic year 1982-1983. Carries over the academic year 1982-1983 Pell Grant family contribution schedule into academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications to be published within 15 days of enactment of this Act. Provides that the academic year 1984-1985 Pell Grant family contribution schedule shall be the same as for academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications, unless the Secretary of Education publishes in the Federal Register and submits to the Congress a proposed schedule by April 1, 1983, and a final schedule by May 15, 1983. Provides that such final schedule shall take effect unless either House of the Congress adopts a resolution of disapproval by a specified date. Provides for a new proposed schedule to take effect unless another resolution of disapproval is adopted. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register: (1) changes in amounts allowed as an offset for family size as a consequence of specified modifications of the Pell Grant family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, immediately after publication of the Consumer Price Index for September, 1983; and (2) the modified family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, by July 15,1983, under specified conditions. Replaces the ratable reduction formula effective for academic year 1983-1984 and succeeding academic years, under which when there are insufficient appropriations, awards for those with lesser need would be cut by a larger percentage than awards for those with greater need.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the higher or vocational educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits eligibility for such deduction to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's dependent child unless such child has attained age 21 or has attended an institution of higher education as a full-time student for more than four weeks in the year of his or her twenty-first birthday. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions.

A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the month of October, 1982, as "Head Start Awareness Month".

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Designates October 1982 as Head Start Awareness Month.

A resolution electing Representative Martinez to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Education and Labor.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Elects the Honorable Matthew G. Martinez, of California, to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Education and Labor.

Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982

Sallie Mae Technical Amendments Act of 1982 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend for two years the waiver of Federal priority over the indebtedness of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae). Limits the maximum Pell Grant a student may receive for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 to $1,800 or 50 percent of the cost of attendance (as defined for academic year 1982-1983). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish or approve separate (from the Pell Grant family contribution schedule) systems of need analysis for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 for the campus-based programs of supplemental educational opportunity grants, work-study, and direct loans. Carries over the academic year 1982-1983 Pell Grant family contribution schedule into academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications to be published within 15 days of enactment of this Act. Provides that the academic year 1984-1985 Pell Grant family contribution schedule shall be the same as for academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications, unless the Secretary of Education publishes in the Federal Register and submits to the Congress a proposed schedule by April 1, 1983, and a final schedule by May 15, 1983. Provides that such final schedule shall take effect unless either House of the Congress adopts a resolution of disapproval by a specified date. Provides for a new proposed schedule to take effect unless another resolution of disapproval is adopted. Requires that a modified family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985 be submitted by July 15, 1983, under specified conditions. Carries over for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 the Pell Grant cost of attendance criteria in effect for academic year 1982-1983. Directs the Secretary to publish changes in amounts allowed as an offset for family size as a consequence of specified modifications of the Pell Grant family contribution schedule, immediately after publication of the Consumer Price Index for June, 1983. Carries over for the July 1, 1983 through June 30, 1984 period of instruction the guaranteed student loan family contribution schedule for the preceding year, with specified modifications. Extends through FY 1983 and 1984 the proportional reduction formula for apportionment to States of appropriations for: (1) supplemental educational opportunity grants; and (2) national direct student loans. Requires specified disclosures of the cost and terms of student loans to borrowers prior to the start of the repayment period. Permits State guaranty agencies, nonprofit institutions, and eligible lenders to consolidate federally insured or guaranteed student loans, upon the request of a borrower whose aggregate outstanding indebtedness reaches specified levels. Provides for an extended repayment period of up to 20 years and the establishment of graduated, income sensitive repayment schedules for such consolidated loans. Sets the maximum annual interest rate at eight percent on the unpaid principal balance of the new, consolidated loan, for any borrower who has received two or more federally insured student loans at nine percent. Requires the State guaranty agency, nonprofit institution, and eligible lender to develop an information program regarding such consolidation of loans. Replaces the ratable reduction formula for Pell Grant awards with a linear reduction formula under which, when there are insufficient appropriations, awards for those with lesser need would be cut by a larger percentage than awards for those with greater need. Directs the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and publish for academic years 1982 through 1985 data on tuition, fees, and room and board charges for institutions included in the Higher Education General Information Survey.

Zahl und Verhalten iranischer Studenten an Hochschulen der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 09047377)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 August 1982

Older Americans Vocational Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1982

Older Americans Vocational Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a model grant program for centers for older persons' vocational needs and employment opportunities. Sets forth application requirements for grant eligibility and for such centers. Requires such centers to: (1) provide certain services; and (2) in providing services, to give priority treatment to certain older persons. Limits any such grant to $400,000 for any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to operate a national clearinghouse for information on such centers. Permits any business or labor organization, public agency, or nonprofit or profitmaking organization, as well as a State, State or local educational agency, educational institution, postsecondary educational institution, or private vocational training institution, to be an eligible recipient of such a grant. Defines "older person" as an individual 55 years of age or older. Authorizes appropriations for such model grant program for FY 1984 through 1986. Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1965 to add to the purposes of such Act: (1) the overcoming of age discrimination and age stereotyping in vocational education programs; (2) the furnishing of equal educational opportunity in such programs to persons of all ages; and (3) the provision of part-time employment to older persons who need the earnings to continue full-time vocational training. Requires State vocational education programs to assign personnel to review such programs for: (1) assurance that grant distribution addresses older persons' needs; (2) age bias in such programs; (3) age discrimination in program hiring, firing, or promotion; (4) recommendations for overcoming age stereotyping and bias in such programs; and (5) assisting interested parties in improving vocational educational opportunities for older persons. Requires that State advisory councils on vocational education include older persons with employment and training program experience, including older persons who are minority group members. Requires that the State five-year plans for vocational education set forth: (1) the uses which the State intends to make of Federal vocational education assistance to meet the special needs of older persons; and (2) policies and procedures to assure equal access to vocational education programs by older persons.

Student Assistance Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982

Student Assistance Reform Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide standards for maintaining satisfactory academic progress as a condition for assistance under such title.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations recently proposed by the Secretary of Education under the Education of the Handicapped Act should not be permitted to take effect.

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations recently proposed by the Secretary of Education under the Education of the Handicapped Act should not be permitted to take effect.

A bill to amend the Truth-In-Lending Act.

United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1982

Amends the Truth-in-Lending Act to exempt from its requirements any loans made, insured, or guaranteed under a program authorized by title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Exempts such loans from any disclosure requirements of any State law.

A concurrent resolution disapproving certain regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982

Disapproves regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, by the Secretary of Education which revised certain parts of the Code of Federal Regulations with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a presidential program for the improvement of science and technology, to be administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Office). Directs the Office to assess particular problems of science and engineering manpower, including teacher shortages, and retraining of workers. Requires the Office to submit these assessments to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation before the presidential budget submission for FY 1984. Establishes a Federal program for university research facilities and science and technical manpower improvement to upgrade academic research for the physical and biological sciences. Authorizes specified Federal agencies to make grants. Directs the Office to establish guidelines for agency participation. Requires the Director to submit such guidelines to the aforementioned committees before such budget submission. Requires the Director to report at least annually to such committees. Terminates such program after five years. Establishes within the Executive Office the presidential science and engineering young investigators awards program to encourage young scientists at the university level to pursue careers in academic research. Requires that the program be administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Requires the Director of the Office to select recipients from among untenured faculty members in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, or engineering at universities with established doctoral research programs. States that such an award shall consist of a base research support grant of $25,000 per year for five years. Permits the Director to make an additional award for five years which requires the matching of the Federal share on a two for one basis, up to a $75,000 annual total. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987. Establishes within the Executive Office a presidential science and mathematics improvement program to improve the skills of precollege science and math teachers. Requires the coordination of this program with each State. Provides stipends for eligible teachers. Requires State and local school authorities to nominate participants to be selected by the Director. Requires half the stipend money to come from non-Federal sources. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987.

A bill to prohibit prisoners from being eligible for basic educational opportunity grants (BEOG).

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude prisoners from eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants.

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982

National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 - Establishes within the National Science Foundation the presidential science and engineering young investigators awards program to encourage young scientists at the university level to pursue careers in academic research. States that the program be administered in cooperation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Requires the Director of the Foundation to select recipients from among untenured faculty members in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, or engineering at universities with established doctoral research programs. States that such award shall consist of a base research support grant of $25,000 per year for five years. Permits the Director to make an additional award for five years which requires the matching of the Federal share on a two-for-one basis, up to a $75,000 annual total. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987. Establishes within the Foundation a presidential science and mathematics improvement program to improve the skills of precollege science and math teachers. Requires the coordination of this program with each State. Provides stipends for eligible teachers. Requires State and local school authorities to nominate participants to be selected by the Foundation. Requires half the stipend money to come from non-Federal sources. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987. Directs the Foundation to assess particular problems of science and engineering manpower, including teacher shortages and retraining of workers. Requires the Foundation to submit these assessments to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation prior to the presidential budget submission for FY 1984. Establishes a Federal program for university research facilities and science and technical manpower improvement to upgrade academic research for the physical and biological sciences. Authorizes specified Federal agencies to make grants. Directs the Foundation to establish guidelines for agency participation. Requires the Director to submit such guidelines to the aforementioned committees before such budget submission. Requires the Director to report at least annually to such committees. Terminates such program after five years.

Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide financial assistance to the States to carry out educational programs for criminal offenders in juvenile and adult correctional institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 to enable the Secretary of Education to make grants to States under this Act, with such appropriations to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies and grants for programs of national significance. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for purposes inconsistent with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Sets forth permissible uses of grants made to States under this Act, including: (1) academic programs for basic education, special education, bilingual or bicultural study, secondary school credit, postsecondary study, fine arts, recreation and health, and curriculum development; (2) vocational training; (3) library development and services; (4) teacher training; (5) educational release programs; (6) guidance; (7) supportive services; and (8) job training. Sets forth requirements for State applications for assistance under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make, from specified reserved funds, grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, State correctional agencies, and other public and nonprofit organizations and institutions to meet the costs of programs of national significance which the Secretary determines give promise of improving the education of criminal offenders. Sets forth provisions for payment and withholding of funds under this Act.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to clarify the time limitations for the completion by veterans of a program of education, and to include alcohol and drug dependence or abuse as medical conditions for purposes of determining the eligibility of veterans for readjustment and related benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Requires the extension of the delimiting period for educational assistance to veterans for on-job training or for a course with an approved vocational objective unless the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the veteran is not in need of such a program to obtain a reasonably stable employment situation. Extends the availability of such assistance through December 31, 1984. Extends the delimiting period for veterans prevented from initiating or completing a program of education because of an alcohol or drug dependence from which such veteran has recovered.

Bedeutung der Selbsthilfe bei der Bildung von Wohnungseigentum (G-SIG: 09047287)

Germany · German Bundestag · 30 July 1982

Forderung des Bundesministers für Bildung und Wissenschaft nach einem Einfrieren des Verteidigungshaushalts (G-SIG: 09047295)

Germany · German Bundestag · 30 July 1982

Ausbildungsabschluß für Jugendliche mit Berufsausbildung an beruflichen Schulen im Rahmen von Sonderprogrammen (G-SIG: 09047296)

Germany · German Bundestag · 30 July 1982

A concurrent resolution disapproving certain regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982

Disapproves regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, by the Secretary of Education which revised certain parts of the Code of Federal Regulations with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.

Abbau der Zulassungsbeschränkungen für Geisteswissenschaftler an Hochschulen (G-SIG: 09047239)

Germany · German Bundestag · 23 July 1982

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to supplement Federal funds for higher education by providing a procedure under which individuals may contribute with their income tax returns up to $10 of any refund for purposes of providing funds for Federal student financial assistance programs.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to contribute up to ten dollars of any income tax refund to Federal student financial assistance programs. Identifies such programs as any student financial assistance programs established under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Congressional Page Education and Dormitory Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982

Congressional Page Education and Dormitory Act - Establishes the Congressional Page Board to establish and maintain a school and dormitory for the education and housing of congressional pages. Authorizes appropriations as necessary. Prohibits a person from serving as a page before the age of 16 years (currently 14 years for a Senate page).

Veterans' Employment and Education Assistance Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982

Veterans' Employment and Education Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Employment Assistance - Extends eligibility for the program for employment and training of disabled and Vietnam-era veterans programs to include a veteran rated at any level of disability, rather than only those rated 30 percent or more disabled. Continues the 30 percent or more disabled requirement for purposes of giving preference in employment as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claims examiners. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to promulgate regulations to administer such program. Requires that eligible veterans and persons be given priority in the provision of employment and training services. Makes officials within the Department of Labor who help administer this program responsible to the Assistant Secretary. Changes the position of State veterans' employment representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Assigns to each regional office of the Assistant Secretary a regional director for veterans' employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be specifically set forth in appropriation Acts. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to establish a program providing job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans through grants to State agencies and private, nonprofit organizations. Encourages such agencies to make cooperative arrangements with industry. Directs the Secretary to coordinate this program with other veterans' job training programs and to determine the effectiveness of an agency in providing services under this program. Permits the Secretary to furnish technical assistance as necessary. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress on the conduct of this program. Establishes within the Department of Labor the Secretary's Committee on Veterans' Affairs to meet quarterly to bring veterans' employment problems to the attention of the Secretary. Extends eligibility for the employment and training programs for disabled and Vietnam-era veterans to include persons who, but for the receipt of military retired pay, would be eligible to receive compensation. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make quarterly reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the state veterans' employment director. Requires each Federal department and agency to list openings with a local employment service office, which shall give veterans priority in referral. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to publish a report which includes the number of openings and the number of veterans who were referred to and/or received a job. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title II: Education Assistance - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialize training. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Permits enrollment of a veteran in a farm cooperative training course. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Sets forth class hour attendance requirements for laboratory and shop portions of courses. Permits the Administrator to discontinue educational assistance to eligible veterans and persons enrolled at institutions or in courses with uncorrected violations of specified requirements. Reduces the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Secretary of a military department to the Administrator for the administration of an educational assistance program. Permits accelerated payments of assistance to veterans enrolled in a high-cost, short-term course. Increases from $75 to $100 the maximum monthly deduction from a person's military pay for contribution to a matching fund for educational assistance. Amends the Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976 to extend eligibility for educational benefits for post-Vietnam era veterans. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires applications for recovery of payments or over payments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years.

Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title II Program Changes - Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for 14 or more days. Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or of a foot. Requires that additional compensation for dependents be adjusted downward to the nearest dollar. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a flag for burial (and subsequent retention by the next of kin) for persons designated by the Administrator as eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Eliminates the requirement that the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Army be a disabled veteran.

Veterans Education and Employment Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1982

Veterans' Education and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Veterans Rehabilitation and Education - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account, a matching fund, to receive and disburse funds for the education assistance program sponsored by each of the military departments. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Reduces from ten years to six years the delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December 31, 1989. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Prohibits the payment of anything but a books and supplies allowance for non-tuition courses taken by veterans in a penal institution. Lessens the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Title II: Veterans Employment - Requires that priority in jobs training programs be given to disabled, Vietnam era, and recently separated veterans. Changes the position of State Veterans' Employment Representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be monitored by the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make annual reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the state veterans' employment director. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to assist in the placement of veterans using existing Federal and State agencies. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Requires applications for recovery of payments or overpayments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years.

Übernahme von Aufgaben in der Erwachsenenbildung und Anregungen zu Innovationen durch deutsche Universitäten (G-SIG: 09047200)

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 July 1982

Entwicklung der Zulassungsbeschränkungen an den Hochschulen; Beibehaltung der Öffnungspolitik (G-SIG: 09047202)

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 July 1982

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for such payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreements which require commitments to teach or commitments to repay such loans). Provides for cancellation of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled.

Math and Science Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five hours of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.

National Teacher Retraining Demonstration Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

National Teacher Retraining Demonstration Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to, and contracts with, teacher retraining demonstration centers established in accordance with specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to make such grants and contracts for the establishment of two such centers emphasizing elementary school and two emphasizing secondary school. Sets forth requirements for such grants and contracts, including the appointment of panels to review proposals for such centers. Makes the General Education Provisions Act applicable to the program authorized under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987.

A bill to establish the United States Capitol Page Board for supervision and education of congressional pages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Establishes the United States Capitol Page Board for the supervision and education of congressional pages. Repeals the eligibility of Supreme Court pages for attendance and residence at the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. Requires the Board to provide for personnel to perform duties with respect to such school.

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science,and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for sych payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreement which require commitments to teach or repay such loans). Provides for cancellaton of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled.

Math and Science Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.

A bill to establish the United States Capitol Page Board for supervision and education of congressional pages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982

Establishes the United States Capitol Page Board for the supervision and education of congressional pages. Repeals the eligibility of Supreme Court pages for attendance and residence at the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. Requires the Board to provide for personnel to perform duties with respect to such school.

Harry M. Singleton, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Clarence Thomas.

United States · United States Senate · 12 July 1982

A bill to establish the United States Capitol Page Board for supervision and education of congressional pages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1982

Establishes the United States Capitol Page Board for the supervision and education of congressional pages. Repeals the eligibility of Supreme Court pages for attendance and residence at the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. Requires the Board to provide for personnel to perform duties with respect to such school.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the higher or vocational educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits eligibility for such deduction to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's dependent child unless such child has attained age 21 or has attended an institution of higher education as a full-time student for more than four weeks in the year of his twenty-first birthday. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions.

Forderung des Bundesministers für Bildung und Wissenschaft nach einem Einfrieren des Verteidigungshaushalts (G-SIG: 09047023)

Germany · German Bundestag · 25 June 1982

A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide that claims of governmental units arising from dischargeable educational loans shall have priority and that educational loans which are not dischargeable under chapter 7 of such title shall not be dischargeable under chapter 13 of such title, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the collection of defaulted Federal student loans from income tax refunds.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982

Amends the bankruptcy law to include among priority claims allowed, unsecured claims of governmental units for an educational loan made, insured, or guaranteed by such unit. Excludes such loans from discharge after completion of the court confirmed plan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an offset against overpayment of taxes for defaulted amounts on Federal student loans owed by an individual. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of Education monthly as to the amounts recovered and to transfer such amounts as necessary to the governmental unit or fund to be repaid.

Scientific Research, Education, and Technical Equipment Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982

Scientific Research, Education, and Technical Equipment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 65 to 100 percent the corporate income tax credit for the cost of certain basic research performed by colleges, universities, and certain research organizations and for scientific education. Sets special rules for grants made to certain research funds. Disqualifies subchapter S corporations, personal holding companies, and personal service corporations for the credit. Allows an income tax credit for ten percent of the qualified costs of sharing scientific and technical equipment with an education or other nonprofit organization. Revises requirements for the deduction for contributions of research equipment to certain educational institutions. Allows a tax deduction for the value of services provided under a standard service contract with a qualified organization in connection with a research and education contribution. Limits the deduction to 150 percent of the costs of the taxpayer in providing such services.

American Defense Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982

American Defense Education Act - Establishes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve instruction in mathematics, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and new technology. Requires local education agencies which desire to participate in the national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement. Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating local educational agencies to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to two percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Entitles agencies which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an additional incentive payment equal to two percent of the established payment rate. Sets forth a formula for establishing such payment rate. Sets forth requirements for payment applications for submission to the Secretary of Education. Directs the Secretary to administer the program and to pay each local educational agency with an approved application the amount to which it is entitled for each fiscal year. Provides for a joint survey and report to Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Education, for each year from 1983 through 1987, on the academic achievement levels of 18-year-old persons in the United States and the personnel training and educational needs of the Armed Forces. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989 to carry out this Act.

American Defense Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982

American Defense Education Act - Authorizes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve: (1) instruction in math, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and technology; and (2) guidance and counseling. Requires local education agencies which desire to participate in such national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement. Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating local educational agencies to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to two percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Entitles agencies which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an incentive payment equal to an additional two percent of the established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Sets forth a formula for establishing such payment rate. Sets forth requirements for payment applications for submission to the Secretary of Education. Sets forth provisions for participation in such program of children enrolled in private schools. Directs the Secretary to administer the program and to pay each local educational agency with an approved application the amount to which it is entitled for each fiscal year. Provides for a joint survey and report to Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Education, for each year from 1983 through 1987, on the academic achievement levels of U.S. 18-year-olds and the personnel training and educational needs of the armed forces.

Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982

Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide increased maximum student loans for certain students who lost benefits under the Social Security Act as a result of amendments made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Conditions any students' eligibility for such additional maximum loan amount on the receipt by the lender of a statement from the student's institution verifying the student's need for such amount.

National Science and Technology Revitalization Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982

National Science and Technology Revitalization Act of 1982 - Establishes a program of five-year presidential teaching and research fellowships to be awarded to untenured university faculty in mathematics, engineering, and the physical and biological sciences. Directs the National Science Foundation to select the fellows and administer the program. Establishes a presidential precollege science and mathematics inservice teaching program to assist States in improving the skills of secondary school science and mathematics teachers. Directs the Intergovernmental Science, Engineering, and Technology Panel of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to coordinate this program and develop a plan and guidelines. Directs the National Science Foundation to administer this program as well. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987 for the fellowships program and for FY 1983-1986 for the inservice teaching program.

Gary L. Jones, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education, vice William C. Clohan, Jr., resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 18 June 1982