Education

220 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools with full or part-time resource teachers; the number of primary and secondary schools with full or part-time remedial teachers in County Kerry; the number of primary and secondary schools in County Kerry without such staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18192/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

220 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools with full or part-time resource teachers; the number of primary and secondary schools with full or part-time remedial teachers in County Kerry; the number of primary and secondary schools in County Kerry without such staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18192/02]

219 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of the proposed new primary school for Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

219 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of the proposed new primary school for Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/02]

218 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of the construction of a sports hall at Mean Scoil na Toirbhirte, Miltown, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18190/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

218 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of the construction of a sports hall at Mean Scoil na Toirbhirte, Miltown, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18190/02]

217 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of the new extension to Glens national school, Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18189/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

217 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of the new extension to Glens national school, Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18189/02]

216 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to increase the income eligibility limits for the third level maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18188/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

216 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to increase the income eligibility limits for the third level maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18188/02]

215 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on Lifelong Learning, he has proposals to abolish fees for certain part-time third level courses for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18187/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

215 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on Lifelong Learning, he has proposals to abolish fees for certain part-time third level courses for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18187/02]

213 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science when the necessary funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for new accommodation; the position in this regard; and when progress will be made on this matter. [18185/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

213 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science when the necessary funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for new accommodation; the position in this regard; and when progress will be made on this matter. [18185/02]

212 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 20 March 2002, the progress which has been made in providing a new gymnasium for the presentation secondary school, Loughboy, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18184/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

212 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 20 March 2002, the progress which has been made in providing a new gymnasium for the presentation secondary school, Loughboy, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18184/02]

211 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science if appropriate remedial services will be provided for a person in a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if some service could be restored to this person. [18183/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

211 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science if appropriate remedial services will be provided for a person in a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if some service could be restored to this person. [18183/02]

210 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of new primary school facilities at Robertstown, Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18182/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

210 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of new primary school facilities at Robertstown, Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18182/02]

209 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Education and Science the price paid for the site of the primary school, Mary Mother of Hope, at Littlepace, Castaheany, Clonee, County Dublin; the acreage acquired; the name of the vendors; when it is proposed to build a permanent school on the site; the cost of temporary buildings to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

209 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Education and Science the price paid for the site of the primary school, Mary Mother of Hope, at Littlepace, Castaheany, Clonee, County Dublin; the acreage acquired; the name of the vendors; when it is proposed to build a permanent school on the site; the cost of temporary buildings to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/02]

208 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science when a decision is likely in relation to an application for funding a building project at Duiske College, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny; and if he will give the project priority status in view of its urgency. [18152/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

208 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science when a decision is likely in relation to an application for funding a building project at Duiske College, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny; and if he will give the project priority status in view of its urgency. [18152/02]

207 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the decision to remove all part-time special needs assistants from the payroll for Easter holidays 2002 in view of the fact that they were paid for Christmas holidays 2001; and if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) to determine if they are due payments from his Department. [18128/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

207 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the decision to remove all part-time special needs assistants from the payroll for Easter holidays 2002 in view of the fact that they were paid for Christmas holidays 2001; and if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) to determine if they are due payments from his Department. [18128/02]

206 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation, at primary level, regarding the pupil-teacher ratio; the guidelines and directives issued by his Department, in this regard; the schools where pupil-teacher ratio exceeds such guidelines issued; his plans to improve the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

206 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation, at primary level, regarding the pupil-teacher ratio; the guidelines and directives issued by his Department, in this regard; the schools where pupil-teacher ratio exceeds such guidelines issued; his plans to improve the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/02]

205 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if a response will issue to the board of management of All Saints national school, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin, to its request for permission to proceed with works. [18024/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

205 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if a response will issue to the board of management of All Saints national school, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin, to its request for permission to proceed with works. [18024/02]

204 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to the board of management of Kill-o'-the Grange national school, Kill Avenue, Deansgrange, County Dublin, to carry out building works as promised in April of this year. [18022/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

204 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to the board of management of Kill-o'-the Grange national school, Kill Avenue, Deansgrange, County Dublin, to carry out building works as promised in April of this year. [18022/02]

203 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will give details of the interim arrangements to be made under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2002, in circumstances where responsibility for truancy has been transferred from the boards of management of schools to the Education Welfare Board which remains understaffed. [18021/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

203 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will give details of the interim arrangements to be made under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2002, in circumstances where responsibility for truancy has been transferred from the boards of management of schools to the Education Welfare Board which remains understaffed. [18021/02]

202 Mr. O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed replacement of the Sacred Heart School, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17994/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

202 Mr. O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed replacement of the Sacred Heart School, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17994/02]

201 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if an application for resource teaching by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be investigated and considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17993/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

201 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if an application for resource teaching by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be investigated and considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17993/02]

200 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if the incremental credits applied for by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be granted without further delay in view of the fact that the original applications were made almost 12 months ago; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17992/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

200 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if the incremental credits applied for by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be granted without further delay in view of the fact that the original applications were made almost 12 months ago; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17992/02]

199 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who do not attend full-time education beyond primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17893/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

199 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who do not attend full-time education beyond primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17893/02]

198 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the numbers of second level schoolchildren who fail to complete the leaving certificate examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17892/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

198 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the numbers of second level schoolchildren who fail to complete the leaving certificate examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17892/02]

235 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to the concern of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding the possible re-introduction of third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18372/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

235 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to the concern of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding the possible re-introduction of third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18372/02]

222 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to reintroduce third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18195/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

222 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to reintroduce third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18195/02]

214 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science his policy with regard to the re-introduction of third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18186/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

214 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science his policy with regard to the re-introduction of third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18186/02]

197 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on a meeting relating to correspondence (details supplied). [18143/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

197 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on a meeting relating to correspondence (details supplied). [18143/02]

196 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will continue to pay travel and meal allowances to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who provided educational support for a person who is autistic. [18131/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002

196 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will continue to pay travel and meal allowances to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who provided educational support for a person who is autistic. [18131/02]

Bericht des Ausschusses für Bildung, Forschung und Technikfolgenabschätzung (17. Ausschuss) gemäß § 56a der Geschäftsordnung zur Technikfolgenabschätzung hier: TA-Projekt: E-Commerce (G-SIG: 15000170)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 October 2002

Bericht zu dem durch das Büro für Technikfolgenabschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag durchgeführten Projekt "Wirtschaftliche Perspektiven des elektronischen Handels": Datenlage, B2B-E-Commerce, B2C-E-Commerce, ausgewählte Wirtschaftsbereiche: Lebensmittel, Automobilindustrie und Autohandel, Arzneimittelhandel, Medienprodukte, Stromhandel, Wertpapierhandel, Rechtswesen, Beschaffung im öffentlichen Bereich; Modernisierung durch E-Commerce, Forschungsbedarf, politische Handlungsfelder

Common Position (EC) No 59/2002 of 14 October 2002 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European year of education through sport 2004

European Union · Council of the European Union · 14 October 2002

A bill to authorize the conveyance of a portion of the Bluegrass Army Depot, Kentucky, to preserve a historic Civil War battlefield.

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel of real property consisting of approximately three acres at the Bluegrass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky, to Madison County if the County agrees to utilize such property for historical preservation and education purposes.

BLAST Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Ballistics, Law Assistance, and Safety Technology Act (BLAST Act) - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require a licensed manufacturer or importer of firearms to: (1) test fire manufactured or imported firearms as specified by the Secretary of the Treasury; (2) prepare ballistics images of the fired bullet and cartridge casings; (3) make the records available to the Secretary for entry into a computerized database; and (4) store the fired bullet and cartridge casings. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to assist firearm manufacturers and importers in complying with these requirements through: (1) the acquisition, disposition, and upgrades of ballistics equipment and bullet and cartridge casing recovery equipment; (2) the hiring or designation of personnel necessary to develop and maintain a ballistics database; (3) providing education about the role of ballistics; and (4) providing for the coordination among law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and the firearm industry to curb firearm-related crime and illegal firearm trafficking. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to: (1) establish a computer system through which State and local law enforcement agencies can promptly access ballistics records; (2) encourage training for ballistics examiners; (3) report to Congress on the impact of this Act on criminal investigations, arrests, indictments, and prosecutions; and (4) conduct mandatory ballistics testing of all firearms obtained by or in the possession of their respective agencies. Prohibits the use of ballistics information of individual guns for prosecutorial purposes unless officials have a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed and that ballistics information would assist in the investigation.

Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney General (the "Secretaries"), in consultation with various other officials, to make a grant to one "demonstration facility" in each of ten areas to be selected by the Secretaries to implement screening to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth. Defines "demonstration facility" as a facility serving at-risk youth or performing outreach to school-age youth. Requires the selected areas to include various areas, including one that has a shortage of mental health professionals and one located in an Indian reservation. Prohibits grants from going to applicants that do not agree to report certain information to the Secretaries, including on: (1) demographics of the youth in the project; (2) the outcomes of the screening; (3) referrals based on outcomes; (4) treatment based on referrals; (5) suicide, including suicide attempts and rates, to the extent practicable. Prohibits the Secretaries from discriminating against an applicant due to the applicant's inability to collect information on suicide. Directs the Secretaries to convene an advisory panel to advise each of the Secretaries regarding the use or improvement of the screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth.

Recruitment and Diversity in Nursing Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Recruitment and Diversity in Nursing Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program in which nontraditional nursing students shall contract to serve at least two years at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses after attending an accredited school of nursing on a Federal scholarship. Requires the program to run from FY 2003 to 2004, and permits the Secretary to extend the program thereafter. Sets a maximum figure of 25 percent of the number of scholarships that may be used for training in advanced degree programs. Allows a recipient to complete a period of service on a part-time basis under certain conditions. Applies certain provisions applicable to the National Health Service Corps Program to the nursing scholarship program. Directs the Secretary to give preference in entering into contracts in such program to individuals in financial need. Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to carry out nursing awareness and recruitment programs in elementary schools and secondary schools. States that the program shall run from FY 2003 to 2004, and permits the Secretary to extend the program thereafter. Requires that of the schools in which a beneficiary conducts awareness and recruitment programs, at least half must have a high percentage of nontraditional students. Prohibits any grant for nursing awareness and recruitment programs from lasting for a period of more than three years.

Federal Credit Union Services Expansion Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Federal Credit Union Services Expansion Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act (FCUA) to exempt from the numerical limitation on credit union membership: (1) a Federal credit union merger approved by the National Credit Union Administration Board as of August 7, 1998; and (2) student groups, if certain financial education materials are furnished. Instructs the Board to prescribe criteria for continued membership of certain member groups in community charter conversions. Includes electronic fund transfers among the services available to persons in the field of membership (but not members). Raises the ceiling on member business loans. Amends the Small Business Act (SBA) to allow credit union participation in SBA guaranteed loan programs. Amends the FCUA to declare that if a credit union provides debt management and counseling services it may expand its membership in underserved communities that show both: (1) significant unmet needs for affordable short-term credit from depository institutions; and (2) a high concentration of noninsured commercial credit facilities offering high-cost credit and money transfer services. Amends the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, with respect to business loans to credit union members, to extend the meaning of insured credit union to include a nonprofit organization owned collectively by insured credit unions. Amends the FCUA to prescribe guidelines governing: (1) investments for the credit union's own account; (2) conversion of insured credit unions to mutual savings banks; (3) member participation in credit union decisions to terminate share insurance; and (4) membership and activities of insured state-chartered credit unions.

To apply guidelines for the determination of per-pupil expenditure requirements for heavily impacted local educational agencies, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise impact aid provisions for certain heavily impacted local educational agencies (LEAs), under the program of payments for eligible federally connected children. Requires that procedures under specified Federal regulations be applied in determining whether an LEA with an enrollment of less than 350 students has a per-pupil expenditure that is less than the average per-pupil expenditure of a comparable LEA in the same State. Directs the Secretary of Education to deem the LEA serving the Bonesteel-Fairfax school district, 26-5, in Bonesteel, South Dakota, to be eligible in FY 2003 for a basic support payment for heavily impacted LEAs. Requires an application filed by Central School District, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, for such a payment for federally connected students for FY 2003, to be treated as timely and processed by the Secretary if it is received within 30 days after enactment of this Act.

To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 - Establishes in the Department of Education the Institute of Education Sciences, consisting of: (1) an Office of the Director; (2) a National Board for Education Sciences; and (3) the National Education Centers, including ones for Education Research, Education Statistics, and Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award at least 20 grants to local entities or consortia to establish comprehensive centers to provide technical assistance and professional development in reading, mathematics, science, and technology, especially to low-performing schools and districts. Directs the Secretary, in awarding such grants, to ensure that at least one such center is established in each of the ten regions served by the current regional educational laboratories. Directs the Secretary, until the comprehensive centers are established, to continue awards for the support of the Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia, the Regional Technology in Education Consortia, and the Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) regional advisory committees to make regional assessments; and (2) priorities for the regional educational laboratories and comprehensive centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make competitive grants to State educational agencies for statewide, longitudinal data systems for using individual student data. National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2008 for: (1) the National Assessment Governing Board; and (2) the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to provide for the Institute of Educational Sciences and its Director. Repeals the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 and specified parts of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 and the Department of Education Organization Act.

Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to include, under HEA student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve three consecutive complete years in an approved health care facility or setting.

Recognizing the importance and accomplishments of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) supports the goals and ideals of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund; (2) salutes the Fund, and recognizes the efforts in support of equal opportunity in higher education of its president, its board of directors, and the presidents, faculties, staff, and trustees of its member institutions; and (3) commends the students who benefit from the Fund for their pursuit of academic excellence.

Bericht des Ausschusses für Bildung, Forschung und Technikfolgenabschätzung (19. Ausschuss) gemäß § 56a der Geschäftsordnung zur Technikfolgenabschätzung hier: TA-Projekt: Biometrische Identifikationssysteme - Sachstandsbericht (G-SIG: 15000825)

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 October 2002

Bericht zu dem durch das Büro für Technikfolgenabschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag durchgeführten Projekt: Biometrische Merkmale, Verfahren und Systeme, Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten, Verbraucherpolitik, Recht, Datenschutz, Perspektiven der weiteren Entwicklung

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education.

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2002

Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend, until September 30, 2003, the termination date for the Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education.

A bill to make adjustments to the method of determining eligibility for impact aid funds for heavily impacted local educational agencies, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2002

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise impact aid provisions for certain heavily impacted local educational agencies (LEAs), under the program of payments for eligible federally connected children. Requires that procedures under specified Federal regulations be applied in determining whether an LEA with an enrollment of less than 350 students has a per-pupil expenditure that is less than the average per-pupil expenditure of a comparable LEA in the same State. Directs the Secretary of Education to deem the LEA serving the Bonesteel-Fairfax school district, 26-5, in Bonesteel, South Dakota, to be eligible in FY 2003 for a basic support payment for heavily impacted LEAs. Requires an application filed by Central School District, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, for such a payment for federally connected students for FY 2003, to be treated as timely and processed by the Secretary if it is received within 30 days after enactment of this Act.

IDEA Paperwork Reduction Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2002

IDEA Paperwork Reduction Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Education to report to specified congressional committees, with respect to the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), on advisable regulatory proposals to reduce: (1) the IDEA paperwork burden on teachers, administrators, and related services providers; and (2) the non-instructional time spent by teachers to comply with IDEA requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, develop, and disseminate simplified and streamlined model documents for individualized education programs (IEPs), procedural safeguards notices, and prior written notice reporting requirements incorporating relevant Federal statutory and regulatory requirements under IDEA; and (2) disseminate and provide training and technical assistance on such model IEPs, notices, and requirements to all State and local educational agencies (LEAs), parent training centers, and other appropriate entities. Allows States receiving funds under IDEA part B to permit LEAs to develop a three-year IEP (instead of an annual IEP) with goals coinciding with natural transition points for the child and including certain annual goals, with parents' informed consent, for each child with a disability. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program of granting waivers of IDEA paperwork requirements for up to four years for up to ten States, based on State proposals for addressing reduction of paperwork and non-instructional time spent fulfilling statutory and regulatory requirements. Requires the annual report of the Department of Education to Congress to include information on the efficacy and promise of such waivers. Amends IDEA to provide for flexibility with respect to IEP meetings, by allowing: (1) regular education teachers to be excused from attendance under certain circumstances; and (2) LEA discretion in requiring IEP team member attendance and in waiving, consolidating, or developing alternatives to certain meetings, with parental agreement. Limits certain IEP information to what is specifically required. Revises requirements for procedural safeguard notices.

To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2002

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 - Establishes in the Department of Education the Institute of Education Sciences, consisting of: (1) an Office of the Director; (2) a National Board for Education Sciences; and (3) the National Education Centers, including ones for Education Research, Education Statistics, and Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, with their respective Commissioners to be appointed by the Institute Director. Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award at least 20 grants to local entities or consortia to establish comprehensive centers to provide technical assistance and professional development in reading, mathematics, science, and technology, especially to low-performing schools and districts. Directs the Secretary, in awarding such grants, to ensure that at least one such center is established in each of the ten regions served by the current regional educational laboratories. Directs the Secretary, until the comprehensive centers are established, to continue awards for the support of the Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia, the Regional Technology in Education Consortia, and the Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) regional advisory committees to make regional assessments; and (2) priorities for the regional educational laboratories and comprehensive centers, taking into account the regional assessments. Authorizes the Secretary to make competitive grants to State educational agencies for statewide, longitudinal data systems for using individual student data. National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the National Assessment Governing Board; and (2) the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to provide for the Institute of Educational Sciences and its Director.

Teaching Fellows Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2002

Teaching Fellows Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make competitive matching grants to States for Teaching and Partnership Fellows programs of fellowships for prospective public school teachers. Provides for fellowships: (1) under the Teaching program, for high school seniors and second-year college students, to encourage them to enter the teaching field and become career educators; and (2) under the Partnership program, for individuals, such as teaching assistants and others currently in the education field, to complete a bachelor's degree with a State license or certification in education, through partnerships among associate-and-bachelor-degree-granting institutions. Requires fellowship recipients to repay specified amounts if they do not fulfill certain obligations to teach in their State's public elementary or secondary schools, under such Federal Teaching and Partnership Fellows program.

A joint resolution recognizing the contributions of Patsy Takemoto Mink.

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2002

Renames title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (prohibiting discrimination in education based on sex) the "Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act".

Rural Development Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2002

Rural Development Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited rural investment tax credit for each new or existing qualified rural investment building that is part of a qualified rural investment project located in a qualifying county. Directs the Secretary of Education to award rural education initiative grants to States for local educational agencies. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Physician and Nurse Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide scholarships to individuals seeking medical or nursing education in exchange for service in rural areas.

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the placing of certain substances on the schedules of controlled substances, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2002

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the definition of "immediate precursor" to include a substance which the Attorney General has designated as the immediate chemical precursor of an anabolic steroid that has been scheduled as a controlled substance which either is a metabolite of a scheduled anabolic steroid or is transformed in the body directly into a scheduled anabolic steroid or the metabolite of a scheduled anabolic steroid. Authorizes the Attorney General to place the immediate precursor of a scheduled anabolic steroid in the same schedule as that anabolic steroid or in any other schedule with a higher numerical designation (without regard to specified requirements, including the requirement that a substance promote muscle growth). States that once such an immediate precursor is placed in a schedule, it becomes a controlled substance and the Attorney General may schedule an immediate precursor of that substance. Authorizes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to undertake education programs at the grade and high school levels to highlight the harmful effects of steroids and steroid precursor use by youths. Requires the Director to use funds made available for such programs for existing State and local anti-drug programs, primarily for education programs that directly communicate with teachers, principals, coaches, and children at the school level on the harmful effects of steroids and steroid precursors.

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2002

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2002 - Requires that the share of the Tribe from amounts distributed to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation under the Indian Tribal Judgement Funds Use or Distribution Act (and including funds from the Fort Peck Reservation, et al. v. The United States of America, Docket No. 773-87) be made available for tribal health, education, housing and social services programs.

Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2002

Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) screening; (3) training; (4) educational requirements; (5) Federal and non-Federal share of funds for the Program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds. Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a State. Mandates an annual status report to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or Website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care. Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the Federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor.

Finger Lakes Initiative Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 2002

Finger Lakes Initiative Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish the Finger Lakes Initiative to protect the environmental integrity and cultural and economic benefits of the region. Establishes the Finger Lakes Management Conference to carry out the Initiative through the development of a comprehensive plan. Includes a technical advisory committee as part of the Conference. Requires the comprehensive plan to address issues of water quality and level, native habitats, and recreational and economic activities. Subjects the plan to approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Conference to establish a Finger Lakes Institute as an interdisciplinary environmental research and education program at an academic institution within the region. Limits the Federal share of costs to 75 percent, permitting the non-Federal share to be made up of in-kind contributions. Requires coordination with the relevant Federal programs of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior.