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Bill· HRH.R. 5938 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Elementary or Secondary Education Tax Credit Assistance Act - 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 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· HRH.R. 6004 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Public and Private Education Assistance Act - Title I: Payments to States for Public Elementary and Secondary Education - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make available to the States funds from the Public Education Trust Fund established by this Act for the use by the States for expenditures to equalize public education within each State. Designates the Secretary as the trustee of the Public Education Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for deposit in the Fund of $2,250,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, and $2,250,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on the operation and status of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year. Provides for standards which the State must establish in order to qualify for payments under this title. Provides that no person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, national origin, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this title. Title II: Credit Against the Individual Income Tax for Tuition Paid for the Elementary or Secondary Education of Dependents - Allows as a credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the amount paid by an individual to any private non-profit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for a dependent's education according to the following limitations: (1) 100 percent of such tuition, or (2) $200, whichever is the lesser. Defines the terms used in this title. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1971.
Bill· HRH.R. 5939 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Allows to an individual, as a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code, an amount, of the expenses 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 student. Limits such credit to an amount equal to the lesser of 50 percent of such expenses paid during such period, or $1,500. Provides that in no event shall the aggregate credits allowed under this section with respect to the education of any student and outstanding at any time exceed $10,000. Requires that amounts paid by a taxpayer shall be treated as expenses paid for the higher education of a student only if the taxpayer paid at least 25 percent of such expenses during the one-year period in question.
Bill· HRH.R. 5869 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 5870 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 5871 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 5854 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 5863 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Neighborhood School Act - Prohibits the Federal courts from having jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order with regard to the assignment of pupils to a particular school on the basis of their race, color, religion, or nation origin. Prohibits the withholding of Federal financial assistance by any Federal department, agency, officer or employee to achieve such student assignment.
Bill· HRH.R. 5823 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 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 the 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 formula 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 dispensing 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 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 the 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 ther 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 availability 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. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in any construction which is assisted under this Act to 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 the definition of terms to be used in this Act. Provides for the repeal of specified statutes which are replaced by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5872 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 5868 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 5818 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 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· HRH.R. 5775 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to continue to operate and maintain the hospitals and other health care delivery facilities of the Public Health Service to assure that persons entitled to care and treatment at such facilities will continue to receive care and treatment there.
Bill· SS. 1262 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Extends the provisions of the National Sea Grant College and Program Act through fiscal year 1976 and authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act. Sets forth, circumstances under which the Secretary of Commerce may grant payments in excess of 66 2/3 percent for supporting programs relating to the development of marine resources. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake, through the National Sea Grant College Program, a study of the means of sharing, through cooperative programs with other nations, the results of marine research useful in the exploration, development, conservation, and management of marine resources. Requires the Secretary shall submit to the President and to the Congress the results and findings of such study, including specific recommendations, not later than June 30, 1974.
Bill· SS. 1264 (93rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 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.
Bill· SS. 1271 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Interns for Political Leadership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, under title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to enter into a contract or other arrangement with a private nonprofit agency (to be known as the "National Coordinating Agency") under which such Agency will plan, develop and carry out an internship program under which third-and fourth-year students at institutions of higher education will be provided practical political involvement with elected officials in the performance of their duties at all levels of government through internships in their offices. Provides that such internship program shall be carried out through arrangements with institutions of higher education and State and local governments under which students will serve as interns in offices of State and local elected officials. Provides that the students who have participated in the internship programs at State and local levels may become interns in the offices of Members of Congress for up to three months during the first year following the receipt of their bachelor's degree. Stipulates that students shall be chosen by the Agency from among those whose names are proposed by participating institutions. Limits the Federal contribution to the Program to one-half its cost. Authorizes the Agency to prescribe and administer the terms and conditions of internships, including stipends therefor. Authorizes an appropriation of $3 million in each of the three fiscal years 1974-1976, for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5738 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 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, 1977, to the Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl 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. Authorizes to be appropriated $35,000,000 in the aggregate for making grants under this Act during the period ending June 30, 1977.
Bill· HRH.R. 5726 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 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. 5718 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 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 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 clearinghouse $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $1,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. 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 1974 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and for the succeeding fiscal year. Provides that 3 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 85 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 15 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 1974, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that at least 50 percent of such funds but not more than 75 percent shall be expended for the training of leadership 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 1974, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 5727 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 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. 5674 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 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· SS. 1220 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Limits the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose, by regulations, restrictions upon the availability and use of Federal funds authorized for social services under the public assistance programs established by the Social Security Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5633 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Directs the Secretary to establish, within one year of enactment, appropriate Federal motor vehicle safety standards for schoolbuses, and schoolbus equipment, including: (1) interior protection for occupants; (2) seat anchorages; (3) seat designs; (4) crash worthiness of body and frame; and (5) floor strength. Provides for a study and report within two years of enactment on the advisability of the mandatory installation of seat belts in schoolbuses.
Bill· HRH.R. 5623 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 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. 5636 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Prohibits the impoundment of funds appropriated for the National Institutes of Health for assistance to education under specified Acts, or for related programs and activities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 5551 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 5520 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Provides a credit against the individual income tax for tuition paid for any private non-profit elementary or secondary education of any dependents to whom the taxpayer is allowed an exemption for the taxable year. Provides the amount allowable as a tax credit under this Act shall not exceed $200 for any one dependent and that the aggregate amount allowable shall be reduced by an amount equal to $1 for each $120 of adjusted gross income of the taxpayer if his income exceeds $18,000 for the taxable year.
Law· HRH.R. 5452 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Sets forth, under the National Sea Grant College and Program Act, circumstances under which the Secretary of Commerce may grant payments in excess of 66 2/3 percent for supporting programs relating to the development of marine resources. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1121-1124)
Bill· HRH.R. 5269 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 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. 5270 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 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.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 14 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) equally rigorous economies shall be applied by Congressional review to military, foreign assistance, space programs, and unwarranted tax preferences; (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 billion by paring unneeded weapons procurement, weapons research and 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 billion; and (3) these budgetary resources, all within a fiscally responsible and non-inflationary budget ceiling as developed by the Congress, 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, with particular but not exclusive emphasis given to providing for health care and national insurance coverage of health care costs for all Americans, expanded public service job opportunities, improvements in public assistance and social services programs, increased Federal assistance for housing, education, and the rehabilitation of urban areas, adequate law enforcement, the promotion of rural economic development, and new programs designed to improve the living conditions of American working families.
Bill· HRH.R. 5249 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 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 be the extent necessary to bring the aggregate of such allocations within the limits of the amounts so appropriated. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 5254 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 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. 5263 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish standards which require that schoolbuses be equipped with lap seat belts for each seated passenger and for the driver and that schoolbuses be equipped with seat backs of sufficient height and design to prevent, to the extent possible, any injury to each seated passenger and the driver. Makes standards applicable to buses manufactured after June 30, 1973. Authorizes the Attorney General to commence a civil action in the United States district courts to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof or to any school system to pay all or part of the cost of complying with the Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1392)
Bill· HRH.R. 5216 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 5125 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Permits, under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, donations of surplus supplies and equipment to State boards of education.
Bill· HRH.R. 5163 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Educationally Disadvantaged Children's Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make payments to State educational agencies for authorized State programs and for grants to local educational agencies for improving the educational proficiency of children who are educationally disadvantaged for the period beginning July 1, 1975. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Establishes a National Commission on Educational Disadvantage. Provides that the Commission shall, either directly or through grants to or contracts with individuals, public agencies, or private organizations, arrange for the development and administration of a test or tests designed to produce data showing the estimated number of educationally disadvantaged children in each State and in all the States. Such test or tests shall: (1) be administered to children between the ages of five and seventeen (inclusive) in each State who are selected in such manner and in such number and at such age and grade levels as to produce a scientifically valid cross-section of the school-age population of each State and of all the States; (2) be designed to measure the performance of children in terms of specific criteria determined or approved by the Commission as being appropriate standards of what children should know or be able to do at selected age or grade levels; and (3) be confined to the subjects of reading and mathematics (including, where appropriate and if the Commission so determines, reading readiness and mathematics readiness for the youngest children or those in the earliest grades of school). Directs the Commission to arrange for the administration of the first tests at the earliest feasible time during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, in order to certify to the Commissioner the estimated number of educationally disadvantaged children in each State and in all the States for the purposes of allocating funds to the States. Directs the Commission to review and evaluate the administration and operation of this Act, including: (1) the design and administration of testing programs and their effectiveness in identifying educational disadvantage; (2) the equity of State allocations of funds made available under this title among local educational agencies, taking into account such factors as concentrations of educationally disadvantaged children, the needs of the most severely educationally disadvantaged children, the financial capacity of local educational agencies to meet the needs of such children; (3) the validity and effectiveness of State methods of defining and identifying educational disadvantage; and (4) the effectiveness of programs financed under this title in improving the educational attainment of educationally disadvantaged children and the extent to which they are meeting the needs of all such children.
Bill· HRH.R. 5160 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 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.
Bill· SS. 1063 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 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 years 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 towards State administrative expenses for the funds so appropriated. Establishes those procedures for and 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 supervisor of a school lunch program in a school system in a rural area; 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. Increases to $40,000,000 the appropriation for nonfood assistance under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and extends to all public schools the eligibility to participate in the program.
Bill· SS. 1059 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Department of Education Act - Cites the importance of education to the interests of the Nation; and states that the United States is the only major Nation which does not have a Cabinet level department of education. Establishes a Department of Education. Creates the office of the Secretary, Under Secretary, six Assistant Secretaries, and General Counsel. States that the function of the Department is to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the United States, to advise the President respecting the programs of education, to develop policies and programs to foster the orderly growth and development of educational resources and facilities, to coordinate Federal activities affecting education, to conduct surveys, collect and analyze data, and disseminate information, to provide information and assistance to aid in the maintenance of school, college, and university systems, to encourage long-range planning by State and local government, and to facilitate the continuing renewal of the American educational system. Transfers to the Department of Education all the officers, employees, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, and records of the following agencies and organizations: the Office of Education, the Office of Child Development, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Education, and any advisory committee in HEW concerning education. Transfers the following functions to the Department: those of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare respecting educational television broadcasting facilities and of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 relating to institutional manpower training. Transfers the following programs and activities to the Department: Head Start; Follow Through; Job Corps; Department of Defense dependents' schools; schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the Graduate School operated by the Department of Agriculture; and the National School Lunch Act. Transfers to the Department the provisions, under the Housing Act of 1950, for college housing; and transfers the functions of the Secretary of Labor under Title III of the Manpower Development and Training Act which relate to institutional manpower training and the functions of the National Science Foundation relating to curriculum development, computer innovations in education, and teacher retraining. Redesignates the Department of Health Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to make those recommendations necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Authorizes the Committee to be composed of a Chairman and a representative from each of the following departments: Department of State; Department of Defense; Department of Agriculture; Department of Labor; Department of Health and Welfare; National Science Foundation, Atomic Energy Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Endowment for the Arts; and National Endowment for the Humanities. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Education composed of 15 members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to: review the operation of Federal education programs, advise the Secretary on educational needs, goals, and renewal, conduct objective evaluations of education programs and projects, make recommendations for the improvement of Federal programs, consult with Federal, State and local agencies respecting the improvement of the quality of education, and conduct conferences on the assessment, improvement, and renewal of education. Authorizes the Commission to assist the Secretary of Education in establishing a rational and well-integrated advisory structure for the Department. Defines the powers and duties of the Secretary. Requires an annual report containing objective data on education including the results and outcomes of education, five-year budget projections, progress toward the renewal of education in the Nation, a report on the advisory structure of the Department, and a complete analysis of major educational policy issues. Makes provisions for all transferred personnel insuring no loss of rank, grade, senority, or rate of compensation because of transfer. Revises the Communication Act of 1934 by making the Secretary of Education an ex officio member of the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Requires the Secretary to submit within two years of enactment a proposed codification of all laws which contain functions transferred to the Secretary by this Act. Prohibits Federal control of education with respect to any State or local educational agency. Establishes the effective date of the Act as 90 days after enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 5093 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Education in 1975 in order to stimulate a national assessment and to obtain from a broadly representative group of citizens a report of finds and recommendations resulting from such assessment. Requires the Conference to include 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 competency of secondary education in preparing students for careers or for higher education; (4) the place of occupational education in helping to meet the nation's requirements for skilled workers; (5) higher education, including ways of providing adequate levels of institutional support and student help; and (6) 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 5080 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Requires that 25 percent of the gross value of timber harvested during any fiscal year from each national forest shall be paid, at the end of such year, by the Secretary of the Treasury to the States in which such national forest is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which such forests are situated; provided, that when any national forest is in more than one State country the distributive share to each from the proceeds of such forest shall be proportional to its area therein. (Adds 16 U.S.C. 500)
Bill· HRH.R. 5068 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Department of Education and Manpower Act - States that the national interest requires: (1) that adequate recognition be given to the fundamental importance to our society of education and training in its broadest aspect and to the importance within the Federal structure of the agency charged with the responsibility of carrying out Federal policy in education and training; (2) that Federal programs designed to provide financial support for education and training at all levels, to assist in the training and retraining of persons for employment, and to encourage progress in the arts, sciences, and humanities be coordinated and administered in such a manner as to eliminate duplication of effort and conflicting policies and procedures; and (3) that the Federal Government develop a consistent and effective manpower policy which would encompass both short-term and long-range national needs for education and training and would be administered so as to strengthen public and private resources available to meet these needs without interference in or disruption of the responsibilities of State and local school systems or private and public institutions. Establishes at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Education and Manpower headed by a Secretary of Education and Manpower, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that there shall be in the Department an Under Secretary, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall act for, and exercise the powers of the Secretary, during the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Secretary. Gives the Under Secretary such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. Provides that there shall be in the Department four Assistant Secretaries and a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. Gives one Assistant Secretary responsibility for scientific manpower and for the National Science Foundation. Gives one Assistant Secretary responsibility for the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of : (1) the Office of Education and of the Commissioner of Education and other officers and offices of the Office of Education; and (2) all functions of the Secretary of Labor and of the other officers and offices of the Department of Labor under the following provisions of law: The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, Chapter 3 of the Trade Expansion Act, Part A of title V of the Economic Opportunity Act, and the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. Transfers various other programs to the Department. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, on and after the effective date of this Act, as the Department of Health and Welfare. Provides that any reference in a law, regulation, document, or record of the United States to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or an office the title of which is redesignated shall be held and considered to be a reference to the Department of Health and Welfare or to such office as so redesignated. Grants the Department administratives powers. Makes technical amendments to various other laws so as to conform to this Act. Requires an annual report by the Secretary to the President and the Congress on the activities of the Department. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress within two years a proposed codification of all laws which contain functions transferred to the Secretary by this Act. Makes the effective date of this Act 90 days after enactment.
Bill· SS. 1037 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Provides that each State educational agency under the National School Lunch Act shall receive food assistance payments according to a formula set forth in this Act. States that such payments shall be used by the State educational agency to assist schools of that State in financing the cost of obtaining agricultural commodities and other foods used in the school programs. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may authorize additional funds to the States regardless of the formula. States that funds available under this Act shall not be subject to the State matching provisions under the National School Lunch Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4981 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Community School Center Development Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide recreational, educational, and a variety of other community and social services through the establishment of a community school as a center for such activities in cooperation with other community groups. Title I: Community Education Center Grants - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to develop and establish programs in community education which will train people as community school directors. Provides that each application to the Commissioner for such grants shall: (1) provide that the programs and activities for which assistance is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; (2) describe the programs and activities for which assistance is sought; (3) set forth fiscal control and fund accounting procedures; and (4) provide for reports in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title II: Grants for Community Schools - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to local educational agencies for the establishment of new community school programs and the expansion of existing ones and for the training and salaries of community school directors as well as actual and administrative and operating expenses. Establishes standards for the apportionment of project grants available to each State. Provides that grants shall be made to the respective State educational agencies for payment to the appropriate local educational agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title III: Community School Promotion - Directs the Commissioner to accumulate and disseminate pertinent information to local communities, to appoint twenty-five teams of not more than four individuals each to assist communities contemplating the adoption of a community school program, and to establish a program of permanent liaison between the community school districts and the Commissioner. Establishes in the office of the Commissioner a Community Schools Advisory Council, the members to be appointed by the President for two-year terms. Directs the Commissioner to make available to the Council such information, staffs and other assistance as it may require to carry out its activities. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department or agency to exercise control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system. Authorizes any State or local educational agency displeased with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of applications to seek judicial review of the action in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Allows the Commissioner to delegate any of his functions under this Act, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education. Requires the Commissioner to transmit to the President and to the Congress annually a report of activities under this Act, including the name of each applicant and the number and amount of grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 4982 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Community School Center Development Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide recreational, educational, and a variety of other community and social services through the establishment of a community school as a center for such activities in cooperation with other community groups. Title I: Community Education Center Grants - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to develop and establish programs in community education which will train people as community school directors. Provides that each application to the Commissioner for such grants shall: (1) provide that the programs and activities for which assistance is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; (2) describe the programs and activities for which assistance is sought; (3) set forth fiscal control and fund accounting procedures; and (4) provide for reports in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title II: Grants for Community Schools - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to local educational agencies for the establishment of new community school programs and the expansion of existing ones and for the training and salaries of community school directors as well as actual and administrative and operating expenses. Establishes standards for the apportionment of project grants available to each State. Provides that grants shall be made to the respective State educational agencies for payment to the appropriate local educational agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title III: Community School Promotion - Directs the Commissioner to accumulate and disseminate pertinent information to local communities, to appoint twenty-five teams of not more than four individuals each to assist communities contemplating the adoption of a community school program, and to establish a program of permanent liaison between the community school districts and the Commissioner. Establishes in the office of the Commissioner a Community Schools Advisory Council, the members to be appointed by the President for two-year terms. Directs the Commissioner to make available to the Council such information, staffs and other assistance as it may require to carry out its activities. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the title. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department or agency to exercise control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system. Authorizes any State or local educational agency displeased with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of applications to seek judicial review of the action in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Allows the Commissioner to delegate any of his functions under this Act, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education. Requires the Commissioner to transmit to the President and to the Congress annually a report of activities under this Act, including the name of each applicant and the number and amount of grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 4974 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 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 years 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 area; 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. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4913 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Extends for one year (through June 30, 1974) the existing authorization of grants for the expansion and development of undergraduate and graduate programs in social work.
Bill· HRH.R. 4980 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 4976 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Drug Abuse Education Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to State and local educational agencies and public or nonprofit private agencies and public or nonprofit private education or research entities to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to educate the public on problems related to drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse. Specifies that projects under this Act may include projects in elementary, secondary, adult, and community education programs, and training programs for teachers, counselors, law enforcement officers, and community leaders. Provides for a $50,000 allotment to each State for grants under this Act, with specified adjustments. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.