Education Amendments of 1980

Summary

Higher Education Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend through fiscal year 1985 the authorizations of appropriations for: community services and continuing education programs; college library assistance in library training and research; strengthening developing institutions; student assistance; Teacher Corps and teacher training programs; financial assistance for the improvement in undergraduate instruction; construction, reconstruction, and renovation of academic facilities; cooperative education; graduate programs; community college establishment and expansion; and comprehensive statewide planning. Extends the period during which specified student loans are made which are eligible for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs through fiscal year 1985 for first loans and through fiscal year 1989 for subsequent loans to enable a student to continue in an educational program. Includes the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of "State" for purposes of the construction, reconstruction and renovation of academic facilities provisions of such Act, as well as generally throughout such Act. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to extend through fiscal year 1985 the authorizations of appropriations for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the National Institute of Education. Amends the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to extend through fiscal year 1985 the authorization of appropriations for foreign studies and language development programs. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Allen J. Ellender Fellowship Program through fiscal year 1985.

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• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 June 1980

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 15 May 1980

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 28 September 1979

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