Education

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2708) to further the national security and improve the economy of the United States by providing grants for the improvement of proficiency in critical languages, for the improvement of elementary and secondary foreign language instruction, and for per capita grants to reimburse institutions of higher education to promote the growth and improve the quality of postsecondary foreign language instruction.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2708 (foreign language instruction).

Verbot der Verteilung des vom Gesamtdeutschen Institut herausgegebenen DDR-Kalenders 1984 in den nordrhein-westfälischen Schulen (G-SIG: 10046605)

Germany · German Bundestag · 17 February 1984

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 77/486/EEC ON THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS

European Union · European Commission · 10 February 1984

Senior Citizen Tutorial Volunteer Network Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Senior Citizen Tutorial Volunteer Network Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), or to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations applying jointly with one or more LEAs, to establish and operate senior citizen tutorial volunteer network programs for educationally disadvantaged children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out this Act. Provides that 85 percent of such appropriations be used for such grants for such programs. Provides that such volunteers will tutor such children in their elementary and secondary schools and homes and will serve as liaisons between their schools and families. Provides that such funds may also be used to: (1) train volunteers, teachers, and other school personnel involved in such programs; (2) develop curricula materials; and (3) assist volunteers to pay for program-related expenses. Provides that 15 percent of such appropriations shall be used by the Secretary for: (1) a leadership training institute for project directors and other designated project personnel; and (2) ongoing technical assistance for projects. Requires that eligible applicants submit grant applications which describe the program, including plans for program continuation at the local level. Requires that such applications provide assurances that: (1) local senior citizen groups are involved in program design and operation; and (2) only elementary and secondary schools and families eligible for assistance under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may receive assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) assure equitable distribution of assistance among the States; and (2) pay a Federal share for each fiscal year equal to 100 percent of the costs of the programs described in approved applications.

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984 - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in a specified amount for FY 1985 and in such sums as may be necessary for FY 1986 through 1989. Provides that funds appropriated under specified provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917) shall be considered as funds appropriated for this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to five percent of such appropriations for national programs under part C of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder of such appropriations to States and insular areas according to a formula based on: (1) relative numbers of unemployed persons aged 15 through 19, 20 through 44, and 45 through 64; and (2) relative per capita income. Provides for minimum allotments and for reallotment under specified circumstances. Requires States to submit annual proposed use reports to the Secretary, after making such reports available for public comment, in order to receive funds under part B of this Act. Requires States to provide for financial and compliance audits of programs supported by funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Part B: State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment under part A, to establish, expand, and improve vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities. Authorizes each State to set aside that portion of such allotment as is required for the State's administration of the programs, projects, services, and activities described in its proposed use report. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least: (1) 30 percent for subpart 1 programs (Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training); and (2) 30 percent for subpart 2 programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education). Requires that of such funds for subpart 1 and 2 programs, at least ten percent be used to meet the special needs of handicapped persons and at least 20 percent be used to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons. Authorizes a State to use up to 50 percent of funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs to pay an eligible recipient's administrative costs. Authorizes a State to use funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of any State or local advisory council which assists the planning, implementation, or evaluation of a program, project, service, or activity under this Act. Prohibits a State from using funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of stipends or construction. Authorizes each State to: (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out part B programs; and (2) prescribe the manner in which grants and contracts are made to eligible recipients and whatever terms, consistent with Federal requirements, are reasonable and necessary for administration of part B programs. Subpart 1: Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training - Requires that skilled work force training conducted under this part correspond to current State or local economic needs or plans specifically described in the proposed use report. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this subpart for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training or retraining persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to make its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in this subpart's programs persons whose jobs have been lost or jeopardized by technological or economic change. Subpart 2: Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education - Requires States, in using funds reserved for this part, to give careful consideration to the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons, handicapped persons, and persons with limited English proficiency. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for one or more specified activities relating to strengthening of State and local vocational education systems so that all persons, regardless of sex, can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this part to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations for specified research-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational Education to conduct one or more of such activities, including information dissemination. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for administration of programs under specified Acts, to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with the tribal organization to plan, conduct, and administer vocational education programs authorized under part B of this Act which are consistent with tribal economic development plans. Directs the Secretary to award funds for such programs on a competitive basis. Authorizes the Secretary to support the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Part D: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Part E: Conforming Amendments; Repeals; Effective Date - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise definitions of local and State educational agencies under such Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Act. Establishes, under such Act, a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall serve as the successor to the entity previously established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes technical and conforming amendments to other specified Federal laws. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1984 or FY 1985 under such Act that are not obligated by July 1, 1985, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act.

Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984 - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) to add as a purpose of State vocational education programs under VEA to reduce the structural unemployment of the hard-to-employ, by funding State and local proposals which: (1) develop new self-help, community-based preparation programs that provide prevocational, motivational, attitudinal, and basic skills training necessary for existing vocational and technical training schools; (2) assist in providing adequate prevocational preparation targeted to the inner-city youth, the non-English-speaking barrios, the Appalachian hollows, and other urban and rural pockets of poverty; and (3) provide for cooperation between self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness and existing vocational and technical training institutions. Includes self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness among those groups to be represented in: (1) the membership of State and local advisory councils on vocational education; (2) participating in the formulation of State five-year plans for vocational education; and (3) the membership of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Requires States, in considering the approval of applications for vocation education funds under VEA, to give priority (along with other priority factors) to those applicants that make proposals which contribute to the purpose added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows any eligible recipient of funds under VEA that is a self-help community- based organization to appeal to the Secretary of Education any final action of the State with respect to any application for funds under VEA. Requires expenditures determination of such appeals. Allows VEA basic grants to States to be used to provide vocational education support services by self-help community-based organizations for programs which contribute to carrying out the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilizing intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows VEA grants to States for program improvement and supportive services to be used for research and demonstration programs which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Requires that at least ten percent of each State's allotment, and ten percent of funds for program improvement and supportive services, be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of programs, services, and activities which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a proven record in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Includes self-help community-based organizations under the VEA definition of "eligible recipient." Gives examples of the types of programs and organizations referred to in this Act. Authorizes appropriations in such sums as are necessary to carry out the VEA for FY 1985 through 1989.

National Drug Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

National Drug Education Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) in establishing and improving drug, alcohol, and tobacco education programs for elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Secretary to make such grant payments to States in amounts based on relative numbers of children in average daily attendance in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes States to reserve up to seven percent of such grant payment for State administration of drug, alcohol, and tobacco education programs. Sets forth requirements for State applications for such grants. Requires State educational agencies (SEAs) to assure that LEAs will retain autonomy and flexibility in planning such programs. Requires SEAs to contribute, in cash, 20 percent of the cost of each program approved by the State. Directs the SEA to allocate grant funds to LEAs on the basis of relative numbers of children in daily attendance in elementary and secondary schools. Directs the SEA, from the amount allocated to an LEA, to pay up to 75 percent of the cost of the approved program. Provides for reallocation of amounts not spent by LEAs within a specified time period. Sets forth requirements for LEA applications for such allocations. Requires an LEA to pay five percent of the total program cost, in cash or in services, equipment, or facilities. Requires LEA planning for cooperation and coordination with Federal, State, and local police departments and agencies. Requires assurances that the LEA program will meet any special needs of low income and minority students. Sets forth provisions for program participation of children from private schools. Sets forth administrative provisions for audits and withholding of program payments to States. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on activities assisted under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education to carry out this Act for FY 1985 through 1987.

A bill to amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to provide for the initiation and support of research fundamental to the engineering process in order to strengthen engineering research and engineering education, and to make changes in the organization and nomenclature of the Foundation to reflect the new essential emphasis on engineering.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to rename the National Science Foundation the National Science and Engineering Foundation. Renames the National Science Board the National Science and Engineering Board. Directs the Foundation to initiate and support fundamental engineering research through contracts, grants, loans, and other forms of assistance. Increases the membership of: (1) the Board from 24 to 36; and (2) the Executive Committee of the Board from five to seven. Increases the number of Assistant Directors of the Foundation from four to eight and revises their salary scale.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased above the FY 1984 levels.

Maureen E. Corcoran, of California, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, vice Daniel Oliver, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 8 February 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region. Makes any remainder of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center. Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would: (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs. Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more. Requires such contractors to: (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center. Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to: (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds. Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

Student Aid Volunteer Earnings Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Student Aid Volunteer Earnings Act - Establishes a student aid volunteer earnings program. Requires that participants in the program: (1) be between 16 and 25 years old; (2) either have a high school diploma (or its equivalent) or be at least 18 years old and pursuing a high school equivalency diploma during participation in the program; (3) enter an agreement to commit themselves to participate in the program; (4) be a citizen or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; and (5) if below 18 years old, have the written consent of their parents or legal guardians. Requires that the volunteers participate in community service projects including specified service and work activities which would not otherwise be carried out. Provides for a period of service of between six to 24 months, to be served in six-month increments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("the Secretary") after consultation with participating States and local sponsoring agencies, to design, prepare, and make available to participating States certificates of volunteer service to be presented to volunteers who successfully complete the applicable period of service. Provides for stipends (equal to at least the minimum wage for no more than 32 hours of community service per workweek) and for health insurance and workmen's compensation benefits for volunteers. Requires that each participant in the program agree to: (1) work 32 hours per week in a community service project carried out by the local sponsoring agency; (2) spend eight hours per workweek in remedial or continuing education; (3) contribute 25 percent of the stipend paid to the volunteer to the educational trust fund; (4) serve at least six months, and for six-month intervals, but for no more than 24 months, in order to be entitled to receive the postservice educational benefits of Federal matching funds under the educational trust fund; and (5) furnish information necessary for verification of eligibility and for participation in the program. Requires that States desiring to participate in the program to: (1) designate a State agency or institution with special qualifications for solving community problems to administer the program; (2) establish a State citizens panel broadly representative of community resources; (3) develop a State plan in consultation with the panel, with comments from interested groups; and (4) submit the plan to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements for State plans, including provisions that the State will pay remaining program costs from non-Federal sources. Sets forth requirements for applications to States by local sponsoring agencies desiring to participate in the program, including provisions that the agency will pay from non-Federal sources the non-Federal share of the program cost. Establishes in the Treasury the Student Aid Volunteer Earning Education Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report on the trust fund annually to Congress. Provides for transfer to the trust fund, from specified appropriations authorized under this Act, of amounts equal to: (1) 25 percent of the anticipated stipends to be paid to volunteers under this Act in the fiscal year in which the transfer is made; and (2) 200 percent of the amount transferred pursuant to clause (1). Provides for investment of any portion of the trust fund not required to meet current withdrawals and for crediting to the trust fund interest and proceeds from such investments. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year out of amounts in the trust fund such sums as are necessary to make payments authorized for postsecondary educational benefits and for administration of such benefits. Sets forth provisions for postservice educational benefits. Permits each volunteer, within six years after the completion of the period of service, to withdraw amounts from the trust fund to which the volunteer is entitled in order to attend any eligible institution. Entitles each recipient to the amount transferred from his or her stipend plus 200 percent of that amount, plus interest at six percent per year for each six-month period of service. Requires each volunteer to sign an agreement to use such funds to pay tuition and living costs attributable to enrollment in an eligible institution. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the six-year period for claiming such benefits in the case of service in the U.S. Armed Forces. Includes among eligible institutions for purposes of this Act institutions of higher education and vocational schools (as defined as "eligible institutions" under specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965) and any institution or course of study approved for veterans under specified provisions of Federal law. Provides that, whenever a volunteer withdraws an amount for any other than the required educational purpose, such volunteer: (1) is entitled only to the amount transferred from the stipend, plus six percent interest per year; and (2) may not serve or reenter the program. Sets forth provisions for an inschool component. Authorizes each State, in addition to the program authorized by this Act, to use up to ten percent of its allotment under this Act for purposes of such inschool component. Allows a local sponsoring agency within a State to recruit participants who are: (1) attending secondary school; (2) within six months of completion of twelfth grade; and (3) economically disadvantaged. Provides that such inschool participant service shall be the same as the other service under this Act, except that such participants shall agree to: (1) perform between ten and 20 hours of service per week; and (2) enroll for an initial regular six-month period of service. Provides that, if such participant fails to so enroll, the 200 percent matching Federal payment shall not be made to the fund, and the 25 percent transfers from the stipend shall be paid directly to the volunteer. Defines "economically disadvantaged" in the same way as under the Job Training Partnership Act. Sets forth administrative provisions for reporting and certification of benefits. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and Congress on activities conducted under this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to applications of Federal law to volunteers under this Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Directs the Secretary to pay, from a State's allotment, to each State having an approved plan the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out its State plan. Sets such Federal share for each fiscal year at: (1) 80 percent of the amount of stipends paid to volunteers in that State plus 100 percent of the costs of health insurance and worker's compensation benefits for volunteers; (2) 100 percent of the administrative costs of the local sponsoring agencies in carrying out applications approved under the State plan; and (3) 80 percent of the remaining costs of developing and carrying out the State plan. Sets forth provisions for records and audits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) reserve in each fiscal year amounts necessary for Federal administration of the program; and (2) from the remainder, allot to each State an amount based on population. Sets forth provisions for reallotments to States.

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984 - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in a specified amount for FY 1985 and in such sums as may be necessary for FY 1986 through 1989. Provides that funds appropriated under specified provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917) shall be considered as funds appropriated for this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to five percent of such appropriations for national programs under part C of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder of such appropriations to States and insular areas according to a formula based on: (1) relative numbers of unemployed persons aged 15 through 19, 20 through 44, and 45 through 64; and (2) relative per capita income. Provides for minimum allotments and for reallotment under specified circumstances. Requires States to submit annual proposed use reports to the Secretary, after making such reports available for public comment, in order to receive funds under part B of this Act. Requires States to provide for financial and compliance audits of programs supported by funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Part B: State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment under part A, to establish, expand, and improve vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities. Authorizes each State to set aside that portion of such allotment as is required for the State's administration of the programs, projects, services, and activities described in its proposed use report. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least: (1) 30 percent for subpart 1 programs (Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training); and (2) 30 percent for subpart 2 programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education). Requires that, of such funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs, at least ten percent be used to meet the special needs of handicapped persons and at least 20 percent be used to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons. Authorizes a State to use up to 50 percent of funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs to pay an eligible recipient's administrative cost. Authorizes a State to use funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of any State or local advisory council which assists the planning, implementation, or evaluation of a program, project, service, or activity under this Act. Prohibits a State from using funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of stipends or construction. Authorizes each State to: (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out part B programs; and (2) prescribe the manner in which grants and contracts are made to eligible recipients and whatever terms, consistent with Federal requirements, are reasonable and necessary for administration of part B programs. Subpart 1: Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training - Requires that skilled work force training conducted under this part correspond to current State or local economic needs or plans specifically described in the proposed use report. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this subpart for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training or retraining persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to make its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in this subpart's programs persons whose jobs have been lost or jeopardized by technological or economic change. Subpart 2: Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education - Requires States, in using funds reserved for this part, to give careful consideration to the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons, handicapped persons, and persons with limited English proficiency. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for one or more specified activities relating to strengthening of State and local vocational education systems so that all persons, regardless of sex, can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this part to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations for specified research-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational Education to conduct one or more of such activities, including information dissemination. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for administration of programs under specified Acts, to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with the tribal organization to plan, conduct, and administer vocational education programs authorized under part B of this Act which are consistent with tribal economic development plans. Directs the Secretary to award funds for such programs on a competitive basis. Authorizes the Secretary to support the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Part D: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Part E: Conforming Amendments; Repeals; Effective Date - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise definitions of local and State educational agencies under such Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Act. Establishes, under such Act, a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall serve as the successor to the entity previously established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes technical and conforming amendments to other specified Federal laws. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1984 or FY 1985 under such Act that are not obligated by July 1, 1985, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act.

Higher Education Savings Incentive Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Higher Education Savings Incentive Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of the taxpayer's dependent child at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 (adjusted for inflation) for each account per calendar year. Disallows any deduction for contributions to an account for individuals who have attained age 19. Specifies that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Permits the deferral of income tax on income accumulated in such education savings accounts as long as such amounts are used exclusively for educational expenses. Specifies penalties for the use of account funds for other than educational purposes. Requires the trustee of an education savings account to file reports with the Secretary of the Treasury on the maintenance of the account. Imposes penalties for not filing required reports. Extends the deduction for contributions to an education savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Excludes from the gross income of account beneficiaries any distributions from the account made on their behalf which are used for educational expenses.

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region. Makes any remainder of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center. Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would: (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs. Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more. Requires such contractors to: (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center. Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to: (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds. Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

Auflösung des Bahnbusverkehrs im Bezirk Augsburg und Bildung einer privaten Regionalverkehrsgesellschaft; Schicksal der Arbeitnehmer (G-SIG: 10046448)

Germany · German Bundestag · 3 February 1984

Bewährung des Innovationsförderungs- und Technologietransfer-Zentrums der Hochschulen des Ruhrgebiets (ITZ); Planung weiterer Zentren (G-SIG: 10050362)

Germany · German Bundestag · 3 February 1984

Einrichtung des Studiengangs "Korrosionsschutz" auch an anderen Hochschulen angesichts der Überlastung der Fachhochschule Hagen (G-SIG: 10050364)

Germany · German Bundestag · 3 February 1984

Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984

Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to promote more effective schools and excellence in education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for such grants program. Allows program grants to be used to: (1) promote State educational agency (SEA) and local educational agency (LEA) awareness of effective schools information through conferences at schools and district and multidistrict offices and through onsite visits to model effective schools; (2) develop and implement systems of data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication; (3) plan, review, and revise program activities; (4) support related effective schools efforts; (5) obtain technical assistance and consultant services from regional educational laboratories, research and development centers, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit educational organizations; (6) design, develop, and publish educational materials on effective schools programs; (7) conduct program evaluations; and (8) otherwise identify, document, and disseminate information concerning exemplary effective schools programs. Requires that program grant applications by SEAs or LEAs demonstrate that: (1) the applicant has an effective schools improvement program in effect; (2) grant funds would be used to pay not more than one-half of the cost of any program or activity; (3) grant funds would be supplementary; and (4) independent annual evaluations will be conducted and reported. Directs the Secretary of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to: (1) consider the extent to which grant funds would be used to improve schools in districts with the greatest numbers or percentages of educationally deprived children and the extent to which the applicant's ongoing effective schools program has demonstrated the capacity to improve student achievement or behavior; (2) ensure reasonable geographic distribution of grants; and (3) designate grants as being available for a period of at least one but not more than three years. Sets forth provisions for technical assistance and program evaluation.

A joint resolution recognizing the important contributions of the arts to a complete education.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984

Recognizes the important contribution of the arts to a complete education. Urges all citizens to support efforts which strengthen artistic training and appreciation within schools.

A joint resolution to designate the week of April 23-27, 1984, as "National Student Leadership Week".

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1984

Designates the week of April 23 through April 27, 1984, as National Student Leadership Week.

A resolution relating to the funding of College Work-Study Programs.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1984

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the FY 1985 appropriations for College Work-Study programs under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 should be increased to not less than the amounts available in FY 1983.

A joint resolution recognizing the important contributions of the arts to a complete education.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Recognizes the important contribution of the arts to a complete education. Urges all citizens to support efforts which strengthen artistic training and appreciation within schools.

A joint resolution to designate the week of April 23-27, 1984, as "National Student Leadership Week".

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Designates the week of April 23 through April 27, 1984, as National Student Leadership Week.

A resolution electing Representative Tauke of Iowa and Representative McCain of Arizona to the Committee on Education and Labor.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Elects Representatives Thomas J. Tauke, of Iowa, and John McCain, of Arizona, to the Committee on Education and Labor.

A bill to prohibit the payment of Federal Education assistance in States which require the licensing or certification of private schools or private school teachers.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the payment of Federal education assistance in States which require the licensing or certification of private schools or private school teachers.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning on May 13, 1984, as "National Vocational Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Designates the week beginning on May 13, 1984, as National Vocational Education Week.

A resolution providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Education and Labor in the second session of the Ninety-eighth Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Authorizes expenditures by the House Committee on Education and Labor for the second session of the 98th Congress, including the procurement of consultant services and assistance for specialized training for its professional staff.

A resolution providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor in the second session of the Ninety-eighth Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Authorizes expenditures by the Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor for the second session of the 98th Congress, including the procurement of consultant services.

National Educational Software Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984

National Educational Software Act of 1984 - Establishes within the Government a National Educational Software Corporation. Provides that the board of directors of the Corporation shall consist of: (1) the Secretary of Education, the Directors of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or their designees; and (2) specified numbers of persons appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, who are elementary or secondary school or college teachers, administrators of educational institutions, experts in the application of computer technology to education, or experts in the ventures financing of high technology companies. Directs the Corporation to: (1) develop criteria for the selection of high-quality, interactive, and educationally useful computer software; (2) secure investment capital for selected projects to develop such software; (3) make investments in projects for development of such software, subject to specified limitations; (4) enter into contracts and make grants to assist in the development of such software; (5) establish, or provide for the establishment of, a clearinghouse to disseminate information on such software to educational institutions and agencies; and (6) engage in such other operations and activities as the board of directors determines to be necessary and appropriate to encourage the development and use of such software. Sets forth the general authorities of the Corporation. Prohibits the Corporation from issuing its own securities. Sets forth provisions concerning investments by the Corporation. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1985 through 1987.

A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1984, and ending December 31, 1984, as the "Year of Excellence in Education".

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984

Designates January 1 through December 31, 1984, as the Year of Excellence in Education.

A joint resolution to designate the period commencing April 1, 1984, and ending March 31, 1985, as the "Year of Excellence in Education".

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984

Designates January 1 through December 31, 1984, as the Year of Excellence in Education.

A joint resolution designating the month of June 1984 as "Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month".

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984

Designates the month of June 1984 as Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month.

Möglichkeiten einer Anerkennung als Wehrdienstverweigerer vor Bildung der Anerkennungsausschüsse und Prüfungskammern (G-SIG: 10046423)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 January 1984

Haltung des Bundesministers der Verteidigung gegenüber Wehrdienstverweigerern bei der Erteilung von Lehraufträgen an Hochschulen der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 10050349)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 January 1984

Verbot der Verteilung des vom Gesamtdeutschen Institut herausgegebenen DDR-Kalenders 1984 an nordrhein-westfälischen Schulen (G-SIG: 10046350)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 January 1984

Verbot der Verteilung des vom BMB herausgegebenen DDR-Kalenders 1984 an nordrhein-westfälischen Schulen (G-SIG: 10041227)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 January 1984

Zahl der Schulabgänger aus allgemeinbildenden Schulen im Schuljahr 1983/1984 im Vergleich zum Vorjahr (G-SIG: 10046347)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 January 1984

Ankündigung der Förderung privater Schulen und Universitäten durch Bundesminister Genscher; Schaffung von Elite-Universitäten (G-SIG: 10046357)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 January 1984