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Bill· HRH.R. 7030 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Authorizes additional training or education for veterans who are no longer eligible for training, in order to restore employability lost due to technological changes. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1503(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 7056 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Environmental Education Act - States the finding of the Congress that environmental quality is one of the most necessary but controversial goals facing this country and its governments. Establishes within the Office of Education an Office of Environmental Education. Provides that such office shall be responsible for the administration of a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, libraries, and museums to support research and pilot projects designed to educate the public on the problems and alternative solutions related to environmental quality and ecological balance. Provides that such office shall be responsible for the coordination of all activities of the Office of Education which are related to environmental education of the Office of the Commissioner of Education. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Environmental Education. Provides that such Council shall advise the Commissioner of Education and the Office of Education concerning the administrator of a preparation of general regulations for and operation of programs assisted under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation for fiscal year 1974, of $10,000,000 for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6930 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Establishes the Asian Studies Institute in order to achieve greater understanding in the United States about nations of Asia and the Pacific. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this title the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 1975, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1977, and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. Provides for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a library which will be adequate to meet the needs of the Asian Studies Institute. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the construction of the library and there is further authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance and operation of such library.
Bill· HRH.R. 6952 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Extends eligibility for veterans' educational benefits to veterans enrolled in vocational educational courses. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1681(b)(2))
Bill· SS. 1539 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Extends the Commissioner of Education's authority to make payments to State educational agencies to June 30, 1977. Extends to July 1, 1977 the allotments administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the special educational needs of children on reservation serviced by elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children by the Department of Interior. Permits grants in excess of 50 percent of the local educational agency's budget for programs for the educationally deprived. Revises the federal percentage and low-income factor used in the formulation of such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $220,000,000 for school library resources, textbooks and other instructional materials for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1977. Extends the authorization of additional appropriations authority to July 1, 1977 and the authorization for payments to States under specified conditions. Authorizes to be appropriated $605,000,000 for supplementary educational centers and services grants for each fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1977. Provides for a percentage allotment of appropriated funds to specified territories and departments. Authorizes the appropriation of $90,000,000 for grants to strengthen State Educational Agencies for each fiscal year prior to July 1, 1978. Authorizes the appropriation of $40,000,000 for grants to strengthen local educational agencies and $20,000,000 for grants to States for comprehensive educational planning for each fiscal year prior to July 1, 1977. Authorizes the following appropriations for each fiscal year prior to July 1, 1972: (1) $135,000,000 for bilingual education program grants; (2) $33,000,000 for grants to dropout prevention projects; (3) $26,000,000 for school nutrition and health services grants; (4) $500,000 for correction education services grants; and (5) $35,000,000 for grants for the improvement of educational opportunities for Indian children. Authorizes the annual appropration of $35,000,000 for consumer education programs for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Title II: Amendments to Public Laws 815 and 874 of the Eighty-First Congress - Extends to June 30, 1977, the date for filing applications for payments with respect to construction projects for school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities. Extends Federal assistance in cases of specified disasters to July 1, 1977. Extends to July 1, 1977 the Federal assistance for local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activity. Makes conforming technical amendments. Title III: Education of Handicapped Children - Authorizes the following appropriations for each fiscal year prior to July 1, 1977: (1) $220,000,000 for grants for assistance to States for Education of Handicapped Children; (2) $66,000,000 for grants to centers and for services to meet the special needs of the handicapped; (3) $103,500,000 for grants for the training of personnel for the education of the handicapped; (4) $45,000,000 for research in the education of the handicapped and (5) $31,000,000 for special programs for children with specific learning disabilities. Title IV: Amendments to the General Education Provisions Act and Provisions Relating to the Administration of Education Programs - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as Congress determines is necessary for any fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1977, for the purpose of carrying out the General Education Provisions Act. Provides that funds not expended in a fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1977, which were appropriated for a program under this Act, shall remain available for obligation during succeeding fiscal years. Title V: Adult Education - Authorizes to be appropriated $225,000,000 for the adult education program for each fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1977. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Authorizes to be appropriated, $25,000,000 for the Environmental Education Act for each fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1977. Authorizes to be appropriated $14,000,000 for grants designed to educate the public on problems related to drug abuse and $14,000,000 for community education projects under the Drug Abuse Education Act, for fiscal year 1974 and each fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1977. Title VII: Administration of Education Programs - General Education Provisions Act - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides appropriations for the programs and offices which are created by this Act. States that the provisions of title 5, United States Code, shall be applicable to agencies and programs subject to this Act. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare an Education Division composed of: (1) the Office of Education; (2) the National Institute of Education; and (3) the National Center for Education Statistics. States that the Education Division shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary. Provides that the Office of Education shall be headed by the Commissioner of Education who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the organization and administration composition of the Office. Establishes the National Institute of Education which shall consist of a National Council on Educational Research and a Director of the Institute. States that the Council shall consist of 15 members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Council shall: (1) establish general policies for, and review the conduct of the Institute; (2) conduct such studies as may be necessary to fulfill its functions; and (3) prepare an annual report as required by this Act. Sets forth the organization and functions of the Institute. Establishes a National Center for Education Statistics which shall consist of a National Board for Education Statistics and a Director of the Center. States that the purpose of the Center is to collect and disseminate statistics and other data related to education in the United States and in other nations. Sets forth the duties of the Center. Provides that the Board shall be composed of six members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that no more than three of the appointed members may be members of the same political party. Sets forth the duties of the Board. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education. States that the Committee shall advise the heads of departments and agencies with respect to their functions which relate to, or affect, education and encourage them to coordinate such functions. Sets forth rules for education officers of the United States. Establishes a National Commission of Education Policy Planning and Evaluation. Sets forth the composition of the Commission. States that the purpose of the Commission is to make recommendations to the President and the Congress with respect to national policy regarding the Federal policy toward education in the United States and to investigate and evaluate activities of the Federal Government as they relate to education. Sets forth the functions of the Commission and its administrative composition. Provides that not later than March 31 of each year the Assistant Secretary shall transmit to Congress an annual evaluation report containing information relating to educational programs and contracts. Provides for audits, evaluations and review by the Comptroller General of any activity of either the Office of Education or the National Institute of Education upon an authorized request. Permits appropriations to be made available for expenditure under specified programs on the basis of an academic or school year basis which differs from the fiscal year for which such appropriation is made. Sets forth general rules relating to the carryover of appropriated funds and the availability of such. Authorizes the Commissioner to use the services and facilities of any agency or institution in accordance with appropriate agreements, and to pay for such services and facilities on such terms as may be agreed upon. Sets forth the Commissioner's rulemaking procedures and authority. Provides that except in the case of a law which is an applicable statute or is enacted in express and specific limitation of this Act, no provision of any law shall be construed to authorize the consolidation of any applicable program with any other program. States that payments pursuant to grants or contracts under any applicable program may be made in installments and in advance or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments as the Commissioner may determine. States that no provision of any applicable state shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, or over the selection of library resources, textbooks, or other printed or published instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, or to require the assignment or transportation of students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance. Provides that each recipient of funds from a grant or contract under any applicable program shall keep such records as the Commissioner shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and dispostion by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant or contract is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. States that each State, local educational agency, institution of higher education, and other eligible applicant under any applicable program which desires to receive a grant, or make a contract, or receive other payments, under any applicable program for any fiscal year, shall submit to, and maintain on file with the Commissioner, a general application which shall apply for all applicable programs. States that whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and an opportunity for hearing, finds that there has been a failure, by any recipient of funds under any applicable program, to comply substantially with the terms to which such recipient has agreed in order to receive such funds, the Commissioner shall notify such recipient that further payments will not be made to such recipient under that program until he is satisfied that such recipient no longer fails to comply with such terms. Provides that until the Commissioner is so satisfied, no further payments shall be made to such recipient. Sets forth the procedure for both administrative and judicial review of the Commissioner's actions. Provides that at any time that the Commissioner establishes an entitlement, or makes an allotment or reallotment to any State, under any applicable program, he shall reduce such entitlement, allotment, or reallotment by such amount as he determines it would have been reduced, had the data on which the entitlement, allotment, or reallotment is based excluded all data relating to local educational agencies of the State which on the date of the Commissioner's action are ineligible to receive the Federal financial assistance involved because of a failure to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Establishes, within the office of the Assistant Secretary, an advisory council management unit which shall be responsible for providing managerial guidance to, maintain records for, providing personnel and assistance to the budgets of advisory councils. Sets forth the organization and duties of such unit. Authorizes the Commissioner to create advisory council on specified subjects. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to disseminate information to which will detail federal education programs. Establishes in the Treasury a separate fund for the improvement of postsecondary education. Provides that the Commissioner shall conduct special surveys and studies in the field of education upon request, by resolution, of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House or the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare in the Senate. Provides for conforming technical amendments to existing law. Title VIII: Financing Elementary and Secondary Education - States that it is the purpose of this title to provide financial assistance to the States and to local educational agencies to assure that their resources when supplemented by this Federal assistance will be adequate to provide to all children an elementary and secondary education of high quality. Provides that each local educational agency will be entitled to a general education grant for each fiscal year during the period beginning July 1, 1975, and ending June 30, 1977, in an amount computed pursuant to a specified formula. Sets forth the specific formulae to be used in computing the amount of such grants. States that any local educational agency which desires to receive for any fiscal year the general education grant to which it is entitled under this title must submit to the appropriate State educational agency an application which conforms to the requirements in this title. States that any State which desires that the local educational agencies of that State receive general education grants under this title shall submit through its State educational agency an application therefor at such time or times, in such form, and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require by regulation. Provides that the total of the payments made under this title to any State for any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the aggregate of the current expenditures for free public education of the State and the local educational agencies in that State for the preceding fiscal year. Sets forth formulae for computing educational grants to the States and requirements which the States must comply with. Limits the aggregate appropriations to the agencies in the Education Division to specified amounts for each fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 6855 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Allows an income 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) $300. 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 $30,000. Limits examination of books and records of Church-controlled schools to the extent necessary to determine whether the school is a private nonprofit school within the meaning of the Act. Provides standing for taxpayers to sue to determine the constitutionality of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6785 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 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.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 350 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in connection with the new regulations governing social services proposed by the Secretary in the Federal Register of February 16, 1973 (38 F.R. 4608-4613) and in connection with any modification thereof proposed or adopted prior to the enactment of this resolution, to furnish the House of Representatives, within ten days after the adoption of this resolution, with full and complete information on the various effects of the regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 6735 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Provides for the repeal of the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which relates to payments for basic educational opportunity grants. (Repeals 20 U.S.C. 1231(b)(4))
Bill· HRH.R. 6720 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 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)
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 346 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in connection with the new regulations governing social services proposed by the Secretary in the Federal Register of February 16, 1973 (38 F.R. 4608-4613) and in connection with any modification thereof proposed or adopted prior to the enactment of this resolution, to furnish the House of Representatives, within ten days after the adoption of this resolution, with full and complete information on the various effects of the regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 6677 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 6638 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Expands the membership of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to include elected school board officials.
Bill· HRH.R. 6635 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, a tax credit for tuition paid by an individual to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of any dependent with respect to whom the the taxpayer is allowed an exemption for the taxable year. Provides that such credit shall not exceed the lesser of fifty percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent, or $500. Defines "private nonprofit elementary or secondary school" as an educational institution: (1) which is exempt from tax under the Code; (2) which regularly offers education at the elementary or secondary level; and (3) which satisfies the requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 489 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to encourage and assist in the distribution of the "Patient's Bill of Rights" to patients in hospitals and other health care facilities. Enumerates those rights referred to as the "Patient's Bill of Rights".
Bill· HRH.R. 6605 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Establishes a Council on Educational Technology in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth the authorization and duties of such Council. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $750,000 for fiscal year 1973 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6606 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct and provide shoreside facilities for the education and convenience of visitors to the United States Ship Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, and to transfer responsibility for their operation and maintenance to the National Park Service. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the planning, construction, equipping, and furnishing of such facilities, such sum to be in addition to the regular budgetary appropriations for the Department of the Navy.
Bill· HRH.R. 6581 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 6550 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Provides for the cancellation of student loans under the student loan provisions of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for service in mental hospitals and schools for the handicapped. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 425(b)(3)(B))
Bill· HRH.R. 6551 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Authorizes, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, grants to institutions of higher education for the payment to students enrolled in psychology, sociology, or social work in such institutions to encourage their part-time employment and clinical training in hospitals for mental rehabilitation. Authorizes the appropriation of a total of $22,000,000 for the fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6572 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct and provide shoreside facilities for the education and convenience of visitors to the United States Ship Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, and to transfer responsibility for their operation and maintenance to the National Park Service. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the planning, construction, equipping, and furnishing of such facilities, such sum to be in addition to the regular budgetary appropriations for the Department of the Navy.
Bill· HRH.R. 6564 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 6488 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. Restores on behalf of World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662(a))
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 478 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the right of any citizen to be assigned to the public school of his parents' or guardian's choice if a minor, or to the public school of his choice if an adult, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States either directly or by means of a condition to the receipt of Federal financial assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 6474 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Veterans' Higer Education Loan Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to establish a program of insured and direct education loans for eligible veterans enrolled in and pursuing courses in an institution of higher learning for which credit is granted toward a standard college degree. Provides that the total of the loans made to an eligible veteran in any academic year may not exceed $1,500, and that the aggregate insured unpaid principal amount of all such insured loans made to any veteran shall not at any time exceed $6,000. Sets forth the standards applicable to each veteran applying for such loans. Provides for the repayment of the principal amount of the loan in installments over a period of not less than five years, nor more than ten years beginning not earlier than nine months, nor later than one year, after the date on which the veteran ceases to carry at an approved institution at least one-half of the full-time course. States that each veteran who has received a loan which is insured by the Administrator under this Act shall be entitled to have paid on his behalf and for his account to the holder of the loan, over the period on the loan, a portion of the interest on the loan.
Bill· HRH.R. 6433 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 6440 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Permits, under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, donations of surplus supplies and equipment to State boards of education.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 87 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Requires the members of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education created by the Education Amendments of 1972 to be appointed not later than ten days after the enactment of this joint resolution.
Bill· HRH.R. 6362 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Extends the authorizations for appropriations under the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966, as amended.
Bill· HRH.R. 6358 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Requires that the competitive foods which are provided to children under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be nutritious.
Bill· HRH.R. 6301 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to assist elementary and secondary schools to carry on programs to teach moral and ethical princples. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972, and for each of the two succeeding years, to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6376 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with specified public or private organizations for the education, medical attention, agricultural assistance, and social welfare, including relief of distress, of Indians.
Bill· HRH.R. 6311 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual in the taxable year for the amount of 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 twelth grade for himself or for any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 50 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 5 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500.
Bill· HRH.R. 6348 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that the transfer of teachers between State schools is impeded by the possibility of forfeiture of retirements, and that the resulting immobility hinders the growth of new communities. Sets forth the terms and definitions of this Act. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet to receive Federal financial benefits under this Act. Provides that the Federal contribution to each qualified State system for each retiring teacher's out-of-State service shall be 50 percent of the total cost, as determined by the retirement system at such teacher's age on date of retirement. Contributes to the State retirement system an additional 2 percent of the Federal amount under this Act for the costs of administration. Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal year 1974 and succeeding years for the amounts necessary to effectuate this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6312 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Allows a credit, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents. Limits such tax credit to 50 percent of education expenses or $400, whichever is less. Provides for a reduction of this tax credit in an amount equal to $1 for every $20 by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $25,000. Defines tuition expenses allowable and educational institutions eligible under this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 469 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to encourage and assist in the distribution of the "Patient's Bill of Rights" to patients in hospitals and other health care facilities. Enumerates those rights referred to as the "Patient's Bill of Rights".
Bill· HRH.R. 6275 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6263 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Expands the membership of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to include elected school board officials.
Bill· HRH.R. 6185 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 6154 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· SS. 1342 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Permits Indians to join public and private groups with which the Federal Government may contract for the carrying out of Federal responsibilities in education, agricultural assistance, and social welfare. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to contract with any Indian tribe, band, group, or community to carry out his health responsibility to the Indians. Gives the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare the authority to detail Public Health Service personnel for the purpose of assisting an Indian tribe, band, group, or community in carrying out Indian Health functions.
Bill· SS. 1318 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Elementary School Reading Emphasis Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide financial assistance to assist local educational agencies to undertake demonstration projects emphasizing reading in elementary schools, to improve the instruction of reading in elementary schools, to provide reading training for teachers, to establish a research center for reading improvement, and to provide a reading achievement award. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to arrange by grant, contract, or otherwise with local educational agencies for the carrying out by such agencies in elementary schools, which have large numbers or high concentrations of children who are not reading at the appropriate level, of reading emphasis demonstration projects in accordance with this Act. Sets forth the requirements necessary for the receipt of a grant as a qualified reading emphasis demonstration project. States that nothing in this Act shall permit the disclosure of individual reading test scores obtained under this Act to any individual other than the parent or guardian or any child being so tested. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into at least one arrangement with a local educational agency in an urban area and a local educational agency in a rural area for a districtwide project conducted in all schools of such agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the reading emphasis projects under this Act $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $55,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, through grants or contracts, to enter arrangements with institutions of higher education, public or private agencies or organizations, and individuals for the preparation, production, and distribution for use on public educational television stations of courses for elementary school teachers who are or intend to become reading teachers or reading specialists; and the preparation and distribution of study course material to be used in conjunction with any such course. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter arrangements, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education or State or local educational agencies to assist them: (1) in providing training, including short term and regular session institutions and other preservice and inservice training programs, to improve the professional competency of teachers of reading and principals of project schools; (2) in establishing a Reading Corps program, patterned after the Teacher Corps, to attract reading specialists for service during the regular or summer sessions, or both, to project schools and to increase the number of reading specialists and reading teachers; and (3) in improving and broadening the training for the teaching of reading of personnel who are, or are training to become elementary teachers, particularly teachers of grades one through three in project schools with the goal of having all such teachers meeting the minimum requirements of a reading teacher. States that the Director of the National Institute of Education is authorized and directed to designate an existing facility or establish a new facility to be known as the Center for Reading Improvement. Sets forth the areas of research and demonstration in the field of reading on which the Center shall focus. Authorizes to be appropriated without fiscal year limitations $10,000,000 to carry out the purposes of the Center. States that in order to motivate and encourage elementary school children to improve their reading skills and to foster competence for excellence in reading among elementary schools, there is hereby established the Presidential Reading Achievement Award.
Bill· SS. 1319 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Better Schools Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to consolidate specified current programs of Federal assistance to elementary or secondary education into a system of Federal revenue sharing for education designed to assist in meeting the needs of State and local school systems. Provides that allotments to a State and payments to the Secretary of Interior under this Act from appropriations for a fiscal year shall remain available for obligation and expenditure until the close of the next fiscal year. Provides that from the sums appropriated for carrying out this Act for any fiscal year the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall allot to each State an amount equal to 60 percent of the average per pupil expenditure in such State multiplied by the number of children in average daily attendance in the public elementary or secondary schools of such State during such year who resided on Federal property. States that the amount so allotted shall be available for any educational purpose. Provides specified formulae to be used in determining the above sums. Provides that each State shall pay to each of its local educational agencies for a fiscal year an amount equal to the sums allotted to such State under this Act for such year on account of the number of children in average daily attendance who resided on Federal property in the school district of such agency. Provides specified formulae to be employed by the States in dispersing the allotted funds to the various State agencies States that for the purposes of the formulae in this Act, the Secretary shall make the required determinations of average daily attendance, average per pupil expenditure in the United States, State average per pupil expenditure, and numbers of children, and in doing so he shall use the most recent satisfactory data available to him, referrable with respect to data used for each purpose to the same time period for all jurisdictions. Provides that, except as provided in this Act, children enrolled in nonprofit private elementary or secondary schools will be given an opportunity to participate, on an equitable basis, in activities for which funds are made available under this Act. States that the chief executive officer of a State shall be the State agency responsible for administration (or supervision of the administration) of the program under this Act in such State, except that a specified single State agency shall be responsible for such administration (or supervision of administration) if such officer determines that the law of such State so provides. Provides that if the Secretary, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency, finds that a State has failed to comply substantially with any provision of this Act, the Secretary, until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply, shall (1) terminate payments to such State under this Act, or (2) reduce payments under this Act by an amount equal to the amount of such payments which were not expended in accordance with this Act, or (3) limit the avilability of payments under this Act to programs, projects, or activities not affected by such failure to comply. Provides a procedure for judicial review of the actions of the Secretary. States that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in any construction which is assisted under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Provides that the Secretary shall make an annual report to the President and the Congress pertaining to the effectiveness of assistance under this Act in meeting the educational needs of children and adults. Sets forth definitions of terms to be used in this Act. Provides for the repeal of specified statutes which are replaced by this Act.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 83 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that wherein public education is provided by a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States, such public education shall be provided by the State, District of Columbia, territory or possession of the United States equally on a statewide basis to all the citizens of the United States residing therein.
Bill· HRH.R. 6049 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Education of the Handicapped Amendments - Authorizes appropriations under the Education of the Handicapped Act of: (1) $29,243,000 for fiscal year 1974 for centers and services for the handicapped; (2) $38,200,000 for fiscal year 1974 for training personnel; (3) $9,916,000 for fiscal year 1974 for research in the education of the handicapped; and (4) $3,250,000 for fiscal year 1974 for special programs for children with specified learning disabilities. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 1426, 1436, 1444, 1461)
Bill· HRH.R. 6060 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6016 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Extends the Education of the Handicapped Act for three years through fiscal year 1976. Authorizes appropriations for specified programs under such Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 460 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the period from October 12 through 19 of each year as "National Patriotic Education Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 5978 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 5979 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.