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United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Adult Education Amendments - Provides that not more than 15 percent of funds appropriated under the Adult Education Act shall be reserved for special projects. Provides that State plans desiring an allotment of Federal funds under such Act shall provide for cooperation with manpower development and training programs and occupational education programs and shall provide that the State agency will make available not to exceed 25 percent of the State's allotment for programs of high school equivalency certificates. Permits any State which receives assistance under the Act to establish and maintain a State advisory council which shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the functions of such Council. Authorizes to be approprated $225,000,000 for each of the next six fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
National Education Investment Act - Title I: Grants for Construction and Acquisition of Facilities and Equipment for Schools Serving Children of Low-Income Families - Elementary and Secondary School Construction Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies serving areas with concentrations of children from low-income families to construct, reconstruct, renovate, and improve elementary and secondary school facilities so as to more effectively meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make payments to State educational agencies for a grant to local educational agencies for the period beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1977. Specifies a formula by which the Commissioner shall determine the maximum grant which a local educational agency shall be eligible to receive under this title. Sets forth requirements which such an agency must meet to be eligible for a grant under this title. Provides that a local educational agency may receive a grant under this title upon the approval of its application by the State educational agency. Requires each State which desires to participate in the program under this title to submit an application to the Commissioner which satisfies the requirements set forth in this title. Provides that the Commissioner shall not finally disapprove an application except after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. Denies the payment of funds under this title to any State which considers payments under this title in determining the eligibility of any local educational agency in that State for State aid. Provides that the combined State and local educational agency expenditures for the provision of free public education for any fiscal year in which funds are received under this title shall be at least equal to such combined effort for fiscal year 1972. Title II: Loan Guarantees and Interest Subsidies for Construction and Acquisition of Facilities for Elementary and Secondary Schools - Authorizes the Commissioner, in order to assist State and local educational agencies to carry out the acquisition and construction of facilities for elementary and secondary schools, to: (1) guarantee to non-Federal lenders making loans to such agencies the payment of principal and interest on such loans which are approved under this title; and (2) pay to the holder of such loans amounts sufficient to reduce the net effective interest rate otherwise payable on such loans by up to 3 percent. Provides that no loan guarantee or interest subsidy shall be made under this title unless the Commissioner finds: (1) that the applicant was unable to secure the amount of such loan at equally favorable rates and conditions, and (2) that the construction will be undertaken in an economical manner. Establishes an Elementary and Secondary School Facility Construction and Acquisition Loan Guarantee and Interest Subsidy Fund in the Treasury. States that such funds shall be available to the Commissioner to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under this title. Authorizes the Commissioner to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury to enable him to discharge his responsibilities if there are insufficient moneys in the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund not more than $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Title III: National Educational Trust Fund - Creates the National Educational Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund not more than $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and not more than $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. States that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the fund as is not, in his judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Authorizes the Secretary to make and to contract to make payments from the fund to applicants in order to enable such applicants to substantially reduce or eliminate the taxation of real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education. Specifies the amount of payments under this title to any applicant for any fiscal year. States that, in order to be eligible to receive payments under this title, an applicant shall provide satisfactory assurances to the Secretary that: (1) it will eliminate the taxation of real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education on the first $30,000 of all resident owned domiciles in which the head of the household or immediate survivor is receiving social security, railroad retirement, veteran's pension and/or disability benefits or equivalent retirement benefits as the major source of income; and (2) it will reduce the taxation of real property of all resident owned domiciles to not more than 5 percent of the national adjusted average tax rate on real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress not later than March 1 of each year on the status and operation of the fund during the preceding fiscal year. Title IV: Department of Education - Establishes the Department of Education which shall be headed by a Secretary of Education, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the function and purpose of the Department shall be to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the Nation. Transfers to the Department, the United States Office of Education and other additional educational functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Specifies other functions of the Government which shall be transferred to the Department. Authorizes the President to transfer to the Department, any other agency or instrumentality of the Government which he determines has functions relating to education and should be transferred to promote efficiency in Government and to carry out the purpose of this Act. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education which shall study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Education composed of fifteen members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Commission shall: (1) review the administration of, general regulations for, and operation of Federal education programs; (2) advise the Secretary and other Federal officials with respect to the educational needs and goals of the Nation and assess the progress of appropriate agencies, institutions, and organizations of the Nation in order to meet those needs and achieve those goals; (3) conduct objective evaluations of specific education programs and projects in order to ascertain the effectiveness of such programs and projects in achieving the purpose for which they are intended; (4) make recommendations (including recommendations for changes in legislation) for improvement of the administration and operation of Federal education programs; (5) consult with Federal, State, and local and other educating agencies, institutions, and organizations with respect to assessing education in the United States and the improvement of the quality of education; (6) conduct national conferences on the assessment, improvement, and renewal of education in which national and regional education associations and organizations, State and local education officers and administrators, and other education related organizations, institutions, and persons may exchange and disseminate information on the improvement of education; (7) conduct, and report on, comparative studies and evaluations of education systems in foreign countries; and (8) advise and assist in the coordination of all the advisory bodies to Federal education programs. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to the President for submission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this title and to perform other duties which may be imposed upon it by law.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Provides for a phrasing out of specified entitlements under the present law relating to financial assistance for schools in areas affected by Federal activities beginning in fiscal years after 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Provides the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the authority to make grants to States and local communities to pay for the costs of eye examination programs to detect glaucoma for the elderly. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Adult Education Amendments - Provides that not more than l5 percent of funds appropriated under this Act shall be reserved for special projects. Provides that State plans desiring an allotment of Federal funds under this Act shall provide for cooperation with manpower development and training programss and occupational education program and shall provide that the State agency will make available not to exceed 25 percent of the State's allotment for programs of high school equivalency certificates. Permits any State which receives assistance under this Act to establish and maintain a State advisory council which shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the functions of such Council. Authorizes to be appropriated $225,000,000 for each of the next six fiscal years to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Adult Education Amendments - Provides that not more than l5 percent of funds appropriated under this Act shall be reserved for special projects. Provides that State plans desiring an allotment of Federal funds under this Act shall provide for cooperation with manpower development and training programss and occupational education program and shall provide that the State agency will make available not to exceed 25 percent of the State's allotment for programs of high school equivalency certificates. Permits any State which receives assistance under this Act to establish and maintain a State advisory council which shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the functions of such Council. Authorizes to be appropriated $225,000,000 for each of the next six fiscal years to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Permits the sale of competitive food in food service facilities under the National School Lunch Act if the proceeds will inure to the benefit or the school or a student organization. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to State education departments for programs to increase children's knowledge of the nutritional value of foods and the relationship of nutrition to human health. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as Congress deems necessary, and specifies procedures for the apportionment of funds between States. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1779, adds 42 U.S.C. 1787)
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Authorizes appropriations for programs and activities, under the Drug Abuse Education Act, of $15,000,000 for fiscal 1973; $20,000,000 for fiscal 1974; and $25,000,000 for fiscal 1975. Authorizes appropriations for community education projects, under such Act, of $30,000,000 for fiscal 1973; $40,000,000 for fiscal 1974; and $50,000,000 for fiscal 1975. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 1002 (d),1003)
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1973
Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Bilingual Education Act, for the dropout prevention program, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for the teacher training program under the Adult Education Act through fiscal year 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants during the period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act and ending June 30, 1978, to the D-Q University to be used for its development and improvement. States that such grants shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may prescribe.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) equally rigorous economics shall be applied by congressional review to military, foreign assistance, space programs, and unwarranted tax preferences; and (2) Congress shall set as a target for action by the relevant committees with respect to the proposed Federal budget for fiscal 1974: (a) the realization of savings of $5,000,000,000 to $7,000,000,000 by paring unneeded weapons development, by reducing excessive forces in the military, and by economizing in foreign assistance and space programs, and (b) the elimination of unwarranted tax preferences in the Internal Revenue Code, to produce additional revenues of $5,000,000,000 to $7,000,000,000. Declares that these budgetary resources shall be redirected to promote full employment, quality education and health care for citizens, environmental protection, safe and improved living conditions in urban and rural areas, and equal opportunities for all Americans.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments - Title I: Extension of Programs - Extends through 1978 the programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 including: (1) School Library Program; (2) Programs for Supplementary Educational Centers and Services and Guidance, Counseling, and Testing; (3) Programs to Strengthen State and Local Educational Agencies; (4) Bilingual Education Programs; (5) Drop-Out Prevention Programs; (6) Programs for the Education of the Handicapped; and (7) Programs of Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for the Education of Indian Children. Title II: Amendments of Existing Programs - Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year an amount equal to not more than three percent of the amount appropriated to the States for the education of children of low-income families. Provides that the amount appropriated be allotted to: (1) Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective need for grants as determined by the Commissioner of Education; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior in the amount necessary for him to make special use of the funds for Indian children. Provides that a local educational agency in a State shall be able to receive for a fiscal year: (1) $300 for each child in the school district of the local educational agency, aged five to seventeen, inclusive, who is in a family having an annual income of less than $4,000, in a family receiving an annual income in excess of $4,000 from payments under the program of aid to dependent children under a State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act or living in an institution for neglected or delinquent children, or being supported in foster homes with public funds; and (2) an amount arrived at by multiplying the number of children determined in the manner just described by fifty percent of the average per pupil expenditure in the State or, if greater, in the United States. Provides grants to State educational agencies establishing programs of education for the physically and mentally handicapped, for the migratory children of migratory agricultural workers, and for neglected or delinquent children. States that if the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for making the payments provided for under this title are not sufficient to pay in full the total amounts which all local educational agencies are eligible to receive, the allocations to such agencies shall extent necessary to bring the aggregate of such allocations within the limits of the amounts so appropriated. Revises the definition of "federally connected children" under programs of assistance for federally impacted school districts by removing from the definition of Federal property any low-rent housing, whether or not owned by the United States, which is part of a low-rent housing project assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937, the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the United States Housing Act of 1937, Public Law 671 of the Seventy-sixth Congress, or any law amendatory of or supplementary to any of such Acts. Title III: Study of Late Funding of Elementary and Secondary Education Programs - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a full and complete investigation and study to determine: (1) the extent to which late funding of Federal programs to assist elementary and secondary education handicaps local educational agencies in the effective planning of their education programs, and the extent to which program quality and achievement of program objectives is adversely affected by such late funding, and (2) means by which, through legislative or administrative action, the problem can be overcome. Provides that, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Education shall make a report to the Congress on such study, together with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Exempts service by a student or his spouse in the employ of school, college or university or in the employ of private foundations operated in connection with the school, college, or university from the definition of "employment" for the purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 3306(c)(10))
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Education in 1975 in order to stimulate a national assessment of the condition, needs, and goals of education and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of findings and recommendations resulting form such assessment. Requires the Conference to include 5 areas of study in its agenda, as follows: (1) pre-school education, including child care and nutritional programs, and the needs of disadvantaged children; (2) the adequacy of primary education in teaching the skills of communication-reading, writing, and arithmetic; (3) the place of occupational education in helping to meet the nation's requirements for skilled workers; (4) higher education, including ways of providing adequate levels of institutional support and student help; and (5) the adequacy of education at all levels in meeting the special needs of individuals. Authorizes the President to appoint a 35-member National Conference Committee, twelve of the members of which would be educators, and the remainder representative of the public interest in education. Authorizes the Committee to describe the guidelines, organize the Conference, and make its final report before December 1, 1975. Authorizes grants ranging from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $75,000 to each State to defray the expenses of the conferences.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Eduction to make grants to state education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out programs to provide, through the use of students in institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational rehabilitation, and to students with greater financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to state educational agencies on the merits of their proposals to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each state in proportion to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the state bears to the number of such children in all the states.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Allows an individual a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by him during the taxable year to one or more institutions of higher education in providing an education above the twelfth grade for himself or for any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be limited to an amount equal to the sum of: 75 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200, 50 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the amount declared as educational expenses by the amount of any scholarships and/or veterans' benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Tax Sharing for Education Act - Creates in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the educational assistance trust fund. Authorizes appropriations to the trust fund equal to one percent of taxes from income on individuals for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; two percent of such taxes for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; three percent of taxes for fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, four percent for fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; and five percent for each fiscal year thereafter. Permits the return of amounts to the States which have adopted approved plans for the use of public elementary and secondary education. Provides that the amount collected from each State depends upon a formula based on the amount collected from each State and the number of students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools. Provides for judicial review of adverse decisions. Prohibits Federal control of education in the States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Permits teachers to deduct from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code all ordinary and necessary expenses of advanced education, including travel expenses. Requires certification by a school official that the taxpayer was or is a teacher and that the advanced education was necessary to maintain or improve the teacher's skills or was a necessary job requirement. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 162)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies for the education of children of migrant agricultural employees. Declares that the amount to which a local educational agency is entitled is equal to four times the local contribution rate times the full-time equivalent of the estimated number of migratory children. Directs that payments be made only upon application by the local agency, submitted through the State educational agency and approved by the Commissioner of Education. Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year of such sums necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Education in 1975 in order to stimulate a national assessment of the condition, needs, and goals of education and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of findings and recommendations resulting form such assessment. Requires the Conference to include 5 areas of study in its agenda, as follows: (1) pre-school education, including child care and nutritional programs, and the needs of disadvantaged children; (2) the adequacy of primary education in teaching the skills of communication-reading, writing, and arithmetic; (3) the place of occupational education in helping to meet the nation's requirements for skilled workers; (4) higher education, including ways of providing adequate levels of institutional support and student help; and (5) the adequacy of education at all levels in meeting the special needs of individuals. Authorizes the President to appoint a 35-member National Conference Committee, twelve of the members of which would be educators, and the remainder representative of the public interest in education. Authorizes the Committee to describe the guidelines, organize the Conference, and make its final report before December 1, 1975. Authorizes grants ranging from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $75,000 to each State to defray the expenses of the conferences.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Requires each State to provide its citizens with an opportunity for elementary and secondary education.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, under the Education of the Handicapped Act, to make grants to public or private nonprofit institutions which work with profoundly mentally retarded children in order to develop comprehensive education programs and inservice training programs for teachers and parents. States that, in determining whether to make a grant under this subsection, the Commissioner of Education shall give priority to programs aimed at reducing the dependence of profoundly mentally retarded children on custodial care. Provides that such a grant shall be made only if the Commissioner determines that: (1) there are no requirements that participants in the program possess self-help skills; (2) no children would be excluded from the program because such child has in addition to mental retardation, one or more handicapping conditions; (3) that there are no standard accreditation requirements governing selection and training of personnel in the program; (4) the teacher-child ratio is at least one to six; and (5) Federal funds shall be used solely to supplement and not to supplant State, local, and private funds. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to keep State educational agencies fully informed about the various programs for severely profoundly mentally retarded children. Requires the Commissioner to seek to achieve an equitable distribution of such programs throughout the nation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual for tuition paid by him to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of any dependent. Provides that the amount allowable for the taxable year with respect to any dependent shall not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent, or (2) $400. Reduces the aggregate amount which would be allowable by an amount equal to $1 for each full $20 contained in the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer (or, if the taxpayer is married, the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer and his spouse) for the taxable year exceeds $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Authorizes grants to Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, New York, out of 10 percent of the amounts received from the sale of silver coins bearing President Eisenhower's likeness.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Establishes a National Commission for the Preservation of Foreign Language Resources composed of 10 members to: (1) develop national policy for the identification, preservation, and improvement of national foreign languages resources; (2) evolve an active program for the conservation of the foreign language resources of the United States; (3) serve as consultant and coordinator to National and State professional educational associations for the development and implementation of programs and activities designed to preserve and identify national foreign language resources; (4) identify information needed to inventory foreign language resources, and coordinate the development of this data with the various executive departments; and (5) provide data on national foreign language resources to Federal, State, and local government agencies, educational systems, colleges, universities, and private businesses, in accordance with demonstrated needs and national interest. Provides that the Commission shall submit a report annually of the results of its program to each House of Congress and to the President.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
National Fire Education and Training Act - Establishes, as a nonprofit and nongovernmental Instrument, a National Academy of Fire Prevention and Control. Provides that the board of directors of the Academy shall be reasonably representative of the various regions of the country, of the various segments of the community including private industry and labor, of all levels of government, of consumer interests, and of the various types of experience which are appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the Academy. Provides that the functions of the Academy shall be to: (1) recommend actions which can be taken by Federal, State, and local government, and by private individuals and organizations to improve and strengthen fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (2) promote and encourage eligible individuals to pursue careers as administrators of fire service organizations at all levels; (3) develop a curriculum and carry out programs of instructional assistance and special workshops, seminars, conferences, and other such instructional devices that are necessary for the purpose of introduction and dissemination of information gained from investigation, research, and development concerning the areas of fire protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression; (4) develop fire service extension programs to encourage and assist States, counties, and local communities to provide continuous training and operational programs in firefighting techniques and procedures concerning the utilization of firefighting equipment, fire suppression and other areas related to firefighting in general; (5) promote and assist universities, community colleges, and other institutions of learning, in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, and carrying out programs and projects concerning fire administration; (6) assist States, counties, and local communities in the development of training programs for firemen; (7) gather data and disseminate information to States, counties, and local communities with respect to firefighting equipment, firefighting techniques, fire services administration, and other areas related to firefighting and to establish and maintain educational programs for the purpose of informing the public of fire hazards and fire safety techniques, and to encourage avoidance of such hazards and use of such techniques; and (8) establish a voluntary, uniform national testing program for the purpose of enabling States, counties, and local communities to evaluate the skills level of their firefighting and fire administrations. Authorizes the Academy to accept contracts and grants from Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and other entitles, and to accept grants and donations from private organizations, institutions, and individuals, and to establish fees and other charges for services provided by the Academy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Academy such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Higher Education Gift Incentive Act - Allows under the Internal Revenue Code an income tax credit equal to 50 percent of the amounts of charitable contributions made to any institution of higher learning. Limits such credit for a taxpayer to the lesser of 20 percent of the taxpayers total tax or $200 ($400 in the case of married couple filing jointly). Bars treatment of a contribution as a tax deduction and a tax credit and specifies that the credit is not to result in a tax refund.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to accredited institutions of higher education to pay for up to one-half of the costs of fire science programs. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Allows a credit, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents. Limits such tax credit to 50 percent of education expenses or $400, whichever is less. Provides for a reduction of this tax credit in an amount equal to $1 for every $20 by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $25,000. Defines tuition expenses allowable and educational institutions eligible under this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Provides, under titles I, X, XIV, XVI, part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, that specified regulations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in effect January 1, 1973, relating to grants to States for aid to the blind, aged and disabled shall remain in full force and effect. States that any regulation promulgated by the Secretary after January 1, 1973, shall be invalid if inconsistent with the above specified regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Extends the Environmental Education Act for three years until July l, 1976. Authorizes appropriations of $l0,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $20,000,000 for fiscal year l975; and $30,000,000 for fiscal year l976 to carry out the objectives of that Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
School Tax Equalization Act - Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 1975 and each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to June 1, 1980, to enable the Commissioner of Education to make basic grants to the States in the amounts provided for in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commissioner to make incentive grants to the States for the fiscal year 1977 and each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1980, in the amounts provided for in this Act. Provides for a formula to be used in determining such amounts multiplied by the school-age population of the State. Requires States receiving grants under this Act to submit a State plan to the Commissioner.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
School Tax Equalization Act - Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 1975 and each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to June 1, 1980, to enable the Commissioner of Education to make basic grants to the States in the amounts provided for in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commissioner to make incentive grants to the States for the fiscal year 1977 and each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1980, in the amounts provided for in this Act. Provides for a formula to be used in determining such amounts multiplied by the school-age population of the State. Requires States receiving grants under this Act to submit a State plan to the Commissioner.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to Eisenhower College, in Seneca Falls, New York, out of proceeds from the sale of silver dollar coins bearing the likeness of the late President of the United States, Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Extends the life of the Advisory Council under the Environmental Education Act, and appropriations for such Act until July 1, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a credit against the individual income tax for expenses paid by the taxpayer for the higher education of any individual, including the taxpayer. Excludes scholarships and fellowship grants, and educational assistance benefits paid by the Veterans' Administration, from such expenses paid for education purposes under this Act. Limits the eligibility for tax credit. Provides that the credit allowed to the taxpayer during the taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of the education expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the credit allowable under this Act by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income under the code exceeds $19,000.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a credit against the individual income tax for expenses paid by the taxpayer for the higher education of any individual, including the taxpayer. Excludes scholarships and fellowship grants, and educational assistance benefits paid by the Veterans' Administration, from such expenses paid for education purposes under this Act. Limits the eligibility for tax credit. Provides that the credit allowed to the taxpayer during the taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of the education expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the credit allowable under this Act by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income under the code exceeds $19,000.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Provides, under titles I, X, XIV, XVI, part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, that specified regulations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in effect January 1, 1973, relating to grants to States for aid to the blind, aged and disabled shall remain in full force and effect. States that any regulation promulgated by the Secretary after January 1, 1973, shall be invalid if inconsistent with the above specified regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Child Nutrition Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and administer in cooperation with State educational agencies a basic nutrition education program for children. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1974 and 1975 necessary to carry out the purposes of the program. Establishes a nutrition Education Advisory Council in each State to provide guidance in formulating the State nutrition education program. Limits the amount of money which may be used toward State administrative expenses from the funds so appropriated. Establishes those procedures for an amount to be paid to breakfast programs. Increases the number of members of the National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition and requires that one member shall be a supervisor of a school lunch program who is from an urban area; one member shall be a supervisor of a school lunch program in a school system in a rural areas; two members shall be parents of school age children; and 2 members shall be secondary school students participating in such program. Requires that a 5 member group be established to work with the Department of Agriculture in developing regulations which reflect the recommendations of the National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition and selected members of State and local food service administrators. Authorizes the readjustment of reimbursements to reflect changes in the cost of the program. Allows additional foods to be included which make a significant nutritional contribution to the program. Establishes conditions and regulations under which special assistance payments may be made available to State educational agencies for helping to assist the agency with the cost of financing and providing free and reduced price lunches. Provides that, in any year when those funds authorized have not been completely expended, the amounts unexpended shall be distributed among the States for the purchase of food by public and private non-profit schools participating in the program. Allows the Secretary, under special circumstances, to waive the requirement of State or local contribution of 1/4 cost of any equipment financed so as to enable the schools that are not able to provide the local contribution to be included in the program. Increases to $40,000,000 the appropriation for non-food assistance under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and extends to all public schools the eligibility to participate in the program.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Education in 1975 in order to stimulate a national assessment of the condition, needs, and goals of education and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of findings and recommendations resulting form such assessment. Requires the Conference to include 5 areas of study in its agenda, as follows: (1) pre-school education, including child care and nutritional programs, and the needs of disadvantaged children; (2) the adequacy of primary education in teaching the skills of communication-reading, writing, and arithmetic; (3) the place of occupational education in helping to meet the nation's requirements for skilled workers; (4) higher education, including ways of providing adequate levels of institutional support and student help; and (5) the adequacy of education at all levels in meeting the special needs of individuals. Authorizes the President to appoint a 35-member National Conference Committee, twelve of the members of which would be educators, and the remainder representative of the public interest in education. Authorizes the Committee to describe the guidelines, organize the Conference, and make its final report before December 1, 1975. Authorizes grants ranging from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $75,000 to each State to defray the expenses of the conferences.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for expenses (including tuition, fees, books, and supplies) paid by a taxpayer to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education of any dependent for whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption. Limits such credit for a taxpayer to the lesser of 100 percent of expenses or $200. Reduces expenses of higher education of any individual paid during the taxable year by an amout equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceed $19,000. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determing the tax credit shall not result in a tax refund.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Makes children of migratory seasonal fishermen eligible under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the programs now afforded to children of migratory agricultural workers. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 241e(c))
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Gifted and Talented Children's Educational Assistance Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to assist State and local educational agencies to develop special educational programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer the programs and projects authorized by this Act and to coordinate all Federal programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes the commissioner to establish independently or locate in an existing clearinghouse the National Clearinghouse on Gifted and Talented Children and Youth. States that the clearinghouse shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of such youth. Authorizes to be appropriated for the establishment and operation of the clearing house $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1940. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to assist the States in the initiation, expansion, and improvement of programs and projects for the education of such youth at the preschool, elementary and secondary school levels. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making such grants $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1974. Provides that three percent of the amounts appropriated for such grants shall be allotted among Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust territory of the Pacific according to their respective needs. States that eighty-two percent of the amounts appropriated shall be allotted to the States according to a formula set forth in this Act, except that no State shall be allotted less than $50,000. Provides that fifteen percent of such funds shall be used for special project grants. Provides that any State which desires to receive such grants shall submit a State plan through its State educational agency to the Commissioner. Sets forth requirements that each such plan shall contain. Provides for judicial review of the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of State plans under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to assist them in establishing or maintaining a program for training personnel engaged in or preparing to engage in educating gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974. Provides that at least fifty percent of such funds but not more than seventy-five percent shall be expended for the training of such personnel. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct or make grants to or enter into contracts with States or other organizations set forth in this Act for research and related purposes, relating to the education of gifted and talented youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no governmental or judicial authority shall henceforth, in any way or for any purpose, prescribe or require any attendance assignments in public schools on the basis of race or color.