bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
98-s-3079,98,s,3079,"A bill to clarify the meaning of the phrase ""program or activity"" as applied to educational institutions that are extended Federal financial assistance, and for other purposes.",Education,1984-10-05,1984-10-23,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, Justice Department, GAO, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,3,"Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to specify that education institutions receiving Federal financial assistance are included within prohibitions against discrimination. Provides that, for purposes of such Acts, notwithstanding the Supreme Court decisions in Grove City and others against Bell, Secretary of Education, and in North Haven against Bell, the phrase ""program or activity"" shall, as applied to educational institutions which are extended Federal financial assistance, mean the educational institution.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/3079
98-hr-6402,98,hr,6402,Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984,Education,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]",WI,R,P000265,6,"Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act.  Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per State, necessary to establish and operate a technical assistance center in each State. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with local educational agencies (LEAs), intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such entities) for the establishment and operation of technical assistance training centers in each State. Requires the contractor to:  (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the LEAs in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects.  Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education. Requires contracts under this Act to:  (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee (which would include representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs); (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds.  Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.",2025-08-29T17:41:06Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6402
98-hr-6379,98,hr,6379,Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984,Education,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,F000270,0,"Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984 - Amends title IV the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish under HEA title IV (Student Assistance) a new program of graduate study grants for first- and second-year graduate and professional students who demonstrate financial need. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1991 to enable the Secretary of Education to make payments to institutions of higher education which have made agreements for purposes of such grants program.  Provides that such funds shall be available on an academic year basis in accordance with specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Sets such grants at the amount needed by the student to pursue a course of graduate or professional study at the institution, but limits such amount to between $1,000 and $5,000. Prohibits regulations for such grants program from including any parental contributions as part of an expected family contribution to the cost of attendance. Provides that such grants may be made only to first- and second-year enrollees in graduate or professional programs who will be carrying the normal full-time academic workload and who meet specified eligibility requirements for student assistance. Provides that the institution, in accordance with the program agreement and from the amount allocated to the institution, shall select from among the eligible those who are to be awarded such grants and determine the amounts to be paid to them. Requires that at least 20 percent of the amount paid to each recipient shall be made available by the institution from non-Federal sources. Directs the Secretary to allocate program funds among institutions on the basis of the relative need for assistance of the their eligible students. Directs the Secretary to set deadlines for applications by institutions for allocation of such funds for any fiscal year. Authorizes institutions to use their allocations for grants to eligible students in such manner as the institution determines will best achieve the purposes of this Act. Redesignates provisions for fellowships for graduate and profesional study and provisions for the national graduate fellows program under HEA title IX (Graduate Programs) as provisions under HEA title IV (Student Assistance). Repeals provisons setting forth specified groups of individuals to whom grants are to be made under provisions for fellowships for graduate and professional study. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for fellowships for graduate and professional study. Extends through FY 1989 the period during which the Secretary is authorized to award fellowships (in the arts, humanities, and social sciences) under the national graduate fellows program.",2025-08-29T17:39:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6379
98-hres-602,98,hres,602,A resolution in support of high school exchange programs with the Soviet Union.,Education,1984-10-03,1984-10-12,Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.,House,"Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17]",FL,D,L000226,0,"Urges the Secretary of State to help international youth exchange organizations in exploring with the Soviet Union the establishment of youth exchange programs, particularly for high school students.  Calls upon the Soviet Union to respond positively and to make arrangements for U.S. exchange students. Urges U.S. support for such high school exchange programs through financial aid to students and grants to international exchange organizations.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-resolution/602
98-s-3027,98,s,3027,Head Start Reauthorization Act,Education,1984-09-26,1984-10-30,See S. 2565.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,1,"Head Start Reauthorization Act - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for programs under the Act through FY 1986. Requires the Secretary of Education to reserve for training and technical assistance for each fiscal year funds which are not less than the amount spent for such activities under the Act in FY 1982.  Provides that such minimum reservation shall not apply in any fiscal year in which the appropriation for the Head Start program is less than the amount appropriated for FY 1984. Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies.  Requires that the designated agency be in the community which it serves.  Requires the Secretary to give priority in the designation of such agencies to any local public or private nonprofit agency (or its successor agency) receiving funds under any Head Start program on a specified date, unless the Secretary makes a finding that the agency involved fails to meet program and fiscal requirements established by the Secretary.  Requires that any such designation be governed by the same program and fiscal requirements, criteria, and standards as are applicable to existing Head Start programs.  Requires that specified provisions relating to the initial designations of Head Start agencies be applied by the Secretary in the distribution of any additional appropriations made available under the Act during any fiscal year. Permits each Head Start program operated in a community to provide more than one year of Head Start services to children from age three to the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the Head Start program is located. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in connection with Head Start programs.  (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such technical assistance and training.)  Requires that such training activities include:  (1) a centralized child development training and national assessment program, which may be administered at the State and local level, leading to recognized credentials for such personnel; and (2) resource access projects for such personnel working with handicapped children. Prohibits any revision in Head Start performance standards which would result in either the elimination of or the reduction in the scope or types of health, education, parental involvement, social or other services required to be provided under the performance standards in effect on November 2, 1978.",2025-08-29T17:39:22Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/3027
98-s-3029,98,s,3029,"A bill to provide for the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center to be established by the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida.",Education,1984-09-26,1984-10-09,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]",FL,R,H000374,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida, to establish the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/3029
98-hr-6307,98,hr,6307,"A bill to provide for the use of safety belts by children in schoolbuses, and for other purposes.",Education,1984-09-25,1984-10-05,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16]",FL,D,S000586,15,"Prohibits the Secretary of Education from obligating or expending any of the funds appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of providing financial assistance to any State or local educational agency within a State if such State does not have in effect a school bus safety belt and inspection plan approved by the Secretary. Provides that such plan must require:  (1) the installation of safety belts in any school bus which is first placed in service as a school bus after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) an annual inspection of all school buses by the appropriate State or local agency. Provides that this Act shall take effect on August 1, 1986.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6307
98-sjres-355,98,sjres,355,"A joint resolution to designate the week of February 10, 1985, through February 16, 1985, as ""National DECA Week"".",Education,1984-09-25,1984-09-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]",MS,R,C000567,0,"Designates the week of February 10 through February 16, 1985, as National DECA Week.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/355
98-s-2998,98,s,2998,Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act,Education,1984-09-17,1984-09-25,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,"Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add this Act as part A (Gifted and Talented Children) of title IX (Additional Programs) of ESEA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for programs for gifted and talented children.  Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve 15 percent of such appropriations or $3,000,000, whichever is larger, for carrying out discretionary programs.  Requires that the remainder of such appropriations be available for State programs. Sets forth provisions for State programs.  Directs the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for the Federal share of the costs of planning, developing, operating, and improving programs to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels.  Permits such programs to include: (1) inservice training of personnel to teach such children; (2) demonstration programs designed to develop special techniques for teaching such children, and assessments of such programs; and (3) State leadership programs to assist in extending programs for such children throughout the State.  Directs the Secretary to allot such funds in accordance with specified provisions. Requires SEA applications for such grants to contain specified assurances, including the assurance that appropriate consideration will be given to the particular educational needs of disadvantaged gifted and talented children. Prohibits a SEA from reserving more than ten percent of grant funds for program administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning.  Requires a SEA to distribute, on a competitive basis, at least 90 percent of grant funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) which apply, with due regard for the quality of the proposed activities.  Requires a SEA to use at least 50 percent of grant funds for programs and projects which include a component for the identification and education of disadvantaged gifted and talented children from low-income families. Permits use of grant funds for instructional equipment only if such equipment will enhance the program or project.  Prohibits SEA approval of an LEA application unless the needs of children in nonprofit private elementary and secondary schools have been taken into account.  Requires the SEA to provide technical assistance for proposals and programs of LEAs which are unable to compete due to smaller size or lack of financial resources. Requires that an opportunity for a hearing be afforded before the Secretary may disapprove an application which does not meet specified requirements. Sets forth provisions for discretionary programs relating to education of gifted and talented children.  Authorizes the Secretary, from amounts reserved for discretionary programs, to pay the Federal share of the costs of grants or contracts to SEAs, LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public or private organizations for: (1) leadership training of personnel engaged in the education of gifted and talented children; (2) an information clearinghouse; and (3) research, evaluation, and related activities.  Sets forth application requirements for discretionary program grants and contracts.  Applies specified ESEA requirements relating to private school pupil and teacher participation in such discretionary programs, unless such requirements cannot be legally met in the State. Sets forth provisions for State allotments of appropriations for programs for gifted and talented children.  Directs the Secretary to allot up to one percent of such appropriations, in accordance with their respective needs, among: (1) specified territories and possessions of the United States; (2) programs in schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior; and (3) programs in overseas dependent schools of the Department of Defense.  Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among applicant States on the basis of numbers of children aged five through 17, with a $50,000 minimum allotment to each State.  Sets forth provisions for reallotment of any State allotment exceeding the amount a State needs and will be able to use in a fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer and coordinate programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that any Indian tribe or Hawaiian organization which operates schools for its children shall be deemed an LEA for purposes of this Act. Makes the Federal share for any fiscal year 90 percent, but 100 percent for programs and projects involving participation of private school students. Makes conforming amendments to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Makes a technical amendment to ESEA.",2025-08-29T17:39:34Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2998
98-hconres-354,98,hconres,354,"A concurrent resolution to congratulate Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, on the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of its founding.",Education,1984-09-11,1984-09-11,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8]",OH,R,K000190,11,"Congratulates Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, on the 175th anniversary of its founding and salutes such university for its achievements and prospects for the future.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/354
98-sjres-353,98,sjres,353,"A joint resolution to designate the week of February 3, 1985, through February 9, 1985, as ""National School Guidance and Counseling Week"".",Education,1984-09-11,1984-09-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,3,"Designates the week of February 3 through February 9, 1985, as National School Guidance and Counseling Week.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/353
98-hr-6153,98,hr,6153,Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-08-10,1984-08-22,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]",IL,R,E000204,0,"Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of Education allocate funds for basic grants to local educational agencies on the basis of a specified formula involving data from the 1975 survey of income and education conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary to use the criteria of poverty from the most recent available decennial census in determining the number of children to be counted for purposes of such grants. Makes a technical amendment deleting the adjective ""nonfarm,"" in order to conform to current census data language. Reduces (from five years to three years for FY 1985 and to two years thereafter) the maximum period of continuation of migratory status for a child of a migratory agricultural worker or migratory fisherman who resides in the area served by the State or local educational agency carrying on this program for migratory children. Revises the minimum amount required to be reserved for coordination of activities under the migrant education programs (but retains the maximum limit on any such reservation of funds).",2025-08-29T17:38:35Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6153
98-hr-6175,98,hr,6175,Overseas Teachers Act of 1984,Education,1984-08-10,1984-09-26,"Executive Comment Requested from OPM, OMB, DOD.",House,"Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20]",OH,D,O000001,13,"Overseas Teachers Act of 1984 - Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act to entitle an individual who is recruited outside the United States as a teacher in a Department of Defense overseas dependents school to the same benefits as an individual recruited in the United States.  Denies such entitlement to any individual who is the spouse of a member of a uniformed service, unless: (1) the individual is legally separated from the member; (2) the member dies or has retired from Government service; (3) the individual no longer resides with the member because the member has been reassigned to another geographic area for more than 90 days; or (4) the member's benefits comparable to a teacher's quarters allowance and cost of living benefits have been terminated for any other reason. Provides that such a teaching position shall include a position for which teaching duties and responsibilities are performed: (1) in a substitute capacity; (2) as a summer teacher; (3) as an instructor for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps; (4) as a paraprofessional or teacher aide; (5) for a definite term not to exceed one school year in the excepted service; or (6) for an indefinite term in the excepted service. Entitles an overseas teacher to 12 (currently ten) days of cumulative leave with pay if the school year exceeds eight months. Eliminates the limitation on the amount of leave a teacher may accumulate.  Permits the use of leave for paternity purposes.  Entitles a teacher to an additional three days of leave to use for any purpose during the school year if the teacher provides appropriate advance notice. Entitles a teacher who is separated from such leave system to elect to:  (1) receive a lump sum payment for such leave if the separation exceeds 31 days; or (2) receive credit for such leave as unused sick leave for purposes of determining the amount of a civil service retirement annuity. Entitles a Federal or District of Columbia employee who is transferred, promoted, or reappointed to a teaching position to:  (1) receive a lump sum pay for the annual leave credited to such employee before he or she became a teacher; or (2) be recredited with such leave upon returning to a Federal or District of Columbia position without a break in service. Requires the Director of Dependents' Education, upon appropriate application, to grant any full-time teacher who has completed at least seven years of service a sabbatical with full pay for up to one year to enable the teacher to engage in study or uncompensated work experience which will contribute to the development of the teacher's skills, provided:  (1) the teacher has not been granted a sabbatical during the preceding seven years; and (2) the teacher agrees to serve in a teaching position for three consecutive years. Requires the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a five-level pay system for overseas teachers.  Requires determinations concerning appropriate pay levels to be based on the length of service of an individual as a teacher, counselor, psychologist, or social worker within the defense education system. Requires rates of basic pay within level I to be equal to the average of the range of rates of basic pay for comparable positions in school jurisdictions in the United States having an average daily attendance of 100,000 or more students.  Directs the Secretary to modify regulations concerning teacher compensation to require a teacher to be compensated for the appropriate fraction of his or her pay for each day of service during a school year exceeding the number of days comprising a school year in such a jurisdiction. Requires determinations concerning housing, transportation, services, or use of Government facilities for teachers at certain pay levels to correspond to such determinations for commissioned officers in the Armed Forces in equivalent grade levels, except that pay level I determinations shall correspond to grade level two determinations. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out specified overseas teacher requirements concerning:  (1) the effect of administrative delays on starting dates; (2) a per diem allowance for travel to and from a duty station; (3) Government reimbursement for emergency transportation costs; (4) school assignments based on staffing requirements; (5) medical and dental benefits; (6) Government payments for the transportation of household goods; (7) service creditable for purposes of determining civil service annuities; (8) eligibility for military-controlled housing; (9) hours of duty; (10) leaves of absence; (11) qualifications and eligibility for vacancies within the system; (12) administrative leave during periods of inclement weather; and (13) class size limitations. Provides that any teacher who has served for at least three school years shall be eligible for appointment as a Federal employee in the competitive service on a non-competitive basis.",2025-08-29T17:37:49Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6175
98-sjres-346,98,sjres,346,"A joint resolution to designate the year of 1985 as the ""Year of the Teacher"".",Education,1984-08-10,1984-08-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,19,Designates 1985 as the Year of the Teacher.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/346
98-s-2942,98,s,2942,State Merit Grants Act of 1984,Education,1984-08-09,1984-08-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,0,"State Merit Grants Act of 1984 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to extend through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for the program of Grants to States for State Student Incentives. Provides for an additional authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 under such program for grants to students based on merit. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay a State one-third of the amount of such merit-based student grants under a State program which meets specified requirements. Requires that such State program be administered by a single State agency under specified HEA provisions. Limits each such merit-based student grant to no more than $2,000 per academic year for full-time attendance at an institution of higher education. Requires that merit-based student grant recipients be selected on the basis of criteria established by the State. Requires that, effective with respect to any academic year beginning on or after October 1, 1978, all nonprofit institutions of higher education in the State be eligible to participate in such State's program, except where such participation is in violation of a State constitution or a State statute enacted prior to such date. Requires that the payment of the non-Federal portion of such grants be from non-Federal sources including, when applicable, private resources. Sets forth auditing and reporting requirements for such State programs.",2025-08-29T17:37:50Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2942
98-hr-6105,98,hr,6105,United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act,Education,1984-08-08,1984-08-20,Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.,House,"Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12]",TX,D,W000763,1,"United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act - Directs the President, acting through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Information Agency, to provide a program of financial assistance to enable citizens and nationals of developing countries to study at American institutions of higher education.  Requires that half of each payment to a student shall be in the form of a loan with repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her home country for a period of no less than the years spent studying in the United States plus one.  Sets forth guidelines for implementing the program.  Directs the President, before allocating any funds, to consult with U.S. educational institutions, educational exchange organizations, U.S. missions, and the governments of participating countries on how to implement the guidelines. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments to further the scholarship program. Urges the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs, in implementing such programs, to increase financial assistance for undergraduate students of limited financial means from developing countries to study in the United States.  Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Authorizes the President to establish counseling and orientation services:  (1) abroad to prepare foreign students for study in the United States; and (2) at U.S. schools to help them while they are in the United States. Directs the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in the discharge of programs authorized by this Act. Requires the public and private sectors in the United States to be encouraged to contribute to the costs of the programs financed under this Act.  Directs the President to engage the public and private sectors of developing countries in programs to maximize the use of program participants upon their return to their own countries.  Authorizes the President to publicize the scholarship program abroad. Authorizes the President to provide English instruction abroad when necessary. Provides for funding to carry out this Act. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on the activities taken pursuant to this Act.",2025-08-29T17:40:12Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6105
98-s-2915,98,s,2915,Federal Merit Scholarship Act,Education,1984-08-08,1984-08-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,3,"Federal Merit Scholarship Act - Amends the Higher Eduation Act of 1965 to establish a Federal Merit Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to enable States to award scholarships to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and who show promise of continued academic achievement. Provides that such scholarships shall be awarded for a period of one academic year for the first year of study at any institution of higher education which the student chooses to attend. Provides for allocation of program funds to each State according to a formula based on the number of individuals in the State eligible for such scholarships. Sets forth requirements for program agreements between the Secretary and each State desiring to participate in such scholarship program. Requires that each student awarded such a scholarship:  (1) be a graduate of a public or private secondary school; (2) have been admitted for enrollment at an institution of higher education; and (3) show promise of continued academic achievement, pursuant to criteria established by the Secretary. Authorizes the State educational agency (SEA) to establish the criteria for the selection of merit scholars.  Directs the SEA to adopt selection procedures designed to assure that ten individuals will be selected from among residents of each congressional district in a State (and in the case of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico not to exceed ten individuals selected in such District or Commonwealth). Provides that each student awarded a merit scholarship shall receive a stipend of $1,500 for the academic year of study for which it is awarded. Directs the SEA to establish procedures under which merit scholars establish that they are maintaining satisfactory proficiency and devoting full time to the course of study for which the scholarship was awarded. Directs the SEA to make arrangements to award merit scholarships at a place in each State which is convenient to the individuals selected as recipients. Provides that, to the extent possible, the awards shall be made by Members of the Senate and Members of the House of Representatives (or by the Delegate from the District of Columbia or the Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) who represent the State, Commonwealth, or District from which the individuals come. Requires that the selection process be completed and the awards made prior to August 1 in each year, except that such awards shall be made in the first year after the date of enactment of this subpart as soon as possible after such date. Provides that nothing in this or any other Act shall be construed to permit the receipt of a scholarship under the Federal Merit Scholarship Program to be counted for any needs test in connection with the awarding of any grant or the making of any loan under the Higher Education Act of 1965 or any other provision of Federal law relating to Federal assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 to carry out the Federal Merit Scholarship Program.",2025-08-29T17:38:18Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2915
98-s-2919,98,s,2919,Continuing Education Act of 1984,Education,1984-08-08,1984-08-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Continuing Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to revise title I provisions. Retitles title I (currently ""Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning"") as ""Postsecondary Continuing Education."" Retitles and replaces title I part A (currently ""Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education"") with new provisions for ""Postsecondary Education Innovation and Outreach Grants."" Sets forth the types of individuals for which such title I part A program is designed. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program, in accordance with such part A, to assist eligible postsecondary institutions to establish programs to enhance the educational opportunities available to adult learners.  Directs the Secretary, from specified sums, to award grants to institutions with applications meeting specified criteria for such assistance. Makes institutions of higher education, and combinations of such institutions, eligible for such part A assistance if the Secretary determines that specified conditions are met. Sets forth permissible uses of such part A grant funds. Sets the maximum award that may be made to a single applicant under part A for any three-fiscal-year period at $150,000. Retitles and replaces part B (currently ""Education Outreach Programs"") with new provisions for ""Postsecondary Continuing Education Research and Research Application Grants."" Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with institutions of higher education and combinations of such institutions to carry out part B research and research application programs. Sets forth authorized uses of funds under such part B. Sets forth application requirements for such part B assistance. Sets the maximum award that may be made to a single applicant under part B at $400,000 for any fiscal year, and $2,000,000 over five years. Retains (under a new part C) provisions for the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education.  Updates the required commencement date for the Council's annual reports to September 30, 1985. Sets forth new part D General Provisions.  Defines ""adult learner"" for purposes of title I programs.  Provides that, for purposes of title I part A, an ""institution of higher education"" includes all institutions of higher education described under general provisions relating to student assistance programs under the Act. Provides for a discretionary Federal share of title I programs.  Authorizes the Secretary to include, under part A or B or both, an appropriate matching provision that makes Federal support contingent upon a non-Federal contribution of dollars or services by the approved applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out title I programs. Sets the portion of such funds which may be used to carry out part B programs in any fiscal year at not less than 15 percent nore more than 20 percent.",2025-08-29T17:41:00Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2919
98-s-2910,98,s,2910,Grove City Reversal Act of 1984,Education,1984-08-07,1984-08-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,5,"Grove City Reversal Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination. Provides that the term ""any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance"" in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be construed without reference to ""any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance"" in the Education Amendments of 1972.",2025-08-29T17:37:43Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2910
98-s-2884,98,s,2884,Sex Discrimination Prohibition Act of 1984,Education,1984-07-30,1984-08-01,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,0,Sex Discrimination Prohibition Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.,2025-08-29T17:39:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2884
98-hjres-630,98,hjres,630,"A joint resolution to designate the week beginning February 3, 1985, as ""National School Guidance and Counseling Week"".",Education,1984-07-27,1984-07-31,Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.,House,"Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4]",WV,D,R000011,67,"Designates the week beginning February 3, 1985, as National School Guidance and Counseling Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-joint-resolution/630
98-s-2870,98,s,2870,Higher Education Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-07-26,1984-08-01,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Higher Education Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Institutional Aid - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to repeal part B (Aid to Institutions With Special Needs) of title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act. Adds the purpose of helping meet eligible institutions' special needs to the enumeration of purposes of part A (Strengthening Institutions) of title III of the Act. Revises the definitions of ""eligible institution"" and ""full-time equivalent students"" for purposes of part A. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to also consider specified factors in determining whether an institution is an eligible institution for purposes of part A. Increases to five years the maximum period for which a grant to an eligible institution under part A may be made. Provides that one-year grants to assist in preparation of plans and applications under part A may be awarded only to institutions which have not received such a grant for any prior fiscal year. Sets forth provisions for a Federal share of the costs of part A grants which shall decrease from 100 percent for the first two years to 90 percent for the third year, 80 percent for the fourth year, and 70 percent for the fifth year an institution receives such a grant. Sets forth transition provisions.  Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards under part A to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under part A or part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984.  Prohibits any institution from receiving a grant under this continuation award provision or under:  (1) part A grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than seven years in the aggregate; and (2) part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than five years in the aggregate. Makes an institution which has received a continuation award for such maximum period ineligible to receive a grant under part A. Redesignates part C of title III of the Act as part B of title III of the Act. Renames such part (currently ""Challenge Grants for Institutions Eligible for Assistance Under Part A or Part B"") ""Challenge Grant Transition Awards.""  Repeals provisions for challenge grant program authority and for applications for such challenge grants.  Sets forth new provisions for continuation awards. Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards, under part B Challenge Grant Transition Awards provisions, to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under challenge grant program authority as in effect on September 30, 1984. Redesignates provisions for endowment grants under a new part C heading of ""Endowment Grants.""  Revises provisions for eligibility for such grants to conform to amendments made by this Act. Revises general provisions under part D of title III of the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title III of the Act for FY 1985. Provides that any funds made available for grants under part C which are not expended during the fiscal year for which such funds were appropriated shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose of making such grants until expended.  Directs the Secretary to make at least 25 percent of such FY 1985 title III of the Act funds available to junior or community colleges. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount of such FY 1985 title III funds for eligible institutions that have historically served substantial numbers of black students. Title II:  Student Assistance - Part A: Student Grant Amendments - Subpart 1:  Pell Self-Help Grants - Revises title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act to make nomenclature amendments under which all references to ""basic educational opportunity grants"" or ""basic grants"" are replaced by references to ""Pell Self-Help Grants."" Revises Pell Grant award rules to provide that a student may receive only one Pell Grant for an academic year during an award year as defined by the Secretary. Sets the maximum Pell Grant for academic year 1985-1986 at $3,000.  Directs the Secretary to establish the maximum amount for each succeeding academic year. Revises the formula for determining the amount of a Pell Grant which an eligible student may be paid for academic year 1985-1986 and for succeeding academic years. Provides that no Pell Grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for Pell Grants. Revises provisions for determination of Pell Grant awards in case of insufficient appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Pell Grant program for FY 1985. Sets forth provisions for determination of expected family contributions and cost of attendance for purposes of the Pell Grant program.  Provides that for academic year 1985-1986, the living expense allowance shall not exceed:  (1) $3,000 for a student not residing with his or her parents; and (2) $1,500 for student residing with his or her parents.  Directs the Secretary to set appropriate limits on living expense allowances for subsequent academic years. Subpart 2:  Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for supplemental educational opportunity grants.  Sets forth a new formula, including a specified baseline figure for determining the amount of a supplemental grant for any student who has also received a Pell Grant. Provides that no supplemental grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Provides that, for purposes of supplemental grants, ""expected family contribution"" and ""cost of attendance"" shall have the same meanings given to such terms under provisions for Pell Grant need analysis. Authorizes the Secretary to change by regulation a specified baseline figure for purposes of supplemental grant determinations for any academic year after 1985-1986. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for supplemental grants. Sets forth provisions for cost sharing.  Requires each institution receiving funds under the supplemental grant program or under specified provisions for transfer of allotments to provide matching funds equal to 20 percent of the amount received under such provisions, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Makes a conforming amendment which repeals specified provisions of the Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments of 1982 as amended by a specified provision of the Student Loan Consolidation and Technical Amendments Act of 1983. Subpart 3:  State Student Incentive Grant - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for grants to States for State student incentives to eliminate a maintenance of effort requirement of such grants program. Part B:  Guaranteed Student Loan Program - Revises title IV of the Act to rename part B provisions (currently ""Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education"") as the ""Guaranteed Student Loan Program."" Revises provisions relating to student eligibility for subsidized loans under the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions relating to deferments of repayment by student borrowers under the conditions of Federal loan insurance. Sets forth provisions relating to the need analysis to be made for students attending foreign schools, for purposes of the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions for Federal loan insurance limitations to provide that ""undergraduate student"" shall be defined in regulations of the Secretary. Provides for the recall of certain advances.  Eliminates provisions authorizing appropriations for specified advances to establish or strengthen the reserve funds of State and nonprofit private loan insurance programs. Revises provisions for repayment of such advances to require that such repayment be made prior to October 1, 1985. Revises provisions relating to insurance liability limitations of Federal student loan insurance. Revises provisions relating to the amount of reimbursement to be paid a State or nonprofit private institution or organization under the program of Federal guaranty of student loans insured under non-Federal programs. Repeals provisions for Federal supplemental guarantee agreements for reimbursement of non-Federal student loans insurance programs. Revises provisions for agreements with State and nonprofit private institutions for Federal interest subsidy payments on loans insured under their student loan insurance programs to provide for uniform loan availability. Requires that such programs authorize insurance in any academic year or its equivalent (as determined by regulations of the Secretary) of loans to any individual student who is carrying at an eligible institution at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload (as determined under regulations of the Secretary.)  Sets the amount of such a loan at $2,500 (currently a $1,000 minimum and $2,500 maximum range). Revises requirements relating to the repayment period for such loans. Requires that such non-Federal student loan insurance programs, under Federal interest subsidy payment standards, insure 100 percent (currently 80 percent) of the unpaid principal of loans insured by such programs, whether or not such loans are eligible for Federal  interest subsidy payments. Adds to the standards for Federal interest subsidy payments to require non-Federal student loan insurance programs to provide for:  (1) guarantee of loans made to students, their spouses, and their parents under the auxiliary loan program; (2) if the lender is an eligible institution, insurance of loans by only such institutions as are within the geographic area served by such State or nonprofit private institution or organization; (3) no restrictions relating to enrollment in-State or out-of-State by an otherwise eligible student; (4) no restrictions more onerous than institutional eligibility requirements under the Federal student loan insurance program, with specified exceptions; and (5) eligibility of all lenders described in specified provisions under reasonable criteria, with specified exceptions, and annual reports to the Secretary concerning such criteria. Makes a conforming amendment removing a reference to the supplemental guaranty program. Eliminates provisions for special payments for administrative and other costs to State and nonprofit private institution student loan insurance programs under guaranty and supplemental agreements. Eliminates provisions relating to multiple disbursements and escrow accounts under the Federal interest subsidy payments program. Eliminates specified ""school lender"" and other ""origination"" requirements relating to maximum annual insurable loans under Federal loan insurance limitations and under requirements for non-Federal student insurance programs receiving subsidy payments. Repeals specified restrictions on eligible institutions of higher education acting as eligible lenders or originators of student loans. Revises the definition of ""eligible lender,"" for purposes of student loan insurance programs, to include:  (1) a State or a Federal agency which is an assignee of another eligible lender; and (2) a Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, or its successor agency, which has received Federal funds under specified Federal law. Removes specified limitations on the functions of the Secretary under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program which may be delegated to regional offices of the Department of Education. Revises the definition of ""eligible institution,"" for purposes of student loan insurance program requirements, to include a reference to auxiliary loans under the prohibition  against the use of commissioned salesmen to promote the availability of a loan program at an institution. Revises auxiliary loan program provisions to make parents or a spouse of a graduate or professional student eligible for such loans.  Sets forth repayment provisions for auxiliary loans made to students which are different than repayment provisions for such loans to parents or spouses. Authorizes lenders to charge fees up to $25 for checking the credit of any auxiliary loan borrower who is not a student. Establishes a ten-year maximum repayment period for an auxiliary loan made to a parent or spouse, with specified exceptions. Revises the statement of purpose for the part B Guaranteed Student Loan Program to include the encouragement of adequate loan insurance programs for borrowers participating in the auxiliary loan program. Allows auxiliary loans to be insured directly by the Secretary if the lender satisfies the Secretary that, by reason of the residences of the intended borrowers of such lenders, such lender will not have access to any single State or nonprofit private loan insurance program which will insure substantially all of the loans such lender intends to make to such borrowers. Part C:  Work-Study Program -  Increases the amount of the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for work-study programs under part C of title IV of the Act. Revises provisions for work-study program allotments to States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Provides that a specified amount shall be allotted to such territories and possessions.  Bases State allotments on the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in institutions of higher education in a State. Requires that the amount allotted to each State shall not be less than the amount allotted to such State in FY 1984. Eliminates specified provisions relating to criteria for allotment of remainder sums and to consolidation of allotments. Revises provisions for reallotments to eliminate certain requirements for preferences under reallotment. Eliminates provisions for a reservation from appropriations for work-study assistance to students residing in American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands who attend eligible institutions outside of those areas. Eliminates the prohibition against any work-study program paying lower than the current Federal minimum wage. Eliminates specified maintenance of effort requirements for work-study programs. Eliminates a prohibition against criteria for distribution of work-study assistance resulting in any institution's receiving an amount less than that used during FY 1979. Provides that student need analysis for purposes of work-study programs shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary.  (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Includes area vocational schools under the definition of ""institution of higher education"" for purposes of receiving work-study program assistance, but provides that work-study programs at such schools may not include work for the institution itself. Adds provisions for cooperative education and adult literacy program activities to work-study program provisions for job location and development programs.  Raises the amount which an eligible institution may use from its work-study allotment for such programs and activities. Eliminates certain maintenance of effort requirements relating to such programs. Requires that an institution's annual report on such programs include a summary of student compensation received and of any activities performed by organizations participating in such programs.  Requires that agreements for such programs provide for fiscal control and fund accounting procedures.  Provides that, for academic year 1986-1987 and thereafter, the maximum amount of an institution's work-study program allotment that may be used for such job location and development and cooperative education activities shall not exceed one-fifth of the total amount of earnings received by students in work-study programs during the previous academic year.  Provides that, for purposes of calculating such limitation, the Federal contribution to any earnings received by a student and placed in employment through a job location and development program shall be excluded unless the student is employed in an adult literacy program. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals provisions for work-study for community service-learning programs. Repeals the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for cooperative education programs under title VIII of the Act. (Such programs are similar to the cooperative education activities which this Act adds to work-study program job location and development provisions.) Part D:  Special Programs for the Disadvantaged - Revises provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.  Removes references, in the enumeration of program aims, to ""contracts"" and to the training of persons serving or preparing for service in specified projects.  Eliminates specified provisions relating to program grant and contract authority. Eliminates the definition of, and references to, ""first generation college student."" Revises provisions for the Talent Search program to rename it the Talent Search and Assistance program.  Replaces references to ""youths"" and ""youth"" with references to ""persons."" Revises provisions for design of the talent search and assistance program to add:  (1) information on available academic (as well as financial) assistance; and (2) assistance to applicants for admission to institutions of higher education, including assistance in preparing admissions and financial aid applications and forms. (Current law provides for similar services under the Educational Opportunity Centers program.)  Requires that two-thirds of the persons who would participate in a talent search and assistance project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped.  (Current law requires two-thirds of the youths participating in the project to be low-income individuals who are first-generation college students.)  Removes the maximum age limit (27 years) for project participants. Provides that other participant eligibility requirements (minimum age 12 and the completion of six years of elementary education) may be waived by the Secretary because of exceptional circumstances demonstrated by the applicant.  Prohibits project participants from receiving services from another project funded under the talent search and assistance program.  (Current law prohibits their receiving services under such program or under the Educational Opportunity Centers program which provides for services similar to those added to the talent search program by this Act.) Requires assurances that a substantial concentration of low-income or physically handicapped persons reside in the project area, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.  Authorizes the Secretary to award grants under the talent search and assistance program based on applications submitted by institutions of higher education, including consortia of such institutions, public and private agencies, and, in exceptional circumstances, secondary schools.  Limits the amount of any such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of the project. Revises provisions for the Upward Bound program.  Requires that two-third of the persons who would participate in an upward bound project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped.  Eliminates requirements that:  (1) two-thirds of the youths participating in the proposed project be low-income individuals who are first generation college students; and (2) the remaining youths participating be either low-income individuals or first-generation college students. Eliminates references to contracts under such provisions.  Authorizes the Secretary to award grants based on applications submitted by those institutions of higher education which have entered into a program participation agreement with the Secretary under specified provisions of the Act and which participate in programs authorized under title IV of the Act, other than provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.  Limits additional assistance to any institution of higher education which, on or before October 1, 1984, had received assistance under the Upward Bound program for three or more years to a period of not more than three years.  Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such three-year period to:  (1) 75 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 50 percent during the second year; and (3) 25 percent during the third year.  Limits Upward Bound program assistance to any institution which is not subject to the foregoing limitations, beginning on October 1, 1984, to a period of not more than five years.  Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such five-year period to: (1) 100 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 90 percent during the second year; (3) 75 percent during the third year; (4) 50 percent during the fourth year; and (5) 25 percent during the fifth year. Repeals provisions for Educational Opportunity Centers and for staff development activities under special program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Part E:  National Direct Student Loans - Revises provisions for Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education (the NDSL program) under part D of title IV of the Act. Makes technical amendments. Provides that the need analysis for NDSL program purposes shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary. (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Revises the repayment period for direct student loans to begin six months after ""the month"" (currently ""the date"") in which the borrower ceases to carry a specified academic workload. Requires an eight percent annual interest rate on direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985. Provides that specified deferments of repayment shall apply only to direct student loans made on or before July 1, 1985.  Eliminates the six-month grace period following the completion of the study, service, or disability for which such deferment was given.  Sets forth deferment provisions for direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985.  Provides that such deferments shall be:  (1) not in excess of five years in the aggregate, during which the borrower has resumed study, and is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload, at an institution of higher education or at a comparable institution outside the United States approved by the Secretary for this purpose; (2) not less than six months, nor more than three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower is serving as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces; (3) not in excess of three years in the aggregate during which the borrower is in service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act; or (4) not in excess of three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower demonstrates a financial inability to repay any loan principal or interest because of exceptional circumstances which meet criteria established by the Secretary. Revises provisions for cancellation of direct student loans for certain public service to direct the Secretary to pay to each institution for each fiscal year an amount equal to ten percent of the aggregate of the amounts of direct student loans from its student loan funds which are cancelled pursuant to such provisions.  Allows such payments to be used as each institution determines appropriate. Part F:  General Provisions - Revises general provisions under title IV of the Act. Eliminates general provisions relating to need analysis. Revises provisions relating to independent students. Eliminates provisions for a common Federal financial aid application form and a common pre-eligibility Federal financial aid form. Revises provisions for title IV program participation agreements to eliminate a requirement that an institution continue to spend in its own scholarship and student aid program, from sources other than the funds received under title IV of the Act, not less than the average expenditures made for that purpose during the most recent period of three fiscal years preceding the effective date of the title IV program participation agreement. Authorizes the Secretary to waive all requirements for such program participation agreements with respect to an institution of higher education outside the United States and organized under the law of a foreign nation. Raises, from ten percent to 50 percent, that portion of an institution's allotment for either the work-study program or for the supplemental grant program which may be transferred to the other program. Revises provisions for administrative expenses to authorize the Secretary to require an institution to use specified funds it receives for Pell Grant administrative expenses to carry out specific activities.  Eliminates a requirement that administrative expenses payments for work-study programs be ten percent of the institution's expenditures under such programs. Title III:  Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities - Revises title VII (Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities) to eliminate the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part A (Grant for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Undergraduate Academic Facilities) and part B (Grants for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Graduate Academic Facilities).  Lowers (from $80,000,000 to $18,775,000) the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part C (Loans for Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities), and provides that none of the sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this Act or otherwise available may be used for commitments for new loans under title VII of the Act.  Authorizes appropriations for part D general provisions relating to recovery of payments under title VII. Title IV:  Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education - Revises provisions of title X (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education). Directs the Secretary  to require a recipient of assistance under part A (Establishment and Operation of Fund) to pay 50 percent of the allowable costs incurred by the recipient in carrying out a project assisted under such part. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title VII of the Act for FY 1985. Makes technical amendments. Title V:  Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for specified provisions of this Act.",2025-08-29T17:38:22Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2870
98-s-2871,98,s,2871,Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-07-26,1984-08-01,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of Education allocate funds for basic grants to local educational agencies on the basis of a specified formula involving data from the 1975 survey of income and education conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary to use the criteria of poverty from the most recent available decennial census in determining the number of children to be counted for purposes of such grants. Makes a technical amendment deleting the adjective ""nonfarm,"" in order to conform to current census data language. Reduces (from five years to three years for FY 1985 and to two years thereafter) the maximum period of continuation of migratory status for a child of a migratory agricultural worker or migratory fisherman who resides in the area served by the State or local educational agency carrying on this program for migratory children. Removes the minimum amount required to be reserved for coordination of activities under the migrant education programs (but retains the maximum limit on any such reservation of funds).",2025-08-29T17:42:01Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2871
98-hr-6014,98,hr,6014,Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984,Education,1984-07-24,1984-08-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education.,House,"Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22]",PA,D,M001088,32,"Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize the award of a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs to a parent or legal representative of a handicapped child or youth who is the prevailing party in a civil suit under such Act to protect the child's right to a free appropriate public education.  Provides that such amendment shall apply to actions and proceedings brought on or after July 4, 1984, and actions and proceedings brought prior to such date which were pending on such date. Provides that nothing in the Education of the Handicapped Act shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights procedures and remedies under the Constitution, title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or other Federal statutes prohibiting discrimination.",2025-08-29T17:39:18Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6014
98-s-2859,98,s,2859,Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984,Education,1984-07-24,1984-07-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Handicapped (Labor and Human Res.).,Senate,"Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT]",CT,R,W000253,13,"Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize the award of a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs to a parent or legal representative of a handicapped child or youth who is the prevailing party in a civil suit under such Act to protect the child's right to a free appropriate public education.  Provides that such amendment shall apply to actions and proceedings brought on or after July 4, 1984, and actions and proceedings brought prior to such date which were pending on such date. Provides that nothing in the Education of the Handicapped Act shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights, procedures, and remedies under the Constitution, title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or other Federal statutes prohibiting discrimination.",2025-08-29T17:40:33Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2859
98-s-2847,98,s,2847,A bill to eliminate the asset criteria for the needs test under the guaranteed student loan program.,Education,1984-06-29,1984-06-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,1,"Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to exclude the amount of the assets of the student and the assets of the student's family from the determination of expected family contribution for the determination of need under the guaranteed student loan program, for any academic year beginning after academic year 1983-1984.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2847
98-hjres-613,98,hjres,613,"A joint resolution designating 1985 as the ""Year of the Teacher"".",Education,1984-06-28,1984-06-28,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,F000270,97,Designates 1985 as the Year of the Teacher.,2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-joint-resolution/613
98-s-2800,98,s,2800,Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984,Education,1984-06-27,1984-06-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",TX,D,B000401,0,"Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for special impact aid payments to State and local educational agencies which provide educational services to immigrant children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to each State educational agency (SEA) for its administrative costs under this Act up to one and one-half percent of the funds to which the SEA is entitled under this Act. Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to make, for FY 1985 through 1989, State entitlement payments equal to $500 for each immigrant child in public and nonpublic elementary or secondary schools within eligible local educational agencies (LEAs).  Requires that the number of such children in the public and nonpublic schools within an eligible LEA be at least the lesser of:  (1) 500;  or (2) three percent of the total enrollment in such public or nonpublic schools during the fiscal year. Requires that the amount of any such grant to an SEA for any fiscal year be reduced by the amounts made available for such fiscal year by any other Federal law for expenditure within the State for the same purposes as those for which funds are available under this Act.  Provides that such reduction shall be made only to the extent that such amounts are made available:  (1) for such purposes specifically because of the refugee, parolee, asylee, or other immigrant status of the individuals served by such funds; and (2) to provide assistance to individuals eligible for services under this Act. Permits payments to States under this Act to be used for supplementary public educational services and costs for immigrant children in public and nonpublic schools within districts served by eligible LEAs.  Includes among such services:  (1) English language instruction;  (2) other bilingual educational services;  (3) special materials and supplies;  (4) additional basic instructional services;  and (5) inservice personnel training. Sets forth requirements for SEA applications for payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) make payments to SEAs having applications approved; and (2) arrange for the provision of public educational services under this Act to children enrolled in nonpublic schools in cases where a State is prohibited by law from providing such services to such children and where the LEA has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of such children in such services.",2025-08-29T17:38:09Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2800
98-sres-416,98,sres,416,A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that educators should develop recommendations to increase student motivation as a means of improving excellence in education.,Education,1984-06-27,1984-06-27,Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,0,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that:  (1) student motivation is an important element of educational excellence; (2) educators are urged to devote more research to ways to motivate students; and (3) educators, parents, business persons, and others interested in improving education should develop recommendations for inspiring student motivation.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-resolution/416
98-hjres-597,98,hjres,597,"A joint resolution to designate the week beginning September 2, 1984 as ""Youth of America Week"".",Education,1984-06-19,1984-08-21,Became Public Law No: 98-389.,House,"Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31]",NY,R,K000086,221,"Designates the week beginning September 2, 1984, as Youth of America Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-joint-resolution/597
98-hr-5847,98,hr,5847,Carl Vinson Institution of Government Assistance Act,Education,1984-06-14,1984-06-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10]",GA,D,B000153,9,"Carl Vinson Institute of Government Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to the State of Georgia to renovate the physical facilities of the former Lucy Cobb Institute for Girls in Athens, Georgia, to provide a central home for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1984.",2025-08-29T17:38:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5847
98-s-2768,98,s,2768,United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act,Education,1984-06-14,1984-09-11,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1163.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,19,"United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act - Directs the President, acting through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Information Agency, to provide an undergraduate scholarship program for citizens and nationals of developing countries to study at American institutions of higher education.  Requires that half of each payment to a student shall be in the form of a loan with repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her country of origin for a period of no less than the years spent studying in the United States plus one.  Sets forth guidelines for implementing the program.  Directs the President, before allocating any funds, to consult with U.S. educational institutions, educational exchange organizations, U.S. missions, and the governments of participating countries on how to implement the guidelines. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments to further the scholarship program. Urges the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs, in implementing such programs, to increase assistance for undergraduate scholarships for students of limited financial means from developing countries to study in the United States.  Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Authorizes the President to establish counseling and orientation services:  (1) abroad to prepare foreign students for study in the United States; and (2) at U.S. schools to help them while they are in the United States. Directs the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in the discharge of programs authorized by this Act. Requires the public and private sectors in the United States to be encouraged to contribute to the costs of the programs financed under this Act.  Directs the President to engage the public and private sectors of developing countries in programs to maximize the use of program participants upon their return to their own countries.  Authorizes the President to publicize the scholarship program abroad. Authorizes the President to provide English instruction abroad when necessary. Provides for funding to carry out this Act. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on the activities taken pursuant to this Act.",2025-08-29T17:39:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2768
98-hr-5838,98,hr,5838,Police Corps Assistance Act of 1984,Education,1984-06-13,1984-06-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,13,"Police Corps Assistance Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make contracts and payments to institutions of higher education for loans to full-time undergraduate or graduate students who are in an eligible police corps of a State or local government. Limits the amount of such a loan to not more than $4,000 per academic year.  Provides that such loans shall be on such terms and conditions as the Secretary and the police corps involved may determine.  Requires that the total amount of any such loan, plus interest, shall be cancelled for services as a full-time officer or employee of a police department at the following rates:  (1) 20 percent for the first complete year (or its equivalent) of such service; (2) 30 percent for the second such year; and (3) 50 percent for the third such year.  Allows waivers of payment to be granted for illness, accident, or other hardship. Authorizes the Attorney General to approve a police corps as eligible for purposes of this Act for a period not longer than five years (which may be extended for additional periods) if:  (1) participants are to undergo the same training as regular police officers before taking up police duties; (2) the program will be used to supplement but not supplant existing police workers, and the force level will be maintained at no less than the average of the three years before police corps workers are made available; (3) police corps workers are likely to be used for ""on-line"" duties, and their pay scales are set at a fixed percentage of regular pay and benefits which can be known before such workers decide to participate in the police corps; (4) the State within which the locality or unit is located has agreed to provide to each participant, from non-Federal sources, to cover the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education an amount no less than the amount of any loans obtained by the participant under this Act; (5) participants undertake to engage in police work for three years after graduation, and any participants retained after such period will be subject to collective bargaining agreements to the same extent as police workers who were not participants; and (6) such approval is appropriate in the light of relevant crime rates, populations served, and existing police force levels, and the need to achieve a fair distribution of available funds among the various approved police corps programs. Authorizes appropriations for such police corps program payments to institutions of higher education for FY 1985 through 1989.",2025-08-29T17:38:45Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5838
98-hr-5802,98,hr,5802,"Mathematics, Science, and Technology High School Act of 1984",Education,1984-06-07,1984-06-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6]",MO,R,C000618,3,"Mathematics, Science, and Technology High School Act of 1984 - Title I: Planning Grants for the Establishment of Mathematics, Science, and Technology High Schools - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to assist eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) or a combination of educational agencies in structuring and implementing a plan for exemplary mathematics, science, and technology high schools.  Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to LEAs with applications meeting specified criteria. Sets forth requirements for applications for such assistance.  Directs the Secretary to award such grants on a competitive basis. Sets the maximum award of such grants that may be made to a single LEA or combination of educational agencies under this title at $150,000. Provides that such grants may be expended over a period not to exceed three years. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds.  Prohibits use of such funds in connection with the general overhead costs of the applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to carry out this title. Limits payments under this title to not more than 70 percent of the cost of the assisted activities.  Permits the non- Federal share of such costs to be in cash or in kind, but prohibits it from including payments received under any other Federal program. Title II:  Start-Up Grants for the Establishment of Mathematics, Science, and Technology High Schools - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to assist eligible LEAs or a combination of LEAs in establishing and contributing to the start-up costs of an exemplary mathematics, science, and technology high school. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to LEAs or combinations of LEAs with applications meeting specified criteria. Sets forth requirements for applications for such assistance.  Directs the Secretary to award grants on a competitive basis taking into consideration the innovation and merit of the proposed center. Sets the maximum award of such grants that may be made to a single LEA or combination of LEAs under this title at $500,000.  Provides that such grants may be expended over a period not to exceed three years. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds.  Prohibits use of such funds in connection with the general overhead costs of the applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to carry out this title. Title III:  Grants for the Establishment of Educational Partnership Programs - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to assist postsecondary institutions or a combination of postsecondary institutions in structuring and implementing a program designed to utilize the faculty and resources of a postsecondary institution to:  (1) teach advanced science, mathematics, and technology to secondary students; and/or (2) provide in-service instruction to elementary and secondary teachers in the fields of science, mathematics, and computer technology. Directs the Secretary to award grants to postsecondary institutions meeting specified criteria. Directs the Secretary to require a recipient of such assistance to pay 20 percent of the allowable costs incurred by the recipient in structuring and implementing this program. Sets forth requirements for applications for such assistance.  Directs the Secretary to award such grants on a competitive basis. Sets the maximum award that may be awarded to a single postsecondary institution or a combination of such institutions under this title at $100,000. Authorizes the Secretary to award such a grant for a period of up to three years, subject for each fiscal year to the availability of appropriations. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds. Prohibits use of such funds in connection with the general overhead costs of the applicant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to carry out this title. Limits payments under this title to not more than 80 percent of the costs of assisted activities.  Permits the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind, but prohibits it from including payments received under any other Federal program.",2025-08-29T17:40:40Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5802
98-hr-5749,98,hr,5749,Secondary School Basic Skills Act,Education,1984-05-30,1984-06-13,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1]",MT,D,W000520,62,"Secondary School Basic Skills Act - Establishes a program of grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) having especially high concentrations of children from low-income families to enable such agencies to provide more effective instruction in basic skills for economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Defines ""basic skills"" to include reading, writing, and mathematics computational proficiency as well as comprehension and reasoning. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990.  Makes certain amounts of such appropriations available for specified activities and types of grants under this Act. Makes a secondary school eligible to receive assistance under this Act for program grants only if 20 percent or more of children aged 14 to 17, inclusive, who are enrolled in such school are counted under LEA basic grant provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as modified by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Requires that funds made available under this Act for program grants be used to develop new approaches to, and carry out, educational services and activities designed specifically to raise the basic skills of low achieving disadvantaged children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and from specified funds appropriated for program grants for FY 1985 through 1990, to make grants to LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public agencies and nonprofit private organizations. Provides that such grants shall be made to such entities on behalf of and for the purpose of assisting eligible secondary schools to develop, implement, and carryout new approaches to achieving improved basic skills instruction of low- achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Sets forth application requirements.  Requires that the application be made on behalf of the eligible school by: (1) the LEA; or (2) an institution of higher education, public agency, or private nonprofit organization if such entity will provide educational services or conduct educational activities subject to the proposal.  Requires applicants to assure their participation in a national evaluation. Requires that administrators and teachers in the eligible school participate in the preparation of the proposal.  Requires that the appropriate State educational agency (SEA) review and comment on the application before submittal to the Secretary.  Directs the Secretary to assure that: (1) eligible applicants represent various geographic regions of the country, including both rural and urban secondary schools within those various geographic regions; and (2) at least one demonstration grant is made in each State in each fiscal year, unless no applications are received from a State. Requires each LEA which desires to receive program grants under this Act to file with the Secretary an application containing specified assurances. Provides that each LEA and each institution of higher education, public agency, and private nonprofit organization applying on behalf of an eligible secondary school may receive payments for any fiscal year in which it files an application with the SEA.  Sets forth requirements for such applications. Requires consultation with parents and teachers of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students in program design and implementation. Establishes a National Secondary School Basic Skills Panel in NIE to:  (1) identify successful model programs; and (2) advise the Secretary with respect to specified aspects of program grant applications and proposals. Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to annually conduct a national evaluation of the effectiveness and the implementation of program grants.  Requires that such assessment results be submitted to Congress and disseminated to SEAs, LEAs, State legislatures, and Governors. Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to monitor grants and coordinate activities under this Act with other research activities conducted by NIE and through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Authorizes NIE, once program grants are awarded, to provide eligible recipients with technical assistance. Prohibits the Secretary from disapproving an LEA application without affording notice and opportunity for a hearing. Directs the Secretary to make payments as expeditiously as possible after approval of applications. Prohibits any grant from being made with respect to any eligible secondary school for more than two fiscal years unless there is: (1) an improved performance of the targeted secondary school students at the school on a State approved basic skills test; or (2) a decrease in the dropout rate at the school.  Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to such prohibition.",2025-08-29T17:40:07Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5749
98-hr-5729,98,hr,5729,Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984,Education,1984-05-24,1984-06-01,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31]",NY,R,K000086,1,"Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984 - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) to add as a purpose of State vocational education programs under VEA to reduce the structural unemployment of the hard-to-employ, by funding State and local proposals which:  (1) develop new self-help, community-based preparation programs that provide prevocational, motivational, attitudinal, and basic skills training necessary for existing vocational and technical training schools; (2) assist in providing adequate prevocational preparation targeted to the inner-city youth, the non-English-speaking barrios, the Appalachian hollows, and other urban and rural pockets of poverty; and (3) provide for cooperation between self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness and existing vocational and technical training institutions. Includes self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness among those groups to be represented in:  (1) the membership of State and local advisory councils on vocational education; (2) participating in the formulation of State five-year plans for vocational education; and (3) the membership of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Requires States, in considering the approval of applications for vocational education funds under VEA, to give priority (along with other priority factors) to those applicants that make proposals which contribute to the purpose added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows any eligible recipient of funds under VEA that is a self-help community-based organization to appeal to the Secretary of Education any final action of the State with respect to any application for funds under VEA. Requires expeditious determination of such appeals. Allows VEA basic grants to States to be used to provide vocational education support services by self-help community-based organizations for programs which contribute to carrying out the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows VEA grants to States for program improvement and supportive services to be used for research and demonstration programs which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Requires that at least ten percent of each State's allotment, and ten percent of funds for program improvement and supportive services, be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of programs, services, and activities which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a proven record in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Includes self-help community-based organizations under the VEA definition of ""eligible recipient.""  Gives examples of the types of programs and organizations referred to in this Act. Authorizes appropriations in such sums as are necessary to carry out the VEA for FY 1985 through 1989.",2025-08-29T17:37:50Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5729
98-s-2681,98,s,2681,"A bill to amend the Act commonly known as the Second Morrill Act to repeal statutory language purporting to permit racial segregation in colleges financed under such Act, and for other purposes.",Education,1984-05-17,1984-05-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]",OH,D,G000236,0,"Amends the Act commonly known as the Second Morrill Act to repeal language relating to racial segregation in colleges. Provides that amendments made by this Act shall not be construed as affecting the eligibility of any land-grant college or institution, including Tuskegee Institute, to receive funds under the Act commonly known as the First Morrill Act or under the Second Morrill Act.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2681
98-hr-5633,98,hr,5633,A bill to expand the definition of migratory fisherman for purposes of chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.,Education,1984-05-09,1984-06-01,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Amends chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Education Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act to expand the definition of migratory fishermen, for purposes of State programs designed to serve migratory children, to include migratory fishermen's children who reside in a school district of more than 18,000 square miles and migrate a distance of 20 miles or more to temporary residences to engage in fishing activity.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5633
98-hr-5609,98,hr,5609,American Defense Education Act,Education,1984-05-08,1984-09-13,Considered by House Unfinished Business.,House,"Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7]",KY,D,P000230,0,"(Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 98-754) American Defense Education Act - Authorizes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve: (1) instruction in mathematics, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and technology; and (2) guidance and counseling. Title I:  Elementary and Secondary Education Programs - Requires local education agencies which desire to participate in such national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement.  Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating local educational agencies (LEAs) to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to:  (1) two and one-quarter percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the number of children, aged five through 17, in the school district of the LEA who are eligible to be counted under LEA basic grant provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) two percent of the established payment rate multiplied by the number of such children who are not eligible to be so counted. Entitles agencies which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an incentive payment equal to an additional two percent of the established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance.  Sets forth a formula for determining such payment rate on the basis of average per pupil expenditure in the State, with a minimum payment rate no less than the average per pupil expenditure in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for such basic payments to LEAs. Sets forth requirements for applications for payments.  Directs the Secretary of Education (""the Secretary"") to approve applications which meet such requirements, including compliance with fiscal control and fund accounting procedures. Sets forth provisions for participation in such program by children enrolled in private schools. Title II:  Teacher Training and Postsecondary Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program of grants to institutions of higher education for coordination between such institutions and local education agencies in improving science and mathematics education, through precollege teacher training, development, and recruitment programs. Sets forth requirements for grant proposals and priorities in grant selection. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for such grants, but provides that no funds are authorized to be appropriated for such purpose for any fiscal year for which funds are appropriated to carry out the Emergency Mathematics and Science Education and Jobs Act (including any amendment made by such Act). Title III:  General Provisions - Directs the Secretary to administer the program and to pay each local educational agency with an approved application the amount to which it is entitled for each fiscal year. Provides for a joint survey and report to Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Education, for each year from 1983 through 1987, on the academic achievement levels of U.S. 18-year-olds and the personnel training and educational needs of the armed forces. Sets limitations on the authorization of appropriations.  Provides that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act for any fiscal year if the amount appropriated to carry out any of the following chapters or Acts for such fiscal year does not equal or exceed the amount appropriated to carry out such chapter or Act for the preceding fiscal year:  (1) chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA); (2) chapter 2 of ECIA; (3) the Education of the Handicapped Act; (4) the Vocational Education Act of 1963; (5) the Bilingual Education Act; or (6) the Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5609
98-hr-5586,98,hr,5586,Professional Development Resource Center Act of 1984,Education,1984-05-03,1984-05-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,F000270,7,"Professional Development Resource Center Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for grants for professional development resource centers for teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education, in making grants under this Act, to ensure that eligible applicants within each State receive sufficient funds to plan, establish, or operate at least one such center within the State in each fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs for assistance in planning, establishing, and operating such centers. Defines ""professional development resource center"" as any year-round site operated by an LEA, a combination of LEAs, or an educational service agency which serves teachers from public and non-public schools of a State or from an area or community within a State. Requires that, through such centers and with the assistance of consultants and experts, teachers shall conduct activities to advance the goal of professional excellence and improvement of teaching skills for the teachers they serve. Provides that such activities may include but are not limited to:  (1) developing and disseminating curricula designed to meet the educational needs of the persons in the community, area, or State being served, including the use of educational research findings or new or improved methods, practices, and techniques in the development of such curricula (including the use of technology and telecommunications); (2) training teachers to better meet the educational needs of students and to become familiar with developments in curriculum, testing, and research and its applicability to improvement of teaching skills; and (3) disseminating information to those served by the center and to other such centers nationally. Requires that such centers be planned and operated under the supervision of a professional development policy board, the majority of which shall be representatives or designees of the elementary and secondary classroom teachers to be served by such center.  Requires that such board also include representatives or designees of the school boards of the LEAs served by such center, and at least one representative designated by institutions of higher education located in the area, including but not limited to institutions that have departments, schools, or colleges of education. Requires that LEA, or LEA consortium, applications for such grants be approved by the State education agency (SEA) before they are transmitted to the Secretary for approval.  Provides for LEA petitions to the Secretary to request further SEA consideration of applications. Sets forth criteria which such applications must meet in order for such a grant to be approved.  Gives preference to applications which involve teachers as instructors as well as learners in center activities. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications, to: (1) take into account the resources which the applicant will provide in addition to Federal funds provided under this or any other Federal program; and (2) substantially involve teachers in reviewing and recommending programs for funding. Permits any LEA having an application approved under this Act to contract with an institution of higher education to carry out activities under, or provide technical assistance in connection with, such application. Authorizes the Secretary to expend directly ten percent of the funds expended under this Act to make grants to institutions of higher education to operate professional development resource centers.",2025-08-29T17:39:24Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5586
98-hr-5596,98,hr,5596,Education for Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Improvement Act of 1984,Education,1984-05-03,1984-05-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education.,House,"Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22]",PA,D,M001088,51,"Education for the Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Improvement Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements with State education agencies for one or more of the following purposes:  (1) developing exemplary programs for gifted and talented children and youth, including summer programs and programs operated by State and local educational agencies and cooperative programs with business, industry, government, and higher education; (2) developing and supporting business, industry, government, and higher education partnerships with elementary and secondary education to plan and implement cooperative comprehensive educational programs for such children and youth; (3) promoting the development of programs for such children and youth within the State; and (4) improving methods of identifying such children and youth. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and cooperative agreements for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, State education agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to provide preservice and inservice training to personnel involved in the education of gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education, State education agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to conduct: (1) research on techniques for teaching gifted and talented children and youth; and (2) program evaluations, surveys, and activities to collect, develop, and disseminate information and technical assistance.  Authorizes appropriations for such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for FY 1985 through 1987. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress and make available to the public, one year from the date of enactment of this Act:  (1) a report on the state of special educational opportunities for gifted and talented children and youth; (2) a departmental plan for advancing such opportunities; and (3) recommendations to the Congress regarding future legislative activities. Requires that particular emphasis be given in programs established under this Act to the identification of gifted and talented children and youth who may not be so identified through traditional assessment methods, most notably minority and handicapped children, and youth and women. Sets forth provisions for participation by children and teachers from private schools in programs funded under this Act.",2025-08-29T17:38:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5596
98-s-2627,98,s,2627,Border States Natural Resources Research Act of 1984,Education,1984-05-03,1984-05-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Education.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"Border States Natural Resources Research Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to one or more institutions of higher education to establish and support border natural resources research in each border State (Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) in the United States-Mexico border region. Requires that, in order to receive such assistance, an institution of higher education must be located in a border State and have a competent and qualified natural resources institute (or center or other equivalent division). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987.  Directs the Secretary to distribute such appropriations for each fiscal year equally among the border States. Requires that such grants be used to initiate and support natural resources research programs and provide for the training of specialists of border State natural resources problems.  Sets forth various types of activities which such research may include. Sets forth grant application requirements. Sets forth provisions for cooperative research. Sets forth provisions relating to payments and administration under this Act.",2025-08-29T17:40:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2627
98-hres-495,98,hres,495,A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal program of impact aid with respect to the children of military personnel should be transferred to the Secretary of Defense.,Education,1984-05-02,1984-05-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2]",NE,R,D000065,0,"Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should, as soon as practicable, take such actions as may be necessary to transfer to the Secretary of Defense the responsibility for compensating local school districts for the education of children of military dependents.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-resolution/495
98-s-2617,98,s,2617,Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1984,Education,1984-05-01,1984-05-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,7,"Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1984 - Title I:  Special Supplemental Food Program - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require that when special supplemental food benefits are issued for part of a month, the monthly food package must be reduced accordingly. Declares that a pregnant woman shall be considered two individuals for purposes of income eligibility standards. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report biennially to Congress on the income and nutritional risk characteristics of program participants. Revises the requirements for State plans of operation and administration. Requires State agencies to establish procedures to obtain public comment on the development of the State plans.  (Currently, public hearings are required.) Extends the time after application to the program that State agencies must notify persons of their eligibility from 20 days to 30 days. Eliminates the requirement for State agencies to publicize at least once annually the availability of program benefits. Provides for coordination of the child care food programs under this Act and the National School Lunch Act. Requires State agencies to seek repayment in cash from families who have received benefits as a result of fraud or intentional misrepresentation. Increases authorized appropriations for FY 1984 and authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988 for the special supplemental food program. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified funds to provide technical assistance to improve State agency administrative systems. Directs the Secretary to keep to a minimum required State paperwork with respect to nutrition education funds. Limits to two percent of a State's allocation the amount of supplemental food funds that may be expended for expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year for such foods. Eliminates the annual report to Congress on migrant participation in the special supplemental food program. Title II:  Other Child Nutrition Programs - Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to extend from two to five years the authority under the commodity supplemental food program to operate two pilot projects directed at low-income elderly persons.  Permits local agencies administering such program to provide supplemental commodities to low-income elderly persons in a manner that does not interfere with commodity assistance to women, infants, and children. Extends program authority through FY 1988. Amends the National School Lunch Act to extend the authorization of appropriations from FY 1984 through 1988 for:  (1) the summer food service program for children; and (2) the commodity distribution program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act to extend the authorization of appropriations from FY 1984 through 1988 for State administrative expenses.  Extends and increases, from FY 1984 to 1988, the authorized appropriations for nutrition education and information programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study the feasibility of making the school lunch program a universal program for all children in the United States, and various methods of operating a self-financing school lunch program.  Requires the Secretary to submit the results of such study to Congress not later than January 1, 1987. Title III:  Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Title IV: Effective Dates - Provides for the effective dates of provisions of this Act.",2025-08-29T17:40:36Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2617
98-s-2602,98,s,2602,A bill to simplify the program of grants to the States for vocational education and for other purposes.,Education,1984-04-26,1984-04-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,0,"Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (the Act) to revise and extend programs under the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1985 through 1989. Lowers the maximum amount which is to be transferred from funds reserved under the Act to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee in any fiscal year. Eliminates a requirement that the amount of any State's allotment from appropriations provided under the Act for any fiscal year not be less than the total amount of payments made to the State under allotments determined for a specified fiscal year. Eliminates a requirement that specified portions of the State allotment be used for programs of national significance (80 percent) and programs of bilingual vocational training (20 percent). Eliminates requirements that State boards for vocational education certify:  (1) any delegation of its responsibilities; and (2) that the appropriate agencies, councils, and individuals have been afforded the opportunity to be involved in the formulation of specified plans and reports. Eliminates a requirement that each State reserve specified funds for assignment of personnel to assist the State board. Eliminates a prohibition against State advisory council members representing more than one of specified categories. Eliminates a requirement that a State certify the establishment and membership of its State advisory council. Eliminates requirements relating to the State advisory council's meetings, Chairman, and rules for operating procedures and staffing. Eliminates a requirement that each State advisory council evaluate vocational education programs, services, and activities assisted under the Act and publish and distribute the results of such evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for grants to State advisory councils to carry out their functions under the Act. Eliminates requirements that general applications for assistance under such Act include assurances that:  (1) annual applications by eligible recipients will include descriptions of the relationship between the proposed vocational education programs and other programs in the area or community which are supported by State and local funds; and (2) no program will receive funds which cannot demonstrate specified types of results.  Requires that such general applications assure that first priority will be given to applicants located in economically depressed and high unemployment areas (and only then will priority be given to applicants proposing new types of programs). Revise provisions for five-year State plans to require that such plans be submitted during FY 1985 and during each fifth fiscal year occurring thereafter. Eliminates requirements for five-year State plans relating to:  (1) meetings during the planning year between representatives of the State board and representatives of specified agencies, councils, and individuals; (2) appeals of State board planning decisions by such agencies or councils; (3) explicit descriptions of planned uses of funds in specified terms and with demonstrations of necessity, including descriptions of intended uses of funds to meet the special needs of handicapped and disadvantaged persons and persons with limited English-speaking ability; and (4) the special programs and placement services for displaced homemakers, single heads of households, part-time workers, and those seeking jobs in areas not traditionally considered job areas for those of their gender. Eliminates requirements for annual program plans and accountability reports relating to:  (1) meetings between representatives of the State board and representatives of specified agencies, councils, and individuals; (2) appeals of State board decisions by such agencies or councils; (3) planning provisions setting forth explicitly the uses the State intends to make of such differences between such uses and those which were set forth in the five-year plan; (4) reporting provisions including descriptions of goals and uses in specified terms and descriptions of uses for State administration and among specified authorized uses; and (5) modifications to avoid duplication of data-collection. Eliminates approval requirements that:  (1) the Secretary of Education's findings as to the compliance of five-year plans and annual program plans and accountability reports with the provisions of such Act be in writing; (2) such plans and reports be reviewed by appropriate Federal vocational education agencies; (3) such plans and reports be reviewed by State agencies to assure equal access by both men and women to such programs; and (4) States compile such plans or reports with nationally uniform definitions and information elements. Eliminates requirements that specified percentages of assistance to States for vocational education be allotted to programs for: (1) handicapped persons; (2) disadvantaged and limited English-speaking persons; and (3) persons enrolled in intermediate degree programs, in the labor market, or unemployed. Sets forth provisions for authorization of grants to States and uses of funds in accordance with five-year State plans and annual program plans.  Includes among such authorized uses the authorized uses enumerated under current law provisions for basic grant programs, program improvement and supportive services, special programs for the disadvantaged, and consumer and homemaking education programs, as well as emergency remodeling and renovation of vocational education facilities, and bilingual education programs conducted by State agencies, local educational agencies, or postsecondary educational institutions.  (Current law provides for emergency remodeling and renovation and for bilingual education programs under provisions for national programs.) Requires State boards to make specific findings that use of funds under the Act for stipends or placement services is necessary due to inadequate services or inadequate funding of similar programs. Eliminates provisions for payments to States of 50 percent of the cost of programs, services, and activities under basic grant provisions and program improvement and supportive services for persons with special needs. Provides that payments for the costs of preparing five-year plans, annual program plans, and accountability reports and conducting evaluations shall be made from State allotments. Directs the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education to conduct a review of such programs in at least ten States during fiscal years 1986 through 1989. Directs the Department of Education to conduct a fiscal audit of such programs during the same period. Eliminates the separate authorization of grants and specified requirements for expenditures for basic grant programs, program improvement and supportive services, special programs for the disadvantaged, and consumer and homemaking education programs. Eliminates all provisions for national programs for vocational education, with the exception of provisions for vocational education data and occupational information data systems.  Revises the latter provisions to repeal specified deadlines for required activities of the Secretary of Education, the Administrator of the National Center for Education Statistics, and the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.  Replaces references to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 with references to the Job Training Partnership Act. Eliminates outdated provisions relating to the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education. Eliminates provisions for the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education.  Eliminates specified programs of national significance, a national center for research in vocational education, personnel training and development programs, bilingual vocational training programs, and emergency assistance for remodeling and renovation of vocational education facilities. Revises definitions under such Act to conform to amendments made by this Act (such as the elimination of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education) and by previous transfers of authority to the Secretary of Education.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2602
98-hr-5451,98,hr,5451,Higher Education Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-04-12,1984-04-27,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]",IL,R,E000204,0,"Higher Education Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Institutional Aid - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to repeal part B (Aid to Institutions With Special Needs) of title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act. Adds the purpose of helping meet eligible institutions' special needs to the enumeration of purposes of part A (Strengthening Institutions) of title III of the Act. Revises the definitions of ""eligible institution"" and ""full-time equivalent students"" for purposes of part A. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to also consider specified factors in determining whether an institution is an eligible institution for purposes of part A. Increases to five years the maximum period for which a grant to an eligible institution under part A may be made. Provides that one-year grants to assist in preparation of plans and applications under part A may be awarded only to institutions which have not received such a grant for any prior fiscal year. Sets forth provisions for a Federal share of the costs of part A grants which shall decrease from 100 percent for the first two years to 90 percent for the third year, 80 percent for the fourth year, and 70 percent for the fifth year an institution receives such a grant. Sets forth transition provisions.  Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards under part A to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under part A or part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984.  Prohibits any institution from receiving a grant under this continuation award provision or under:  (1) part A grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than seven years in the aggregate; and (2) part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than five years in the aggregate. Makes an institution which has received a continuation award for such maximum period ineligible to receive a grant under part A. Redesignates part C of title III of the Act as part B of title III of the Act. Renames such part (currently ""Challenge Grants for Institutions Eligible for Assistance Under Part A or Part B"") ""Challenge Grant Transition Awards.""  Repeals provisions for challenge grant program authority and for applications for such challenge grants.  Sets forth new provisions for continuation awards. Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards, under part B Challenge Grant Transition Awards provisions, to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under challenge grant program authority as in effect on September 30, 1984. Redesignates provisions for endowment grants under a new part C heading of ""Endowment Grants.""  Revises provisions for eligibility for such grants to conform to amendments made by this Act. Revises general provisions under part D of title III of the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title III of the Act for FY 1985. Provides that any funds made available for grants under part C which are not expended during the fiscal year for which such funds were appropriated shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose of making such grants until expended.  Directs the Secretary to make at least 25 percent of such FY 1985 title III funds available to junior or community colleges. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount of such FY 1985 title III funds for eligible institutions that have historically served substantial numbers of black students. Title II:  Student Assistance - Part A: Student Grant Amendments - Subpart 1:  Pell Self-Help Grants - Revises title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act to make nomenclature amendments under which all references to ""basic educational opportunity grants"" or ""basic grants"" are replaced by references to ""Pell Self-Help Grants."" Revises Pell Grant award rules to provide that a student may receive only one Pell Grant for an academic year during an award year as defined by the Secretary. Sets the maximum Pell Grant for academic year 1985-1986 at $3,000. Directs the Secretary to establish the maximum amount for each succeeding academic year. Revises the formula for determining the amount of a Pell Grant which an eligible student may be paid for academic year 1985-1986 and for succeeding academic years. Provides that no Pell Grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for Pell Grants. Revises provisions for determination of Pell Grant awards in case of insufficient appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Pell Grant program for FY 1985. Sets forth provisions for determination of expected family contributions and cost of attendance for purposes of the Pell Grant program.  Provides that for academic year 1985-1986, the living expense allowance shall not exceed:  (1) $3,000 for a student not residing with his or her parents; and (2) $1,500 for student residing with his or her parents.  Directs the Secretary to set appropriate limits on living expense allowances for subsequent academic years. Subpart 2:  Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for supplemental educational opportunity grants.  Sets forth a new formula, including a specified baseline figure for determining the amount of a supplemental grant for any student who has also received a Pell Grant. Provides that no supplemental grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Provides that, for purposes of supplemental grants, ""expected family contribution"" and ""cost of attendance"" shall have the same meanings given to such terms under provisions for Pell Grant need analysis. Authorizes the Secretary to change by regulation a specified baseline figure for purposes of supplemental grant determinations for any academic year after 1985-1986. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for supplemental grants. Sets forth provisions for cost sharing.  Requires each institution receiving funds under the supplemental grant program or under specified provisions for transfer of allotments to provide matching funds equal to 20 percent of the amount received under such provisions, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Makes a conforming amendment which repeals specified provisions of the Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments of 1982 as amended by a specified provision of the Student Loan Consolidation and Technical Amendments Act of 1983. Subpart 3:  State Student Incentive Grant - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for grants to States for State student incentives to eliminate a maintenance of effort requirement of such grants program. Part B:  Guaranteed Student Loan Program - Revises title IV of the Act to rename part B provisions (currently ""Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education"") as the ""Guaranteed Student Loan Program."" Revises provisions relating to student eligibility for subsidized loans under the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions relating to deferments of repayment by student borrowers under the conditions of Federal loan insurance. Sets forth provisions relating to the need analysis to be made for students attending foreign schools, for purposes of the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions for Federal loan insurance limitations to provide that ""undergraduate student"" shall be defined in regulations of the Secretary. Provides for the recall of certain advances.  Eliminates provisions authorizing appropriations for specified advances to establish or strengthen the reserve funds of State and nonprofit private loan insurance programs. Revises provisions for repayment of such advances to require that such repayment be made prior to October 1, 1985. Revises provisions relating to insurance liability limitations of Federal student loan insurance. Revises provisions relating to the amount of reimbursement to be paid a State or nonprofit private institution or organization under the program of Federal guaranty of student loans insured under non-Federal programs. Repeals provisions for Federal supplemental guarantee agreements for reimbursement of non-Federal student loans insurance programs. Revises provisions for agreements with State and nonprofit private institutions for Federal interest subsidy payments on loans insured under their student loan insurance programs to provide for uniform loan availability. Requires that such programs authorize insurance in any academic year or its equivalent (as determined by regulations of the Secretary) of loans to any individual student who is carrying at an eligible institution at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload (as determined under regulations of the Secretary.)  Sets the amount of such a loan at $2,500 (currently a $1,000 minimum and $2,500 maximum range). Revises requirements relating to the repayment period for such loans. Requires that such non-Federal student loan insurance programs, under Federal interest subsidy payment standards, insure 100 percent (currently 80 percent) of the unpaid principal of loans insured by such programs, whether or not such loans are eligible for Federal  interest subsidy payments. Adds to the standards for Federal interest subsidy payments to require non-Federal student loan insurance programs to provide for:  (1) guarantee of loans made to students, their spouses, and their parents under the auxiliary loan program; (2) if the lender is an eligible institution, insurance of loans by only such institutions as are within the geographic area served by such State or nonprofit private institution or organization; (3) no restrictions relating to enrollment in-State or out-of-State by an otherwise eligible student; (4) no restrictions more onerous than institutional eligibility requirements under the Federal student loan insurance program, with specified exceptions; and (5) eligibility of all lenders described in specified provisions under reasonable criteria, with specified exceptions, and annual reports to the Secretary concerning such criteria. Makes a conforming amendment removing a reference to the supplemental guaranty program. Eliminates provisions for special payments for administrative and other costs to State and nonprofit private institution student loan insurance programs under guaranty and supplemental agreements. Eliminates provisions relating to multiple disbursements and escrow accounts under the Federal interest subsidy payments program. Eliminates specified ""school lender"" and other ""origination"" requirements relating to maximum annual insurable loans under Federal loan insurance limitations and under requirements for non-Federal student insurance programs receiving subsidy payments. Repeals specified restrictions on eligible institutions of higher education acting as eligible lenders or originators of student loans. Revises the definition of ""eligible lender,"" for purposes of student loan insurance programs, to include:  (1) a State or a Federal agency which is an assignee of another eligible lender; and (2) a Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, or its successor agency, which has received Federal funds under specified Federal law. Removes specified limitations on the functions of the Secretary under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program which may be delegated to regional offices of the Department of Education. Revises the definition of ""eligible institution,"" for purposes of student loan insurance program requirements, to include a reference to auxiliary loans under the prohibition  against the use of commissioned salesmen to promote the availability of a loan program at an institution. Revises auxiliary loan program provisions to make parents or a spouse of a graduate or professional student eligible for such loans.  Sets forth repayment provisions for auxiliary loans made to students which are different than repayment provisions for such loans to parents or spouses. Authorizes lenders to charge fees up to $25 for checking the credit of any auxiliary loan borrower who is not a student. Establishes a ten-year maximum repayment period for an auxiliary loan made to a parent or spouse, with specified exceptions. Revises the statement of purpose for the part B Guaranteed Student Loan Program to include the encouragement of adequate loan insurance programs for borrowers participating in the auxiliary loan program. Allows auxiliary loans to be insured directly by the Secretary if the lender satisfies the Secretary that, by reason of the residences of the intended borrowers of such lenders, such lender will not have access to any single State or nonprofit private loan insurance program which will insure substantially all of the loans such lender intends to make to such borrowers. Part C:  Work-Study Program -  Increases the amount of the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for work-study programs under part C of title IV of the Act. Revises provisions for work-study program allotments to States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Provides that a specified amount shall be allotted to such territories and possessions.  Bases State allotments on the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in institutions of higher education in a State. Requires that the amount allotted to each State shall not be less than the amount allotted to such State in FY 1984. Eliminates specified provisions relating to criteria for allotment of remainder sums and to consolidation of allotments. Revises provisions for reallotments to eliminate certain requirements for preferences under reallotment. Eliminates provisions for a reservation from appropriations for work-study assistance to students resident in American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands who attend eligible institutions outside of those areas. Eliminates the prohibition against any work-study program paying lower than the current Federal minimum wage. Eliminates specified maintenance of effort requirements for work-study programs. Eliminates a prohibition against criteria for distribution of work-study assistance resulting in any institution's receiving an amount less than that used during FY 1979. Provides that student need analysis for purposes of work-study programs shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary.  (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Includes area vocational schools under the definition of ""institution of higher education"" for purposes of receiving work-study program assistance, but provides that work-study programs at such schools may not include work for the institution itself. Adds provisions for cooperative education and adult literacy program activities to work-study program provisions for job location and development programs.  Raises the amount which an eligible institution may use from its work-study allotment for such programs and activities. Eliminates certain maintenance of effort requirements relating to such programs. Requires that an institution's annual report on such programs include a summary of student compensation received and of any activities performed by organizations participating in such programs.  Requires that agreements for such programs provide for fiscal control and fund accounting procedures.  Provides that, for academic year 1986-1987 and thereafter, the maximum amount of an institution's work-study program allotment that may be used for such job location and development and cooperative education activities shall not exceed one-fifth of the total amount of earnings received by students in work-study programs during the previous academic year.  Provides that, for purposes of calculating such limitation, the Federal contribution to any earnings received by a student and placed in employment through a job location and development program shall be excluded unless the student is employed in an adult literacy program. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals provisions for work-study for community service-learning programs. Repeals the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for cooperative education programs under title VIII of the Act. (Such programs are similar to the cooperative education activities which this Act adds to work-study program job location and development provisions.) Part D:  Special Programs for the Disadvantaged - Revises provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.  Removes references, in the enumeration of program aims, to ""contracts"" and to the training of persons serving or preparing for service in specified projects.  Eliminates specified provisions relating to program grant and contract authority. Eliminates the definition of, and references to, ""first generation college student."" Revises provisions for the Talent Search program to rename it the Talent Search and Assistance program.  Replaces references to ""youths"" and ""youth"" with references to ""persons."" Revises provisions for design of the talent search and assistance program to add:  (1) information on available academic (as well as financial) assistance; and (2) assistance to applicants for admission to institutions of higher education, including assistance in preparing admissions and financial aid applications and forms. (Current law provides for similar services under the Educational Opportunity Centers program.)  Requires that two-thirds of the persons who would participate in a talent search and assistance project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped.  (Current law requires two-thirds of the youths participating in the project to be low-income individuals who are first-generation college students.)  Removes the maximum age limit (27 years) for project participants. Provides that other participant eligibility requirements (minimum age 12 and the completion of six years of elementary education) may be waived by the Secretary because of exceptional circumstances demonstrated by the applicant.  Prohibits project participants from receiving services from another project funded under the talent search and assistance program.  (Current law prohibits their receiving services under such program or under the Educational Opportunity Centers program which provides for services similar to those added to the talent search program by this Act.) Requires assurances that a substantial concentration of low-income or physically handicapped persons reside in the project area, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.  Authorizes the Secretary to award grants under the talent search and assistance program based on applications submitted by institutions of higher education, including consortia of such institutions, public and private agencies, and, in exceptional circumstances, secondary schools.  Limits the amount of any such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of the project. Revises provisions for the Upward Bound program.  Requires that two-third of the persons who would participate in an upward bound project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped.  Eliminates requirements that:  (1) two-thirds of the youths participating in the proposed project be low-income individuals who are first generation college students; and (2) the remaining youths participating be either low-income individuals or first-generation college students. Eliminates references to contracts under such provisions.  Authorizes the Secretary to award grants based on applications submitted by those institutions of higher education which have entered into a program participation agreement with the Secretary under specified provisions of the Act and which participate in programs authorized under title IV of the Act, other than provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.  Limits additional assistance to any institution of higher education which, on or before October 1, 1984, had received assistance under the Upward Bound program for three or more years to a period of not more than three years.  Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such three-year period to:  (1) 75 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 50 percent during the second year; and (3) 25 percent during the third year.  Limits Upward Bound program assistance to any institution which is not subject to the foregoing limitations, beginning on October 1, 1984, to a period of not more than five years.  Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such five-year period to: (1) 100 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 90 percent during the second year; (3) 75 percent during the third year; (4) 50 percent during the fourth year; and (5) 25 percent during the fifth year. Repeals provisions for Educational Opportunity Centers and for staff development activities under special program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Part E:  National Direct Student Loans - Revises provisions for Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education (the NDSL program) under part D of title IV of the Act. Makes technical amendments. Provides that the need analysis for NDSL program purposes shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary. (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Revises the repayment period for direct student loans to begin six months after ""the month"" (currently ""the date"") in which the borrower ceases to carry a specified academic workload. Requires an eight percent annual interest rate on direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985. Provides that specified deferments of repayment shall apply only to direct student loans made on or before July 1, 1985.  Eliminates the six-month grace period following the completion of the study, service, or disability for which such deferment was given.  Sets forth deferment provisions for direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985.  Provides that such deferments shall be:  (1) not in excess of five years in the aggregate, during which the borrower has resumed study, and is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload, at an institution of higher education or at a comparable institution outside the United States approved by the Secretary for this purpose; (2) not less than six months, nor more than three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower is serving as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces; (3) not in excess of three years in the aggregate during which the borrower is in service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act; or (4) not in excess of three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower demonstrates a financial inability to repay any loan principal or interest because of exceptional circumstances which meet criteria established by the Secretary. Revises provisions for cancellation of direct student loans for certain public service to direct the Secretary to pay to each institution for each fiscal year an amount equal to ten percent of the aggregate of the amounts of direct student loans from its student loan funds which are cancelled pursuant to such provisions.  Allows such payments to be used as each institution determines appropriate. Part F:  General Provisions - Revises general provisions under title IV of the Act. Eliminates general provisions relating to need analysis. Revises provisions relating to independent students. Eliminates provisions for a common Federal financial aid application form and a common pre-eligibility Federal financial aid form. Revises provisions for title IV program participation agreements to eliminate a requirement that an institution continue to spend in its own scholarship and student aid program, from sources other than the funds received under title IV of the Act, not less than the average expenditures made for that purpose during the most recent period of three fiscal years preceding the effective date of the title IV program participation agreement. Authorizes the Secretary to waive all requirements for such program participation agreements with respect to an institution of higher education outside the United States and organized under the law of a foreign nation. Raises, from ten percent to 50 percent, that portion of an institution's allotment for either the work-study program or for the supplemental grant program which may be transferred to the other program. Revises provisions for administrative expenses to authorize the Secretary to require an institution to use specified funds it receives for Pell Grant administrative expenses to carry out specific activities.  Eliminates a requirement that administrative expenses payments for work-study programs be ten percent of the institution's expenditures under such programs. Title III:  Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities - Revises title VII (Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities) to eliminate the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part A (Grant for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Undergraduate Academic Facilities) and part B (Grants for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Graduate Academic Facilities).  Lowers (from $80,000,000 to $18,775,000) the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part C (Loans for Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities), and provides that none of the sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this Act or otherwise available may be used for commitments for new loans under title VII of the Act.  Authorizes appropriations for part D general provisions relating to recovery of payments under title VII. Title IV:  Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education - Revises provisions of title X (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education). Directs the Secretary  to require a recipient of assistance under part A (Establishment and Operation of Fund) to pay 50 percent of the allowable costs incurred by the recipient in carrying out a project assisted under such part. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title VII of the Act for FY 1985. Makes technical amendments. Title V:  Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for specified provisions of this Act.",2025-08-29T17:39:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5451
98-hr-5476,98,hr,5476,A bill to amend title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965.,Education,1984-04-12,1984-04-27,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6]",MO,R,C000618,2,"Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (""the Act"") to revise title XI provisions. Renames title XI (currently ""Urban Grant University Program"") ""Urban Grant University and Community Learning Programs."" Adds new part B provisions for a Community Learning Program. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Urban Grant University Program (redesignated part A of title XI of the Act) through FY 1990. Permits other entities within the community, including the applicant university, to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of projects under the Urban Grant University Program.  Provides that the Federal share of such project cost shall not exceed 90 percent. Includes planning services under the Urban Grant University Program.  Makes technical amendments to definitions for Urban Grant University Program purposes. Sets forth provisions for the new part B Community Learning Program. Directs the Secrtary of Education to carry out a Community Learning Program to assist postsecondary institutions to establish and carry out programs to involve students in tutoring programs designed to address the problem of illiteracy.  Authorizes the Secretary, from sums available for part B, to award grants to institutions meeting specified criteria. Allows any institution of higher education, as defined under specified provisions of the Act, to apply to the Secretary for part B assistance.  Directs the Secretary to make awards on a competitive basis taking into consideration the relative cost and effectiveness of the proposed program. Sets forth application requirements. Limits the size and duration of such grants. Sets forth permissible uses of Community Learning Program grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for the Community Learning Program (established as part B of title XI of the Act by this Act) for each fiscal year through FY 1990.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5476
98-hr-5488,98,hr,5488,National Hispanic University Act,Education,1984-04-12,1984-04-27,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,2,"National Hispanic University Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to the National Hispanic University (organized in the State of California) in order to:  (1) increase educational resources aimed at enhancing higher educational opportunities for Hispanics and other language-minority students;  (2) foster greater participation on the part of that population in various professions;  (3) enhance this Nation's multicultural and multilinguistic resources; and (4) provide for the continued professional development of persons involved in international commerce and diplomacy. Provides that:  (1) 70 percent of such a grant shall be used to support students enrolled in the University through scholarships, grants, counseling, and other assistance;  and (2) 30 percent shall be available to promote the institutional development of the University. Requires the National Hispanic University to report annually to the Secretary describing in detail the use of such grant funds and specific program accomplishments and progress obtained toward accreditation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988.",2025-08-29T17:42:07Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5488
98-s-2565,98,s,2565,Human Services Reauthorization Act,Education,1984-04-12,1984-10-30,Became Public Law No: 98-558.,Senate,"Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL]",AL,R,D000259,7,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) Human Services Reauthorization Act - Title I: Head Start - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for programs under such Act through FY 1986. Makes a technical amendment referring to ""the Commonwealth of"" the Northern Mariana Islands. Requires the Secretary of Education (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) to reserve for training and technical assistance for each fiscal year funds which are not less than the amount spent for such activities under such Act in FY 1982.  Provides that such minimum reservation shall not apply in any fiscal year in which the appropriation for the Head Start program is less than the amount appropriated for FY 1984. Prohibits such reserved funds from being combined with funds appropriated under any other Act if the purpose of combining funds is to make a single discretionay grant or payment, unless funds appropriated under the Head Start Act are separately identified in such grant or payment and are used for the purposes of such Act. Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies.  Requires that the designated agency be in the community which it serves.  Requires the Secretary to give priority in the designation of such agencies to any local public or private nonprofit agency (or its successor agency) receiving funds under any Head Start program on a specified date, unless the Secretary makes a finding that the agency involved fails to meet program and fiscal requirements established by the Secretary.  Authorizes the Secretary to designate a Head Start agency from among qualified applicants in a community if there is no Head Start agency or program serving such community.  Provides that any such designation shall be governed by the program and fiscal requirements, criteria, and standards applicable on September 1, 1983, to then existing Head Start agencies. Prohibits the Secretary from making any change in the method, as in effect on April 25, 1984, of calculating income used to prescribe eligibility for the participation of persons in Head Start programs assisted under the Head Start Act if such change would result in any reduction in, or exclusion from, participation of persons in any such programs. Permits each Head Start program operated in a community to provide more than one year of Head Start services to children from age three to the age of compulsory school attendance in the State where the program is located. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in connection with Head Start programs.  (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such assistance and training.)  Requires that such training activities include:  (1) a centralized child development and national assessment program which may be administered at the State or local level leading to recognized credentials for such personnel; and (2) resource access projects for such personnel working with handicapped children. Revises provisions for research, demonstration, and pilot projects to include a prohibition against combining Head Start funds with funds appropriated under any other Act to make a single discretionary grant or payment, unless the Head Start funds are separately identified and are used for Head Start purposes. Prohibits any revision in Head Start performance standards which would result in either the elimination of or the reduction in the scope or types of health, education, parent involvement, social, or other services required by the performance standards issued by the Secretary as in effect on November 2, 1978. Amends community services programs provisions under chapter 8 of title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to add new provisions for grants to States for planning and development of dependent care programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for allotments to States to carry out specified activities relating to dependent care services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to each State from its allotment.  Sets forth a formula for determining such State allotments. Allows such State allotments to be used for the planning, development, establishment, expansion, or improvement by the States, directly or by grant or contract with:  (1) public or private entities, for State and local resource and referral systems to provide information concerning the availability, types, costs, and locations of dependent care services; and (2) public or private nonprofit organizations, for programs to furnish school-age child-care services before and after school in public or private school facilities where available or else in community centers.  Requires that specified types of information be included in such resource and referral systems. Requires that specified assurances be provided by the State with respect to such school-age child care services.  Requires that the State allotment be made available as follows:  (1) 40 percent for resource and referral systems; and (2) 60 percent for school-age child care services.  Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds.  Limits the Federal share to not more than 75 percent of any project supported under such grants program.  Limits to not more than ten percent of the State allotment that portion which may be used for administrative costs.  Prohibits duplication of prior services.  Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance to States in planning and operating activities to be carried out under such grants program. Set forth application requirements under such grants program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report, within three years after the enactment of this Act, to specified congressional committees on the activities conducted by the States with the amounts provided under such grants program. Title II:  Community Services Block Grant - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act (the Act, for purposes of this title) to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for the community services block grant program. Revises the definition of ""eligible entity"" under the Act to also include any organization to which a State which applied for and received a specified waiver from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) made a grant under the Act in FY 1984. Authorizes the State Governor to decide to serve any geographic area of the State not presently served by an eligible entity in specified ways. Permits a State to revise the poverty line for purposes of the community services block grant to 125 percent of the official poverty line established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget if the State determines that such revision will serve the objectives of such block grant. Revises provisions for applications and requirements under the Act. Requires, for FY 1985 and subsequent fiscal years, that at least 90 percent of a State's community services block grant allotment be used to make grants for specified purposes to eligible entities or to organizations serving seasonal or migrant farmworkers, except that no more than seven percent of such reserved funds shall be granted to organizations which were not eligible entities during the previous fiscal year.  Revises the formula for determining the maximum portion of such allotment which the State may use for administrative expenses.  Includes services under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 among those services for which a State may transfer a limited amount of its allotment.  Requires States to provide assurances that any community action agency or migrant and seasonal farmworker organization which received funding in the previous fiscal year under the Act will not have its present or future funding terminated under the Act unless, after notice and opportunity for a hearing on the record, the State determines that cause existed for such termination subject to review by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) conduct evaluations of the uses made of community services block grant funds in several States in each fiscal year; and (2) annually submit the results of such evaluations to specified congressional committees. Sets forth requirements for the Secretary's review of terminations of funding. Revises provisions for specified discretionary programs under the Act to limit funding for such programs to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations, but permits such funding to be made to a private nonprofit organization applying jointly with a business concern. Adds to those activities which may receive such discretionary funding training and technical assistance to aid States in carrying out their responsibilities under the Act. Revises withholding provisions under the Act. Requires (currently authorizes) the Comptroller General to investigate the use of funds received by a State to ensure compliance with the Act.  Eliminates a prohibition against the Secretary's requesting any information not readily available to a State or requiring that any information be compiled, collected, or transmitted in any new form not readily available, for purposes of such compliance investigations. Adds new provisions for a community food and nutrition program under the Act.  Authorizes the Secretary, through grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, to provide for community-based, local, and statewide programs to:  (1) coordinate existing public and private food assistance resources where necessary to better serve low-income populations; (2) assist low-income communities to identify potential sponsors of child nutrition programs and initiate new programs in underserved or unserved areas; and (3) develop innovative approaches at the State and local level to meet the nutrition needs of low-income people.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for such community food and nutrition program. Provides that specified amendments made by this Act to the provisions for applications and requirements shall apply to the funds appropriated for the Act for FY 1985. Title III:  Follow Through - Amends the Follow Through Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for Follow Through programs through FY 1986. Extends the deadline for the prospective repeal of such Act from October 1, 1984, to October 1, 1986. Title IV:  Weatherization Program - Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 (the Act, for purposes of this title) to allow a State to elect an income eligibility level for purposes of the Act which is the same as the basis for eligibility for assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, provided that such basis is at least 125 percent of the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Includes as ""weatherization materials"" for purposes of the Act furnace efficiency modifications, including (but not limited to):  (1) replacement burners, furnaces, boilers, or any combination thereof; (2) devices for minimizing energy loss through heating system, chimney, or venting devices; and (3) electrical or mechanical furnace ignition systems which replace standing gas pilot lights. Limits the average expenditure, per dwelling unit, of labor, weatherization materials, and related materials provided as weatherization assistance for all dwelling units in a State to $1,600.  (Under current law, a maximum of $800 may be spent on weatherization materials and related matters for any dwelling unit, except that the Secretary of Energy may increase such limitation to $1,600 where necessary to pay labor costs.) Provides that dwelling units partially weatherized under the Act or under other Federal programs during the period September 30, 1975, through September 30, 1979, may receive further financial assistance for weatherization under the Act. Requires the Secretary of Energy, beginning in FY 1986, to allot at least five percent and not more than 15 percent of the amounts authorized for each fiscal year to a performance fund which shall provide financial assistance to those States which have demonstrated the best performance during the previous fiscal year in providing weatherization assistance. Title V:  Higher Education and Research Project - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, to pay the Federal share of the cost of the construction, and related costs, including renovation costs, for the Center for Excellence in Education facility, to be used as a national research and training resource for individuals who intend to become exemplary elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators.  Sets forth application requirements for such assistance.  Provides that the Federal share of such cost of the Center should not exceed 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose, to remain available until September 30, 1987. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, to pay the Federal share of the cost of the establishment and operation (including construction, renovation, and related costs) of a center for research on the health effects of nuclear energy and other new energy technologies.  Sets forth application requirements for such assistance.  Provides that the Federal share of the cost of the center shall not exceed 50 percent.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose, to remain available under September 30, 1987. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Cancer Institute, to establish or support at least one clinic or health facility for cancer screening and research in St. George, Utah. Requires that such clinic be affiliated with a health science center capable of providing clinical, research and interdisciplinary technical assistance to such clinic or facility.  Requires such clinic to make its services accessible to the residents of the areas that have received the greatest fallout from the Nevada nuclear tests.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose, to remain available until September 30, 1987. Title VI:  Low-Income Home Energy Assistance - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (the Act, for purposes of this title) to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for the low-income home energy assistance program. Includes in the term ""energy crisis"" household energy related emergencies. Revises the definition of ""poverty level"" for purposes of the Act to mean, with respect to a household in any State, the income poverty line as prescribed and revised at least annually pursuant to specified provisions of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as applicable to such State. Requires the specified funds for low- income home energy assistance be reserved until March 15 of each year for energy crisis intervention, which may be administered by public or nonprofit entities having experience in and the capacity to administer such programs. Repeals provisions for a State option to make direct payments to households under the Act. Revises formulas for determining State allotments under the Act. Revises the formula for determining household eligibility for low-income home energy assistance. Revises other provisions relating to applications and requirements under the Act. Requires, as part of the annual application for an allotment of funds for low-income home energy assistance, that a State agree to:  (1) describe the procedures for identifying households eligible to participate in the low-income home energy assistance program and the manner in which the State determines benefit levels; (2) describe the amount which the State will reserve for energy crisis intervention and the administration procedures for designating an emergency and determining the assistance to be provided and for determining the use of funds reserved for energy crisis intervention but not expended for emergencies; (3) describe energy usage and the average cost of home energy in the State, identified by type of fuel and by region of the State; and (4) cooperate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to data collecting and reporting. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in programs assisted by the Act. Requires State plans, in addition to describing how the State will carry out specified assurances, to contain:  (1) estimates of the amount of funds the State will use for each of the programs under the plan; (2) descriptions of the eligibility requirements to be used by the State for each type of assistance to be provided under the Act; (3) descriptions of weatherization and other energy-related home repair the State will provide; and (4) other information determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be appropriate for purposes of the Act. Eliminates provisions for waivers of specified certification requirements. Requires States to expend funds in accordance with the State plan under the Act or in accordance with applicable revisions of such plan. Revises audit provisions. Requires that periodic evaluations by the Comptroller General of State expenditures under the Act be carried out at least once every three years. Revises provisions relating to fiscal year requirements respecting availability of payments to States.  Decreases the maximum amount of grant money allotted for a fiscal year to States for low-income home energy assistance which a State may request to be held available for the next fiscal year. Requires States to include certain information with such requests.  Sets forth reallotment requirements. Revises requirements for studies under the Act to include studies of the number of households which received such assistance and which include one or more individuals who are 60 years or older or handicapped. Requires that the annual report on studies under the Act by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Congress be submitted by June 30 of each fiscal year and contain a detailed compilation of data. Sets forth technical amendments and effective dates. Title VII:  Postsecondary Education Scholarship Program - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a Carl D. Perkins Scholarship program and a national talented teachers fellowship program under title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of HEA. Establishes the Carl D. Perkins Scholarship program to make grants to States for postsecondary education scholarships to a maximum of 10,000 individuals who are outstanding high school graduates to enable them to pursue teaching careers in elementary or secondary education.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such purpose. Provides for allocation of such funds among the States on the basis of population. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants to States which submit applications which include specified procedures and agreements. Requires the scholarship recipient, within the ten-year period after completing the postsecondary education for which the scholarship was awarded, to teach:  (1) in a public elementary or secondary school in any State; (2) in a public education program in any State; (3) in a private nonprofit school located and serving students in a district eligible for assistance pursuant to chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981; or (4) on a full-time basis, handicapped children or children with limited English proficiency in a private nonprofit school.  Requires that such teaching be for a period for two years for every year for which such scholarship assistance was received, but reduces such requirement by one-half in the case of individuals who teach:  (1) in a school serving large numbers or high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students; or (2) children with limited English capacity or handicapped children.  Requires scholarship recipients who do not comply with such teaching requirements to repay, all or part of the scholarship plus interest and reasonable collection fees, with specified exceptions. Requires the State education agency (SEA) to assure that efforts will be made to attract students to such scholarship program who:  (1) are from low-income backgrounds; or (2) express a willingness or desire to teach in schools having less than average results or serving large numbers of economically disadvantaged students. Requires that the selection criteria and procedures to be used by the State reflect the present and projected teacher needs of the State.  Requires the State, in developing such selection criteria and procedures, to solicit the views of State and local educational agencies, private educational institutions, and other interested parties.  Sets forth required and authorized means of solicitation of such views. Provides that each Carl D. Perkins Scholar shall receive a $5,000 scholarship for each academic year of postsecondary education for study in preparation to become an elementary or secondary education teacher.  Limits such individual scholarship assistance to four years of postsecondary education, as determined by the State agency. Requires that such scholarship funds be taken into consideration in determining eligibility for other student assistance under HEA.  Limits the amount of an individual scholarship to an amount which when added to other student assistance under HEA does not exceed the cost of attendance. Requires that Carl D. Perkins Scholars be selected by:  (1) a seven-member statewide panel appointed by the chief State elected official, acting in consultation with the SEA; or (2) by an existing panel designated by the chief State elected official and approved by the Secretary.  Requires that such selections be made from students who have graduated or are graduating from high school and rank in the top ten percent of their graduating class.  Requires the SEA to make applications available to high schools and in other convenient locations.  Requires the statewide panel to develop criteria and procedures for selection. Permits such criteria to include grade point average, extracurricular activities, financial need, interest in teaching as expressed in an essay, and letters of recommendation. Sets forth scholarship conditions, including full-time enrollment and satisfactory progress in a course of study leading to teacher certification. Sets forth scholarship repayment provisions for recipients found by the SEA to be in noncompliance with agreements. Sets forth exceptions to such repayment provisions. Sets forth provisions relating to:  (1) Federal administration of State programs under specified circumstances; and (2) judicial review of the Secretary's actions toward State programs. Establishes the national talented teachers fellowship program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989 such fellowships for outstanding teachers.  Limits to two and one-half percent that portion of such funds which may be used for administration. Requires that such funds be used to award:  (1) one national teacher fellowship to a public or private teacher teaching in each congressional district of each State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (2) one such fellowship in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Limits fellowship awards to the average national salary of public school teachers.  Prohibits receipt of an award by any individual for two consecutive years.  Requires talented teacher fellows to return to a teaching position in their current school district for at least two years following the award. Permits such fellows to use such awards for such projects improving public education as the Secretary may approve, including: (1) sabbaticals for study, research, travel, or academic improvement; (2) consultation with or assistance to other school districts; (3) development of special innovative programs; or (4) model teacher programs and staff development. Establishes a National Selection Board for Talented Teaching Fellows. Sets forth provisions for membership and procedures. Requires fellowship applicants to submit proposals for projects, and indicate the extent to which they wish to continue current teaching duties, to the local education agency (LEA) for comment prior to submission to the statewide panel.  Directs the statewide panel, in evaluating proposals, to:  (1) consult with the LEA; (2) request recommendations from two teaching peers, the principal, and the superintendent; and (3) consider other appropriate criteria.  Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for such selections. Requires that announcement of such awards be made in a public ceremony. Requires repayment of the fellowship award to the Federal Government in the case of fraud or gross noncompliance. Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to make a technical amendment. Title VIII:  Federal Merit Scholarships - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Federal Merit Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to enable States to award scholarships to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and who show promise of continued academic achievement. Provides that such scholarships shall be awarded for a period of one academic year for the first year of study at any institution of higher education which the student chooses to attend. Provides for allocation of program funds to each State according to a formula based on the number of individuals in the State eligible for such scholarships. Sets forth requirements for program agreements between the Secretary and each State desiring to participate in such scholarship program. Requires that each student awarded such a scholarship:  (1) be a graduate of a public or private secondary school or have the equivalent of a certificate of graduation as recognized by the State in which the student resides; and (2) have been admitted for enrollment at an institution of higher education. Authorizes the State educational agency (SEA) to establish the criteria for the selection of merit scholars.  Directs the SEA to adopt selection procedures designed to assure that ten individuals will be selected from among residents of each congressional district in a State (and in the case of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico not to exceed ten individuals will be selected in such District or Commonwealth). Provides that each student awarded a merit scholarship shall receive a stipend of $1,500 for the academic year of study for which it is awarded. Directs the SEA to establish procedures under which merit scholars establish that they are maintaining satisfactory proficiency and devoting full time to the course of study for which the scholarship was awarded. Directs the SEA to make arrangements to award merit scholarships at a place in each State which is convenient to the individuals selected as recipients. Provides that, to the extent possible, the awards shall be made by Members of the Senate and Members of the House of Representatives (or by the Delegate from the District of Columbia or the Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) who represent the State, Commonwealth or District from which the individuals come. Requires that the selection process be completed and the awards made prior to the end of each secondary academic year. Provides that nothing in this or any other Act shall be construed to permit the receipt of a scholarship under the Federal Merit Scholarship Program to be counted for any needs test in connection with the awarding of any grant or the making of any loan under the Higher Education Act of 1965 or any other provision of Federal law relating to Federal assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 to carry out the Federal Merit Scholarship Program. Title IX:  Leadership in Educational Administration - Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) from such appropriations to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a technical assistance center in each State. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with local education agencies (LEAs), intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit organizations (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate such technical assistance training centers in each State. Requires the contractor to:  (1) make technical assistance center services available to school administrators from any of the LEAs in the State; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects.  Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education. Requires contracts under this title to:  (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this title, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this title shall be for a three-year term.  Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this title reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this title. Title X:  Native American Programs - Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to:  (1) declare that determinations regarding financial assistance requests shall be made without regard to whether the agency or project to be assisted is for the benefit of Indians who are not members of a federally recognized tribe; and (2) prohibit the rejection of financial assistance solely on the grounds that the request serves Indians or an Indian organization in a nonreservation area. Requires that programs under this title be administered within the Department of Health and Human Services (currently they may be delegated to other Federal departments and agencies).  Prohibits any transfer of such administration outside of the Department. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) to continue the administration of grants through the Administration for Native Americans (the Administration).  Requires the Commissioner of such Administration to delegate all functions within the Administration. Restricts the delegation and redelegation of functions by the Secretary to personnel within the Department. Permits interagency funding agreements between the Administration and other Federal agencies.  Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Specifies the percentage of appropriated funds which shall be used for financial assistance under this title.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2565
98-s-2561,98,s,2561,Training Technology Transfer Act of 1984,Education,1984-04-11,1984-06-28,Subcommittee on Education. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,0,"Training Technology Transfer Act of 1984 - Establishes an Office of Training Technology Transfer in the Department of Education. Provides that the Director of the Office shall be appointed by the Secretary of Education.  Sets forth provisions relating to staffing and staff compensation. Requires the Director to compile and maintain a current and comprehensive inventory of all training technology developed by or under the supervision of Federal agencies, especially that developed by or under the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics of the Department of Defense.  Requires that such inventory include specified contents with respect to each item of training technology listed. Requires the Director, in compiling such inventory, to:  (1) consult with and fully utilize the resources of all Federal agencies engaged in the collection and dissemination of information concerning training technology; and (2) request the participation and cooperation of entities in the legislative and judicial branches. Requires the Director to disseminate the inventory and its revisions widely and on a regular basis to give all potential users of training technology ample notice of its development by Federal agencies.  Requires the Director, in doing so, to use all interagency and intergovernmental communications mechanisms and to encourage the participation of independent private sector organizations. Requires the Director to develop and distribute detailed instructions and procedures for securing copies, and rights thereto, of training technology listed in such inventory and instructions for participating in a conversion assistance program established under this Act. Requires the Director to advise and consult with any entity which is a prospective user of training technology listed in the inventory and assist such entity in securing the transfer and conversion of such technology from the Federal agency which developed it. Requires the Director, if such agency has not established procedures for such transfer and conversion, to negotiate such transfer and conversion upon application by such entity. Requires the Director to enter into contracts with competent educational institutions and qualified private sector firms for the conversion of training technology in order to adapt such technology to the requirements of specified entities, upon application by such entity.  Describes such an entity as:  (1) a small business concern employing not more than 500 employees; (2) a public or private educational institution which is duly accredited, funded, or licensed by a State, including a college, university, community college, public school system, private preparatory school, or vocational school; (3) a trade association or a community-based organization; (4) a State or local government or agency or a private industry council; and (5) a consortium of State and local governments private industry councils, community-based organizations, or small business concerns each of which employs not more than 500 employees. Requires the Director, in awarding such contracts, to give preference to proposals by such entities which will result in the enhancement of the employability and potential earnings of a maximum number of individuals. Requires the Director to:  (1) conduct analyses of national needs for conversions of training technology listed in the inventory, including analyses of the potential number of individuals who will benefit from such conversion, the content of computer software currently available for employee training, and the required levels of proficiency for the use of such software; and (2) encourage and promote multiple use of converted training technology by entities with similar training needs. Sets limits on the monetary amounts of individual contracts to specified types of entities.  Authorizes the Director to allow matching payments by the applicants of up to 50 percent of the costs of conversion in cases where such costs exceed such contract limits. Prohibits any applicant which contributes to such conversion costs from receiving any proprietary interest, share of ownership or control, copyright, or patent in the technology converted with such contribution. Requires the Director to promulgate regulations and procedures for such contributions. Requires the Director, after the performance of a contract is completed, to provide a copy of the training technology converted pursuant to such contract to the entity which applied for the conversion. Requires that any training technology converted pursuant to a contract under this Act be:  (1) listed in the inventory; and (2) available for conversion or transfer to any other entity pursuant to this Act. Requires any entity which is not described under this Act and which wishes to obtain the transfer or conversion of any training technology listed in the inventory to pay the full cost of such transfer or conversion. Limits the authority of the Director to enter into such contracts to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. Requires the Director to conduct studies and analyses of conversions and transfers of training technology, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of training technology converted or transferred pursuant to this Act. Directs all Federal agencies to cooperate with the Director in implementing this Act.  Directs any Federal agency head to report to the Secretary of Education any finding that the agency is unable to cooperate with the Director for reasons of national security.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress by July 1 of each year all such findings received by the Secretary during the preceding 12-month period. Sets forth administrative provisions. Establishes the Training Technology Transfer Advisory Board and sets forth provisions relating to Board appointments, compensation, and meetings. Provides that any training technology transferred or converted pursuant to this Act shall remain in the public domain and no recipient or beneficiary of such technology shall gain any exclusive right, patent, copyright, or ownership over such technology by reason of such transfer or conversion. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and succeeding fiscal years.",2025-08-29T17:39:36Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2561
98-hr-5382,98,hr,5382,A bill to amend title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965.,Education,1984-04-05,1984-04-27,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3]",WI,R,G000524,6,"Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (""the Act"") to revise title I provisions. Retitles title I (currently ""Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning"") as ""Targeted Educational Outreach and Informational Programs."" Retitles and replaces part A (currently ""Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education"") with new provisions for ""Postsecondary Education Innovation and Expansion Grants.""  Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program, in accordance with such title I part A, to assist eligible postsecondary institutions to establish programs to enhance the educational opportunities available to adult learners. Directs the Secretary, from specified sums, to award grants to institutions with applications meeting specified criteria for such assistance.  Sets the maximum award that may be made under a single application under part A at $200,000 (to remain available for expenditure for not more than a three-year period).  Makes institutions of higher education, as defined under general provisions of the Act, and combinations of such institutions eligible to apply for such assistance.  Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out part A. Retitles and replaces part B (currently ""Education Outreach Programs"") with new provisions for ""Postsecondary Outreach Grants."" Directs the Secretary, in accordance with such title I part B, to carry out a program to assist postsecondary institutions to establish and carry out programs designed to encourage the establishment and growth of off-campus educational programs.  Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to institutions with applications meeting specified criteria for assistance.  Sets the maximum award that may be made under a single application under part B at $100,000 (to remain available for expenditure for not more than a three-year period). Makes institutions of higher education, as defined under general provisions of the Act, or combinations of such institutions, eligible for such assistance.  Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out part B. Eliminates provisions for the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education. Sets forth new title I part C provisions for ""Research Program Grants.""  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, public and private institutions and organizations, and States, or any combination thereof, to support the purposes of such part C by providing assistance to such educational institutions for specified educational research, development, information, and training activities relating to postsecondary education for adult learners.  Sets forth application requirements for such grants and contracts. Sets the maximum award that may be made under a single application under part C at $200,000 (to remain available for expenditure for not more than a three-year period).  Sets forth permissible uses of funds under part C. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out part C. Sets forth a new title I part D (""Defined Term"") which defines the term ""adult learner"" for purposes of title I.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5382
98-hr-5390,98,hr,5390,Adult Education Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-04-05,1984-04-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1]",MT,D,W000520,1,"Adult Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Adult Education Act (""the Act"") to revise the statement of purpose to emphasize literacy as a prerequisite to effective citizenship and productive employment. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1985 through 1989. Limits to five percent of the amount of a State's grant allotment of such appropriations for any fiscal year the amount which is to be made available to pay the cost of administration and development of the State plan and other activities required under the Act. Revises the formula for determining grant allotments to specified U.S. territories and possessions. Requires that the sum of any State's allotments under revised allotment provisions shall not be less than the total amount of payments made to the State under allotments determined under the Act for FY 1984.  Provides for ratable reductions in other State allotments in order to obtain the amounts necessary to comply with the FY 1984 minimum allotment for all States. Requires that five percent of appropriations for this Act be set aside for national programs. Sets forth provisions for State programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make basic grants to States, from the sums in the State allotments, to assist in funding adult basic education programs, services, and activities carried out by eligible recipients to achieve the purposes of the Act. Requires that applications by eligible recipients contain: (1) a description of cooperative arrangements that have been made to deliver services to adult students; and (2) assurances that such adult education programs are coordinated with and not duplicative of services, programs, or activities made available to adults under other specified Federal laws. Sets a 20 percent limit on the amount of a State's allotment which may be used for high school equivalency certificate programs. Allows States, in addition to the basic grants, to designate up to ten percent of their State allotment for use to promote private sector adult training initiatives. Requires that at least 95 percent of the funds provided by the State agency to eligible recipients be expended for provision of adult education instructional activities. Sets forth provisions relating to State administrative responsibilities for programs under the Act. Revises membership requirements for State advisory councils on adult education.  Requires that a majority of the members of such a State council be representatives of private sector employment. Requires that other members: (1) represent public agencies and institutions and State economic development agencies, the State job training coordinating council, the State vocational education board, and secondary and postsecondary educational agencies and institutions in the State; or (2) be individuals with special knowledge and qualifications with respect to the special educational needs of special populations (including the incarcerated, the disadvantaged, the handicapped, individuals with limited English proficiency, minorities, and the chronic unemployed) or with respect to guidance and counseling.  Revises provisions relating to council functions to include biennial evaluations of adult education programs.  Revises other provisions relating to council procedures. Revises provisions relating to State planning and applications. Requires State plans to cover periods of two fiscal years.  Requires review of State plans by the State board or agency for vocational education, the State job training coordinating council, and the State advisory council on adult education.  Revises required contents of State plans. Sets forth required assurances to be provided in State applications. Sets forth procedures relating to State plan amendments. Sets forth requirements for program evaluation by State agencies. Sets forth provisions relating to Federal administrative responsibilities. Revises provisions for withholding of program funds from States by the Secretary and for judicial review of such withholding.  Permits any eligible recipient which is dissatisfied with a final action of the State administrative agency with respect to approval of its local plan to file for judicial review of such action. Deletes provisions relating to special projects for the elderly. Sets forth provisions for national programs. Extends the existence of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education until October 1, 1989. Deletes provisions relating to grants for improvement of educational opportunities for adult Indians. Revises provisions relating to adult immigrants. Adds provisions relating to adult migrant farmworkers.  Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States and local eligible recipients to support planning, developing, and evaluating programs which are designed to provide adult education programs, services, and activities to meet the special needs of migrant farmworkers and immigrants. Sets forth provisions for State program analysis and policy studies. Directs the Secretary to assist States in evaluating the status and progress of adult education in achieving the purposes of the Act. Requires that such assistance include:  (1) an analysis of State plans and of the findings in State evaluations, with suggestions for improvements in planning or program operation; and (2) an information network on specified types of information useful in the improvement of adult education. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Congress and within the first two years after enactment of this Act, to make a determination of the criteria for defining literacy and identify concretely those skills that comprise the basic educational skills needed for literate functioning. Directs the Secretary, once the definition of literacy has been determined, to determine an accurate estimate of the number of illiterate adults in the Nation, in consultation with the Congress and using the appropriate statistical sampling methodology.  Directs the Secretary, subsequent to such determination, to report every four years to the President and the Congress on the status of literacy and adult education in the Nation. Directs the Secretary, every two years subsequent to the enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the results of program evaluations, conclusions drawn therefrom, and recommendations. Sets forth provisions for adult literacy volunteer training. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States and local eligible recipients to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs designed to train adult volunteers, especially the elderly, who wish to participate as tutors in local adult education programs. Revises provisions relating to national research activities under the Act.  Deletes provisions relating to an information clearinghouse. Retains a prohibition against grants under the Act for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or divinity schools or departments.",2025-08-29T17:38:06Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5390
98-s-2532,98,s,2532,Computer Education Assistance Act of 1984,Education,1984-04-04,1984-04-17,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,6,"Computer Education Assistance Act of 1984 - Title I:  Acquisition of Computer Resources - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening computer education in the elementary and secondary schools.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1985 through 1991. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States and for allocation of allotments within States.  Provides that two percent of the appropriations for this Act be reserved for specified territories and possessions of the United States.  Provides for allotment to States on the basis of school-age population and on the basis of a formula for distribution of aid for disadvantaged school children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the State educational agency (SEA) to allocate the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of similar factors. Allows grants under this Act to be used to pay the Federal share of:  (1) planning activities;  (2) acquisition of computers and other equipment for computer education;  (3) teacher training programs;  and (4) computer software acquisition. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this Act. Sets forth requirements for local applications for payments under this Act. Makes specified provisions of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 relating to participation of children enrolled in private schools applicable to the financial assistance made available under this Act. Directs the Secretary to pay each State, from the amount allotted, the Federal share (75 percent) of the cost of the program assisted under this Act.  Permits non-Federal contributions to be in cash or in kind, including plant, equipment, and services. Title II:  Teacher Training Institutes - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop and operate short-term or regular session study institutes to improve the qualifications of individuals engaged or preparing to engage in the teaching, or supervising or training of teachers, of the use of computers for computer education instruction and other education programs in elementary and secondary schools.  Provides that special consideration be given to grant or contract applicants who will train teachers, or supervisors or trainers of teachers, serving or preparing to serve in elementary and secondary schools that enroll substantial numbers of disadvantaged youth or in programs for children of limited English language proficiency.  Provides for weekly stipends for individuals who attend such institutes. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1985 through 1991. Title III:  Information Dissemination and Evaluation - Directs the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the NSF, to provide advice and technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs on the expenditure of funds under title I of this Act and on the acquisition of computer software through an interagency agreement to:  (1) evaluate available computer hardware and software, in terms of it usefulness in the classroom;  (2) disseminate the results of such evaluation;  and (3) develop model computer educational software, and make such model software (and its design premises) available to computer software producers and distributors, teachers, and school administrators.  Authorizes the Secretary and the NSF to make grants and contracts to carry out such functions.  Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1985 through 1991. Directs the NSF, through grants to or contracts with specified entities, to conduct, assist, and foster research and experimentation on, and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers. Gives priority to proposals prepared with active and broad community involvement of such groups as parents, teachers, school boards and administrators, and local business. Permits funds available under such grants and contracts to be used for the acquisition of computer hardware and software. Requires the Director of the NSF to:  (1) report annually to the Congress on the results of such research and experimentation;  and (2) in conjunction with the NIE, disseminate information concerning such results to LEAs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1985 through 1991.",2025-08-29T17:38:16Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2532
98-hr-5328,98,hr,5328,Impact Aid Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-04-03,1984-04-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19]",PA,R,G000291,0,"Impact Aid Amendments of 1984 - Amends Federal law relating to the impact aid program of Federal assistance for local educational agencies (LEAs) in areas affected by Federal activity. Eliminates the authority of the Secretary of Education to make payments to LEAs on behalf of so-called ""b"" children in attendance at LEA schools who:  (1) resided on Federal property; (2) resided with a parent employed on Federal property situated in the same county, school district, or State as the LEA; or (3) had a parent on active duty in the uniformed services.  (Maintains the authority to make such payments on behalf of so-called ""a"" children in attendance at LEA schools who reside on Federal property and who: (1) do so with a parent employed on Federal property situated in the same county, school district, or State as the LEA; or (2) have a parent on active duty in the uniformed services.) Makes conforming amendments. Sets the entitlement of any LEA with respect to children who reside on low-rent federally subsidized housing property at 15 percent of the amount determined by the current formula under such impact aid program. Revises the formula for estimating the amount of preliminary payments under the impact aid program. Revises the formula for determining adjustments in impact aid payments where necessitated by the amount of appropriations. Eliminates provisions relating to certain discretionary allocations under the impact aid program. Revises certain restrictions on eligibility for disaster assistance under the impact aid program.  Permits such disaster assistance payments to LEAs suffering damages from disasters occurring after September 30, 1983.  Raises the threshold of eligibility for such disaster assistance from $1,000 or one-half of one percent of the LEA's current operating expenditures during the previous fiscal year to $10,000 or five percent of such expenditures, whichever is less. Amends the Education Amendments of 1974 to eliminate specified hold-harmless provisions which provide time for LEAs to adjust their budgets to decreases in enrollment caused by declining Federal activities within their jurisdictions.",2025-08-29T17:39:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5328
98-s-2510,98,s,2510,Howard University Endowment Act,Education,1984-03-30,1984-04-09,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN]",IN,R,Q000007,3,"Howard University Endowment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish an endowment program for Howard University. Authorizes the Secretary, from funds available in any fiscal year for the University, to make grants into the endowment fund established under this Act at the University.  Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with the University, including provisions necessary to assure that the purposes of this Act will be achieved. Requires the University, in order to receive such a grant, to: (1) deposit in the endowment fund an amount equal to such grant; and (2) administer the endowment fund in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Prohibits the source of funds for such institutional match from including Federal funds or funds derived from an existing endowment fund. Limits the period of any such grant to 20 years.  Prohibits the University from withdrawing or expending any of its endowment fund corpus during such grant period.  Allows the University, upon expiration of such period, to use the endowment fund corpus plus any endowment fund income for any educational purpose. Sets forth requirements for investments of the endowment fund corpus and endowment fund income. Sets forth provisions relating to authorized withdrawals and expenditures of endowment fund income. Sets forth provisions for enforcement of requirements under this Act. Makes conforming amendments to specified Federal law relating to Howard University.",2025-08-29T17:38:43Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2510
98-s-2512,98,s,2512,Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984,Education,1984-03-30,1984-10-09,Similar Provisions Included under Title IX of S.2565.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,5,"Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act.  Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region.  Makes up to $10,000,000 of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center.  Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract.  Requires the contractor to:  (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects.  Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would:  (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs.  Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more.  Requires such contractors to:  (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center.  Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to:  (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to:  (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds.  Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half.  Permits the non- Federal matching contribution to be in cash or in kind, in the case of contracts for metropolitan training centers. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.",2025-08-29T17:38:36Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2512
98-hr-5287,98,hr,5287,An act to amend title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit additional funds to be used to continue awards under certain multi-year grants.,Education,1984-03-29,1984-06-12,Became Public Law No: 98-312.,House,"Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-22]",IL,D,S000423,1,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends title III (Institutional Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to reserve for each fiscal year from the amount appropriated for part B (Aid to Institutions With Special Needs) such sums as may be necessary to fund continuation awards for multiple year grants awarded to institutions under specified Part C challenge grant provisions prior to October 1, 1983. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 1984 for the Office of Inspector General, Department of Education. Amends Federal law relating to grants for the Allen J. Ellender fellowships (Close Up Foundation) to disadvantaged secondary school students and their teachers to participate in a Washington (D.C.) public affairs program to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for the law school clinical experience program under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (by declaring that specified limited amounts may be appropriated for such program in FY 1985 through 1989, notwithstanding any other provision of law). Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to direct the Secretary of Education to first fund the law- related education program (as formerly authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) at a specified level (along with other specified programs) before using the remainder of the Secretary's discretionary funds for other authorized activities. Makes a technical amendment, for purposes of ECIA provisions for authorized State program design, to specify conditions under which certain children of migratory fishermen are to be included among those to be served by specified State educational agency programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the Urban Education Foundation of Pennsylvania, Inc., located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for reconstruction and renovation (and related costs) of the combined undergraduate and graduate facilities at the urban research park established as such Foundation.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.  Authorizes the Secretary to use for such purpose a specified amount from any amounts recovered by the Department of Education from prior fiscal year obligations from the Higher Education Appropriation Account for the Department of Education.  Provides that the amount authorized to be appropriated for such purpose shall be reduced by any amounts expended for such purpose from such recovered amounts.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5287
98-hr-5292,98,hr,5292,"A bill to amend title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to create a program of graduate assistance in areas of national need, and for other purposes.",Education,1984-03-29,1984-04-06,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6]",MO,R,C000618,0,"Amends title IX (Graduate Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to create a new part D program of graduate assistance in areas of national need. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education for graduate fellowships in selected areas of study for graduate students who demonstrate financial need and ability.  Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent feasible, to ensure an equitable distribution of such awards among geographic areas and among eligible public and private institutions.  Sets the minimum grant to any institution at $100,000 per fiscal year for a three-year period, from sums appropriated under such program for any fiscal year.  Provides for reallotment of grant funds.  Provides for new awards under the program only to the extent that each previous award has received the required continued funding.  Provides for ratable reductions of amounts required to be awarded to the extent that appropriations are insufficient. Sets forth institutional eligibility provisions. Permits grant applications by any institution of higher education which offers a program of post-baccalaureate study leading to a graduate degree in mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, or foreign languages or linguistics. Requires that such program of study have been in existence for at least four years, in order to be eligible for such a grant. Sets forth criteria for grant applications, including a requirement of at least 25 percent non-Federal matching funds.  Requires that the institution make such fellowship awards to individuals having financial need who: (1) plan teaching or research careers; (2) plan to pursue the highest possible degree available in their course of study; (3) are from traditionally underrepresented groups undertaking graduate study, as determined by the Secretary; and (4) have compiled outstanding academic records during their baccalaureate course of study. Sets forth requirements relating to awards to graduate students.  Provides that 60 percent of the grant to the institution shall be used for such awards.  Limits the period and the amount of each individual award.  Sets forth other conditions for receipt of such award.  Authorizes the Secretary to provide for limited extensions of individual awards under special circumstances. Sets forth provisions for assistance to the graduate program.  Provides that 40 percent of the grant to the institution may be used to: (1) pay such amounts as would otherwise be charged to fellowship recipients as tuition and mandatory fees; and (2) conduct activities to improve the quality of the academic program offered at the department, including library resources, laboratory and instructional equipment, and support for research projects and academic papers. Prohibits such funds from being used for the general operational overhead of the institution. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to carry out this Act.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5292
98-hr-5293,98,hr,5293,A bill to terminate certain authorities of the executive branch of the Government which are subject to congressional review unless those authorities are approved by an enactment of the Congress.,Education,1984-03-29,1984-04-06,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,L000265,0,"Terminates the authorities of the Secretary of Education (formerly subject to congressional veto) relating to specified schedules of expected family contributions and student need analysis for purposes of student aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965, unless the exercise of such authorities is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5293
98-s-2491,98,s,2491,Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1984,Education,1984-03-29,1984-06-13,By Senator Hatch from Committee on Labor and Human Resources filed written report. Report No. 98-513.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,6,"(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment (without written report)) Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1984 - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to add new provisions for student loan consolidation. Directs the Secretary of Education (or a State or nonprofit private institution or organization with which the Secretary has an agreement under provisions for Federal payments to reduce interest costs) to enter into agreements with the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) and specified eligible commercial lenders and State agencies to provide consolidation loans to eligible borrowers. Provides for such consolidation of student loans made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or under part E (Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education). Requires that such consolidation loans be covered by a properly issued certificate of insurance.  Provides that loans covered by a certificate of insurance issued by a State or nonprofit private institution or organization shall be considered to be insured loans for purposes of Federal reimbursements, but that no administrative cost allowance will be paid with respect to such loans. Defines eligible borrowers, for consolidation loan purposes, as those who:  (1) owe at least $5,000 to one or more lenders or programs under title IV; (2) have not carried at least one-half the normal full-time academic work-load at an eligible institution during the previous four months; (3) if in repayment status are not delinquent with respect to any required payment on such indebtedness by more than 90 days; (4) are not parent borrowers under the Auxiliary Loan program; and (5) certify, subject to specified penalties, that they are not currently receiving compensation for employment for which the total annualized monthly rate of pay of the borrower is in excess of 200 percent of the outstanding principal balance of all such loans (provides for deductions for dependent children in determining such total annualized monthly rate of pay). Terminates an individual's eligibility for a consolidation loan upon receipt of a consolidation loan, except with respect to student loans received after the date of receipt of the consolidation loan.  Provides that only loans received after such date shall be taken into account for the purpose of computing the outstanding indebtedness of such an individual. Sets forth requirements for such consolidation loan agreements. Requires eligible commercial lenders to agree to make consolidation loans:  (1) upon application of any eligible borrower, if the lender holds an outstanding loan of the borrower which is selected by the borrower for such consolidation; and (2) to other eligible borrowers only to the extent permitted by the Secretary in an agreement under specified provisions. Requires specified State lending agencies to make such consolidation loans, subject to the availability of funds allocated for such purpose, to any eligible borrower who:  (1) is, or was at the time of receiving a loan which is selected for consolidation, a resident of the State of such lender; or (2) received loans under title IV while attending an institution of higher education in the State of such lender.  Permits such State lending agencies to elect to limit the further availability of their consolidation loans to those borrowers for whom the State lending agency is the holder of a loan selected for consolidation. Requires Sallie Mae to agree to make a consolidation loan upon application of any eligible borrower, if that borrower has no other application pending with another lender for a consolidation loan. Sets forth requirements for such consolidation loan agreements. Limits the making of any such consolidation loan from the proceeds of any tax-exempt bond or other obligation to an amount no greater than 15 percent of the total outstanding principal on all loans under title IV held by a lender. Requires lenders to notify borrowers of the availability and terms of consolidation loans. Directs the Secretary to issue certificates of comprehensive insurance coverage to lenders which have entered into such consolidation loan agreements.  Sets forth required provisions for such certificates. Provides that such consolidation loans shall be insurable only if the loan is made to an eligible borrower who has agreed to notify the holder of the loan promptly concerning any change of address and the loan is evidenced by a note or other written agreement which meets specified requirements. Sets the interest rate for such consolidation loans at nine percent per year except that in the case of a consolidation of auxiliary loans made to an independent undergraduate or graduate student the consolidation loan shall have an annual interest rate equal to the highest applicable interest rate on such auxiliary loans (either 12 or 14 percent). Permits consolidation loan lenders, except as provided in specified provisions, to establish repayment terms, including graduated and income sensitive repayment schedules.  Limits the initial repayment period to a specified maximum period.  Sets minimum monthly installment requirements.  Provides that such initial repayment schedule shall continue to be effective unless the borrower demonstrates, pursuant to specified requirements, to the lender that the borrower's eligibility index is less than or equal to a specified level.  Provides for determination of such eligibility index on the basis of the dependent-adjusted gross income on the borrower's Federal income tax return for the preceding taxable year. Requires commencement of repayment within a specified period after all holders have discharged the borrower's liability on the loans selected for consolidation. Prohibits charging an origination fee or insurance premium to the borrower on any consolidation loan.  Provides that no insurance premium shall be payable by the lender to the issuer of the certificate of insurance with respect to any such loan. Provides that authority to make such consolidation loans shall expire at the close of FY 1986.  Provides that consolidation loans shall not be considered to be new loans made to students for purposes of determining the maximum amount of loans that can be federally-insured under specified HEA provisions. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Provides that the applicable percentage to be added in determining the special allowance on consolidation loans shall be three percent (rather than three and one half percent). Directs the Secretary to:  (1) evaluate the cost, efficiency, and impact of the consolidation loan program established by this Act; and (2) report to the Congress by June 30, 1986, on findings and recommendations relating to such evaluation.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2491
98-s-2494,98,s,2494,Impact Aid Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-03-29,1984-03-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,0,"Impact Aid Amendments of 1984 - Amends Federal law relating to the impact aid program of Federal assistance for local educational agencies (LEAs) in areas affected by Federal activity. Eliminates the authority of the Secretary of Education to make payments to LEAs on behalf of so-called ""b"" children in attendance at LEA schools who:  (1) resided on Federal property; (2) resided with a parent employed on Federal property situated in the same county, school district, or State as the LEA; or (3) had a parent on active duty in the uniformed services. (Maintains the authority to make such payments on behalf of so-called ""a"" children in attendance at LEA schools who reside on Federal property and who:  (1) do so with a parent employed on Federal property situated in the same county, school district, or State as the the LEA; or (2) have a parent on active duty in the uniformed services.) Makes conforming amendments. Sets the entitlement of any LEA with respect to children who reside on low-rent federally subsidized housing property at 50 percent of the amount determined by the current formula  under such impact aid program. Revises the formula for estimating the amount of preliminary payments under the impact aid program. Revises the formula for determining adjustments in impact aid payments where necessitated by the amount of appropriations. Eliminates provisions relating to certain discretionary allocations under the impact aid program. Revises certain restrictions on eligibility for disaster assistance under the impact aid program. Permits such disaster assistance payments to LEAs suffering damages from disasters occurring after September 30, 1983.  Raises the threshold of eligibility for such disaster assistance from $1,000 or one-half of one percent of the LEA's current operating expenditures during the previous fiscal year to $10,000 or five percent of such expenditures, whichever is less. Amends the Education Amendments of 1974 to eliminate specified hold-harmless provisions which provide time for LEAs to adjust their budgets to decreases in enrollment caused by declining Federal activities within their jurisdictions.",2025-08-29T17:41:00Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2494
98-s-2496,98,s,2496,Education Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-03-29,1984-10-19,Became Public Law No: 98-511.,Senate,"Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN]",IN,R,Q000007,4,"(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 98-1128) Education Amendments of 1984 - Title I:  Adult Education Act Amendments - Amends the Adult Education Act (the Act) to revise the statement of purpose. Redefines ""adult"" to mean an individual who has attained 16 years of age or who is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under State law (except that for purposes of State allotments ""adult"" means an individual 16 years of age or older). Redefines ""adult education"" to mean instruction or services below the college level for adults who do not have:  (1) the basic skills to enable them to function effectively in society; or (2) a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education (and who have not achieved an equivalent level of education).  Revises other definitions. Revises provisions for grants to States to permit private for-profit organizations to participate in grant programs if such organizations can: (1) make a significant contribution to attaining the objectives of the Act; and (2) provide substantially equivalent education at a lesser cost or provide services and equipment not available in public institutions. Revises provisions relating to allotment of such grant funds among States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Increases the amount of such yearly allotments.  Provides that no allotment shall be less than the allotment for FY 1984. Revises provisions for State plans.  Requires the State to provide information about the State's adult education students, programs, expenditures, and goals, together with information with respect to the age, sex, and race of students in programs assisted under the Act and whether the students complete such programs. Revises provisions for payments to States. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive, for one fiscal year only, specified requirements relating to the amount of payments from non-Federal sources, upon determination that such a waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances such as a natural disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the State educational agency. Revises provisions relating to administration of State plans to authorize the Secretary to take appropriate action under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that a State has failed to comply substantially with any provision of its State plan. Revises provisions for research, development, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation programs.  Directs the Secretary (with specified funds which the Secretary is authorized to set aside, not to exceed five percent of the funds appropriated for the Act) to support applied research, development, demonstration, evaluation and related activities which will contribute to the improvement and expansion of adult education. Provides that such required activities may include: (1) improving adult education opportunities for elderly individuals and adult immigrants; (2) evaluating educational technology and computer software suitable for providing instruction to adults; and (3) supporting exemplary cooperative adult education programs which combine the resources of businesses, schools, and community organizations.  Authorizes the Secretary to support such activities directly, or through grants to or contracts or cooperative agreements with public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations, or individuals. Directs the Secretary to assure that participants in the assisted program are not charged for their participation whenever the Secretary makes such a grant to or enter into such a contract with any private for-profit institution, agency, organization, individual or business concern. Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Education to support research on the special needs of persons requiring adult education, with funds available under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act or with funds set-aside under the Act.  Authorizes the Director to support such research directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Repeals provisions of the Act relating to:  (1) special projects for the elderly; and (2) an adult education program for adult immigrants. Repeals specified maintenance of effort provisions under the General Education Provisions Act. Revises provisions for State advisory councils to delete requirements relating to council membership, certification, and meetings. Authorizes States to use grant funds to support a State advisory council which assists the State educational agency to plan, implement, or evaluate programs or activities under the Act. Extends the existence of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education until October 1, 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988 to carry out the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside up to five percent of such appropriations for research, development, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation programs. Requires that the remainder be available for grants to States.  Prohibits any such set-aside for research, development, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation programs in any fiscal year in which the appropriations for the Act are less than a specified amount. Title II:  Revision of the Bilingual Education Act - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (the Act, which is also title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) to revise and reauthorize programs under the Act. Expands the list of factors to be recognized in declaring policy under the Act. Revises the declaration of policy under the Act to include:  (1) encouraging the establishment of special alternative instructional programs for students of limited English proficiency in school districts where the establishment of bilingual education programs is not practicable or for other appropriate reasons; and (2) providing financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs), State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, and community organizations. Includes adult programs (in addition to related preschool, elementary, and secondary school programs) among those bilingual education programs to be assisted under the Act. Requires programs under the Act to be designed to enable students to achieve full competence in English.  Permits such programs to also provide for the development of student competency in a second language. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1985 through 1988. Authorizes separate appropriations for such period for grants to State programs under the new Part B (Data Collection, Evaluation, and Research). Directs the Secretary to reserve for special alternative instructional programs and related activities:  (1) four percent of the sums appropriated to carry out the Act which do not exceed a specified amount; and (2) 50 percent of such appropriations which do exceed such amount, except that the amount reserved for such purpose shall not exceed ten percent of the total appropriations to carry out the Act. Directs the Secretary to reserve, from the appropriations to carry out the Act:  (1) at least 60 percent for programs under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs), and of such reserved amount at least 75 percent shall be reserved for transitional bilingual education programs; (2) at least 25 percent for training activities under a redesignated part C (Training and Technical Assistance); and (3) not more than one percent for the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education. Revises definitions under the Act to include under the definition of ""limited english proficiency"" difficulties with the English language which deny to specified categories of individuals the opportunity to participate fully in our society. Sets forth a definition of ""program of transitional bilingual education"" which is similar to the current definition of ""program of bilingual education"" under the Act. Deletes a requirement that the principal purpose of any participation of children whose language is English in a bilingual education program must be to contribute to the objective of assisting children of limited English proficiency to improve their English language skills.  Deletes certain requirements relating to applications for assistance for bilingual education programs. Sets forth a new definition, defining ""program of developmental bilingual education"" as a full-time program of instruction in elementary and secondary schools which provides, with respect to the applicable years of study, structured English-language instruction and instruction in a second language. Requires that such programs:  (1) be designed to help children achieve competence in English and a second language while mastering subject matter skills; and (2) to the extent necessary, be in all courses or subjects of study which will allow a child to meet grade-promotion and graduation standards; and (3) where possible, have classes comprised of approximately equal numbers of students whose native language is English and limited English proficient students whose native language is the second language of instruction and study in the program. Sets forth a new definition, defining ""special alternative instructional programs"" to mean programs of instruction designed for children of limited English proficiency in elementary and secondary schools, which are not transitional or developmental bilingual education programs but have specially designed curricula and are appropriate for the particular linguistic and instructional needs of the children enrolled.  Requires that such programs provide structured English language instruction and special instructional services which will allow a child to achieve competence in the English language and meet grade-promotion and graduation standards. Sets forth a new definition, defining a ""family English literacy program"" as a program of instruction designed to help limited English proficient students and out-of-school youth achieve competence in the English language.  Permits such programs to:  (1) be conducted exclusively in English or in English and the student's native language; and (2) where appropriate, include instruction on how parents and family members can facilitate the educational achievement of limited English proficient children.  Requires that preference for participation in such programs be accorded, to the extent feasible, to the parents and immediate family members of children enrolled in programs assisted under the Act. Sets forth a new definition, defining ""programs of academic excellence"" as programs of transitional or developmental bilingual education or special alternative instruction which:  (1) have an established record of providing effective, academically excellent instruction; and (2) are designed to serve as models of exemplary bilingual education programs and to facilitate the dissemination of effective bilingual education practices. Redefines ""Office,"" ""Director,"" and ""Council"" to refer, respectively, to:  (1) the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; (2) the Director of such Office; and (3) the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education. Includes specified Adult Education Act programs as examples under the definition of ""other programs for persons of limited English proficiency."" Eliminates provisions relating to suggested models for programs. Provides that the Secretary's consultation with various entities in prescribing regulations under the Act shall be done through the Council. Prohibits the Secretary from prescribing under the Act any regulations further defining specified terms, or any regulations restricting or expanding their definitions. Requires that parents of children participating in programs assisted under the Act be informed of the instructional goals of the program and the progress of their children in the program. Revises application requirements for grants under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Educational Programs) of the Act. Requires that part A funds shall be used for programs of:  (1) transitional bilingual education; (2) developmental bilingual education; (3) special alternative instructional programs for students of limited English proficiency; (4) academic excellence; (5) family English literacy; (6) bilingual preschool, special education, and gifted and talented education preparatory or supplementary to programs such as those assisted under the Act; and (7) developing instructional materials in languages for which such materials are commercially unavailable.  Sets forth the duration of such grants for specified programs. Permits applicants who desire to obtain priority in the awarding of grants for special alternative instructional programs for students of limited English proficiency to include in their applications information regarding: (1) the administrative impracticability of establishing a bilingual education program due to the presence of small numbers of students of a particular native language; (2) the unavailability of personnel qualified to provide bilingual instructional services; or (3) the applicant's current or past efforts to establish a bilingual education program.  Permits giving priority to such applications on the basis of such information. Requires that parents or legal guardians of students identified for enrollment in bilingual education programs be informed of:  (1) the reasons for the selection of their child as in need of bilingual education; (2) what alternative educational programs are available; and (3) the nature of the bilingual education program and of the instructional alternatives.  Requires the school to request and receive parental approval for any enrollment of a student in any bilingual education program funded under this title. Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to report annually to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary of Education.  Requires that such report assess:  (1) the needs of Indian children, with respect to the purposes of this title in schools operated or funded by the Department of the Interior, including those tribes and LEAs receiving assistance under the Johnson-O'Malley Act; and (2) the extent to which such needs are being met by funds provided to such schools for educational purposes through the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth a new part B ""Data Collection, Evaluation, and Research."" (Redesignates the current part B ""Administration"" as part D.) Provides that funds available under new part B shall be used for:  (1) collecting data on the number of limited English proficient persons and the educational services available to such persons; (2) evaluating the operation and effectiveness of programs assisted under the Act; (3) conducting research to improve the effectiveness of bilingual education programs; and (4) collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data and information on bilingual education.  (These new part B provisions also replace and revise some research and evaluation provisions under the current part C ""Supportive Services and Activities."") Sets forth provisions for new part B grants to State programs for collecting, aggregating, analyzing, and publishing data and information on the State's population of limited English proficient persons and the educational services provided or available to them. Sets forth application and reporting requirements for such programs. Sets forth additional activities which such programs may provide for.  Sets minimum and maximum limits on the amount of such grants. Directs the Secretary to issue within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, regulations which set forth a comprehensive design for evaluating the programs assisted under part A. Requires that such regulations:  (1) be developed by the director in consultation with the Council; and (2) provide for the collection of specified kinds of information and data. Directs the Secretary to establish, through competitive three-year grants to institutions of higher education, at least two evaluation assistance centers which shall provide, upon the request of SEAs or LEAs, technical assistance regarding methods and techniques for identifying the educational needs and competencies of limited English proficient persons and assessing the educational progress achieved through programs such as those assisted under the Act. Revises provisions for research contracts under the Act.  Provides for continuing longitudinal studies on specified aspects of bilingual education.  Provides for studies to determine when student English language proficiency is sufficiently well developed to permit them to derive optional benefits from an all-English instructional program. Deletes provisions for contracts for development and dissemination of instructional materials and equipment. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Education to consult with the Director and the Council to insure that research activities under the General Education Act complement and do not duplicate activities under part B of the Act. Directs the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and publish as part of its annual report on the condition of education specified data relating to the population of limited English proficient persons, special educational services and programs available to them, and the availability of educational personnel qualified to provide such services and programs. Sets forth a new part C ""Training and Technical Assistance."" (Current law has some similar training provisions under part A.  The current part C is entitled ""Supportive Services and Activities."") Requires that funds available under the new part C be used to: (1) establish, operate, and improve training programs for educational personnel preparing to participate in, or personnel participating in, the conduct of programs of bilingual education or special alternative instructional programs for limited English proficient students (requires that such training programs emphasize opportunities for career development, advancement, and lateral mobility, and permits training of teachers, administrators, counselors, teacher aides, and parents); (2) train persons to teach and counsel such bilingual education personnel; (3) encourage reform, innovation, and improvement in applicable education curricula in graduate education, in the structure of the academic profession, and in recruitment and retention of higher education and graduate school faculties, as related to bilingual education; (4) operate short-term training institutes designed to improve the skills of participants in programs of bilingual education, which may include summer programs designed to include the instructional competency of educational personnel in the languages used in the program; and (5) provide inservice training and technical assistance to parents and educational personnel participating in, or preparing to participate in, bilingual education programs or special alternative instructional programs for limited English proficient students.  Allows institutions of higher education to apply for grants or contracts for the activities described in (1), (2), and (3).  Allows institutions of higher education (including junior colleges and community colleges), private for-profit or nonprofit organizations (which apply jointly with or after consultation with SEAs or LEAs), SEAs, or LEAs to apply for grants or contracts for the activities described in (4).  Allows institutions of higher education (including junior colleges and community colleges), private for-profit or nonprofit organizations, or SEAs to apply for grants or conntracts for the activities described in (5).  Makes specified application requirements concerning consultation with parents and other representatives of children applicable to applications grants or contracts for preservice or inservice training activities described under (1).  Directs the Secretary, in making a grant or contract for preservice training programs described in (1), to give preference to programs which involve parents in the educational process and which contain coursework in:  (1) teaching English as a second language; (2) use of a non-English language for instructional purposes; (3) linguistics; and (4) evaluation and assessment.  Requires that preservice training programs be designed to ensure that participants become proficient in English and a second language of instruction. Directs the Secretary to establish at least 16 multifunctional resource centers, through competitive grants or contracts, pursuant to provisions for inservice training and technical assistance to parents and educational personnel participating in, or preparing to participate in, bilingual education programs or special alternative instructional programs for limited English proficient students. Requires that consideration be given to the geographic and linguistic distribution of children of limited English proficiency in awarding grants and contracts for such centers. Requires each center, in addition to providing such technical assistance and training, to gather and provide information to other centers on a particular area of bilingual education, including specified topics. Authorizes the Secretary to award fellowships for advanced study of bilingual education or special alternative instructional programs for limited English proficient students in such areas as teacher training, program administration, research and evaluation, and curriculum development.  Requires that at least 500 such fellowships leading to a graduate degree be awarded for FY 1985. Requires that such fellowships be awarded:  (1) to the extent feasible, in proportion to the needs of various groups of individuals with limited English proficiency; and (2) with preference given to individuals intending to study bilingual education in the following specialized areas, vocational education, adult education, gifted and talented education, special education, education technology, literacy, and mathematics and science education.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) include information on the operation of the fellowship program in specified reports required under this Act; (2) undertake an ongoing longitudinal study of the impact of recipients of such fellowships on the field of bilingual education; and (3) through a specified clearinghouse, disseminate research undertaken by recipients of such fellowships.  Requires fellowship recipients to agree to either repay such assistance or work for a specified equivalent to the fellowship period in an activity related to bilingual education. Authorizes the Secretary to waive this requirement in extraordinary circumstances. Directs the Secretary, in making grants or contracts under new part C, to:  (1) give priority to eligible applicants with demonstrated competence and experience in programs and activities such as those authorized under the Act; and (2) provide for stipends for persons participating in part C training programs. Redesignates part B ""Administration"" provisions under a new part D. (The current part D is entitled ""Continued Bilingual Education Assistance."") Renames the Office of Bilingual Education the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Council, to report by February 1 of 1986 and 1988 to the Congress and the President on the condition of bilingual education in the nation and the administration and operation of the Act and of other programs for persons of limited English proficiency. Revises the required contents of such reports (as compared with earlier required reports). Renames the National Advisory Council on Bilingual Education the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education. Increases the number of Council members from 15 to 20.  Requires that all Council members be experienced in dealing with the educational problems of children and other persons who are of limited English proficiency. Requires that five Council members be State directors of bilingual education programs, at least three of whom represent States with large populations of limited English proficient students. Revises other provisions relating to categories from which specified numbers of Council members must be chosen. Extends the existence of the Council until October 1, 1988. Title III:  Amendments to Federal Impact Aid Laws - Amends Federal law relating to impact aid (assistance for local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activity) to extend through FY 1988 specified impact aid program provisions. Removes the requirement that at least ten students qualify in a school district in order for the school district to receive impact aid (the ten-student ceiling level). Amends the Omnibus Education Reconciliation Act of 1981 to eliminate specified limitations on the amount of appropriations available for specified impact aid programs. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring more than ten percent of the amount of an overpayment to be repaid (or deducted from current payments) in any fiscal year under specified Federal impact aid program provisions in the case of any LEA which has received such an overpayment for any fiscal year after FY 1976 as a consequence of a recomputation of need based on revised data. Revises provisions for increases in impact aid payments to certain school districts under special conditions to provide that such increased payments shall not be prorated. Provides that school districts whose boundaries are coterminous with those of a military installation and which are not eligible to receive special increased impact aid payments shall receive 100 percent of their impact aid entitlement under specified provisions. Makes technical amendments in impact aid provisions. Title IV:  Women's Educational Equity - Women's Educational Equity Amendments of 1984 -Amends the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1978 (the Act, which is also Part C of title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) to making conforming amendments which replace references to the Commissioner with references to the Secretary of Education. Revises the statement of findings and purpose under the Act to add:  (1) the finding that excellence in education cannot be achieved without equity for women and girls; and (2) the purpose to provide educational equity for women and girls who suffer multiple discrimination, bias, or stereotyping based on sex and on race, ethnic origin, disability, or age. Directs the Secretary to ensure that at least one grant or contract is available during each fiscal year for performance of each of the six types of developmental, demonstration, and dissemination activities listed in the Act. Lowers the amount of funds which must be used for such listed activities of national, statewide, or general significance before funds may be used for special activities of local significance under the Act.  Permits the Secretary to use funds above such limit for either the listed activities of national, statewide, or general significance or for the special activities of local significance. Replaces provisions for small grants up to $25,000 each with provisions for challenge grants up to $40,000 each for specified types of projects. Requires that the criteria and priorities for judging grant and contract awards for demonstration, developmental, and dissemination activities of national, statewide, or general significance be separate from the criteria and priorities for judging such awards for special programs and projects of local significance. Revises provisions for the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs to require that Council membership include:  (1) individuals who are experts in a wide range of issues of educational equity for women at all levels of education, including preschool, elementary and secondary education, higher education, vocational and adult education; (2) individuals who are representative of and expert in the educational needs of racial and ethnic minority women, older women; (3) both women and men who have demonstrated commitment to and expertise in the purposes of the Act; and (4) individuals who are representative of and expert in student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Directs the Council to:  (1) advise the Secretary and the Congress on specified matters; (2) make recommendations to the Secretary on selection of funding priorities; and (3) advise all Federal agencies which have education programs concerning those aspects of the programs which relate to the educational needs and opportunities of women. Revises provisions for reports, evaluation, and dissemination.  Directs the Secretary to submit specified reports not later than September 30 of each of the years 1985 through 1989.  Directs the Council to oversee the evaluation of programs and projects assisted under the Act and report on such evaluation in its annual report.  Directs the Office of Women's Educational Equity to evaluate and disseminate (at low costs) all materials and programs developed under the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1985 through 1989. Title V:  Amendments to Title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978 - Indian Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends title XI (Indian Education) of the Education Amendments of 1978 to include among the basic education standards for Indian children in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools or contract schools, a requirement on immunization for childhood diseases, including provisions for in-school immunization where necessary. Provides that such requirement shall be developed in coordination with Indian tribes, the affected local school boards, the Indian Health Service, the State health departments, and the Federal Center for Disease Control. Directs the tribal governing body or designated school board to submit to the Secretary of the Interior alternative standards that consider the specific needs of tribal children if the minimum academic standards are considered inappropriate. Requires each contract school, within a specified period, to:  (1) comply with prescribed minimum academic standards;  or (2) have obtained accreditation, or be a candidate for accreditation, with specified accrediting agencies. Requires the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to establish uniform fiscal control and fund accounting procedures for all contract schools comparable to procedures used by BIA schools, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act. Identifies conditions under which failure to meet or implement the basic education standards shall not be a basis for taking personnel action against an individual. Prohibits the closing or curtailment (including consolidation) of BIA schools or programs unless it is effected under prescribed guidelines (except in cases where the tribal governing body, or the local school board concerned if so designated by the tribal governing body, requests closure or consolidation).  Requires promulgation of standards and procedures, preliminary and follow-up studies, and reports to Congress regarding such closings or curtailments. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish separate geographical attendance areas for each BIA school.  Prescribes guidelines for the establishment of such attendance areas.  Requires that the tribal governing body or local school board be given one year from the date of enactment of this Act to propose school boundaries. Requires, in any case where there is only one BIA-operated program located on an Indian reservation, that the attendance area for the program be the boundaries of the reservation served, and that those students residing near the reservation also receive services from such program. Directs the BIA to include in the final rules the requirement that each superintendent for education coordinate and consult with the affected tribes and relevant school boards in the establishment of such geographic boundaries. Revises provisions relating to BIA education functions. Requires the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs to supervise and direct all contract functions concerning education.  Provides that education personnel working under the Director's supervision shall provide:  (1) all services and support functions for education programs with respect to personnel matters involving staffing actions and functions; and (2) technical and coordinating assistance in areas such as procurement, contracting, budgeting, personnel, and curriculum. Directs the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs to submit in the annual Budget a plan for:  (1) school facilities to be constructed under specified provisions; and (2) establishing priorities among projects and for improvement and repair of education facilities, which together shall form the basis for the distribution of appropriated funds. Requires the Assistant Secretary to establish a program, including the distribution of appropriated funds, for the operation and maintenance of education facilities.  Provides that such program shall be implemented by the Director.  Requires that such program include:  (1) a method of computing the amount necessary for each education facility; (2) similar treatment of all BIA and contract schools; and (3) the allocation of appropriated funds from the Director directly to the agency superintendents for education, or to the area program administrators in the case of multitribal boarding schools located off reservations.  Directs such superintendents or administrators to arrange for maintenance of education facilities with the local supervisors of the BIA maintenance personnel who are under the authority of the superintendents or administrators. Directs such local supervisors to implement such decisions of the superintendents or administrators under specified conditions. Requires the Director to supervise all BIA education facilities, including local BIA housing for BIA personnel at the school site. Provides that specified requirements among the amendments of BIA educational functions made by this title be implemented within 270 days following the enactment of this title. Includes in the formula for the minimum annual funds per school, cost factors regarding:  (1) special transportation and other costs of isolated and small schools; (2) boarding arrangements; (3) greater lengths of service by educational personnel; (4) special programs for gifted and talented students; and (5) costs associated with operating education and recreational programs on a 12-month basis. Requires that BIA and contract schools receive, under the minimum annual funds formula, an equal amount for local school board training and activities including meeting expenses and the cost of membership in or support of organizations engaged in activities on behalf of Indian education. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) provide, subject to appropriations, all contract schools an amount for administrative and indirect costs which is at least equal to the amount which would be expended by the Secretary if such school were directly operated by the Secretary; and (2) take actions necessary to provide contract schools with such full amount without reducing funds available under specified provisions. Requires the Director to establish a separate fund from which monetary awards and quality step increases for employees shall be paid.  Provides that such payments shall not affect school allotments. Sets forth provisions for uniform direct funding. Authorizes two separate appropriations in order to effect a transition to a forward funding method of distribution.  Directs the Secretary to publish, at specified times, certain allotments made to each affected school. Provides that the supervisor of each school receiving such funding shall, subject to school board approval, have the authority to expend no more than ten percent of the funds allotted to procure supplies and equipment, with or without competitive bidding. Directs the Secretary to institute a program for funding tribal divisions of education and the development of tribal codes of education. Sets forth guidelines under which a school supervisor may appeal to the appropriate superintendent for education any action by a local school board regarding a local financial plan.  Prescribes the procedure under which certain school personnel appointments may be appealed. Establishes within the Office of Indian Education Programs a computerized management informations system. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior to establish a system to ensure triennial financial and compliance audits of the BIA, the Office, and each BIA school. Revises provisions for regulations under the Act to require citations to the sections of statutory law or other legal authority upon which each substantive provision of such regulation is based. Authorizes BIA or Office personnel to accept voluntary services, subject to local school board approval. Sets forth new provisions for employee benefits under title XI (Indian Education) of the Education Amendments of 1978, including provisions relating to proration of pay, extracurricular activities, and housing. Extends through FY 1989 the authorizations of appropriations for the following other Indian education programs:  (1) grants to local educational agencies, under the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act; (2) special educational training programs for teachers of Indian people, under the Indian Education Act; (3) improvement of educational opportunities for Indian students, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (4) grants for the improvement of educational opportunities for adult Indians, under the Adult Education Act. Amends the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act to revise provisions relating to adjustments in the allocation of financial assistance to local educational agencies for education of Indian children.  Authorizes reallocation of such payment under specified conditions. Amends the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act to exempt any school serving Indian children in California or Oklahoma from a requirement that it be on or near a reservation to be eligible for grants to local education agencies. Requires written approval by a committee of parents of Indian children as part of the approval process for such grants. Amends the Indian Education Act to extend through FY 1989 the period during which the Secretary is authorized to award fellowships for Indian students.  Removes a limitation on the number of such fellowships which may be awarded during any fiscal. Includes graduate-level psychology among the fields of study for which such fellowships may be awarded.  Permits the award of an additional fellowship to cover any period for which another fellowship has been vacated. Extends the existence of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education until October 1, 1989. Title VI:  Emergency Immigrant Education Assistance - Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for special impact aid payments to State and local educational agencies which provide educational services to immigrant children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to each State educational agency (SEA) for its administrative costs under this title up to one and one-half of the funds to which the SEA is entitled under this title. Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments under this title. Directs the Secretary to make, for FY 1985 through 1989, State entitlement payments equal to $500 for each immigrant child in public and nonpublic elementary or secondary schools within eligible local educational agencies (LEAs).  Requires that the number of such children in the public and nonpublic schools within an eligible LEA be at least the lesser of:  (1) 500;  or (2) three percent of the total enrollment in such public or nonpublic schools during the fiscal year. Requires that the amount of any such grant to an SEA for any fiscal year be reduced by the amounts made available for such fiscal year by any other Federal law for expenditure within the State for the same purposes as those for which funds are available under this title.  Provides that such reduction shall be made only to the extent that such amounts are made available:  (1) for such purposes specifically because of the refugee, parolee, asylee, or other immigrant status of the individuals served by such funds; and (2) to provide assistance to individuals eligible for services under this title. Permits payments to States under this title to be used for supplementary public educational services and costs for immigrant children in public and nonpublic schools within districts served by eligible LEAs.  Includes among such services:  (1) English language instruction;  (2) other bilingual educational services;  (3) special materials and supplies;  (4) additional basic instructional services;  and (5) inservice personnel training. Sets forth requirements for SEA applications for payments under this title. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) make payments to SEAs having applications approved; and (2) arrange for the provision of public educational services under this title to children enrolled in nonpublic schools in cases where a State is prohibited by law from providing such services to such children and where the LEA has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of such children in such services. Title VII:  General Administration and Organization - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act (DOEA) to establish within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education an Office of Migrant Education to administer specified migrant education programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965. Requires that such Office be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. Provides that such Offices shall be considered an organizational entity established by DOEA and shall not be subject to the reorganizational authority of the Secretary of Education. Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to extend through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for:  (1) the National Assessment of Educational Progress by the National Institute of Education; and (2) grants and contracts to carry out the objectives of the National Center for Education Statistics. Requires the National Institute of Education to provide for a statement of information collected by the National Assessment of Educational Progress for each State which voluntarily participates.  Makes the appropriateness of all cognitive, background, and attitude items developed by the National Assessment the responsibility of the Assessment Policy Committee. Provides that such items shall be subject to review by the Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget for a single period of not more than 60 days. Includes the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico under the definition of ""United States"" and ""State"" for purposes of collection of data by the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the National Center for Educational Statistics. Makes the deadline for the Secretary's annual evaluation reports to the Congress December 31 (currently November 1) of each year. Revises general provisions relating to State and local educational agency applications to set forth ""conflict-of-interest"" provisions which require assurances that none of the funds expended under any applicable program will be used to acquire equipment (including computer software) in any instance in which such acquisition results in a direct financial benefit to any organization representing the interests of the purchasing entity or its employees or any affiliate of such an organization. Amends the Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments Act of 1982 to retain through academic year 1986-1987 the current cost of attendance criteria used for calculating eligibility for and amount of Pell Grants. Continues through academic year 1986-1987 the separate family contribution schedule for Pell Grant purposes.  Provides that the current family contribution schedule for Pell Grants, updated for inflation, shall be used for the 1986-1987 academic year.  Makes similar provisions with respect to the family contribution schedule for the Guaranteed Student Loan Program.  Extends the use of the current definition of ""independent student,"" for student aid purposes, through the 1986-1987 academic year. Revises an effective date under a specified Federal law making technical amendments to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to extend through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for:  (1) general assistance to improve public education in the Virgin Islands; and (2) assistance to teacher training programs in Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Sets a maximum limit on the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for such purposes. Provides that any authority to make payments or to enter into contracts under this Act shall be available only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Sets forth effective dates for specified titles under this Act.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2496
98-hr-5276,98,hr,5276,Adult Education Act Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-03-28,1984-04-06,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]",IL,R,E000204,2,"Adult Education Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Adult Education Act (""the Act"") to redefine ""adult"" to mean a person who is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under State law.  Redefines ""adult education"" to mean instruction or services below the college level for adults who do not have:  (1) the basic skills to enable them to function effectively in society; or (2) a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education (and who have not achieved an equivalent level of education).  Revises other definitions for purposes of such Act. Revises provisions for grants to States to provide that such grants shall cover the full cost (currently 90 percent) of specified programs and to permit private for-profit organizations to participate in grant programs. Revises provisions relating to allotment of such grant funds among States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Revises provisions for State plans.  Permits a State, if it so provides in its State plan, to use grant funds for:  (1) adult education projects (including ones serving persons with limited english speaking ability) which use innovative methods, materials, or activities or are part of community school programs carried out in cooperation with other Federal, State, or local programs; and (2) projects for training persons who are, or are planning to become, instructors or other personnel in the field of adult education. Revises provisions relating to administration of State plans to authorize the Secretary of Education to take appropriate action under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that a State has failed to comply substantially with any provision of its State plan. Revises provisions for research, development, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation programs.  Deletes requirements that the Secretary fund such programs and deletes specified funding provisions for such programs.  Deletes a requirement that the Secretary operate an information clearinghouse on adult education.  Authorizes the Secretary (with specified funds which the Secretary is authorized to set aside, not to exceed five percent of the funds appropriated for the Act) to support applied research, development, demonstration, evaluation and related activities which will contribute to the improvement and expansion of adult education (including opportunities for elderly persons). Authorizes the Secretary to support such activities directly, or through grants to or contracts or cooperative agreements with public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations, or individuals. Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Education to support research on the special needs of persons requiring adult education, with funds available under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act or with funds set-aside under the Act.  Authorizes the Director to support such research directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Revises provisions for State advisory councils to delete requirements relating to council membership, certification, and meetings. Authorizes States to use grant funds to support a State advisory council which assists the State educational agency to plan, implement, or evaluate programs or activities under the Act. Extends the existence of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education until October 1, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside up to five percent of such appropriations for research, development, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation programs. Permits a State to use grant funds to pay: (1) for the development and administration of of its State plan; and (2) up to 50 percent of the local administrative costs of programs or projects carried out through local educational agencies or public or private agencies, organizations or institutions. Repeals provisions of the Act relating to:  (1) program costs; (2) use of funds for special experimental demonstration projects and teacher training; (3) special projects for the elderly; and (4) an adult education program for adult immigrants. Repeals specified maintenance of effort provisions under the General Education Provisions Act.",2025-08-29T17:38:37Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5276
98-hr-5277,98,hr,5277,A bill to extend programs under the Head Start Act.,Education,1984-03-28,1984-10-30,See S.2565.,House,"Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]",IL,R,E000204,1,Amends the Head Start Act to extend through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for programs under such Act.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5277
98-hr-5251,98,hr,5251,Hispanic Education Incentives Act of 1984,Education,1984-03-27,1984-04-06,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Resident Commissioner Corrada, Baltasar [I-PR-At Large]",PR,I,C000788,0,"Hispanic Education Initiatives Act of 1984 - Title I:  Programs Under the Higher Education Act of 1965 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise title III (Institutional Aid) provisions of HEA. Includes under the definition of ""eligible institution,"" for purposes of both part A (Strengthening Institutions) and part B (Aid to Institutions With Special Needs) of such title III, any institution of higher education which:  (1) includes a substantial number of minority and educationally disadvantaged students; (2) provides a medical education program which leads to a doctor of medicine degree or which is not less than a two-year program fully acceptable toward such a degree; and (3) received a grant in FY 1981 or 1982 to assist health professions schools in financial distress from the Department of Health and Human Services under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to use parts A and B funds not only to encourage cooperative agreements among part A grant recipients and among part B grant recipients, but also to encourage such cooperative agreements among part A and part B recipients and institutions not receiving assistance under title III. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve at least 15 percent (or $10,000,000, if that is greater) from part A appropriations, and at least the same portion from part B appropriations, for use for the purposes of such parts by institutions of higher education that have enrollments at least 40 percent of which is comprised of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Hispanic students, or combination thereof and that also satisfy applicable eligibility requirements under such parts.  Requires any institution applying for such funds to include in its application assurances that such funds will be expended directly for the benefit of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Hispanic students. Revises title IV (Student Assistance) of HEA to extend through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for programs under part A subpart 4 (Special Programs for Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds).  Directs the Secretary, in making grants from any amounts appropriated for such programs which are in excess of the amount appropriated for such programs in FY 1984, to give preference to applicants whose applications contain assurances that funds made available from such amounts will be expended directly for the benefit of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Hispanic students. Revises HEA title IV part D (Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) to include, under the types of public service for which national direct student loan debt shall be canceled, service as a full-time teacher in a bilingual education program assisted under the Bilingual Education Act. Revises HEA title VI (International Education) part A (International and Foreign Language Studies) to direct the Secretary, in making grants for international studies centers for FY 1985 and succeeding fiscal years, to approve grants to establish:  (1) a center to promote access to research and training concerning the Carribbean (located in Puerto Rico, if possible); and (2) a center to promote research and training concerning Mexico (located in the southwestern United States, if possible). Adds to HEA title VI part A new provisions for an exchange program for the Caribbean and Mexico.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist exchange programs for students and faculty:  (1) between institutions of higher education in the southwestern U.S. and such institutions in Mexico; and (2) between institutions of higher education in Puerto Rico and such institutions in the Caribbean. Permits such grants to be used to pay stipends to individuals participating in the program and for allowances for dependents of and for travel by such individuals while so participating. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for HEA title VI part A programs for international and foreign language studies. Directs the Secretary to annually evaluate and report to Congress on the participation of Hispanic individuals in higher education in the United States.  Sets forth requirements relating to the contents of such report. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to provide that the terms ""United States"" and ""State"" include the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, for purposes of provisions relating to the National Institute of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics. Title II:  Use of Puerto Rican Educational Institutions to Provide Technical Assistance to Caribbean Basin Countries - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish a program under which the President is authorized to provide assistance for technical education programs and activities conducted by postsecondary educational institutions in Puerto Rico for the people of Caribbean Basin countries, as technical assistance for their economic development.  Defines ""Caribbean Basin country,"" for purposes of such program, as any country or territory listed under specified provisions of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Sets forth administrative provisions for such program. Requires the establishment of an advisory council to develop guidelines establishing priorities for allocating assistance under such program.  Provides that program assistance shall be available for planning and travel expenses incurred by postsecondary educational institutions in Puerto Rico in developing proposals and activities to be funded under such program. Authorizes appropriations for such program.",2025-08-29T17:38:44Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5251
98-hr-5231,98,hr,5231,Academic Equity and Excellence Through Bilingual Education Act of 1984,Education,1984-03-22,1984-03-29,Executive Comment Requested from Education.,House,"Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7]",MI,D,K000172,59,"Academic Equity and Excellence Through Bilingual Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (the Act, which is also title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) to revise and reauthorize programs under the Act. Includes under the statement of policy for the Act the recognition that:  (1) there are growing numbers of children of limited English proficiency; (2) the Federal Government has a special and continuing obligation to assist in providing equal educational opportunity to limited English proficient children; (3) the segregation of many groups of limited English proficient children remains a serious problem; (4) both limited English proficient children and children whose primary language is English can benefit from bilingual education programs, and that such programs can help develop our national linguistic resources; (5) data collection capabilities need to be strengthened to better identify and promote effective programs and instructional practices; (6) parent and community participation in bilingual education programs contributes to program effectiveness; and (7) because of limited English proficiency, many adults are not able to participate fully in national life, and limited English proficient parents are often not able to participate effectively in their children's education.  Provides that assistance under the Act shall be given to local educational agencies (LEAs), and, for certain related purposes, to State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, and community organizations. Includes adult programs (in addition to related preschool, elementary, and secondary school programs) among those bilingual education programs to be assisted under the Act.  Requires programs under the Act to be designed to enable students to achieve full competence in English. Permits such programs to also provide for the development of student competency in a second language. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1985 through 1991. Authorizes separate appropriations for such period for grants to State programs under the new part B (Data Collection, Evaluation, and Research). Directs the Secretary to reserve, from the appropriations to carry out the Act:  (1) at least 60 percent for programs under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs), and of such reserved amount at least 75 percent shall be reserved for transitional bilingual education programs; (2) at least 25 percent for training activities under a redesignated part C (Training and Technical Assistance); and (3) not more than one percent for the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education. Revises definitions under the Act to include under the definition of ""limited English proficiency"" difficulties with the English language which deny to specified categories of individuals the opportunity to participate fully in our society. Sets forth a definition of ""program of transitional bilingual education"" which is similar to the current definition of ""program of bilingual education"" under the Act. Deletes a requirement that the principal purpose of any participation of children whose language is English in a bilingual education program must be to contribute to the objective of assisting children of limited English proficiency to improve their English language skills.  Deletes certain requirements relating to applications for assistance for bilingual education programs. Sets forth a new definition, defining ""program of developmental bilingual education"" as a full-time program of instruction in elementary and secondary schools which provides, with respect to the applicable years of study, structured English-language instruction and instruction in a second language. Requires that such programs:  (1) be designed to help children achieve competence in English and a second language while mastering subject matter skills; and (2) to the extent necessary, be in all courses or subjects of study which will allow a child to meet grade-promotion and graduation standards; and (3) where possible, have classes comprised of approximately equal numbers of students whose native language is English and limited English proficient students whose native language is the second language of instruction and study in the program. Sets forth a new definition, defining a ""family English literacy program"" as a program of instruction designed to help limited English proficient students and out-of-school youth achieve competence in the English language.  Permits such programs to:  (1) be conducted exclusively in English or in English and the student's native language; and (2) where appropriate, include instruction on how parents and family members can facilitate the educational achievement of limited English proficient children.  Requires that preference for participation in such programs be accorded, to the extent feasible, to the parents and immediate family members of children enrolled in programs assisted under the Act. Sets forth a new definition, defining ""programs of academic excellence"" as programs of transitional or developmental bilingual education which: (1) have an established record of providing effective, academically excellent instruction; and (2) are designed to serve as models of exemplary bilingual education programs and to facilitate the dissemination of effective bilingual education practices. Redefines ""Office,"" ""Director,"" and ""Council"" to refer, respectively, to:  (1) the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; (2) the Director of the Office; and (3) the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education. Includes specified Adult Education Act programs as examples under the definition of ""other programs for persons of limited English proficiency."" Provides that the Secretary's consultation with various entities in prescribing regulations under the Act shall be done through the Council. Requires that part A funds shall be used for programs of:  (1) transitional bilingual education; (2) developmental bilingual education; (3) academic excellence; (4) family English literacy; (5) bilingual preschool, special education, and gifted and talented education preparatory or supplementary to programs such as those assisted under the Act; and (6) to develop instructional materials in languages for which such materials are commercially unavailable.  Provides that grants for programs described under (1) and (2) shall be for 3 years with an additional 2 years upon reapplication, those described under (3) and (4) shall be for three years, and those described under (5) and (6) shall be for one to three years. Revises application requirements for grants under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Educational Programs). Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to report annually to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary of Education.  Requires that such report assess:  (1) the needs of Indian children with respect to the purposes of the Act in schools operated or funded by the Department of the Interior, including those tribes and LEAs receiving assistance under the Johnson-O'Malley Act; and (2) the extent to which such needs are being met by funds provided to such schools for educational purposes through the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth a new part B ""Data Collection, Evaluation, and Research."" (Redesignates the current part B ""Administration"" as part D.) Provides that funds available under part B shall be used for:  (1) collecting data on the number of limited English proficient persons and the educational services available to such persons; (2) evaluating the operation and effectiveness of programs assisted under the Act; (3) conducting research to improve the effectiveness of bilingual education programs; and (4) collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data and information on bilingual education.  (These new part B provisions also replace and revise some research and evaluation provisions under the current part C ""Supportive Services and Activities."") Sets forth provisions for part B grants to State programs for collecting, aggregating, analyzing, and publishing data and information on the State's population of limited English proficient persons and the educational services provided or available to them. Sets forth application and reporting requirements for such programs.  Sets forth additional activities which such programs may provide for.  Sets minimum and maximum limits on the amount of such grants. Directs the Secretary to issue within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, regulations which set forth a comprehensive design for evaluating the programs assisted under part A. Requires that such regulations:  (1) be developed by the director in consultation with the Council; and (2) provide for the collection of specified kinds of information and data. Directs the Secretary to establish, through competitive three-year grants to institutions of higher education, at least two evaluation assistance centers which shall provide, upon the request of SEAs or LEAs, technical assistance regarding methods and techniques for identifying the educational needs and competencies of limited English proficient persons and assessing the educational progress achieved through programs such as those assisted under the Act. Revises provisions for research contracts under the Act.  Provides for continuing longitudinal studies on specified aspects of bilingual education.  Provides for studies to determine when students' English language proficiency is sufficiently well developed to permit them to derive optional benefits from an all-English instructional program. Deletes provisions for contracts for development and dissemination of instructional materials and equipment. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Education to consult with the Director and the Council to insure that research activities under the General Education Act complement and do not duplicate activities under part B of the Act. Directs the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and publish as part of its annual report on the condition of education specified data relating to numbers of limited English proficient persons, programs available for their education, and teachers and staff participating in or training for such programs. Sets forth a new part C ""Training and Technical Assistance."" (Current law has some similar training provisions under part A.  The current part C is entitled ""Supportive Services and Activities."") Requires that funds available under the new part C be used to: (1) establish, operate, and improve training programs for educational personnel preparing to participate in, or personnel participating in, the conduct of programs of bilingual education (requires that such training programs emphasize opportunities for career development, advancement, and lateral mobility, and permits training of teachers, administrators, counselors, teacher aides, and parents); (2) train persons to teach and counsel such bilingual education personnel; (3) encourage reform, innovation, and improvement in applicable education curricula in graduate education, in the structure of the academic profession, and in recruitment and retention of higher education and graduate school faculties, as related to bilingual education; (4) operate short-term training institutes designed to improve the skills of participants in programs of bilingual education, which may include summer programs designed to include the instructional competency of educational personnel in the languages used in the program; and (5) provide inservice training and technical assistance to parents and educational personnel participating in, or preparing to participate in, bilingual education programs.  Allows institutions of higher education to apply for grants or contracts for the activities described in (1), (2), and (3).  Allows institutions of higher education (including junior colleges and community colleges), private for-profit or nonprofit organizations (which apply jointly with or after consultation with SEAs or LEAs), SEAs, or LEAs to apply for grants or contracts for the activities described in (4).  Allows institutions of higher education (including junior colleges and community colleges), private for-profit or nonprofit organizations, or SEAs to apply for grants or contracts for the activities described in (5).  Makes specified application requirements concerning consultation with parents and other representatives of children applicable to applications grants or contracts for preservice or inservice training activities described under (1).  Directs the Secretary, in making a grant or contract for preservice training programs described in (1), to give preference to programs which involve parents in the educational process and which contain coursework in:  (1) teaching English as a second language; (2) use of a non-English language for instructional purposes; (3) linguistics; and (4) evaluation and assessment.  Requires that preservice training programs be designed to ensure that participants become proficient in English and a second language of instruction. Directs the Secretary to establish at least 16 multifunctional resource centers, through competitive grants or contracts, pursuant to provisions for inservice training and technical assistance to parents and educational personnel participating in, or preparing to participate in, bilingual education programs. Requires that consideration be given to the geographic and linguistic distribution of children of limited English proficiency in awarding grants and contracts for such centers. Requires each center, in addition to providing such technical assistance and training, to gather and provide information to other centers on a particular area of bilingual education, including specified topics. Authorizes the Secretary to award fellowships for advanced study of bilingual education in such areas as teacher training, program administration, research and evaluation, and curriculum development.  Requires that at least 500 such fellowships leading to a graduate degree be awarded for FY 1985. Requires that such fellowships be awarded:  (1) to the extent feasible, in proportion to the needs of various groups of individuals with limited English proficiency; and (2) with preference given to individuals intending to study bilingual education in the following specialized areas, vocational education, adult education, gifted and talented education, special education, education technology, literacy, and mathematics and science education. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) include information on the operation of the fellowship program in specified reports required under this Act; (2) undertake an ongoing longitudinal study of the impact of recipients of such fellowships on the field of bilingual education; and (3) through a specified clearinghouse, disseminate research undertaken by recipients of such fellowships.  Requires fellowship recipients to agree to either repay such assistance or work for a period equivalent to the fellowship period in an activity related to bilingual education. Authorizes the Secretary to waive this requirement in extraordinary circumstances. Directs the Secretary, in making grants or contracts under part C, to give priority to eligible applicants with demonstrated competence and experience in the field of bilingual education and provide for stipends for persons participating in part C training programs. Redesignates part B ""Administration"" provisions under a new part D.  (The current part D is entitled ""Continued Bilingual Education Assistance."") Renames the Office of Bilingual Education the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Council, to report by February 1 of 1986, 1988, and 1990 to the Congress and the President on the condition of bilingual education in the nation and the administration and operation of the Act and of other programs for persons of limited English proficiency. Revises the required contents of such reports (as compared with earlier required reports). Renames the National Advisory Council on Bilingual Education the National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education. Increases the number of Council members from 15 to 20.  Requires that all Council members be experienced in dealing with the educational problems of children and other persons who are of limited English proficiency. Requires that five Council members be State directors of bilingual education programs, at least three of whom represent States with large populations of limited English proficient students.  Requires that five Council members be local school board members or local bilingual education program directors, at least three of whom shall represent LEAs with large populations of limited English proficient students. Revises other provisions relating to categories from which specified numbers of Council members must be chosen.",2025-08-29T17:40:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5231
98-hr-5240,98,hr,5240,Higher Education Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-03-22,1984-05-02,Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.,House,"Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-22]",IL,D,S000423,56,"Higher Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) (""the Act"") to revise and extend programs under the Act. Sets forth amendments to title I of the Act, renaming such title ""Continuing and Community Postsecondary Education."" Eliminates title I, part A provisions relating to the establishment of the Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education. Switches title I, part B provisions for Education Outreach Programs to part A and revises such provisions. Decreases the portion of funds for Education Outreach Programs which is required to be used for State allotments from 90 to 50 percent. Increases the portion of such funds which is required to be available for Federal discretionary grants from ten to 40 percent. Requires that each State use no more than 15 percent (currently, no less than 15 and no more than 20 percent) of its allotment for Education Outreach Programs to conduct comprehensive statewide planning.  Revises the formulas (based on a range of appropriation amounts for this part) for determining when a State must use at least ten percent, and when it may not use more than ten percent, of its allotment for such purpose. Deletes provisions relating to the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education, but refers to the National Advisory Council on Postsecondary Education which is established later in this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to carry out Education Outreach Programs. Removes a limitation on the portion of a State allotment which may be used to carry out continuing education programs. Adds new title I, part B provisions for Literacy Training.  Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education and consortia of institutions that have entered into agreements to operate literacy training programs in their own communities and in rural areas in the vicinity.  Sets forth requirements for literacy training program agreements, including:  (1) establishment of academic credit courses combining undergraduate training in the humanities and social sciences with experience as tutors in a literacy training program; (2) requiring students in such courses to perform at least six hours of voluntary uncompensated service each week of the academic term with a community-based or other nonprofit organization as a tutor in such organization's literacy training program; and (3) providing that such service may be compensated under the work-study program and that preference in the award of work-study assistance will be given to eligible students performing such service. Limits use of such grants for literacy training programs to covering specified program costs. Directs the Secretary, to the extent that specified funds are available, to enter into technical assistance and coordination contracts with qualified nonprofit private organizations to assist, manage, and coordinate such literacy training programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to carry out Literacy Training program provisions. Adds new title I, part C provisions for Federal Correctional Education Assistance. (Provides that such part shall be known as the ""Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act."") Declares the purposes of such part to be to provide financial assistance to the States to carry out educational programs for criminal offenders in juvenile and adult correctional institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to enable the Secretary of Education to make grants to States under such part. Allows such appropriations to remain available until expended.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies and grants for programs of national significance. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds under such part.  Prohibits the use of funds for purposes inconsistent with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Sets forth permissible uses of grants made to States under such part, including:  (1) academic programs for basic education, special education, bilingual or bicultural study, secondary school credit, postsecondary study, fine arts, recreation and health, and curriculum development; (2) vocational training; (3) library development and services; (4) teacher training; (5) educational release programs; (6) guidance; (7) supportive services; and (8) job training. Sets forth requirements for State applications for assistance under such part. Authorizes the Secretary to make, from specified reserved funds, grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, State correctional agencies, and other public and nonprofit organizations and institutions to meet the costs of programs of national significance which the Secretary determines give promise of improving the education of criminal offenders. Sets forth provisions for payment and withholding of funds under such part. Switches provisions for a Veteran's Cost-of-Instruction Program from title IV to title I, part D.  Extends such program payments to institutions of higher education through FY 1990. Retains the formula for determining institutional eligibility for such payments, but raises the minimum number of veterans who must be enrolled in undergraduate attendance at an institution before such eligibility formula applies from 25 to 100. Makes technical and conforming amendments relating to such program. Sets forth amendments to title II (College and Research Library Assistance and Library Training and Research) of the Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for title II programs under part A (College Library Resources), part B (Library Training, Research, and Development), and part C (Strengthening Research Library Resources). Establishes a Library Unit within the Office of Postsecondary Education which shall be responsible for administering and coordinating all library programs within the Department of Education. Revises title II, part A (College Library Resources) provisions for resource development grants.  Directs the Secretary, in selecting applicants for receipt of such grants, to rate each applicant who meets specified requirements in accordance with a numerical index established by regulation and based on the following factors (to be weighed according to the order in which they are listed):  (1) the extent to which the institution is in the lowest quartile of applicants with respect to its library resource holdings; (2) the extent to which the institution's own effort in support of its library exceeds a specified percentage of its operating budget; (3) the number and percentage of low- income students; (4) whether the institution is eligible under title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act; and (5) such other factors as the Secretary determines relevant and useful (not to exceed ten percent of the points awarded under such index).  Requires the National Institute of Education to: (1) evaluate the use of such index in allocating such funds to eligible applicants most in need; and (2) report the results of such evaluation to Congress by May 30, 1989. Revises title II, part B (Library Training, Research, and Development) provisions for research and demonstration project grants and contracts.  Directs the Secretary, in selecting recipients of such funds for FY 1986 and succeeding fiscal years, to give priority to expanding the study of the uses of information transfer and communications technology in libraries. Sets forth amendments to title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act. Adds to the definition of ""eligible institution"" for purposes of title III, part A (Strengthening Institutions) any institution of higher education which has an enrollment of which at least 40 percent are Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Hispanic students, or combination thereof, and which also satisfies specified requirements for such eligibility. Revises title III, part B, renaming such part ""Strengthening Historically and Traditionally Black Colleges and Universities."" Redefines ""part B institution"" to mean any historically or traditionally black college or university that maintains a student body that is at least 50 percent black students. Directs the Secretary to make part B grants to institutions for specified purposes, including academic instruction in disciplines in which black Americans are underrepresented. Directs the Secretary to make allotments of grants to part B institutions according to a formula based on the numbers of Pell Grant recipients, graduates, and graduates admitted to graduate or professional schools from such institutions. Sets forth reallotment provisions. Sets forth part B grant application requirements, including requirements for annual reports to the Secretary and for auditing. Sets forth provisions for grants to eligible part B independent professional or graduate institutions.  Directs the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purpose, to award program grants to such postgraduate institutions as may be eligible as part B institutions except that: (1) the institution offers a medical, dental, veterinary degree, or other graduate or professional degree beyond the baccalaureate degree; and (2) such independent, postgraduate institution listed under this Act is determined by the Secretary to be making a substantial contribution to the legal, medical, dental, veterinary, or other graduate education opportunities for black Americans.  Limits the duration of such grants.  Sets forth authorized uses of such grants.  Sets forth application requirement, including a demonstration of how grant funds will be used to improve graduate educational opportunities for black and low-income students, and lead to greater financial independence. Lists the following independent professional or graduate institutions as eligible for such grants:  (1) Morehouse School of Medicine; (2) Meharry Medical School; (3) Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School; and (4) Atlanta University. Sets forth reporting and audit requirements. Sets forth criminal penalties for misuse of funds. Revises title III, part C (Challenge Grants for Institutions Eligible for Assistance Under Part A or Part B) provisions.  Adds to institutions eligible for such challenge grants any institution which received a grant in FY 1981 or 1982 to assist health professions schools in financial distress from the Department of Health and Human Services under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Adds the following provisions for endowment grants (which are similar in part to those added to the Act by the Challenge Grant Amendments of 1983, Public Law 98-95). Establishes a program to provide matching endowment grants to institutions of higher education which are eligible for assistance under the challenge grant program. Authorizes the Secretary to award such matching endowment grants from sums available under the challenge grant program. Limits the endowment grant period to not more than 20 years, during which time the institution may not withdraw or expend the endowment fund corpus (the amount of the grant plus the matching amount deposited by the institution).  Permits the institution, after grant period termination, to use the endowment fund corpus plus any endowment fund income for any educational purpose. Provides that institutions may receive more than one such grant, but may only receive such a grant for two fiscal years out of any period of five consecutive fiscal years. Limits the amount of an endowment grant to an institution to:  (1) not less than $50,000 for any fiscal year; and (2) not more than $250,000 for FY 1984 or $500,000 for FY 1985 or any succeeding fiscal year. Permits an eligible institution to designate a foundation, which was established to raise money for the institution, as the recipient of the endowment grant.  Sets forth requirements which the foundation and the institution must meet for such an award. Sets forth requirements for investment of the endowment fund corpus and income. Permits an institution to withdraw and expend the endowment fund income to defray any expenses necessary to the operation of the college. Prohibits an institution from spending more than 50 percent of the total aggregate endowment fund income earned prior to the time of expenditure.  Authorizes the Secretary to permit an institution to spend more than the 50-percent limit under specified emergency circumstances. Provides for repayment by an institution of funds withdrawn prematurely from the endowment fund corpus or improperly expended from endowment fund income. Set forth auditing requirements. Directs the Secretary, in selecting eligible institutions for endowment grants, to: (1) give priority to an applicant which is a recipient of a title III grant under part A or part B, during the academic year in which the endowment grant is applied for; (2) give priority to an applicant with a greater need for such grant, based on the current market value of the applicant's existing endowment in relation to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at such institution; and (3) consider the effort made by the applicant to build or maintain its existing endowment fund and the degree to which an applicant proposes to match the grant with nongovernmental funds. Sets forth provisions for endowment grant applications and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate and recover an endowment grant, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, if the grantee institution fails to properly expend, invest, or account for endowment funds. Adds new title III, part D (Reservation for Hispanic Institution) provisions. Directs the Secretary to reserve at least $10,000,000 or 15 percent of appropriations for title III, part A (Strengthening Institutions), whichever is more, for Hispanic institutions as defined under part A. Switches title III general provisions from part D to part E, and revises such general provisions. Directs the Secretary to publish all policies and procedures required to exercise the authority to approve applications for grants under title III.  Provides that no other criteria, policies, or procedures shall apply. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) use the most recent and relevant data concerning the number and percentage of students receiving need-based assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act in making eligibility determinations under title III, part A provisions for Strengthening Institutions; and (2) advance the base-year forward following each annual grant cycle. Adds to title III general provisions relating to waiver authority.  Directs the Secretary to waive specified title III requirements (including grant eligibility criteria involving an enrollment which includes a substantial percentage of students receiving title IV need-based assistance) in the case of an institution which:  (1) is extensively subsidized by the State and charges low or no tuition; (2) serves a substantial number of low- and middle-income students as a percentage of its total student population; (3) is contributing substantially to increasing higher education opportunities for black Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and low-income individuals; or (4) is substantially increasing higher educational opportunities for individuals in rural or other isolated areas which are unserved by postsecondary institutions. Revises requirements for the Secretary's annual report to Congress to exclude discussion of part B institutions and to include discussion of part D Hispanic institutions which have been determined eligible although not satisfying specified eligibility criteria involving low institutional expenditures per student. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for institutional aid programs under parts A, B, and C of title III. Raises the percentage of part A funds which must be made available to junior or community colleges from 24 percent to 30 percent. Requires that at least $10,000,000 or 15 percent of part A funds, whichever is more, be used for Hispanic institutions. Sets forth amendments to title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. Renames part A of title IV ""Need-Based Student Assistance"" and revises the statement of purpose of such part.  Renames subpart 1 of part A ""Pell Grants,"" thus conforming to the already renamed grants program. Extends the Pell Grants program through FY 1990. Revises the formulas for determining the amount of each Pell Grant.  Declares that the purpose of the program is to provide a Pell Grant that:  (1) as determined under specified provisions for the amount of such grants, will meet 75 percent of a student's tuition and fees not in excess of $3,000; and (2) in combination with reasonable parental or independent student contribution and supplemented by work-study and institutional block grant programs, will meet 80 percent of a student's cost of attendance, unless the institution determines that a greater amount of assistance would better serve the purposes of part A. Sets the amount of a Pell Grant for an eligible student at $3,000 for the award year from July 1, 1985, through June 30, 1986 (or for any subsequent award year, $3,000 plus the sum of specified inflation adjustments) minus the amount of the expected family contribution with respect to that student for that year.  Retains provisions for proportional reductions or grants for part-time students. Revises the maximum limit on a Pell Grant amount. Provides that such Grant shall not exceed the sum of:  (1) 75 percent of tuition, required books, and uniform compulsory fees, plus (2) a standard cost allowance for each award year, as determined by the institution.  Limits such standard cost allowance to:  (1) $1,200 for a student residing with a parent or guardian; (2) $1,600 for a student residing neither with a parent or guardian nor in specified institutional housing; or (3) $2,000 for a student residing in institutionally owned, operated, or subsidized housing.  Prohibits any Pell Grant from exceeding the sum of such tuition, books, fees, and cost allowance minus the expected family contribution.  Retains the $200 minimum limit for Pell Grant awards, but eliminates provisions for exceptions to such limit. Directs the Secretary, for each Pell Grant award year beginning after June 30, 1986, to publish:  (1) the percentage change for the price index for the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which such award year begins; (2) an inflation adjustment, determined by a specified formula, for such award year, if the price index has increased by more than three percent; and (3) the Pell Grant amount in effect after taking into account each of the inflation adjustments determined. Sets forth provisions for family contributions scheduled for Pell Grants. Makes the period of student eligibility for Pell Grants five academic years, or the equivalent, but provides that no eligible student shall be precluded from receiving a Pell Grant for the first year of graduate or professional study because of such five-year limitation.  Includes English instruction for individuals with limited English proficiency among those noncredit or remedial courses preparatory to pursuit of a baccalaureate degree for which Pell Grant support may be given to eligible students. Retains provisions relating to Pell Grant application procedures and the noncontractor status of institutions. Deletes certain provisions relating to insufficient available funds and to excess funds. Deletes title IV, part A provisions for Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (subpart 2) and Grants to States for State Student Incentives (subpart 3), but continues the purposes of such programs under a new Institutional Block Grant program. Switches to a new part C (Special Services) the title IV part A subparts 4 and 5 provisions for Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds and Special Programs for Students Whose Families are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork. Deletes those subpart 6 provisions for Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education which involve certain payments to institutions of higher education, but switches to title I those provisions of subpart 6 which involve veterans' cost-of-instruction payments to institutions of higher education. Switches provisions for Work-Study Programs from title IV part C to title IV part A subpart 2, and revises such provisions. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for Work-Study Programs. Replaces provisions for allotment of work-study funds to States with provisions for allotment of such funds to institutions.  Retains provisions for grants for work-study programs to institutions which enter into specified agreements.  Deletes provisions relating to within-State distribution of assistance. Sets forth provisions relating to sources of matching funds.  Provides that nothing in provisions for Work-Study Programs shall be construed as restricting the source (other than Work-Study Programs funds) from which the institution may pay its share of the compensation of a student employed under a work-study program covered by an agreement.  Allows such share to be paid to such student in the form of services and equipment (including tuition, room, board, and books) furnished by such institution. Retains provisions for job location and development programs and agreements. Revises provisions for work study for community service-learning on behalf of low-income individuals and families to include literacy and other language-proficiency services. Establishes an Institutional Block Grant program, under title IV part A subpart 3, to permit institutions to make their own allocation decisions on the funding of certain student assistance programs.  Declares that such Institutional Block Grant program is to permit such institutions to:  (1) continue to provide supplemental grants, increase student employment, and operate institutional loan programs in a manner similar to that in which such activities were conducted prior to October 1, 1985, under the supplemental educational opportunity grant program, the State student incentive program, and the national direct student loan program; (2) capitalize a loan program to continue to use the Federal capital contribution to the national direct student loan (NDSL) program as part of the capital for the new loan program; and (3) supplement the funds available for work-study programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such Institutional Block Grant program. Sets forth provisions for allotment of such block grant funds to institutions based on the amount of Pell Grants and guaranteed student loans made to students at an eligible institution.  Requires that an eligible institution be allotted:  (1) for FY 1986, at least the sum of the amounts such institution received for 1985, under provisions in effect prior to the start of FY 1986, for Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, Grants to States for State Student Incentives, and the national direct student loan program (NDSL); and (2) for any succeeding fiscal year, at least 90 percent of the amount such institution received for the proceeding year under Institutional Block Grant provisions.  Provides for ratable reduction of such allotments when appropriations are not sufficient. Sets forth provisions relating to student eligibility for block grant assistance. Provides that such assistance may be made available only to a student who:  (1) is an eligible student under title IV general provisions for student eligibility; and (2) has demonstrated need for financial assistance in accordance with the following formula. Provides that the amount of a student's need for financial assistance under the block grant program is equal to:  (1) the cost of attendance (as determined under specified title IV general provisions), minus (2) the sum of the expected family contribution (computed in accordance with regulations prescribed under title IV general provisions) and any estimated financial assistance reasonably available to such student under Pell Grant and Work-Study programs.  Prohibits an institution from reserving more than ten percent of its Institutional Block Grant allotment to provide assistance for less-than-half-time students who are otherwise eligible students. Sets forth a matching requirement for institutional block grant recipients. Requires each institution receiving such allotment to contribute to Institutional Block Grant programs an amount from non-Federal sources equal to at least 15 percent of such allotment.  Permits the institution to allocate such institutional contribution to meet: (1) the matching requirement for grants for Work-Study Programs with respect to any block grant funds transferred for use for work-study assistance; and (2) the capital contribution requirement with respect to block grant funds deposited in the student loan fund. Sets forth authorized uses of Institutional Block Grant allotment funds.  Permits such funds to be used to provide student financial assistance in the form of:  (1) a grant (directly under Institution Block Grant provisions); or (2) additional work-study assistance (by a transfer of a portion of the block grant for use in accordance with provisions for Work-Study Programs).  Permits such funds, together with funds available pursuant to specified provisions for student loans and for the transfer of the balance of national direct student loan (NDSL) funds, to also be used to provide student financial assistance in the form of a loan made in accordance with specified provisions for student loans. Limits the sum of the financial assistance through such direct grants, additional work-study assistance, and loans to the need of such student as determined for purposes of eligibility for Institutional Block Grant assistance. Provides that only one-half of the block grant allotment to an institution in any fiscal year may be used for making such student loans. Prohibits block grant allotment funds from being deposited in the student loan fund established by such institution if the Secretary has determined that the default rate of such institution's loan program exceeds ten percent, unless the Secretary:  (1) has, for each subsequent year, determined that such institution has made substantial progress (as defined under this Act) in reducing such default rate; or (2) determines that such institution is maintaining a default rate of less than ten percent for each subsequent year. Sets forth provisions relating to student loans under the Institutional Block Grant program. Requires any institution that desires to make loans to students from funds under its block grant allotment or funds made available from the transfer of the balance of NDSL funds to enter into a specified agreement with the Secretary.  Requires that such agreements provide:  (1) for the establishment and maintenance of a student loan fund for the purposes of the Institutional Block Grant program; (2) for the deposit in such fund of block grant funds permitted to be used for such loans, funds from the transfer of the NDSL program balance, an institutional capital contribution equal to at least one-ninth of the block grant funds deposited, collections of principal and interest on student loans made from deposited funds or funds deposited in the student loan fund maintained under NDSL provisions in effect prior to the start of FY 1986, late charges or other fees, and any other earnings of the fund; (3) that such fund shall be used only for student loans, administrative expenses, required capital distributions, and reasonable litigation and collection costs; and (4) for protection of the U.S. financial interest and promotion of the purposes of the Institutional Block Grant program. Limits the maximum interest rate on such student loans under the Institutional Block Grant program to a percentage which is two percent less than the rate in effect under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program as of the date of application for such loan. Provides for a capital distribution of the balance of any such student loan fund under the Institutional Block Grant program if at any time after the establishment of such fund:  (1) the institution notifies the Secretary that it intends to terminate the making of loans in accordance with program requirements; or (2) the Secretary finds (after notice and opportunity for hearing) that the institution has terminated the making of loans in accordance with such requirements. Sets forth procedures for such capital distribution.  Requires institutions, after such capital distribution, to make payments of a specified proportionate share of principal and interest payments received, after deduction of litigation or collection costs not already reimbursed. Provides that, if an institution has not entered into an Institutional Block Grant student loan fund agreement by the start of FY 1987, the institution's NDSL student loan fund shall be subject to a capital distribution in accordance with specified procedures to be applied in a special manner. Sets forth requirements for institutional block grant agreements. Sets forth provisions for the transfer of the balance of funds from an institution's student loan fund under the NDSL program to the institution's student loan fund under the Institutional Block Grant program. Renames title IV part B as the ""Guaranteed Student Loan Program,"" and revises provisions relating to the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program. Declares that it is the purpose of part B to:  (1) continue the GSL program established under such part as in effect prior to FY 1987; and (2) continue meeting the obligations incurred with respect to the federally- insured student loan (FISL) program (as so established), but only with respect to loans made under that program before FY 1987. Sets forth title IV part B subpart 1 provisions for Guaranteed Loan Eligibility, Amounts, and Term. Sets forth requirements for student eligibility for loans under the GSL program. Requires that a student, to be eligible for a GSL loan:  (1) be eligible under title IV general provisions; (2) provide the lender with a statement from the eligible institution of the student's estimated cost of attendance and financial assistance; (3) have a family adjusted gross income of $65,000 or less; and (4) have the eligible institution provide the lender with a statement evidencing a determination of need and the amount of such need. Sets forth GSL nondiscrimination provisions. Sets forth provisions relating to the amounts of GSL loans. Raises the maximum limit on GSL loan amount in any academic year to:  (1) $3,000 in the case of a student who has not successfully completed a program of undergraduate education; or (2) $7,000 in the case of a graduate or professional student. Retains limits on loan amounts to first-year students.  Retains limits on aggregate unpaid principal amounts to undergraduate and to graduate or professional students, but adds provisions for computing such aggregate limits.  Directs the Secretary to propose regulations to increase the aggregate limit for graduate and professional students if the Secretary:  (1) finds that a substantial student dislocation will occur due to the inability of student borrowers to finance post-baccalaureate medical, dental, veterinary, legal, or other graduate degrees; (2) finds that low- and middle-income students find it impossible to pay for the cost of graduate and professional education; and (3) receives a unanimous recommendation to do so from the advisory committee on student financial assistance. Provides that expected family contribution for purposes of the GSL program shall be determined by means of the schedule established under title IV general provisions. Sets forth provisions for terms and conditions of GSL loans.  Retains the five-to-ten-year repayment period, but provides that such period shall begin nine months after the month in which the student ceases to pursue a full-time course of study at an eligible institution (unless the GSL is made under a program which provides for the insurance of loans for part-time study at eligible institutions, in which case such repayment period shall begin nine months after the month in which the student ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload as determined by the institution).  Retains provisions allowing agreements to shorter repayment periods and entitling borrowers to accelerate repayment without penalty.  Allows forbearance in the enforcement of GSL repayment, with the approval of the applicable guarantee agency. Provides that the GSL interest rate shall be the rate applicable to the borrower's outstanding balance or interest on any GSL loan made before the start of FY 1987.  Provides that the GSL interest rate for borrowers who have no such outstanding balance of principal or interest on any such loan made before the start of FY 1987 shall be the current rate, as determined by specified provisions, as of the date of entering into the loan. Sets such ""current rate of interest"" under the GSL program at eight percent for any calendar year which is not subject to a determination of the Secretary under the following provisions.  Provides that, if the Secretary determines that the average bond equivalent rates of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned for any fiscal year exceeds 13 percent, then the ""current rate of interest"" under the GSL program during the next calendar year (beginning after the end of such fiscal year) shall be the average of such bond equivalent rates for such fiscal year, minus four percent, rounded to the next lower whole percent. Provides that interest on the unpaid balance of any GSL loan shall be at a yearly rate equal to the applicable interest rate applied to the unpaid principal balance of the loan (exclusive of any premium for insurance which may be passed on to the borrower). Retains provisions allowing a lender to charge a borrower interest at a rate less than the applicable GSL interest rate. Retains provisions which make inapplicable to GSL loans any other provisions of law which limit the rate or amount of interest payable on loans. Raises the minimum annual GSL repayment, for an individual or a married couple, to $900 or the balance of all GSL loans (including interest), whichever is less. Revises provisions relating to periods during which periodic installments of GSL principal need not be paid.  Removes the grace period with respect to borrowers who are members of the armed forces, officers in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, volunteers under the Peace Corps Act, or full-time volunteers under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Retains borrower grace periods of specified lengths for uncompensated full-time volunteers in approved programs for tax-exempt organizations, full-time students, approved graduate fellowship program students, disabled individuals in approved rehabilitation programs, interns in the professions, termporarily totally disabled individuals or spouses unable to work because they must care for such individuals, and borrowers seeking and unable to find full-time employment.  Deletes provisions which exclude such grace periods from the determination of the maximum repayment period.  Retains provisions which allow:  (1) deferment of interest payments until the date on which repayment of principal falls due; and (2) addition of such accrued interest to the principal on such date. Sets forth provisions relating to disbursement of GSL loans. Provides that the note or other written evidence of the GSL loan:  (1) shall require the borrower to promptly notify the loan holder of any change of address; and (2) may contain provisions authorized by regulations relating to repayment in the event of default by the borrower. Revises provisions for disclosure to students of loan information. Sets forth provisions relating to GSL guarantee agencies entering into agreements with credit bureaus to exchange information concerning student borrowers. Sets forth title IV, part B, subpart 2 provisions for Federal Support for the Guaranteed Student Loan System. Revises provisions for interest subsidies for GSL loans which meet subpart 1 requirements and which are made by an eligible lender under a program of a guarantee agency and insured under a specified insurance agreement. Establishes a new method for the determination of the quarterly rate of the special allowances on GSL loans. Revises provisions for insurance agreement and obligations relating to interest subsidies for student loans insured under State or nonprofit private student loan insurance programs.  Raises the maximum yearly and aggregate limits on such loans to the maximum limits for GSL loans under subpart 1. Requires that such loans be made, and subject to repayment, in accordance with the same terms and conditions (including interest rate provisions) as GSL loans under subpart 1. Retains provisions relating to procedural requirements for applications for insurance and guarantee agreements by nonprofit private institutions in States without agreements. Revises provisions for guarantee agreements and obligations relating to Federal reimbursement to non-Federal guarantee agencies in case of student borrower default on any GSL loan. Revises provisions for supplemental guarantee agreements. Requires that advances for reserve funds of insurance programs made by the Secretary under the GSL program (as in effect prior to October 1, 1986) shall be repaid within such period as the Secretary may deem appropriate in each case in the light of the maturity and solvency of the reserve fund for which the advance was made, except that such period may not in any case exceed five years after the date of disbursement of the advance.  Requires that advances so repaid be deposited in the guaranteed student loan fund. Retains provisions relating to administrative cost payments to guaranteeing agencies. Retains provisions relating to guarantee agency agreements with eligible lenders for the purpose of authorizing multiple disbursements of loan proceeds. Retains provisions for discharge payments in cases of student borrower death, permanent and total disability, or bankruptcy. Retains specified restrictions on institutional lenders under the GSL program. Sets forth title IV part B (GSL program) subpart 3 provisions for Related Loan Programs. Revises provisions for parent loans to undergraduate students.  Deletes provisions for graduate or professional student eligibility to be treated as ""parents"" for purposes of taking out ""parent loans"" on their own behalf. Authorizes refinancing of parent loans under specified conditions.  Removes limits on the interest rate for parent loans.  Requires that any insurance provided by the Secretary for parent loans shall be provided in accordance with specified requirements relating to Federal loan insurance, as in effect at the end of FY 1986.  Directs the Secretary, after notice and opportunity for a hearing on the record, to terminate the status of any lender as an eligible lender under the GSL program upon determination that such lender has made parent loans in a manner inconsistent with prudent and reasonable lending practices (as determined on the basis of the lending practices that are customary among lending institutions when making loans which are not insured or guaranteed by governmental programs). Sets forth provisions for consolidation of loans under the GSL program or under the national direct student loan program (the NDSL as in effect prior to the start of FY 1986). Authorizes the Secretary or a guaranteeing authority to enter into specified consolidation loan agreements with eligible lenders.  Sets the interest rate for such consolidation loans at nine and one-half percent, with specified exceptions.  Terminates the authority to make such consolidation loans at the close of FY 1991. Revises provisions for a GSL lender of last resort in each State. Sets forth administrative provisions for discontinued loan programs.  Provides that the Secretary shall continue to have all the duties, obligations, powers, authorities, responsibilities, rights, and privileges with respect to loans made, insured, or guaranteed under part B which are outstanding at the start of FY 1987, as the Secretary had with respect to such loans under such part as in effect prior to such date. Sets forth title IV part B (GSL program) subpart 4 provisions for Program Administration and Definitions.  Retains provisions relating to the Secretary's legal powers and responsibilities under part B.  Sets forth provisions barring specified defenses to loan collection.  Sets forth civil penalties for specified violations by lenders or guaranteeing agencies.  Sets forth statute of limitations provisions. Establishes a guaranteed student loan fund. Revises provisions relating to the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae). Deletes references to a specified authorization of appropriations for purposes of establishing Sallie Mae.  Extends through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to guarantee payment when due of principal and interest on obligations issued by Sallie Mae in an aggregate amount determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.  Extends indefinitely a provision that the priority (in bankruptcy proceedings) in favor of the United States shall not establish a priority over the indebtedness of Sallie Mae.  Deletes provisions relating to:  (1) loan consolidation by Sallie Mae; and (2) Sallie Mae as a direct lender. Sets forth definitions used under part B. Sets forth title IV part C provisions for Special Services. Sets forth title IV part C subpart 1 provisions for Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.  (Switches such provisions from title IV part A subpart 4.)  Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such special programs, including:  (1) Talent Search programs; (2) Upward Bound programs; (3) special services for disadvantaged students; (4) educational opportunity centers; and (5) staff development activities. Sets forth title IV part C subpart 2 provisions for Special Programs for Students Whose Families Are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork.  (Switches such provisions from title IV part A subpart 5.)  Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such special programs, including services under the high school equivalency program and college assistance migrant program projects. Deletes title IV part D provisions for Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education (the national direct student loan-NDSL-program).  (Cf. provisions relating to the NDSL program under Institutional Block Grant provisions of title IV part A subpart 3 of this Act.) Sets forth title IV part D General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs. (Switches such provisions from title IV part E.) Revises need analysis provisions to modify one of the basic criteria to be followed in promulgating regulations with respect to expected family contributions.  Changes such criterion from ""any educational expenses of other dependent children in the family"" to ""any tuition paid for other dependent children in the family.""  Deletes a provision which includes under ""effective family income"" any amount paid under the Social Security Act to, or on account of, the student which would not be paid if he or she were not a student.  Directs the Secretary to use a specified series of assessment rates in determining the expected family contribution for any academic year.  Directs the Secretary to approve a schedule for determining the effective family contribution and effective family income of an independent student. Revises the definition of ""independent student"" for title IV purposes.  Raises the minimum allowance for room and board for a student without dependents residing at home with parents from $1,100 to $1,200 per academic year. Revises provisions for forms and regulations to require the Secretary to adhere to specified schedules for:  (1) development and distribution of Federal multiple data entry forms; (2) guaranteed student loan need analysis; and (3) allocation of institutional block grant and college work-study funds.  Provides that any additional regulatory changes initiated by the Secretary which affect the general administration of title IV programs and which have not been published in final form by April 1 prior to the start of the award year shall not be effective until the beginning of the second award year after the April 1 date. Retains provisions relating to student eligibility and institutional and financial assistance information for students. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for training in financial aid and student support services. Retains provisions relating to program participation agreements, transfer of allotments, administrative expenses, and criminal penalties. Provides for the establishment of a national center for postsecondary educational opportunity.  Authorizes the Secretary, to the extent that funds are appropriated, to enter into a contract with an appropriate institution of higher education or public or private agency or organization to pay all or part of the cost of the establishment of such center.  Provides that such center will:  (1) coordinate development and dissemination of preeligibility information for Federal, State, and institutional student assistance and information regarding postsecondary access; (2) develop materials as necessary to increase student awareness of those Federal student assistance programs and postsecondary opportunities; and (3) operate short-term training institutes to enable junior and senior high school counselors and teachers, personnel engaged in special programs for students with disadvantaged backgrounds, college admissions personnel, and community agency staffs to more effectively counsel students regarding postsecondary opportunity and financial aid eligibility and availability.  Directs the Secretary, in determining whether to enter into such a contract, to consider the ability of the applicant to involve specified associations in the operation of the center.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 for such center. Deletes provisions relating to the National Commission on Student Financial Assistance. Establishes an advisory committee on student financial assistance in the Department of Education to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.  Sets forth provisions for committee membership.  Includes among committee duties:  (1) annual reports to the Secretary and the Congress on all forms and sources of student assistance; and (2) collection and annual compilation of information from guarantee agencies on GSL borrowers.  Requires guarantee agencies to submit information describing specified characteristics of:  (1) GSL borrowers for whom default claims are submitted for Federal reinsurance; and (2) GSL borrowers starting with the second fiscal year following the establishment of the committee at the start of FY 1987. Revises and retitles title V of the Act ""Teacher Training Programs""  (thus deleting references to the already repealed part A Teacher Corps Program). Establishes, as a new part A of title V, the Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program to make grants to States for postsecondary education scholarships to outstanding high school graduates who demonstrate an interest in teaching, to enable and encourage those individuals to pursue teaching careers in elementary or secondary education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and subsequent fiscal years for such Carl D. Perkins scholarships.  Directs the Secretary to allocate such funds among the States according to population and to make specified allocations to certain U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth requirements for State applications for such grants.  Includes among such requirements assurances that efforts will be made to attract students who: (1) are from low-income backgrounds; or (2) express a willingness or desire to teach in schools having less than average results or serving large numbers of economically disadvantage students. Sets such individual scholarship awards at $5,000 for each academic year of postsecondary education for study in preparation to become an elementary or secondary education teacher.  Limits such scholarship assistance to four years of postsecondary education.  Provides that such scholarships shall not be considered in determining eligibility for student assistance under title IV of the Act.  Prohibits the individual scholarship award, when added to the title IV assistance, from exceeding the cost of attendance. Requires that Carl D. Perkins scholars be selected by a statewide panel which: (1) is appointed by the administrative head of the State educational agency, acting in consultation with the State higher education executive officer, where appropriate, and approved by the Secretary of Education; and (2) includes representatives of State legislators, school administrators, teachers, and parents.  Requires that such scholar selections be made from students who rank in the top five percent of their high school graduating class.  Directs the statewide panel to develop procedures and crieteria for selection, including grades, extracurricular activities, financial need, and interest in teaching as expressed in a written essay by the applicant.  Authorizes the panel to require letters of recommendation. Sets forth conditions for continuation of such scholarship assistance to recipients, including full-time enrollment and satisfactory progress in a course of study leading to teacher certification. Requires scholarship recipients to agree to teach, for at least two years for each year for which assistance was received, in an elementary or secondary school or a public education program in the State in which the scholarship was awarded, within the ten-year period after completing the postsecondary education for which the scholarship was awarded. Requires repayment of scholarships by recipients found to be in noncompliance with such agreement.  Sets forth exceptions to such repayment requirements. Sets forth provisions for Federal administration of State programs for such scholarships under specified circumstances and judicial review of the Secretary's disapproval of a State program. Establishes, as a new part B of title V, the ""Talented Teacher Fellowship Program,"" a national fellowship program for outstanding teachers. Authorizes appropriations for such fellowships to outstanding teachers for FY 1986 and subsequent fiscal years.  Limits to two and one-half percent that portion of such funds which may be used for administration. Requires that such funds be used to award:  (1) two national teacher fellowships to public school teachers teaching in each congressional district of each State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (2) one such fellowship in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Limits individual fellowship awards to $25,000. Prohibits any individual from receiving such award more than once.  Requires talented teacher fellows to return to a teaching position in their current school district for at least two years following the award, subject to specified repayment provisions. Permits such fellows to use such awards for such projects improving public education as the Secretary may approve, including: (1) sabbaticals for study, research, travel, or academic improvement; (2) curriculum development; (3) consultation with or assistance to other school districts; (4) development of special innovation programs; (5) community relations; or (6) model teacher programs and staff development. Establishes a National Selection Board for Talented Teaching Fellows.  Sets forth provisions for membership and procedures. Requires fellowship applicants to submit proposals for projects, and indicate the extent to which they wish to continue current teaching duties, to the local education agency (LEA) for comment prior to submission to the Committee.  Directs the Committee, in evaluating proposals, to:  (1) consult with the LEA; (2) request recommendations from two teaching peers, the principal, and the superintendent; and (3) consider other appropriate criteria.  Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for such selections. Requires repayment of such fellowship awards in the case of fraud or noncompliance in completing the project undertaken, as determined by regulations of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint, for up to three-year terms, up to five technical employees to administer title V Teacher Training Programs who may be appointed and paid without regard to specified provisions of Federal law governing appointments to the competitive service and relating to classification and pay rates. Deletes part C provisions for Training for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers to Teach Handicapped Children in Areas With a Shortage. Replaces part B provisions for Teacher Training Programs and part D provisions for Coordination of Education Professional Development with new parts C, D, E, and F provisions for teacher training Institutes and Workshops, Professional Development Institutional Assistance for Teacher Training and School Improvement, and Data Collection and Research on Evaluation of Education Personnel. Sets forth title V part C provisions for Institutes and Workshops (""national institutes"").  Directs the Secretary, from funds available for such part, to make grants to institutions of higher education to support summer institutes and workshops for elementary and secondary school educators to improve:  (1) their knowledge and skills in all areas of teaching; (2) their instructional and administrative skills; and (3) the knowledge and application of evaluation of teacher performance.  Authorizes the Secretary, upon request of the State educational agency (SEA), to make grants to other public educator training agencies as established by the SEA prior to January 1, 1983.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) prepare a program implementation plan for part C national institutes programs; (2) submit such plan to specified congressional committees by the start of the fiscal year preceding the award of funds for such programs. Prohibits funds from being obligated for expenditure under or expended for any such program unless:  (1) a specified period of time has passed after such submission; or (2) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted written notice that it has no objection to the plan. Sets forth title V part D provisions for Professional Development. Directs the Secretary, from amounts authorized for such part, to make grants to provide professional development opportunities for elementary and secondary school educators.  Permits such grants to be used to: (1) establish and operate specialized seminars for elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators on instructional techniques, classroom management, use of technology and resources, motivation, and other similar areas; (2) develop training and support systems for beginning teachers, such as mentor programs; (3) assist projects to apply educational research and evaluation findings to classroom and school settings; and (4) establish and operate professional development resource centers that emphasize efforts among educators to improve teaching skills, share and adapt instructional resources, and apply innovative teaching techniques in the classroom. Requires applicants for such funding of a professional resource center to demonstrate that the grant proposal was developed in coordination with the SEA and has been approved by the local educational agency (LEA) concerned, with LEA consent to release educators to participate in center activities. Permits any institution of higher education or consortium of such institutions or nonprofit organization of teachers or administrators (or both) to apply for such grants.  Provides that no such institution or consortium will be eligible for such a grant unless its application demonstrates that the grant proposal was developed, and will be carried out, with the active participation of elementary and secondary school teachers in setting goals, organizing the centers, and allocating resources. Sets forth title V part E provisions for Institutional Assistance for Teacher Training and School Improvement, including teacher education exemplary programs, and school-college partnerships. Directs the Secretary, from amounts available for such purpose, to make grants to institutions of higher education which have a school, college, or department of education to:  (1) fund research and faculty improvement; (2) assess their programs and introduce curricular changes, technological improvements, and enhanced practice teaching experience; (3) improve coordination between teacher training and other departments; (4) provided incentives for programs to recruit students to prepare to be teachers in areas of particular need; and (5) promote other innovative activities within such institutions and departments. Directs the Secretary, from amounts available for such purpose, to make grants to institutions of higher education which have a school, college, or department of education to establish exemplary programs to encourage such institutions and departments to redesign and experiment with their educator training (including inservice), planning and development efforts, including teacher involvement in the assessment of the project. Gives priority to applications for such grants which include cooperative arrangements with other departments of the institution or with other institutions in the vicinity. Directs the Secretary, from specified amounts for such purpose, to make grants to promote the sharing of technological resources and faculty, and consultation on management and administration, between an elementary or secondary school or school district and an institution of higher education. Requires that applications for such grants be submitted jointly by a school or school district and an institution of higher education.  Gives preference to proposals which will provide or improve services to the handicapped or economically or educationally disadvantaged children.  Permits such grants to be used to promote cooperative programs between schools, colleges, and departments of education and local school districts by allowing more extensive mentor programs for students and beginning teachers which:  (1) provide intensified cooperation in providing practical experience for student teachers; (2) permit faculty exchanges to give professors elementary or secondary school classroom experience and allow classroom teachers to work with student teachers in institutions of higher education; (3) assist cooperative research projects; or (4) establish experimental and innovative programs. Sets forth title V part F provisions for Data Collection and Research on Evaluation of Educational Personnel, including assessment of teaching personnel needs and a grants program for evaluation studies. Directs the Secretary to assess the current and future supply and demand for teachers, with particular attention to long-term and short-term shortages of personnel in various areas of specialization, shortages in particular States or regions, and the numbers of minorities and women entering teaching. Directs the Secretary to include the results of such assessment in the annual report to Congress under specified provisions of the Department of Education Organization Act. Directs the Secretary, through grants made by the National Institute of Education, to support studies of evaluation methods, teacher education, and professional development for teachers and other school personnel.  Permits such studies to include assessments of ongoing evaluation programs, research and development on new evaluation programs, assessments of the costs and benefits of alternative evaluation methods, and studies of the degree to which evaluation programs affect teacher incentives to improve and remain in classrooms.  Permits such grants to be issued to LEAs, institutions of higher education, or other organizations involved in research and evaluation on effective teaching and school performance.  Provides that projects funded under such part F should include the collaboration of classroom teachers or their representatives in order to assure effective and equitable practice. Sets forth title V part G provisions for Authorization of Appropriations for Parts C, D, E, and F.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for parts C and D. Provides that a specified first portion of such appropriations shall be available for part C.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for parts E and F.  Provides that a specified portion of such appropriations shall be available for certain provisions of part E and part F. Revises title VI (International Education Programs) of the Act. Renames title VI provisions for international studies centers as ""language training centers.""  Revises such provisions to eliminate references to international studies at such centers and to emphasize intensive foreign language studies by students, faculty, and scholars in critical and less frequently taught languages. Adds to title VI new provisions for a foreign language periodical center.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 to provide assistance for the establishment and operations of such a center.  Directs the Secretary, from such appropriations, to make a grant to an institution of higher education or a public or nonprofit private library institution (or consortium of such institutions) to establish and operate a foreign periodical center which will:  (1) acquire foreign periodicals which are not commonly held, which are of scholarly or research importance, and which are published in foreign countries; (2) maintain current bibliographic information on such periodicals in machine readable form and enter this information into one or more of the widely available bibliographic data bases; (3) preserve such periodicals; and (4) make such periodicals available to other institutions upon request.  Directs the Secretary, in the selection of a grant recipient, to approve as a recipient only an institution or consortium which has already an established library or consortium of libraries with an extensive foreign language periodical collection.  Provides that nothing in provisions for such center shall be considered to amend, affect, or define specified provisions of Federal law relating to copyright. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for title VI part A (International and Foreign Language Studies). Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to provide funds to established overseas language centers administered by the Department of Education. Provides that such appropriations shall be available for three-year grants.  Provides that no center shall be ineligible for a subsequent grant by reason of receiving a previous grant. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for title VI part B (Business and International Education Programs). Redesignates title VI part C (General Provisions) as part D. Adds new title VI part C provisions for Faculty and Student Study Abroad. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to support faculty study abroad.  Provides that such grants shall equal $15 for each ""full-time equivalent student"" enrolled at an eligible instiutition, except that institutions with 500 to 1,000 such students shall be eligible for $15,000 grants.  Provides for ratable reduction of such grants in case of insufficient funds.  Sets forth grant application requirements, including assurances by institutions and agreements by faculty members. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants for faculty study abroad. Directs the Secretary, from amounts available for such purpose, to make grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to provide assistance to enable advanced foreign language students to develop their language skills and their knowledge of foreign cultures and societies through study abroad.  Allows such study to be combined with an internship in an international business enterprise.  Makes any institution or consortium whose application is approved eligible for a grant for up to one-half the cost of providing such assistance.  Sets forth grant application requirements, including:  (1) institutional assurances that the program will provide the opportunity to combine language study with studies in specified fields for students majoring in such fields if they can qualify as proficient in the language; and (2) a description of the proposed program of study abroad in any country or geographic area or region designated by a specified title VI advisory board to be of concern to the national interest.  Permits grant funds to be used to cover costs associated with the study abroad. Provides for ratable reduction of grants in case of insufficient funds.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants for student study abroad. Directs the Advisory Board for title VI programs, in addition to its other duties, to advise the Secretary and the Director of the Office of International Education on: (1) trends in student enrollment that may lead to shortages in expertise on countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages; (2) the impact of international education programs on the needs of international business, foreign policy, and education; and (3) the countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages which should be considered of concern to the national security and other interests of the United States and accorded higher priority for study and for title VI assistance.  Directs the Advisory Board to establish the countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages for which grants may be made available for student study abroad after taking such priorities into account. Adds to title VI new provisions for cross-national study funds.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to the National Institute of Education to cover the cost of U.S. participation in the conduct of cross-national studies in education. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education a Center for International Education, to be administered by a Director of International Education who shall be appointed by the Secretary.  Requires the Director to:  (1) report directly to the Secretary; (2) be responsible for administration of programs under title VI of the Act (HEA); (3) consult with the Advisory Board on the conduct of such programs; and (4) perform any additional functions prescribed by the Secretary.  Requires that the Center establish a clearinghouse for information on assistance available to promote the study of foreign countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages under title VI of the Act (HEA), under other Federal law, and from other public and private sources. Revises title VII (Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities) of the Act (HEA). Deletes title VII parts A and B provisions for grants for construction, reconstruction, and renovation of undergraduate (part A) and graduate (part B) academic facilities. Redesignates title VII part C provisions for Loans for Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities as part A.  Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such loan program. Raises the minimum non-Federal portion of the development cost of any project for which such a loan is made, from 20 percent to 50 percent.  Adds to authorized functions of the Secretary under such loan program specified powers of foreclosure and acquisition. Adds to title VII new part B provisions for Grants for the Purchase of Laboratory, Research, and Other Instructional Equipment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants program. Directs the Secretary from the amount appropriated for such program for any fiscal year, to make grants to institutions of higher education to assist in acquisition and installation of such equipment.  Directs the Secretary in selecting grant recipients to insure that funds are equitably distributed among the geographic areas of the United States and among the various types of institutions of higher education. Requires such institutions to provide matching funds covering at least one-half of the total cost of the acquisition and installation of the equipment for which such grant funds are sought. Revises title VII General Provisions to make conforming amendments which delete provisions for recovery of payments under the deleted grant programs for construction of undergraduate and graduate academic facilities. Revises title VIII (Cooperative Education) of the Act.  Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for:  (1) grants for programs of cooperative education (revising and renaming such grants program to cover comprehensive programs of cooperative education); and (2) grants and contracts for research and training.  Provides that appropriations under title VIII shall not be available for the payment of compensation of students for employment by employers under arrangements pursuant to such title. Provides that a grant (under the revised program of grants for comprehensive programs of cooperative education) shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, be not less than $1,000,000 nor more than $3,500,000 for each of the five years of eligibility. Requires an institution selected for receipt of such a grant to enter into an agreement with the Secretary which contains:  (1) assurances of compliance with specified requirements; and (2) a five-year budget for the program that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the institution will obtain and maintain compliance with such requirements. Revises title IX (Graduate Programs) of the Act. Adds to authorized activities which may be carried out with specified funds for research and studies under part A (Grants to Institutions of Higher Education) of title IX the identification  and recruitment of minorities and women for graduate and professional education (but does not provide for extending the authorization of appropriations for part A beyond FY 1985). Revises part B (Fellowships for Graduate and Professional Study) of title IX to provide that grants by the Secretary under such part shall, subject to the appropriation of funds, be available for a period of three years. Raises to $9,000 the maximum award of a fellowship under such part for financially needy graduate and professional students. Requires the institution, in selecting recipients of such awards, to give priority to those students whose demonstrated level of financial need is the greatest.  Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for part B fellowships for graduate and professional study. Renames the title IX part C National Graduate Fellows Program the Jacob K. Javits Fellows Programs.  Extends through FY 1990 the Secretary's authority to award fellowships under such program.  Provides that such fellowships shall be known as ""Jacob K. Javits Fellowships.""  Provides that such fellowships shall be for graduate study in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and other areas of national interest.  Renames the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Board.  Limits to $9,000 the amount of any stipend paid to an individual awarded such a fellowship. Revises title IX part D (Assistance for Training in the Legal Profession). Increases from six months to nine months the period of preliminary training for which costs may be paid from grant or contract funds under such part.  Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for part D assistance for training in the legal profession. Revises title IX part E (Law School Clinical Experience Programs) to extend through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such part E programs. Revises title X (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) of the Act. Revises title X part A (Establishment and Operation of the Fund) to require that the Director of the Fund:  (1) be appointed by the Secretary with the advice of the National Board of the Fund; and (2) report directly to the Secretary and not be under the supervision or direction of any other officer of the Department of Education.  Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for part A provisions for establishment and operation of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Replaces title X part B provisions for Establishment of Agencies (and which refer to the establishment of a Community College Unit within the Department of Education) with new part B provisions for a Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program. Establishes an Office of the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program within the Department of Education.  Provides that the head of such office shall be a Director who shall:  (1) be appointed by the Secretary with the advice of a specified advisory board established under this Act; and (2) report directly to the Secretary and not be under the supervision or direction of any other officer of the Department.  Makes such Office responsible for the administration of the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program authorized under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act (as added by the Education Amendments of 1980).  Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory board for the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program to advise the Secretary and the Director with respect to such program.  Sets forth provisions for Board membership and duties.  Requires the Director to make available information and assistance to enable the Board to carry out its functions. Revises title XI (Urban Grant University Program). Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such title XI program.  Permits other entities within the community, including the applicant university, to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of projects under such program.  Provides that the Federal share of such project cost shall not exceed 90 percent. Includes planning services under title XI programs.  Makes technical amendments to title XI definitions. Redesignates title XII (General Provisions) as title XIII. Adds new title XII provisions for Institutional Endowment Development. Establishes a program to provide matching endowment grants to institutions of higher education which are eligible for assistance under the challenge grant program (part C of title III of HEA). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such matching endowment grants from sums available under the challenge grant program. Limits the endowment grant period to not more than 20 years, during which time the institution may not withdraw or expend the endowment fund corpus (the amount of the grant plus the matching amount deposited by the institution).  Permits the institution, after grant period termination, to use the endowment fund corpus plus any endowment fund income for any educational purpose. Provides that institutions may receive more than one such grant, but may only receive such a grant for two fiscal years out of any period of five consecutive fiscal years. Limits the amount of an endowment grant to an institution to:  (1) not less than $50,000 for any fiscal year; and (2) not more than $250,000 for FY 1986 or $500,000 for FY 1987 or any succeeding fiscal year. Permits an eligible institution to designate a foundation, which was established to raise money for the institution, as the recipient of the endowment grant.  Sets forth requirements which the foundation and the institution must meet for such an award. Sets forth requirements for investment of the endowment fund corpus and income. Permits an institution to withdraw and expend the endowment fund income to defray any expenses necessary to the operation of the college. Prohibits an institution from spending more than 50 percent of the total aggregate endowment fund income earned prior to the time of expenditure.  Authorizes the Secretary to permit an institution to spend more than the 50-percent limit under specified emergency circumstances. Provides for repayment by an institution of funds withdrawn prematurely from the endowment fund corpus or improperly expended from endowment fund income. Set forth auditing requirements. Directs the Secretary, in selecting eligible institutions for endowment grants, to: (1) give priority to an applicant with a greater need for such grant based on the current market value of the applicant's existing endowment in relation to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at such institution and in relation to the number of such students at such institution who are recipients of assistance under title IV part A (Need-Based Student Assistance); and (2) consider the effort made by the applicant to build or maintain its existing endowment fund and the degree to which an applicant proposes to match the grant with nongovernmental funds. Sets forth provisions for endowment grant applications and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate and recover an endowment grant, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, if the grantee institution fails to properly expend, invest, or account for endowment funds. Directs the Secretary to use the most recent and relevant data concerning the number and percentage of students receiving title IV part A need-based student assistance, for purposes of making title XII institutional endowment development grant determinations. Sets limitations on the uses of title XIII grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out the title XIII institutional endowment development grant program. Redesignates title XII (General Provisions) as title XIII and revises such general provisions. Sets forth a definition of ""State higher education agency."" Directs the Secretary, within six months after enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations in accordance with the recommendations in a May 1982 report on ""Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Territories,"" in order to adapt programs under the Act to the needs of specified U.S. territories and possessions. Adds provisions authorizing appropriations for certain special postsecondary institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for:  (1) Howard University; (2) Gallaudet College; and (3) programs under the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for the John W. McCormack Institute. Sets forth a requirement for congressional approval of regulations under the Act. Terminates the Secretary's authority to promulgate regulations under the Act unless such regulations are submitted for review and approval by Congress.  Provides that such a regulation shall take effect only upon the enactment of a joint resolution of approval with respect to such regulation. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education in the Department of Education.  Sets forth provisions for Commission membership.  Directs the Commission to:  (1) advise the Secretary on matters affecting higher education, student assistance, college libraries and facilities, teacher preparation, endowment, and construction needs; (2) submit an annual report to the Secretary and the Congress. Sets forth provisions for biomedical education projects for economically disadvantaged students.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education to offer projects to educate, motivate, and encourage students from an economically disadvantaged background to pursue training at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the biomedical sciences.  Limits the amount of such grant or contract in any fiscal year to $2,400 for each talented student from an economically disadvantaged background who was a full participant in the project in the academic year ending in that fiscal year.  Sets forth requirements relating to such projects.  Sets forth application requirements for such assistance.  Includes among authorized uses of such project assistance monthly stipends of up to $30 per month for target students who are full-time project participants.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such projects (to remain available for expenditure or obligation through FY 1991).  Provides that up to five percent of such funds shall be used for project evaluations. Amends the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 to extend through FY 1990:  (1) a formula for determination of the amount of the grant to each tribally controlled community college; (2) the authorization of appropriations for technical assistance contracts; and (3) the authorization of appropriations for the tribally controlled community college endowment program.",2025-08-29T17:41:45Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5240
98-hr-5210,98,hr,5210,Academic Libraries and Information Technology Enhancement Act,Education,1984-03-21,1984-03-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,F000270,12,"Academic Libraries and Information Technology Enhancement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise title II of such Act.  Retitles title II (College and Research Library Assistance and Library Training and Research) as ""Academic Library and Information Technology Enhancement.""  Replaces title II part D provisions for design of the National Periodical System (funding for the design of such System under such Act will expire at the end of FY 1985) with new part D provisions for College Library Technology and Cooperation Grants. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for the following programs under title II:  (1) part A (College Library Resources); (2) part B (Library Training, Research, and Development); and (3) part C (Strengthening Research Library Resources).  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for the new part D programs (College Library Technology and Cooperation Grants). Revises part A provisions for college library resource development grants to provide that such grants shall be made only to eligible institutions of higher education or combinations thereof (or branches of such an institution which are located in other communities).  Deletes provisions for making such grants to other public and private nonprofit library institutions which perform certain functions.  Removes the $10,000 maximum limit on such a grant. Adds to application requirements for such grants satisfactory assurances that the institution's library:  (1) is participating in one or more agreements with other institutions for the sharing of library resources; and (2) will maintain or develop access for students to academically oriented data bases.  Permits the latter assurance about maintenance or development of data base access to be waived in very unusual circumstances. Requires that an institution, in order to be eligible for such a grant, must:  (1) be dependent, because of its limited financial resources, on the grant for improving the quality of its programs or maintaining accreditation; and (2) provide the Secretary with specified assurances relating to its need for the grant.  Directs the Secretary of Education, in making awards of such grants, to take into consideration the relative need of the institution and its library based on specified criteria. Requires that the amount of the grant award reflect both such relative need and the number of students who will benefit. Directs the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences to:  (1) study the effectiveness of specified criteria for such grants in directing funds to libraries with the greatest need; and (2) report the results of such study to Congress by the end of FY 1988. Revises part B provisions for library training, research, and development to provide that, of appropriations for part B:  (1) two-thirds shall be available for library career training programs, including fellowships and traineeships; and (2) one-third for research and demonstration projects.  Deletes provisions including improvement of information technology among such research and demonstration projects.  Repeals provisions for special purpose grants under part B, but includes similar provisions under the new part D. Sets forth the new part D provisions for College Library Technology and Cooperation Grants.  Establishes a program under which the Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants for technological equipment and other special purposes. Provides that such part D grants may be made to specified entities (similar in part to those under part B special purpose grant provisions):  (1) institutions of higher education which demonstrate a need for special assistance to acquire, install, maintain, or replace technological equipment (including computer hardware and software) necessary to participate in networks for sharing of library resources; (2) combinations of higher education institutions which demonstrate a need for special assistance in establishing and strengthening joint-use library facilities, resources, or equipment; (3) other public and private nonprofit organizations which provide library and information services to institutions of higher education on a formal cooperative basis to establish, develop, or expand programs or projects that improve their services to institutions of higher education; and (4) institutions of higher education conducting research or demonstration projects to meet special national or regional needs in utilizing technology to enhance library or information sciences.  Directs the Secretary, from funds appropriated for the new part D provisions, to make competitive awards to institutions or combinations of institutions in each of such four categories. Sets the minimum award at $15,000.  Permits such award to be expended over a three-year period.  Requires that an application for such a grant:  (1) be approved by the Secretary on the basis of criteria prescribed in regulations; and (2) provide satisfactory assurance that the applicant will match grant funds with expenditures equal to at least one-third of the grant amount, for the same purpose as such grant during the three-year period for which the grant is sought. Revises title II program purposes (under the new title II heading Academic Library and Information Technology Enhancement) to replace references to assistance in establishment of a National Periodical System Corporation with references to new part D assistance to college and university libraries in acquiring technological equipment and conducting research in information technology.",2025-08-29T17:41:25Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5210
98-hr-5211,98,hr,5211,A bill to terminate certain authority of the executive branch of the Government which is subject to congressional review unless that authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress.,Education,1984-03-21,1984-03-30,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,L000265,0,"Terminates the authority of the Director of Dependents' Education (formerly subject to congression veto) to establish by regulation a formula for determining the minimum allotment of funds necessary for the operation of each school in the Defense Dependents' Education System under the Education Amendments of 1978, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5211
98-hr-5212,98,hr,5212,A bill to terminate certain authority of the executive branch of the Government which is subject to congressional review unless that authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress.,Education,1984-03-21,1984-03-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,L000265,0,"Terminates the authority of the Secretary of Education (formerly subject to congressional veto) to develop procedures for submission of information required under any Federal educational program to a single Federal or State educational agency under the General Education Provisions Act, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5212
98-hr-5193,98,hr,5193,A bill to terminate certain authority of the executive branch of the Government which is subject to congressional review unless that authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress.,Education,1984-03-20,1984-03-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,L000265,0,"Terminates the authority of the Secretary of Education (formerly subject to congressional veto) to prescribe regulations under the General Education Provisions Act, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5193
98-hjres-520,98,hjres,520,"A joint resolution designating April 13, 1984, as ""Education Day, U.S.A."".",Education,1984-03-19,1984-04-13,Became Public Law No: 98-264.,House,"Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12]",TX,D,W000763,225,"Designates April 13, 1984, the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement, as Education Day, U.S.A.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-joint-resolution/520
98-s-2443,98,s,2443,A bill to provide that a student enrolled in a graduate program in psychology shall be eligible for student loans under the health professions student loan program.,Education,1984-03-19,1984-03-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,Amends the Public Health Service Act to make students enrolled in graduate programs in psychology eligible for student loans under the health professions student loan program.,2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2443
98-s-2444,98,s,2444,A bill to permit educational institutions with graduate programs in psychology to apply for grants and contracts to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.,Education,1984-03-19,1984-03-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit educational institutions with graduate programs in psychology to apply for grants and contracts to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.,2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2444
98-hr-5173,98,hr,5173,A bill to provide an experience of life in the United States to children from areas affected by civil strife in Ireland by permitting the use of education block grant funds.,Education,1984-03-15,1984-03-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1]",MT,D,W000520,39,"Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to permit the use of education block grant funds for projects for Irish children. Requires that such projects provide an opportunity to live in the United States to children aged ten through 18 from areas of Ireland that have been torn by civil strife and violence.  Requires that such opportunity include attendance in U.S. schools and affiliation with children of diverse religious, ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds in a peaceful atmosphere. Permits such funds to be used for such projects if the local educational agency concerned files with the Secretary of Education a plan containing assurances that at least one-half of the cost of such projects will be provided from private donations and that project funds will be used to pay a portion of the cost of such children's round-trip transportation, U.S. schooling, and other living expenses.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5173
98-s-2422,98,s,2422,Secondary School Basic Skills Act,Education,1984-03-13,1984-03-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,7,"Secondary School Basic Skills Act - Establishes a program of grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) having especially high concentrations of children from low-income families to enable such agencies to provide more effective instruction in basic skills for economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Defines ""basic skills"" to include reading, writing, and mathematics computational proficiency as well as comprehension and reasoning. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990.  Makes certain amounts of such appropriations available for specified activities and types of grants under this Act. Makes a secondary school eligible to receive assistance under this Act for planning grants, demonstration grants, and formula grants only if 20 percent or more of children aged 14 to 17, inclusive, who are enrolled in such school are counted under LEA basic grant provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as modified by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Requires that funds made available under this Act for planning grants, demonstration grants, and formula grants be used to plan for, develop new approaches to, and carry out educational services and activities designed specifically to raise the basic skills of low achieving disadvantaged children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and from specified funds appropriated for FY 1985, to make planning grants to LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public agencies and nonprofit private organizations. Provides that such planning grants shall be made to such entities on behalf of and for the purpose of assisting eligible secondary schools to prepare proposals for demonstration grants.  Sets forth application requirements.  Limits any such planning grant to $2,000.  Requires planning grant recipients to submit a demonstration proposal within 60 days after the end of FY 1986, or else refund the amount received. Authorizes the Secretary, through NIE and from specified funds appropriated for FY 1985 and 1986, to make demonstration grants to enable eligible secondary schools to develop new approaches to achieving improved basic skills instruction of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students.  Sets forth application requirements.  Requires that the application be made on behalf of the eligible school by: (1) the LEA; or (2) an institution of higher education, public agency, or private nonprofit organization if such entity will provide educational services or conduct educational activities subject to the proposal.  Requires applicants to assure their participation in a national assessment. Requires that administrators and teachers in the eligible school participate in the preparation of the proposal.  Requires that the appropriate State educational agency (SEA) review and comment on the application before submission to the Secretary.  Directs the Secretary to assure that: (1) at least one demonstration grant is made in each State in each fiscal year; and (2) no demonstration grant exceeds $500,000 in any fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary, from specified funds for FY 1987 through 1990, to make formula grants to States to enable LEAs to carry out educational programs and activities to improve the basic skills of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students in eligible secondary schools.  Reserves specified portions of formula grant funds for payments to certain U.S. territories and possessions and payments for children enrolled in Indian schools. Allots the remainder to States on the basis of the number of children aged 14 through 17, inclusive, who are counted for specified purposes under ESEA, as modified by ECIA, for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made.  Requires each SEA to make allocations from the State allotment to LEAs, institutions of higher education, public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations having specified local applications approved on behalf of eligible secondary schools based on the relative number of children aged 14 through 17, inclusive, in such schools who were counted for specified purposes under ESEA, as modified by ECIA. Sets forth requirements for State assurances relating to formula grants.  Limits to one percent of the State allotment State expenditures for administration, technical assistance, coordination, and planning. Limits to ten percent of the State allotment payments to institutions of higher education, public agencies, and nonprofit private organizations submitting applications on behalf of eligible secondary schools. Sets forth requirements for local applications to be filed with the SEA.  Requires consultation with parents and teachers of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students in program design and implementation. Establishes a national secondary school basic skills panel in NIE to identify successful model programs and review planning and demonstration grant proposals. Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to conduct a national assessment of the effectiveness and the implementation of demonstration grants. Directs the Secretary to disseminate assessment results to LEAs having eligible secondary schools.  Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to monitor grants and coordinate activities under this Act with other research activities conducted by NIE and through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Directs the Secretary to make payments under planning and demonstration grants as expeditiously as possible after approval of applications. Prohibits any formula grant to be made with respect to any eligible secondary school for more than two fiscal years unless there is: (1) an improved performance of the economically disadvantaged secondary school students at the school on a State approved basic skills test; or (2) a decrease in the dropout rate at the school.  Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to such prohibition.",2025-08-29T17:41:56Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2422
98-s-2412,98,s,2412,Education Amendments of 1984,Education,1984-03-12,1984-03-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,0,Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.,2025-08-29T17:38:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2412
98-hr-5077,98,hr,5077,Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984,Education,1984-03-08,1984-03-29,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16]",TX,D,C000621,1,"Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for special impact aid payments to State and local educational agencies which provide educational services to immigrant children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to each State educational agency (SEA) for its administrative costs under this Act up to one and one-half percent of the funds to which the SEA is entitled under this Act. Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to make, for FY 1985 through 1987, State entitlement payments equal to $500 for each immigrant child in public and nonpublic elementary or secondary schools within eligible local educational agencies (LEAs).  Requires that the number of such children in the public and nonpublic schools within an eligible LEA be at least the lesser of:  (1) 500;  or (2) five percent of the total enrollment in such public or nonpublic schools during the fiscal year. Requires that the amount of any such grant to an SEA for any fiscal year be reduced by the amounts made available for such fiscal year by any other Federal law for expenditure within the State for the same purposes as those for which funds are available under this Act.  Provides that such reduction shall be made only to the extent that such amounts are made available:  (1) for such purposes specifically because of the refugee, parolee, asylee, or other immigrant status of the individuals served by such funds; and (2) to provide assistance to individuals eligible for services under this Act. Permits payments to States under this Act to be used for supplementary public educational services and costs for immigrant children in public and nonpublic schools within districts served by eligible LEAs.  Includes among such services:  (1) English language instruction;  (2) other bilingual educational services;  (3) special materials and supplies;  (4) additional basic instructional services;  and (5) inservice personnel training. Sets forth requirements for SEA applications for payments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) make payments to SEAs having applications approved; and (2) arrange for the provision of public educational services under this Act to children enrolled in nonpublic schools in cases where a State is prohibited by law from providing such services to such children and where the LEA has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of such children in such services.",2025-08-29T17:39:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5077
98-hr-5099,98,hr,5099,A bill to amend the Bilingual Education Act.,Education,1984-03-08,1984-03-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11]",NY,D,T000326,0,"Amends the Bilingual Education Act to revise provisions for personnel training. Requires that such training be designed to develop knowledge of cultural groups of persons of limited English proficiency. Permits bilingual education training institutes to be located outside the United States if the program would be made more effective by being conducted in a country whose inhabitants speak the language being studied. Requires that, in the awarding of fellowships for study in the field of training teachers for bilingual education, favorable consideration be given to individuals intending to study bilingual education in the following specialized areas:  vocational education, adult education, gifted and talented education, special education, education technology, literacy, and mathematics and science education. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to and contracts with eligible applicants for special projects.  Provides that such special projects may be activities designed to:  (1) promote bilingual education programs in the specialized areas listed in the preceding paragraph; or (2) evaluate the progress of children of limited English proficiency in achieving competence in the English language and in progressing effectively through the educational system.  Sets forth requirements relating to applications for, and the duration of, such grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for such special projects grants and contracts. Revises provisions for bilingual education research to provide for studies to determine the most effective methods of improving the literacy of (currently, ""teaching reading to"") children and adults who have language proficiencies other than English. Adds to the list of authorized research activities: (1) studies to examine effective programs in special education, gifted and talented education, and math and science education; and (2) a five-year longitudinal study to measure the effect of bilingual education programs on the education of students from Cambodia, Haiti, Laos, and Vietnam.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5099
98-hr-5011,98,hr,5011,"A bill to clarify the intent of Congress in adopting title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, to prohibit any educational institution which receives any federal assistance, direct or indirect, from discriminating on the basis of sex, to provide that federal departments and agencies may terminate or deny all federal financial assistance to any educational institution which discriminates on the basis of sex, and to protect women against sex discrimination by educational institutions receiving any form of federal financial assistance.",Education,1984-03-01,1984-03-12,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2]",RI,R,S000136,142,Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5011
98-hconres-266,98,hconres,266,A concurrent resolution restating the clear intent of Congress to provide financial assistance to local school systems to educate alien children and to call upon the President to expend appropriated funds for such purpose.,Education,1984-02-29,1984-03-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Hance, Kent R. [D-TX-19]",TX,D,H000144,21,Restates the intent of Congress to assist local school systems with their obligation to educate alien children.  Declares that the funds duly appropriated pursuant to specified Federal law for such purpose should be spent.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/266
98-s-2367,98,s,2367,Youth Education and Training for Employment Act,Education,1984-02-29,1984-02-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]",OH,D,M000678,0,"Youth Education and Training for Employment Act - Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year to carry out the following provisions of this Act:  (1) title I, assistance to improve basic competency of educationally disadvantaged secondary school students; (2) title II, dropout prevention and remediation programs; (3) title III, community improvement work for disadvantaged students; and (4) title IV, skill training for young adults. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to titles II, III, and IV.  Provides that specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) relating to job training administrative entities shall apply to this Act. Title I:  Assistance to Improve Basic Competency of Educationally Disadvantaged Secondary Students - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (""the Secretary,"" for purposes of title I) to make grants to States for improvement of the basic skills competency of educationally disadvantaged secondary school students. Sets forth provisions for allocations to States. Reserves specified amounts for payments to certain U.S. territories and possessions and for payments for children enrolled in Indian schools.  Bases State allotments on the population of children aged 12 through 17 who are:  (1) from families below the poverty level as determined under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA); (2) from families above the poverty level as determined by specified provisions of ESEA; and (3) living in institutions for neglected or delinquent children or being supported in foster homes with public funds as determined under specified provisions of ESEA.  Sets forth a minimum State allotment requirement. Sets forth provisions for within State allocation. Directs the State educational agency (SEA) to allocate 95 percent of the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) based on the population of such children in the public schools of each LEA. Permits funds under this Act to be used by LEAs for educational services and activities designed to increase the competency of educationally deprived secondary school students in acquiring basic skills, including reading, writing, computation, and verbal communication. Sets forth requirements relating to State applications for assistance under this title.  Requires specified State assurances in such applications.  Requires that, of the five percent of the State allotment retained at the State level, not more than one percent be used for administrative expenses, and the remaining four percent be used for specified types of State assistance to LEAs, including curriculum development, model programs, and training seminars. Sets forth requirements relating to local applications.  Requires that such applications contain specified assurances, including assurances that the projects for which assistance is sought under this title will be conducted only in areas or at schools which are eligible for assistance under title I (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children) of ESEA. Directs the Secretary from the State allotment to pay to each State the costs of the program to be assisted under this title. Title II:  Dropout Prevention and Remediation Programs - Provides for assistance to programs for dropout prevention, remedial education, and basic skills preparation for youth who have not attained skills necessary for employment. Makes an individual eligible to participate in a program receiving funds under this title only if such individual is between 14 and 22 years old and is economically disadvantaged. Directs the Secretary of Labor (""the Secretary,"" for purposes of titles II, III, and IV) to reserve 15 percent of the amount appropriated for this title in each fiscal year for agreements with national community based organizations.  Requires that the remainder be allocated among eligible service delivery areas (SDAs).  Requires each job training administrative entity to submit an application for such assistance for approval by the Secretary.  Requires that an amount equal to 15 percent of appropriations for this title be made available:  (1) to each SDA in proportion to its allocation share; and (2) only for carrying out dropout prevention programs under agreements between the SDA's job training administrative entity and an LEA or LEAs to serve 14 and 15 year old youth in concentrated assistance areas. Sets forth provisions for allocation of funds under this title. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified portion of such funds for allocation among Native American programs qualified under specified provisions of JTPA.  Requires that the remainder be allocated among SDAs on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth residing in concentrated assistance areas within each SDA. Defines a concentrated assistance area as a specified type of community area:  (1) which, during the most recent year, had an unemployment rate exceeding 125 percent for the national average; and (2) where the ratio of the number of economically disadvantaged bears to the number of all youth residing in such area exceeds 125 percent of the national ratio. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to any job training administrative entity, to be used by community-based organizations or LEAs that have demonstrated effectiveness in conducting remedial education programs for youths, for the conduct of programs and activities in eligible concentrated assistance areas. Permits funds under this title to be used for programs to:  (1) identify youths most appropriately served by alternative education programs, with priority given to dropouts or potential dropouts; (2) assess learning abilities and skill levels; (3) provide basic skills instruction, employment counseling, and remedial education to enhance employment prospects; (4) provide basic skills improvement instruction, including literacy training, for attainment of high school equivalency certificates; (5) provide instructional materials such as those relating to advanced learning technology, and Job Corps and Department of Defense education programs; (6) provide remediation and supportive services including counseling, peer to peer counseling, and referral to other community services for prevention of dropping out; and (7) develop testing materials to determine the progress of program participants. Permits national community-based organizations receiving specified reserved funds to use such funds for such authorized program purposes and for management and technical assistance to affiliates and local community based organizations receiving funds under this title. Sets forth requirements for applications by job training administrative entities for payments under this title.  Requires that such applications be submitted to the State Job Coordinating Council established under JTPA and to the Governor for review, comment, and recommendation before submission for the Secretary's approval. Requires that such applications contain specified assurances and describe methods to achieve a 50 percent rate of participation by women in programs under this title, consistent with specified considerations. Title III:  Community Improvement Work for Disadvantaged Students - Establishes a program to:  (1) provide educational and employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth in urban and rural communities with areas of high unemployment and poverty; (2) prepare such youths for transition into the permanent workforce; (3) renovate and repair local public facilities and areas; and (4) provide community services to be furnished by economically disadvantaged youth residing in such communities. Makes eligible for participation in a program under this title any economically disadvantaged individual between 16 and 22 years old who resides in a community improvement area an SDA in which a program assisted under this title is carried out and who is enrolled in:  (1) a secondary school to acquire a diploma; (2) a program leading to high school equivalency certification; or (3) a qualified vocational program as defined by the local job training administrative entity. Directs the Secretary to reserve specified amounts from funds under this title for allocation among certain U.S. territories and possessions and among Native American programs qualified under JTPA.  Requires that the remainder be allocated among SDAs on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth in community improvement areas within each SDA.  Defines a community improvement area as a specified type of community area:  (1) which, during the most recent year, had a rate of unemployment exceeding the national average; and (2) where the ratio which the number of economically disadvantaged youth bears to the number of all youth in the area exceeds the national ratio. Requires each job training administrative entity to:  (1) use funds allocated to its SDA only to serve youth residing in community improvement areas within the SDA; and (2) distribute such funds, to the maximum extent feasible, on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth in each such community improvement area. Permits financial assistance under this title to be used for the employment and training of eligible individuals for:  (1) minor repair and weatherization of public facilities, including hospitals, housing, schools, and recreational areas; (2) landscaping and other activities to improve the appearance of public facilities and local communities; (3) conservation activities; (4) health and nutrition assistance for the elderly; (5) child care activities; and (6) other services benefiting community residents. Sets forth requirements for applications for assistance under this title. Requires that such applications be developed, submitted, reviewed, and approved in accordance with specified provisions of JTPA. Requires that such applications contain specified assurances and describe methods to achieve a 50 percent rate of participation by women in programs under this title, consistent with specified considerations. Limits to 25 percent the portion of the allocation which may be used for administrative costs, equipment, and materials. Sets forth labor standards for programs under this title.  Requires compliance with minimum wage rates. Sets forth conditions under which Davis-Bacon Act locally prevailing wage rates, or apprenticeship rates, may or may not apply to program participants. Prohibits employment under this Act from:  (1) exceeding 25 hours per week for any youth, but allows up to ten percent of the participants of a job training administrative entity to work up to 30 hours per week; (2) lasting for a period less than six months, unless such youth is discharged; and (3) exceeding a period of one year for any youth, or two years so long as the youth has not completed school. Sets forth special conditions relating to programs assisted under this title. Title IV:  Skill Training for Young Adults - Provides for advanced skills training for economically disadvantaged young adults through programs to benefit local communities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to job training administrative entities to provide job skills training in community projects for eligible individuals. Makes eligible for program participation under this title any individual whom the job training administrative entity certifies as:  (1) between 18 and 22 years old; (2) economically disadvantaged; (3) residing in an eligible concentrated assistance area; (4) having a minimum educational level of completing the ninth grade of a secondary school; and (5) enrolled in a secondary school leading to a diploma or in an educational program leading to an equivalency certificate, or having received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount of the funds for this title for allocation among Native American programs qualified under JTPA.  Requires that the remainder be allocated among concentrated assistance areas of SDAs on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged youth residing in such concentrated assistance areas in each SDA.  Defines a concentrated assistance area as a specified type of community area:  (1) which, during the most recent year, had an unemployment rate exceeding 125 percent of the national average for the total civilian labor force; and (2) where the ratio of the number of economically disadvantaged youth bears to the number of all youth residing in such area exceeds 125 percent of the national ratio. Requires that funds made available to job training administrative entities under this title be used to:  (1) provide advanced skills training in identified occupations, for employment in local community projects or any title III community improvement project; (2) pay participants at wage rates in accordance with title III labor standards; and (3) provide advanced skills training through a mentor relationship, such as teacher-trainee, apprenticeship, or similar instructional methods. Permits funds made available to job training administrative entities under this title to be used to:  (1) recruit participants; (2) pay skills training instructors; and (3) provide vocationally related basic skills improvement. Requires each job training administrative entity applying for assistance under this title to identify, with State employment service assistance, the occupations requiring advanced skills training which are or will likely be in demand in the SDA of that entity. Allows any such entity receiving payments under this title to receive funds from any other Federal or non-Federal source without affecting the eligibility of such entity for receiving funds for the program assisted under this title. Sets forth requirements for applications for assistance under this title.  Requires job training administrative entities to submit such applications to the appropriate State job training coordinating council established under JTPA and to the Governor for review, comment, and recommendations before submission for the Secretary's approval.  Requires that such applications contain specified assurances and describe methods to achieve a 50 percent rate of participation by women in programs under this title, consistent with specified considerations. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications under this title, to give priority to applications for projects to be carried out by community based organizations, other nonprofit organizations, for profit businesses, and labor organizations which:  (1) can provide intensive training in occupations with expected growth potential, high demand, and career advancement and mobility potential; (2) can provide training under close supervision using a mentor relationship for instruction in the classroom, at a worksite, or both; and (3) have demonstrated effectiveness in successfully implementing training programs. Makes title III labor standards and special conditions applicable to program participants under this title.",2025-08-29T17:40:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2367
98-s-2378,98,s,2378,Impact Aid Authorization Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-29,1984-02-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD]",SD,R,A000009,39,"Impact Aid Authorization Act of 1984 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations through FY 1989 for the impact aid program for federally affected schools. Increases the authority for reimbursements to eligible local educational agencies for revenues lost from federally owned, nontaxable property. Requires the Secretary of Education, not later than November 15, of each year, to publish the percentage change in the price index published for October of the preceding fiscal year and October of the fiscal year in which such publication is made.  Bases the amount authorized for such impact aid programs on such percentage change.  Limits such percentage change to no more than five percent. Repeals the three-year phaseout of impact aid to federally affected schools whose students' parents either live or work on Federal property.  Authorizes appropriations for such impact aid through FY 1989.",2025-08-29T17:40:34Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2378
98-s-2360,98,s,2360,Vocational-Technical Education Quality and Equity Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-28,1984-02-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL]",FL,D,C000356,3,"Vocational-Technical Education Quality and Equity Act of 1984 - Sets forth national priorities which States are to be assisted in addressing under this Act.  Lists national priorities under the following two headings:  (1) improving the quality of vocational education to meet the needs of a changing economy and labor market; and (2) increasing equity in vocational education by expanding access to programs and providing services to students with specified educational needs. Title I:  State Administration, Planning, and Evaluation - Part A: State Administrative Responsibilities - Sets forth requirements relating to the functions of State boards of vocational education. Includes among State board responsibilities:  (1) appointment of a State director of vocational education and other personnel to administer this Act; (2) convening and meeting at least four times annually; and (3) submitting the State plan to the State advisory council on vocational-technical education.  Requires the State board to assign at least one full-time individual to assist it in specified ways.  Directs each State to reserve a specified amount from its basic State grant for State board functions. Sets forth requirements relating to State advisory councils on vocational-technical education.  Limits membership of each council to 15, at least one-third of whom must be representatives of the private sector. Sets forth other membership representation requirements.  Sets forth council functions and duties, including:  (1) biennial evaluation of vocational education program delivery systems assisted under this Act and under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and of the adequacy and effectiveness of Federal, State, local, and private efforts to strengthen and improve vocational education in the State; and (2) reviewing and commenting on the State plan submitted by the State board. Directs the Secretary of Education, from sums appropriated for such State councils and allotted in a specified manner, to make grants to State councils to carry out their functions.  Sets maximum and minimum limits on the amount of each such grant. Part B:  Planning and Applications - Sets forth requirements for three-year State plans, to be submitted to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements for State applications for funds for each fiscal year under this Act. Sets forth requirements for three-year local plans by eligible recipients, to be formulated with the assistance of local advisory councils and to be submitted to the State board. Part C:  Evaluation and Review - Sets forth requirements for State progress reports and State plan amendments. Sets forth requirements for program evaluation by State boards with the assistance of the Secretary.  Directs the Secretary to report every two years to the Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation, including a summary of State program evaluations, with conclusions and recommendations. Sets forth requirements for local progress and amendments to local plans. Title II:  State Programs - Authorizes the Secretary, from State allotments under title IV of this Act to make grants to assist States in funding vocational education programs, services, and activities carried out by State boards and eligible recipients. Requires that such basic State grants be used, in accordance with approved State plans, to:  (1) improve the quality of vocational education programs to meet the needs of the changing economy through strategies consistent with specified national priorities; and (2) provide equal access to, and benefit from, vocational education programs for underserved groups of individuals and groups of individuals with special needs through strategies consistent with specified national priorities.  Limits the amount of the State allotment which may be transferred by a State:  (1) to ten percent for such improvement purposes; and (2) to ten percent for such equal access purposes. Sets forth the following authorized activities which may be included in carrying out required uses of funds pursuant to this title:  (1) vocational education responsive to labor market demands or designed to keep abreast of technological changes, including high-technology industry-education partnership programs; (2) vocational education special programs and services for underserved and special needs populations (including adult workers in need of training and retraining, disadvantaged, handicapped, minorities, and women); (3) postsecondary and adult vocational education for out-of-school youth and adults in need of training or retraining, whether employed or unemployed; (4) strengthening the institutional base of vocational education by updating curricula, equipment, materials, planning, and staff skills; (5) assigning personnel to work with employers and eligible recipients to insure that programs are responsive to the labor market; (6) vocational education through arrangements with private vocational education institutions, employers, and community-based organizations; (7) design and implementation of planned sequential vocational programs between secondary and postsecondary education levels; (8) program and curricula design and instructor training to teach and apply principles of mathematics, science, written and verbal communications, and technology related to the students' occupational goals; (9) improving the qualifications of individuals serving or preparing to serve in vocational education programs; (10) prevocational and industrial arts programs; (11) vocational student organizational activities; (12) placement services; (13) entrepreneurship programs consistent with the purposes of this Act and the goals established in the State plan; (14) special vocational education programs and support services, including career education, counseling, and guidance, work-study, cooperative, on-site, and apprenticeship, overcoming sex bias and stereotyping, assisting minorities and exemplary and innovative demonstration programs; (15) construction, equipment, and operation of residential vocational-technical schools for students at least 15 years old who require a residential facility to benefit from vocational education; (16) construction of area vocational-technical school facilities; (17) day care services for students' children; (18) up to 50 percent of administrative and supervisory costs; (19) planning, evaluation, and reporting costs; and (20) consortia with other States. Prohibits the use of such funds for activities relating to residential vocational-technical schools, area vocational education schools, or day care services for students' children unless the State board determines that:  (1) it  would be impossible, without expenditures for such activities, to carry out the purposes of this Act and the goals described in the State plan; and (2) adequate funds are not available from other sources for such activities. Title III:  National Programs - Directs the Secretary to maintain a national vocational education data system.  Requires States receiving assistance under this Act to cooperate in supplying information for such system.  Directs the Secretary, in maintaining and annually updating such system, to make such system compatible with:  (1) the occupational information data system established under this Act; (2) other systems developed or assisted under labor market information provisions under JTPA; and (3) other occupational supply and demand information systems developed or maintained through Federal assistance (directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in this ).  Directs the Secretary to secure data about program enrollees and completers, placement and followup, staffing, and expenditures by major purposes of this Act. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials.  Directs the Committee, with funds available under title I, to:  (1) annually provide funds for and assist State occupational coordinating committees; (2) improve coordination among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and JTPA, employment security agency administrators, researchers, and Federal, State, and local employment and training agency personnel; (3) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs; and (4) study the effects of technological change on new and existing occupational areas and the required changes in knowledge and job skills. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of the State board, employment security agency, economic development agency, job training coordinating council, and agency for administering programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.  Directs the State committee, with funds from the national committee, to implement an occupational information system in the State designed to meet the needs of State board programs under this Act and administering agencies under JTPA. Establishes the President's Commission on Vocational-Technical Education (the Commission) consisting of members appointed by the President, with a majority representing the private sector of the economy and the remainder with broad experience in education and economic and human resources development (at least one of whom is a member of the National Commission for Employment Policy established under JTPA).  Directs the Commission to: (1) assess national needs with respect to occupations requiring less than a baccalaureate degree; (2) identify ways to encourage cooperation between the private sector of the economy and vocational-technical education; (3) evaluate program needs for updated equipment, curricula, competent staff, and other necessary components for student preparation and worker training and retraining for the workplace; (4) examine, and make recommendations regarding, the role of vocational education in the improvement of the secondary education system; (5) make appropriate recommendations; and (6) advise the President, Congress, and Secretary on the implementation of this Act, JTPA, and adequate policies for vocational-technical education programs.  Directs the Commission to make a final report of its findings and recommendations to the President, Congress, and Secretary within two years after its first meeting.  Authorizes the Commission to make interim reports and recommendations.  Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report. Provides that the National Center for Research in Vocational Education established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 shall continue to be operated with funds made available under this Act.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) make an annual grant for the Center's operation; and (2) on the basis of solicited applications and the advice of non-Federal experts in vocational education administration and research, designate the entity to be the Center once every five years.  Requires that the Center:  (1) be a nonprofit entity associated with a public or private nonprofit university which has made, or is prepared to make, a substantial financial contribution towards its establishment; and (2) have a Director, appointed by such university and assisted by the advisory committee on research and program development. Provides for a discretionary fund for the improvement of vocational education (""the Fund"").  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, public and private nonprofit organizations, secondary and postsecondary education institutions, and other public and private educational institutions and agencies to improve vocational and technical education.  Allows such grants to be used for:  (1) industry-education partner-programs, technical education, and other high-technology training; (2) institutions and programs involving new paths to career and vocational training, and new combinations of academic and experimental learning with vocational education; (3) adult programs for dislocated workers, work force entry or reentry, or training, retraining, or upgrading skills; (4) access improvement for youth with special needs, including minorities, the economically or educationally disadvantaged, those lacking English proficiency, and the handicapped; (5) linkages between academic and vocational programs of secondary education; and (6) improvement of vocational education quality and equity through new and expanded curricula or advanced training for vocational administrators and instructors. Requires that any grant or contract under the Fund to an eligible recipient of funds under title II of this Act shall be submitted to the appropriate State board for review, comment, and recommendations to be forwarded to the Secretary.  Provides that the advisory committee on research and program improvement established under this Act will advise the Secretary, and the Director of the Fund appointed by the Secretary, on the award of grants under the Fund. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory committee on research and program improvement to advise:  (1) the Secretary on selection and management of programs funded under this title; (2) the Secretary, the Director of the Center, and the Director of the Fund, with respect to policy issues in the administration of the Center and in the selection and conduct of research and demonstration projects and activities by the Center; and (3) advise the Fund. Sets forth provisions for advisory committee membership.  Provides that members shall not be Federal employees.  Requires the advisory committee to meet at least three times annually at the call of the Secretary, including at least one meeting at, and primarily concerned with, the Center. Title IV:  General Provisions, Authorizations, and Allotments - Part A:  Authorization and Allotments - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1991 for:  (1) basic State grants under title II to improve the quality of vocational education payments to meet the needs of the changing economy; (2) basic State grants under title II to provide equal access to, and benefit from, vocational education programs for underserved groups of individuals and groups of individuals with special needs; (3) State administration, planning, and evaluation programs under title I; (4) national programs under title III, with specified exceptions; (5) the Occupational Information Data System under title III; and (6) the Fund for the improvement of vocational education.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for the President's Commission on Vocational Education under title III.  Requires that the amount appropriated in any fiscal year for basic State grants for improvement of program quality be substantially equal to the amount for the basic State grants for provisions of equal access to programs. Requires a State, in order to receive any allotment under this Act, to:  (1) establish a State board and a State advisory council on vocational-technical education; (2) have an approved State plan and application; (3) comply with evaluation and review and other provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary, from appropriations for basic State grants and for State administration, planning, and evaluation, to reserve two percent for Indian programs.  Directs the Secretary, from the remainder of such appropriations and subject to specified provisions, to allot to each State for each fiscal year an amount based on formulas using State allotment ratios and relative State populations of certain age groups. Allots the following percentages of such funds on the basis of population age:  (1) 15 through 19--50 percent; (2) 20 through 24--20 percent; and (3) 25 through 65--15 percent. Allots the remaining 15 percent on the basis of relative sums of such age group allotment.  Sets forth a minimum State allotment amount, with specified exceptions, and minimum allotments for specified territories and possessions of the United States.  Provides for reallotment among other States of any amount which the Secretary determines will not be required for carrying out a State's program for any fiscal year.  Sets forth a formula for determining State allotment ratios based on relative State per capita income.  Sets maximum and minimum limits on such ratios and sets ratios for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Sets forth provisions for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, to contract with the tribal organization to plan, conduct and administer vocational education programs with the two-percent reserved funds for such purpose.  Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds from such reserved funds, to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation of vocational education programs in institutions serving eligible Indians. Makes provisions of this Act applicable to the BIA as if it were a State board. Part B:  Federal Administrative Responsibilities - Sets forth provisions for payments to States for administrative costs.  Sets forth maintenance of effort requirements. Sets forth provisions for withholding of funds from States by the Secretary, and for judicial review of such withholding. Part C:  Transitional and Conforming Amendments - Sets forth provisions for the transition from requirements (including expenditure of funds) under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to requirements under this Act. Transfers the personnel, property and records of:  (1) the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education established under such Act to the President's Council on Vocational-Technical Education established under this Act and to the advisory council on research and program improvement established under this Act; and (2) the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under such Act to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to the JTPA, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Adult Education Act, the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. Part D:  Definition of Terms - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act.",2025-08-29T17:40:32Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2360
98-s-2363,98,s,2363,"A bill entitled the ""Sex Discrimination in Education Reform Act of 1984"".",Education,1984-02-28,1984-02-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR]",OR,R,P000009,19,Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.,2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2363
98-s-2348,98,s,2348,Vocational Education Act,Education,1984-02-27,1984-02-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN]",IN,R,Q000007,0,"Vocational Education Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to assist the States to:  (1) improve the quality of vocational education programs, and make them more responsive to labor market needs; (2) improve access to, and the quality of, vocational education for groups of individuals with special problems in the labor market, such as the handicapped and the economically disadvantaged, and to promote sex equity in occupational training; (3) assist in dealing with economic dislocation through programs for retraining adult workers and by promoting training for occupations required by expanding industries; and (4) achieve these purposes by involving the business community in the planning process and developing performance standards. Title I:  State Vocational Education Program - Part A:  Authorization of Appropriations and Allotments - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Provides that, beginning with FY 1986 and thereafter, appropriations for programs and activities under this Act shall be available for obligation only on the basis of a program year which shall begin on July 1 in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. Provides that funds obligated for any program year may be expended by each recipient and subrecipient during that program year and the two succeeding program years and no amount shall be deobligated on account of a rate of expenditure which is consistent with the program plan. Provides that appropriations for FY 1985 shall be available both to fund activities for the period between October 1, 1984, and June 30, 1985, and for the program year beginning July 1, 1985.  Authorizes appropriation of any additional sums necessary to carry out the transition to program year funding. Distributes funds under this Act as follows:  (1) one percent for Indian programs under Part D of title II; (2) not more than three percent for national activities under parts B and C of title II;  and (3) the remainder for allotments to States. Directs the Secretary of Education to make three separate types of State allotments for each fiscal year. Provides that the first type of State allotment shall be taken from gradually decreasing portions of the funds available for State allotments as follows:  (1) 80 percent for FY 1985; (2) 75 percent for FY 1986; (3) 70 percent for FY 1987; (4) 65 percent for FY 1988; and (5) 60 percent for FY 1989.  Makes such first type of State allotment on the basis of State population aged:  (1) 15 through 19,50 percent; (2) 20 through 24,20 percent; (3) 25 through 65,15 percent; and (4) 15 through 65,15 percent. Provides that the second type of State allotment shall be taken from 20 percent of the funds available for State allotment. Makes such second type of State allotment on the basis of State population of long-term unemployed individuals. Provides that the third type of State allotment shall be taken from gradually increasing portions of the funds available for State allotments as follows:  (1) five percent for FY 1986; (2) ten percent for FY 1987; (3) 15 percent for FY 1988; and (4) 20 percent for FY 1989.  Makes such third type of State allotment on the basis of the number of economically disadvantaged individuals and handicapped individuals actually served in the State in the year prior to the year in which the allotment determination is made. Part B:  State and Local Administrative and Planning Provisions - Sets forth conditions for State grants.  Requires each State desiring to participate in the program authorized by this Act to:  (1) establish or designate a State educational agency or board to be responsible for administration of payments received and State plan preparation; (2) submit two-year State plans; (3) assure State compliance with performance standards or take acceptable corrective measures toward achieving such standards; and (4) assure State compliance with other provisions of this Act. Sets forth provisions for development of the State plans.  Requires that State plans be developed with the active participation of the private sector, labor organizations, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, representatives of specified underserved groups of individuals, and the State advisory committee. Requires each State to establish a State advisory committee.  Requires that at least one-third of committee members be from the private sector, and that other members be representative of other specified groups. Allows a majority of the private sector representatives to file separate views on certain provisions of the State plan. Sets forth requirements for State plan contents. Includes among such required contents:  (1) expected performance outcomes for all participants, with separate descriptions for the handicapped and the economically disadvantaged; (2) appropriate remedial measures to meet performance standards; (3) comparisons of prevailing wage rates of occupations for which men and women are being trained, taking into account the percentage of men and women in each occupation; (4) plans for progress in sex equity; (5) criteria for within State allocation of at least 60 percent of its allotment which assure that high unemployment and poverty areas receive an equitable share of vocational education funds, and which may provide incentives for areas exceeding performance standards; and (6) criteria for within State allocation of at least 30 percent of its allotment to postsecondary education programs. Requires each State, unless the entire State will serve as a single planning area, to designate regional or local planning areas within the State which shall, to the extent feasible, relate to labor market areas or be coordinated with areas used for related functions.  Provides that this requirement shall not: (1) preclude the use of local educational agencies for local planning functions; or (2) require a single plan for secondary education and postsecondary programs if the State determines that such a single or regional plan would not be feasible. Requires that regional or local plans be developed with the active participation of the private sector, labor organizations, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, representatives of specified underserved groups of individuals, and advisory panels. Requires that a majority of the panel members be representatives of the private sector, and that other members be representative of other specified groups.  Allows a majority of the private sector representatives to file separate views on certain provisions of the local or regional plan. Sets forth requirements for local or regional plan contents. Includes among such required contents:  (1) expected performance outcomes, with separate descriptions for the handicapped and the economically disadvantaged; (2) comparisons of prevailing wage rates of occupations for which men and women are being trained; and (3) plans for progress in sex equity. Part C: Use of Funds - Allows funds under this title to be used for developing new, improved, or expanded vocational education programs that are responsive to labor market demands in the locality or region of the State.  Lists examples of activities such funds may be used for. Allows States to use such funds for any programs and services which States determine to be useful to carry out such purpose of developing programs responsive to labor market demands. Allows funds under this title to provide additional services which are necessary to enable underserved groups of individuals to participate successfully in vocational education programs or to strengthen the institutional capacity of the vocational education system to serve such individuals.  Includes among such underserved groups individuals who are:  (1) economically disadvantaged; (2) handicapped; (3) limited in English-speaking proficiency; (4) single parents and heads of households; or (5) women.  Lists examples of activities such funds may be used for.  Allows States to use such funds for any programs or services which States determine to be useful to carry out such purpose of improving vocational education for underserved groups of individuals. Allows funds under this title to be used to improve and expand the capacity of the vocational education system to train and retrain adult workers.  Requires that funds used for such purpose be used only for programs developed in coordination with the State agency administering title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Allows such funds to be used for:  (1) additional training under title III of JTPA; (2) vocational education programs for training and retraining adults, including programs for displaced homemakers; and (3) the costs of serving adults in other vocational education programs. Requires that the entire amount of that type of State allotment which is based on the number of long-term unemployed individuals be available only for adult retraining programs. Requires that at least ten percent of the funds received by a State be used to expand and improve vocational education for the handicapped.  Requires that at least 20 percent of the funds received by a State be used to expand and improve vocational education for the economically disadvantaged. Limits to not more than 15 percent of the State allotment the amount which may be used for administration, planning, and evaluation. Part D:  Performance Standards - Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government that Federal funds for vocational education be used to make vocational education more responsive to labor market needs and to improve the access of traditionally underserved groups of individuals to quality vocational education while leaving States and localities maximum discretion in how to achieve such purposes.  Declares that such objectives can best be met by the States developing performance standards which measure the achievement of Federal purposes while leaving maximum flexibility for States to determine use of funds in the light of local circumstances and needs. Requires each State plan to contain performance standards expressed as a percentage of successful outcomes for all participants, and for the handicapped, and for the economically disadvantaged.  Permits these numerical standards to be different for secondary and for postsecondary programs.  Requires that successful outcomes for secondary students include at least:  (1) training related placement (including enlistment in the armed services); (2) achievement of skill levels acceptable to the local employer community; and (3) achievement of basic employment competencies (basic educational attainments and attitudes necessary for entry level employment) as determined by the appropriate State education agency and which are acceptable to the employer community; and (4) continuing education.  Requires that successful outcomes for postsecondary students include at least: (1) training related placement; and (2) achievement of skill levels. Requires that basic employment competency levels be:  (1) prescribed by State and local education agencies; and (2) acceptable to the private sector representatives on the appropriate councils and planning panels.  Requires that acceptable skills be determined by the private sector through the State Advisory Committees, the local private industry council under JTPA, or through committees representing employers and labor organizations established for a particular industry or occupation pursuant to provisions for local or regional planning. Allows each State plan to apply numerical standards to a local or regional area so that overall State goals will be met, taking into account differing demographic and economic characteristics of the area and the population to be served. Sets forth a prohibition against Federal control of education for purposes of this Act. Title II:  Federal Responsibilities - Part A: Federal Administrative Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to State plan approvals, payments to States, judicial review of plan disapprovals, and audits. Part B:  Research and Data Collection; School to Work Transition - Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor, from specified funds available under this Act and under JTPA, to jointly develop a research and technical assistance program relating to education, training and employment.  Allows such program to include the establishment and operation of one or more centers for development of specified capacities for analyzing vocational education, training, and employment.  Requires that a center's application for such assistance be approved by a panel of experts, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary in maintaining assistance under this Act to cooperate in supplying information for such system.  Directs the Secretary, in maintaining and annually updating such system, to make such system compatible with:  (1) the occupational information data system established under this Act; (2) other systems developed or assisted under labor market information provisions under JTPA; and (3) other occupational supply and demand information systems developed or maintained through Federal assistance (directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in this).  Directs the Secretary to secure data about program enrollees and completers, placement and followup, staffing, and expenditures by major purposes of this Act. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials.  Directs the Committee, with funds available under this Act and JTPA, to:  (1) annually provide funds for and assist State occupational coordinating committees; (2) improve coordination among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and JTPA, employment security agency administrators, researchers, and Federal, State, and local employment and training agency personnel; (3) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs; and (4) study the effects of technological change on new and existing occupational areas and the required changes in knowledge and job skills. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of the State board, employment security agency, economic development agency, job training coordinating council, and the agency for administering programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.  Directs the State committee, with funds from the national committee, to implement an occupational information system in the State designed to meet the needs of State board programs under this Act and administering agencies under JTPA. Directs the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education and as part of the National Assessment of Education Progress required under the General Education Provisions Act, to identify vocational education students among the national sample of students who have attained 17 years of age in order to enable a comparison to be made over time of the achievements in reading, writing, and arithmetic, by region of the country and by socioeconomic level of vocational education students and other students. Sets forth provisions for school-to-work transition programs.  Authorizes the Secretary, from funds under this title, to make grants or award contracts to consortia of private sector local employers to develop and implement innovative programs to assist vocational education graduates to make a transition into unsubsidized employment in the private sector.  Requires that such programs be:  (1) established cooperatively with vocational educators in more than one State; (2) based on programs of demonstrated effectiveness; and (3) administered and coordinated by the Secretary.  Allows such programs to include on-the-job training, support services, technical assistance, and placement services. Part C:  President's Council on Vocational Education - Establishes the President's Council on Vocational - Technical Education, consisting of members appointed by the President, with a majority representing the private sector of the economy and the remainder with broad experience in education and economic and human resources development (at least one of whom is a member of the National Commission for Employment Policy established under JTPA).  Directs the Council to advise the President, Congress, and vocational-technical education programs.  Directs the Council to make a report of its findings and recommendations to the President, Congress, and Secretary every third year.  Authorizes the Council to:  (1) make interim reports and recommendations; and (2) collect, analyze, and disseminate information on the skill and competency levels developed under provisions for performance standards. Part D:  Indian Program - Sets forth provisions for Indian programs.  Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, to contract with the tribal organization to plan, conduct and administer vocational education programs with the funds reserved for such purposes.  Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds from such reserved fund, to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation of vocational education programs in institutions serving eligible Indians. Makes provisions of this Act applicable to the BIA as if it were a State board. Part E:  Transitional and Conforming Provisions - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect October 1, 1984, except that provisions relating to performance standards shall become effective July 1, 1985.  Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations under this Act upon the date of enactment of this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Adult Education Act, the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. Title III:  Coordination of Job Training Activities - Provides that no provision of any Federal  law shall be construed to prohibit the use of a private industry council established under JTPA for planning for, or advising on, programs under this Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or any other Federal law relating to employment or training. Authorizes State Governors to combine two or more advisory councils whose functions relate to vocational education, employment, or training, or use one such council to perform the functions of more than one such council if specified conditions are met.  Directs any Governor wishing to merge or expand the use of an advisory council to give public notice of the new or expanded council and its proposed functions.  Requires that such notice be transmitted to, and subject to the approval of, the head of each responsible Federal agency.  Provides for appeals of adverse decisions to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or to the head of any other agency designated by the President. Sets forth provisions relating to performance of services by State agencies receiving Federal assistance for training. Amends the Economy Act to make specified provisions of such Act applicable to any State agency receiving Federal financial assistance for vocational education, job training, or related programs, as designated by the State Governor or the Mayor of the District of Columbia.  Allows each State agency to contract with any other State agency to perform services for which Federal assistance for job training or related programs is received if the Governor determines that such a contract will promote efficiency of operation.",2025-08-29T17:37:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2348
98-s-2341,98,s,2341,Vocational Education Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-23,1984-08-09,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,7,"(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 4164 passed in lieu) Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out the provisions of titles I, II (other than consumer and homemaking education programs), III, and IV (other than bilingual vocational training provisions) of this Act, relating to State programs. Makes two percent of such appropriations for each fiscal year available to carry out the provisions of title IV (other than bilingual vocational training provisions) relating to national programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to assist States to carry out programs and services designed to enroll severely economically and educationally disadvantaged youth in vocational education programs or other education and training or for employment, using joint efforts between eligible recipients and community-based organizations (under part C of title I of this Act). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for title II provisions for consumer and homemaking education programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for title IV part E bilingual vocational training programs. Title I:  Vocational Education Assistance to the States Part A:  Allotment and Allocation - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve from sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this Act:  (1) two percent for the activities described in title IV (National Programs); and (2) two percent for the purpose of carrying out provisions for Indian and Hawaiian native programs. Directs the Secretary, from the remainder of such sums and subject to specified provisions, to allot to each State for each fiscal year an amount based on formulas using State allotment ratios and relative State populations of certain age groups.  Allots the following percentages of such funds on the basis of population aged:  (1) 15 through 19, 50 percent; (2) 20 through 24, 20 percent; and (3) 25 through 65, 15 percent.  Allots the remaining 15 percent on the basis of the relative sums of such age group allotments.  Sets forth a minimum State allotment amount, with specified exceptions, and minimum allotments for specified territories and possessions of the United States.  Provides for reallotment among other States of any amount which the Secretary determines will not be required for carrying out a State's program for any fiscal year.  Sets forth a formula for determining State allotment for ratios based on relative State per capita income.  Sets maximum and minimum limits on such ratios and sets ratios for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Sets forth provisions for within-State allocation of the State allotment.  Directs each State to allocate from its allotment (other than amounts for specified community-based programs for disadvantaged youth) in each fiscal year:  (1) up to six percent for administrative expenses; and (2) one percent for expenses of the State Council on Vocational Education, within minimum and maximum dollar amounts.  Requires that of the remainder of the State allotment:  (1) 50 percent shall be available for activities described in title II (Programs for Vocational Education Opportunities); and (2) 50 percent shall be available for activities described in title III (Vocational Education Program Improvement, Innovation, and Expansion). Sets forth provisions for Indian and Hawaiian native programs. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, to contract with the tribal organization to plan, conduct and administer vocational education programs with the funds reserved for such purpose.  Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds from such reserved funds, to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation of vocational education programs in institutions serving eligible Indians aged 15 through 24. Makes provisions of this Act applicable to the BIA as if it were a State board. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of any eligible recipient or any nonprofit private organization which is engaged in furnishing educational services or activities to Hawaiian natives, to contract with such recipient or organization to plan, conduct, and administer vocational educational programs for the benefit of Hawaiian natives with the funds reserved for such purpose. Part B:  State Organizational and Planning Responsibilities - Requires any State desiring to participate in the program under this Act to establish or designate a State board of vocational education to be the sole State agency responsible for the administration or supervision of the State vocational education program.  Includes among State board responsibilities:  (1) coordination of programs policy development; (2) coordination of State plan development, approval procedures, and submission; (3) consultation with the State council on vocational education and other appropriate State agencies, councils, and individuals involved in program planning and approval; and (4) adoption of such procedures as the State board considers necessary to implement State level coordination with the State job training coordination council to encourage cooperation in the conduct of their respective programs. Allows the State board to delegate any of its responsibilities, other than those listed, to other State agencies. Requires States to assign at least one individual to work full time to assist the State board to fulfill the purposes of this Act with respect to sex equity in vocational education programs. Requires each State to expend a specified minimum amount for State administration of vocational education programs under this Act. Requires the State board to make available to each private industry council established under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) within the State a description of all programs assisted under this Act to be operated by eligible recipients in service delivery areas designated under JTPA. Requires States desiring to participate in programs under this Act to establish a State council on vocational education.  Sets forth requirements relating to council membership, a majority of whom must be representative of business and industry.  Requires that one member be representative of special education, and at least one member be representative of labor organizations in the State. Requires that other members be representative of the State job training coordinating council (one), the State legislature (two), and secondary and postsecondary vocational education. Directs the State council to obtain the advice of experts on the special education needs of the groups of individuals to be served under this Act, including handicapped, disadvantaged, women, adults, and the incarcerated. Requires the State council to make recommendations for State plan development and to review the State plan. Requires the State council to:  (1) make recommendations to the State board for coordination of programs assisted under this Act with those under JTPA; and (2) assess, at least once every two years, the adequacy and effectiveness of such coordination and the extent that the objectives of this Act are compatible with those of JTPA. Requires each State to make available a specified minimum amount for the expenses of the State council. Sets forth requirements for State plans under this Act.  Requires that State plans be submitted to the Secretary and cover a three-year period in the case of the initial plan and a two-year period thereafter, with such annual revisions as the State board determines to be necessary.  Requires that such planning periods be coterminous with those under JTPA. Sets forth requirements relating to State plan development. Includes among required provisions of State plans: (1) compliance with criteria for programs for the handicapped and for the disadvantaged; (2) relevant training for men and women desiring to enter occupations not traditionally associated with their sex; (3) program evaluation using measurements such as labor market needs; and (4) participation of private elementary and secondary school children.  Requires State plans to provide specified assurances relating to use of funds:  (1) for the disadvantaged and handicapped; (2) for single parents and homemakers (with special emphasis on those with the greatest financial need and on displaced homemakers). Requires the State to set forth procedures to be used in approving applications for funds.  Requires eligible recipients to equitably serve the special needs of individuals with limited English proficiency.  Requires that the amount expended from State and local sources for vocational education for handicapped individuals in a State in each fiscal year will be at least equal to the amount expended in FY 1984. Sets forth requirements for State plan approval. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance and guidance to assist States to fulfill specified requirements for State plans. Part C:  State Assistance for Vocational Education Support Programs by Community-Based Organizations - Requires each community-based organization which desires to receive assistance under this part to prepare jointly with the appropriate eligible recipient and submit an application to the State board.  Sets forth application requirements. Requires each State, from the portion of its allotment available under this part, to provide financial assistance to joint programs of eligible recipients and community-based organizations within the State to conduct special vocational services and activities.  Authorizes the use of such funds for:  (1) outreach programs; (2) transitional services; (3) prevocational educational preparation and basic skills development, in cooperation with businesses; (4) special prevocational preparation programs targeted for inner-city youth, non-English speaking youth, Appalachian youth, and the youth of other urban and rural areas having a high density of poverty; (5) career intern programs; (6) student needs assessment; and (7) guidance and counseling. Title II:  Program for Vocational Education Opportunities - Requires each State, from the portion of its allotment available for this title, to provide vocational education services and activities to meet the special needs, and enhance the participation, of:  (1) handicapped individuals; (2) disadvantaged individuals; (3) single working parents or individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults; and (4) criminal offenders who are serving in a correctional institution. Limits the use of funds under this title for handicapped individuals to supplemental or additional staff, equipment, materials, and services not provided to other individuals in vocational education that are essential for handicapped individuals to participate in vocational education, but allows each State to use such funds for separate vocational programs for handicapped individuals if the handicapping conditions of the students require a separate program. Permits the use of funds under this title for the improvement of vocational education programs designed to provide equal access to quality vocational education to disadvantaged individuals, including the acquisition of modern machinery and tools and the costs of services and activities which apply the latest technological advances to the course of instruction. Permits use of funds under this title to make grants to eligible recipients for expanding vocational education services when this expansion directly increases the eligible recipients' capacity for providing single working parents and homemakers with marketable skills. Permits use of funds under this title to make grants to community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness for the provision of vocational education services to single parents and homemakers. Permits use of funds under this title for programs for single parents and homemakers, including basic literacy instruction, educational materials for marketable skills, and assistance with child care, transportation, or scheduling to make such programs more accessible. Permits use of funds under this title for basic skills instruction for specified groups with special needs. Allows States to use funds under this title to arrange with private vocational training institutions for educational training, equipment, or services under specified circumstances. Requires that services and activities for groups with special needs under this title include, to the extent practicable, worksite programs such as cooperative vocational education, work study, and apprenticeship programs.  Permits such services and activities to include placement services for students who have successfully completed vocational education programs. Distributes title II assistance as follows:  (1) 25 percent for handicapped individuals; (2) 50 percent for disadvantaged individuals; (3) 23 percent for single parents and homemakers; and (4) two percent for criminal offenders in correctional institutions. Allocates the 75 percent of title II funds which shall be available for the handicapped and disadvantaged among eligible recipients on the basis of a formula which takes into account relative numbers of economically disadvantaged individuals enrolled, relative numbers of disadvantaged and handicapped students served, and increases in the numbers or percentages of handicapped and disadvantaged students proposed to be served. Provides for reductions and reallocations of such payments to eligible recipients under specified conditions. Requires each local educational agency (LEA) to use community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, in addition to other eligible recipients, for the use of title II funds in areas of the State in which:  (1) vocational education facilities are insufficient; (2) vocational education programs do not adequately address the needs of disadvantaged students; or (3) the LEA determines that the community-based organization can better serve disadvantaged students.  Authorizes each LEA to use title II funds for the handicapped and disadvantaged for joint projects with other LEAs. Permits the State board to adopt a de minimis rule under which funds are:  (1) not allocated to an eligible recipient which is eligible to receive $1,000 or less in any fiscal year; and (2) reallocated among other eligible recipients within the State.  Permits such a rule whenever the State board determines that the required distribution of funds will result, with respect to such an eligible recipient, in ineffective programming and use of funds. Directs the State board to establish criteria for the distribution of the remaining 25 percent of title II funds to eligible recipients and community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness for purposes of the programs for single parents and homemakers and for criminal offenders in correctional institutions. Provides that nothing in this title shall be construed to require the State board to identify, separately, expenditures for disadvantaged individuals and for handicapped individuals with respect to eligible recipients within the State. Sets forth criteria for services and activities for the handicapped and the disadvantaged. Permits vocational education services and activities for handicapped individuals and disadvantaged individuals to be furnished jointly or in common, whenever the State board determines that it is appropriate. Title III:  Vocational Education Program Improvement, Innovation, and Expansion - Permits each State, from the portion of its allotment available for this title, to use grants for:  (1) improvement of programs within the State; (2) expansion of activities to meet student needs, particularly in economically depressed areas where there are inadequate vocational education programs; (3) introduction of new programs, particularly in economically depressed areas; (4) creation or expansion of programs to train workers in skilled occupations needed to revitalize businesses and industries or to promote the entry of new businesses and industries into a State or community; (5) exemplary and innovative programs stressing new and emerging technologies and designed to strengthen vocational education services and activities; (6) guidance, counseling, and career development activities conducted by professionally trained counselors in the improvement of programs; (7) curriculum development, including basic skills training; (8) expansion and improvement of programs at area vocational schools; and (9) equipment acquisition and facilities renovation to improve or expand programs within the State. Directs each State to conduct consumer and homemaking education programs from specified amounts available for such purpose. Directs each State, from specified amounts available for title III, to use grants for the provision of inservice and preservice training designed to increase the competence of vocational education teachers, counselors, and administrators, including special emphasis on the integration of handicapped and disadvantaged students in regular courses of vocational education. Directs the State board to establish criteria for the distribution of title III assistance among eligible recipients, giving special emphasis to economically depressed urban and rural areas and to area vocational schools serving such areas. Requires that at least 30 percent of the title III assistance for each State in each fiscal year be available only for vocational education services and activities at the secondary and postsecondary school level to train and retrain adults.  Permits such set-aside to be used by the State to comply with the set-aside requirement in the following sentence.  Requires that at least ten percent of title III assistance for each State in each fiscal year be available only for conducting industry education partnership training programs in high technology occupations. Sets forth criteria for:  (1) program improvement, innovation and expansion; (2) industry education partnership training programs in high technology occupations; and (3) adult programs and postsecondary programs for adults. Title IV: National Programs - Part A:  Research - Directs the Secretary, in order to carry out specified research objectives, to conduct applied research on aspects of vocational education specifically related to this Act.  Allows such research to be conducted through the National Institute of Education (NIE) or any other division of the Department of Education which the Secretary determines to be appropriate.  Includes in such research:  (1) methods for providing quality vocational education to handicapped individuals, disadvantaged individuals, men and women in nontraditional fields, adults, single working parents or individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults, individuals with limited English-speaking proficiency, and individuals incarcerated in correctional institutions; (2) strategies for coordinating local, State, and Federal vocational education, manpower training, and economic development programs; (3) private sector involvement in public vocational education; (4) methods of reinforcing and enhancing basic academic skills in vocational settings; and (5) curriculum and instructional methods development relating to new and emerging technologies, and assessments of the nature of change in the workplace and its effect on individual jobs; (6) identification of institutional characteristics which improve the preparation of youth and adults for employment; and (7) development of effective methods for providing quality vocational education to individuals of limited English proficiency, including research related to bilingual vocational training. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) operate an information clearinghouse on activities conducted by States under titles II and III, and on research contracts made by the Secretary under this part; (2) compile an annotated bibliography of research, exemplary and innovative program projects, and curriculum development projects assisted with funds under this Act; (3) initiate leadership development and inservice education activities for State and local vocational education instructors and administrators; and (4) support meritorious, unsolicited research proposals from State and local educators relating to the goals of this Act. Directs the Secretary to give preference in carrying out this part to public and private postsecondary institutions which have demonstrated competencies in conducting vocational education research. Limits an award to any single recipient to no more than 20 percent of the amount made available under this part in any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to conduct a national assessment of vocational education assisted under this Act, through independent studies and analysis by the NIE. Requires that descriptions and evaluations of specified aspects of such programs be included in such assessment.  Directs the NIE to:  (1) consult with specified congressional committees in the design and implementation of such assessment; (2) report preliminary results to Congress in January and July of 1988; and (3) submit a final report to Congress by January 1, 1989.  Prohibits any review of such reports outside the Department of Education before transmittal to Congress, but allows the President and the Secretary to make additional recommendations with respect to the assessment. Limits expenditures for such assessment to no more than 20 percent of the amounts available under this part in any fiscal year. Provides for a national comparison assessment. Directs the Secretary, through the NIE, as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress required under the General Education Provisions Act, to identify vocational education students among the national sample of students who have attained 17 years of age, to enable a comparison to be made over time of the achievements in reading, writing, and arithmetic of vocational education students and other students (by region and by socioeconomic level). Part B:  Cooperative Employer Education Programs - Authorizes the Secretary, from the amounts available for this part, to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts with public and private entities, programs and projects which support: (1) model programs providing improved access to quality vocational education programs for specified groups of individuals with special needs and for men and women seeking nontraditional occupations; (2) examples of successful cooperation between the private sector and public agencies in vocational education, including work experience and apprenticeship programs and programs assisting in the transition from school to work; (3) programs to overcome national skill shortages, as designated by the Secretary in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Defense, and Commerce; and (4) other activities designated by the Secretary and related to the purposes of this Act.  Requires that all programs funded under this part be:  (1) of direct service to individuals enrolled; and (2) capable of wide replication by service providers.  Directs the Secretary to disseminate the results of programs and projects assisted under this part in a manner designed to improve the training of teachers, other instructional personnel, counselors, and administrators. Part C:  Vocational Education and Occupational Information Data Systems - Directs the Secretary to develop, within the National Center for Educational Statistics, a national vocational education data reporting and accounting system including specified information.  Requires that such system be as compatible as possible with the occupational information data system developed under this Act and other information systems involving data on programs assisted under the JTPA, and with information collected pursuant to the Education of the Handicapped Act.  Requires States receiving assistance under this Act to cooperate with such system.  Provides for biennial updates and data acquisition plans for such system, with specified information-gathering methods to be used for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct special studies on enrollment of disadvantaged students in vocational education programs, the participation of handicapped students in such programs, and similar subjects. Requires that one-third of the funds available for this part be used for the vocational education data reporting and accounting system, and that the remaining two-thirds of funds for this part be used for an occupational information system. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials.  Directs the Committee, with specified funds, to:  (1) improve coordination and communication among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and by the JTPA, employment security agency administrators, research personnel, and employment and training planning and administering agencies at Federal, State, and local levels; (2) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet the common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs at all levels; (3) conduct studies on the effect of technological change on existing or emerging occupations and on the knowledge and job skills which will be required by workers; and (4) assist State occupational information coordinating committees established under this Act. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of specified State agencies.  Directs the State committee, with funds from the National Coordinating Committee, to:  (1) implement an occupational information system in the State to meet the common needs of programs of the State board under this Act and of the administering agencies under the JTPA; and (2) use the occupational information system to develop a career information delivery system. Sets forth requirements relating to the information base for the biennial survey and for the national vocational education data system's inclusion of information on the access to vocational education programs by handicapped secondary students. Part D:  National Employers Council on Vocational Education - Establishes the National Employers Council on Vocational Education, consisting of 21 members appointed by the President. Requires that most of the members be owners or executives of private for-profit business, including health and educational institutions. Requires that at least one member be a nonpublic member appointed from among members of the National Commission for Employment Policy established under JTPA.  Requires that not more than three members be respresentatives of labor organizations.  Sets forth the topics on which the Council shall advise the President, the Congress, and the Secretary. Authorizes the Council, with the advice of national trade and professional associations and labor organizations, to establish working groups on occupational competencies to provide information to the Secretary, the President, the Congress, and the States.  Directs the Council to annually conduct a survey and report to the President, the Secretary, and the Congress on how the competency statements have been used by the States. Part E:  Bilingual Vocational Training - Provides for programs to teach vocational skills to limited English proficient adults and out-of-school youth to enable them to obtain the full benefits of the vocational education programs offered while they develop competency in the English language. Directs the Secretary, from amounts appropriated for such purpose, to carry out authorized programs of bilingual education, directly or through grants to or contracts with State and local educational agencies, postsecondary vocational institutions, institutions of higher education, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions. Provides that payments for bilingual vocational training may be used for:  (1) training allowances for out- of-school youth or adults who are unemployed or underemployed and who desire training or retraining to achieve year-round employment; (2) bilingual vocational instructor training, preservice training for instructors and related personnel, and developmental programs to continue or improve the qualifications of bilingual vocational instructors, including fellowships and traineeships; (3) development of instructional materials, methods, and techniques for bilingual vocational education; and (4) programs to familiarize appropriate State agencies and training institutions with successful programs assisted under this part. Part F:  General Provisions - Distributes title IV assistance as follows:  (1) 30 percent for part A (research); (2) 33 percent for part B (Cooperative Employer Education Programs); (3) 30 percent for part C (Vocational Education and Occupational Information Data Systems); and (4) seven percent for part D (National Employers Council on Vocational Education). Title V:  General Provisions - Part A:  Federal Administrative Provisions - Directs the Secretary to pay from the State allotment the Federal share of the costs of carrying out the approved State plan.  Sets the Federal share at:  (1) 50 percent of the costs of administration of the State plan; (2) 100 percent of the costs of vocational services and activities under title II for handicapped individuals and for disadvantaged individuals, but 50 percent of such costs whenever separate vocational education programs are furnished for such individuals; (3) 100 percent of the costs of vocational education services and activities under title II for single parents or homemakers and for criminal offenders who are serving in a correctional institution; and (4) vocational education improvement, innovation, and expansion programs under title III. Permits the non-Federal contribution to be in cash or in kind, including planning expenses, plant, equipment, services, and other items. Sets forth maintenance of effort provisions. Sets forth provisions for withholding of funds from States and for judicial review of such withholding. Sets forth provisions for audits. Part B:  Transitional and Conforming Provisions - Makes the effective date of this Act October 1, 1984, but directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth transition provisions.  Authorizes each State and eligible recipient of financial assistance under this Act, or under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, to expend funds received under such Act to conduct:  (1) planning for any program or activity under this Act; and (2) any other activity deemed necessary by the recipient to provide for an orderly transition to the operation of programs under this Act.  Transfers, on October 1, 1984, the personnel, property, and records of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to:  (1) the JTPA; (2) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (3) the Higher Education Act of 1965; (4) the Adult Education Act; (5) the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (6) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (7) the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. Title VI:  National Summit Conference on Education - National Summit Conference on Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes  appropriations to the Department of Education for conducting a National Summit Conference on Education. Sets forth provisions for selection of participants to the Conference. Provides for an Executive Committee of the Conference. Directs the Executive Committee to select:  (1) no more than 200 Conference participants from a list of nominees supplied by at least 30 organizations representing specified groups; and (2) the presiding officer for the Conference. Provides for Executive Committee staff, administrative support, and reports to the Congress. Directs the Executive Committee to select the site for the Conference.  Limits the duration of the conference to no more than six days. Directs the Conference to transmit its recommendations to the President, the Congress, and the States by October 15, 1985. Directs the Executive Committee to develop an agenda for the Conference to facilitate development of recommendations on issues raised by recently issued education reports. Title VII:  Women's Educational Equity - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for the women's educational equity program. Extends reporting requirements to direct the Secretary to continue to submit reports on such program to the President, the Congress, and the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs not later than September 30 of every other year after the report which is currently due by September 30, 1984. Title VIII:  Job Training Regulations - Revises specified performance standard regulations under the Job Training Partnership Act, until the Secretary of Labor modifies such regulations, to provide for the consideration of attainment of youth competencies in the evaluation of fixed-contract performance.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2341
98-hr-4911,98,hr,4911,A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to restore the food service equipment assistance program repealed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.,Education,1984-02-22,1984-03-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13]",NY,D,S000673,0,Amends the National School Lunch Act to reserve a specified amount of school lunch program appropriations for food service equipment. Bases State apportionment of such equipment funds on food distribution factors and standards.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4911
98-sconres-95,98,sconres,95,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased.,Education,1984-02-21,1984-02-21,Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,6,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased above the FY 1984 levels.,2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/95
98-hconres-258,98,hconres,258,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased.,Education,1984-02-09,1984-02-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,51,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased above the FY 1984 levels.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/258
98-hr-4851,98,hr,4851,National Drug Education Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-09,1984-02-24,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27]",TX,D,O000107,50,"National Drug Education Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) in establishing and improving drug, alcohol, and tobacco education programs for elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Secretary to make such grant payments to States in amounts based on relative numbers of children in average daily attendance in elementary and secondary schools.  Authorizes States to reserve up to seven percent of such grant payment for State administration of drug, alcohol, and tobacco education programs. Sets forth requirements for State applications for such grants.  Requires State educational agencies (SEAs) to assure that LEAs will retain autonomy and flexibility in planning such programs.  Requires SEAs to contribute, in cash, 20 percent of the cost of each program approved by the State. Directs the SEA to allocate grant funds to LEAs on the basis of relative numbers of children in daily attendance in elementary and secondary schools. Directs the SEA, from the amount allocated to an LEA, to pay up to 75 percent of the cost of the approved program.  Provides for reallocation of amounts not spent by LEAs within a specified time period. Sets forth requirements for LEA applications for such allocations.  Requires an LEA to pay five percent of the total program cost, in cash or in services, equipment, or facilities.  Requires LEA planning for cooperation and coordination with Federal, State, and local police departments and agencies.  Requires assurances that the LEA program will meet any special needs of low income and minority students. Sets forth provisions for program participation of children from private schools. Sets forth administrative provisions for audits and withholding of program payments to States.  Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on activities assisted under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education to carry out this Act for FY 1985 through 1987.",2025-08-29T17:40:28Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4851
98-s-2289,98,s,2289,Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-09,1984-02-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Vocational Education and Community-Based Organizations Act of 1984 - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) to add as a purpose of State vocational education programs under VEA to reduce the structural unemployment of the hard-to-employ, by funding State and local proposals which:  (1) develop new self-help, community-based preparation programs that provide prevocational, motivational, attitudinal, and basic skills training necessary for existing vocational and technical training schools; (2) assist in providing adequate prevocational preparation targeted to the inner-city youth, the non-English-speaking barrios, the Appalachian hollows, and other urban and rural pockets of poverty; and (3) provide for cooperation between self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness and existing vocational and technical training institutions. Includes self-help community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness among those groups to be represented in:  (1) the membership of State and local advisory councils on vocational education; (2) participating in the formulation of State five-year plans for vocational education; and (3) the membership of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Requires States, in considering the approval of applications for vocation education funds under VEA, to give priority (along with other priority factors) to those applicants that make proposals which contribute to the purpose added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows any eligible recipient of funds under VEA that is a self-help community- based organization to appeal to the Secretary of Education any final action of the State with respect to any application for funds under VEA. Requires expenditures determination of such appeals. Allows VEA basic grants to States to be used to provide vocational education support services by self-help community-based organizations for programs which contribute to carrying out the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilizing intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Allows VEA grants to States for program improvement and supportive services to be used for research and demonstration programs which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a record of demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Requires that at least ten percent of each State's allotment, and ten percent of funds for program improvement and supportive services, be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of programs, services, and activities which contribute to the goals added by this Act and which provide for career intern programs of demonstrated effectiveness, utilize intermediary organizations with a proven record in developing cooperative partnerships with business and industry and vocational education institutions, or which improve the basic skills of prevocational students. Includes self-help community-based organizations under the VEA definition of ""eligible recipient.""  Gives examples of the types of programs and organizations referred to in this Act. Authorizes appropriations in such sums as are necessary to carry out the VEA for FY 1985 through 1989.",2025-08-29T17:39:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2289
98-s-2302,98,s,2302,Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-09,1984-02-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984 - Part A:  General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in a specified amount for FY 1985 and in such sums as may be necessary for FY 1986 through 1989.  Provides that funds appropriated under specified provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917) shall be considered as funds appropriated for this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to five percent of such appropriations for national programs under part C of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder of such appropriations to States and insular areas according to a formula based on:  (1) relative numbers of unemployed persons aged 15 through 19, 20 through 44, and 45 through 64; and (2) relative per capita income.  Provides for minimum allotments and for reallotment under specified circumstances. Requires States to submit annual proposed use reports to the Secretary, after making such reports available for public comment, in order to receive funds under part B of this Act. Requires States to provide for financial and compliance audits of programs supported by funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Part B: State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment under part A, to establish, expand, and improve vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities. Authorizes each State to set aside that portion of such allotment as is required for the State's administration of the programs, projects, services, and activities described in its proposed use report. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least:  (1) 30 percent for subpart 1 programs (Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training); and (2) 30 percent for subpart 2 programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education). Requires that of such funds for subpart 1 and 2 programs, at least ten percent be used to meet the special needs of handicapped persons and at least 20 percent be used to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons.  Authorizes a State to use up to 50 percent of funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs to pay an eligible recipient's administrative costs. Authorizes a State to use funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of any State or local advisory council which assists the planning, implementation, or evaluation of a program, project, service, or activity under this Act. Prohibits a State from using funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of stipends or construction. Authorizes each State to:  (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out part B programs; and (2) prescribe the manner in which grants and contracts are made to eligible recipients and whatever terms, consistent with Federal requirements, are reasonable and necessary for administration of part B programs. Subpart 1:  Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training - Requires that skilled work force training conducted under this part correspond to current State or local economic needs or plans specifically described in the proposed use report. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this subpart for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training or retraining persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to make its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in this subpart's programs persons whose jobs have been lost or jeopardized by technological or economic change. Subpart 2:  Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education - Requires States, in using funds reserved for this part, to give careful consideration to the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons, handicapped persons, and persons with limited English proficiency. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for one or more specified activities relating to strengthening of State and local vocational education systems so that all persons, regardless of sex, can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C:  National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this part to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations for specified research-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational Education to conduct one or more of such activities, including information dissemination. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for administration of programs under specified Acts, to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with the tribal organization to plan, conduct, and administer vocational education programs authorized under part B of this Act which are consistent with tribal economic development plans. Directs the Secretary to award funds for such programs on a competitive basis. Authorizes the Secretary to support the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Part D: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Part E:  Conforming Amendments; Repeals; Effective Date - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise definitions of local and State educational agencies under such Act.  Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Act. Establishes, under such Act, a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall serve as the successor to the entity previously established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes technical and conforming amendments to other specified Federal laws. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1984 or FY 1985 under such Act that are not obligated by July 1, 1985, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act.",2025-08-29T17:37:40Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2302
98-s-2310,98,s,2310,Senior Citizen Tutorial Volunteer Network Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-09,1984-02-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,5,"Senior Citizen Tutorial Volunteer Network Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), or to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations applying jointly with one or more LEAs, to establish and operate senior citizen tutorial volunteer network programs for educationally disadvantaged children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out this Act. Provides that 85 percent of such appropriations be used for such grants for such programs.  Provides that such volunteers will tutor such children in their elementary and secondary schools and homes and will serve as liaisons between their schools and families.  Provides that such funds may also be used to:  (1) train volunteers, teachers, and other school personnel involved in such programs; (2) develop curricula materials; and (3) assist volunteers to pay for program-related expenses. Provides that 15 percent of such appropriations shall be used by the Secretary for:  (1) a leadership training institute for project directors and other designated project personnel; and (2) ongoing technical assistance for projects. Requires that eligible applicants submit grant applications which describe the program, including plans for program continuation at the local level. Requires that such applications provide assurances that:  (1) local senior citizen groups are involved in program design and operation; and (2) only elementary and secondary schools and families eligible for assistance under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may receive assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) assure equitable distribution of assistance among the States; and (2) pay a Federal share for each fiscal year equal to 100 percent of the costs of the programs described in approved applications.",2025-08-29T17:40:48Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2310
98-hr-4793,98,hr,4793,Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-08,1984-02-09,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]",IL,R,E000204,3,"Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984 - Part A:  General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in a specified amount for FY 1985 and in such sums as may be necessary for FY 1986 through 1989.  Provides that funds appropriated under specified provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917) shall be considered as funds appropriated for this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to five percent of such appropriations for national programs under part C of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder of such appropriations to States and insular areas according to a formula based on:  (1) relative numbers of unemployed persons aged 15 through 19, 20 through 44, and 45 through 64; and (2) relative per capita income.  Provides for minimum allotments and for reallotment under specified circumstances. Requires States to submit annual proposed use reports to the Secretary, after making such reports available for public comment, in order to receive funds under part B of this Act. Requires States to provide for financial and compliance audits of programs supported by funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Part B:  State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment under part A, to establish, expand, and improve vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities. Authorizes each State to set aside that portion of such allotment as is required for the State's administration of the programs, projects, services, and activities described in its proposed use report. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least:  (1) 30 percent for subpart 1 programs (Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training); and (2) 30 percent for subpart 2 programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education). Requires that, of such funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs, at least ten percent be used to meet the special needs of handicapped persons and at least 20 percent be used to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons.  Authorizes a State to use up to 50 percent of funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs to pay an eligible recipient's administrative cost. Authorizes a State to use funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of any State or local advisory council which assists the planning, implementation, or evaluation of a program, project, service, or activity under this Act. Prohibits a State from using funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of stipends or construction. Authorizes each State to:  (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out part B programs; and (2) prescribe the manner in which grants and contracts are made to eligible recipients and whatever terms, consistent with Federal requirements, are reasonable and necessary for administration of part B programs. Subpart 1:  Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training - Requires that skilled work force training conducted under this part correspond to current State or local economic needs or plans specifically described in the proposed use report. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this subpart for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training or retraining persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to make its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in this subpart's programs persons whose jobs have been lost or jeopardized by technological or economic change. Subpart 2:  Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education - Requires States, in using funds reserved for this part, to give careful consideration to the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons, handicapped persons, and persons with limited English proficiency. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for one or more specified activities relating to strengthening of State and local vocational education systems so that all persons, regardless of sex, can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C:  National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this part to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations for specified research-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational Education to conduct one or more of such activities, including information dissemination. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for administration of programs under specified Acts, to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with the tribal organization to plan, conduct, and administer vocational education programs authorized under part B of this Act which are consistent with tribal economic development plans. Directs the Secretary to award funds for such programs on a competitive basis. Authorizes the Secretary to support the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Part D:  Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Part E:  Conforming Amendments; Repeals; Effective Date - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise definitions of local and State educational agencies under such Act.  Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Act. Establishes, under such Act, a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall serve as the successor to the entity previously established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes technical and conforming amendments to other specified Federal laws. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1984 or FY 1985 under such Act that are not obligated by July 1, 1985, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act.",2025-08-29T17:39:48Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4793
98-s-2273,98,s,2273,Student Aid Volunteer Earnings Act,Education,1984-02-08,1984-02-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]",OH,D,G000236,0,"Student Aid Volunteer Earnings Act - Establishes a student aid volunteer earnings program. Requires that participants in the program:  (1) be between 16 and 25 years old; (2) either have a high school diploma (or its equivalent) or be at least 18 years old and pursuing a high school equivalency diploma during participation in the program; (3) enter an agreement to commit themselves to participate in the program; (4) be a citizen or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; and (5) if below 18 years old, have the written consent of their parents or legal guardians. Requires that the volunteers participate in community service projects including specified service and work activities which would not otherwise be carried out. Provides for a period of service of between six to 24 months, to be served in six-month increments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (""the Secretary"") after consultation with participating States and local sponsoring agencies, to design, prepare, and make available to participating States certificates of volunteer service to be presented to volunteers who successfully complete the applicable period of service. Provides for stipends (equal to at least the minimum wage for no more than 32 hours of community service per workweek) and for health insurance and workmen's compensation benefits for volunteers. Requires that each participant in the program agree to:  (1) work 32 hours per week in a community service project carried out by the local sponsoring agency; (2) spend eight hours per workweek in remedial or continuing education; (3) contribute 25 percent of the stipend paid to the volunteer to the educational trust fund; (4) serve at least six months, and for six-month intervals, but for no more than 24 months, in order to be entitled to receive the postservice educational benefits of Federal matching funds under the educational trust fund; and (5) furnish information necessary for verification of eligibility and for participation in the program. Requires that States desiring to participate in the program to:  (1) designate a State agency or institution with special qualifications for solving community problems to administer the program; (2) establish a State citizens panel broadly representative of community resources; (3) develop a State plan in consultation with the panel, with comments from interested groups; and (4) submit the plan to the Secretary.  Sets forth requirements for State plans, including provisions that the State will pay remaining program costs from non-Federal sources. Sets forth requirements for applications to States by local sponsoring agencies desiring to participate in the program, including provisions that the agency will pay from non-Federal sources the non-Federal share of the program cost. Establishes in the Treasury the Student Aid Volunteer Earning Education Trust Fund.  Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report on the trust fund annually to Congress. Provides for transfer to the trust fund, from specified appropriations authorized under this Act, of amounts equal to:  (1) 25 percent of the anticipated stipends to be paid to volunteers under this Act in the fiscal year in which the transfer is made; and (2) 200 percent of the amount transferred pursuant to clause (1).  Provides for investment of any portion of the trust fund not required to meet current withdrawals and for crediting to the trust fund interest and proceeds from such investments.  Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year out of amounts in the trust fund such sums as are necessary to make payments authorized for postsecondary educational benefits and for administration of such benefits. Sets forth provisions for postservice educational benefits. Permits each volunteer, within six years after the completion of the period of service, to withdraw amounts from the trust fund to which the volunteer is entitled in order to attend any eligible institution.  Entitles each recipient to the amount transferred from his or her stipend plus 200 percent of that amount, plus interest at six percent per year for each six-month period of service. Requires each volunteer to sign an agreement to use such funds to pay tuition and living costs attributable to enrollment in an eligible institution.  Authorizes the Secretary to extend the six-year period for claiming such benefits in the case of service in the U.S. Armed Forces.  Includes among eligible institutions for purposes of this Act institutions of higher education and vocational schools (as defined as ""eligible institutions"" under specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965) and any institution or course of study approved for veterans under specified provisions of Federal law.  Provides that, whenever a volunteer withdraws an amount for any other than the required educational purpose, such volunteer:  (1) is entitled only to the amount transferred from the stipend, plus six percent interest per year; and (2) may not serve or reenter the program. Sets forth provisions for an inschool component. Authorizes each State, in addition to the program authorized by this Act, to use up to ten percent of its allotment under this Act for purposes of such inschool component.  Allows a local sponsoring agency within a State to recruit participants who are:  (1) attending secondary school; (2) within six months of completion of twelfth grade; and (3) economically disadvantaged.  Provides that such inschool participant service shall be the same as the other service under this Act, except that such participants shall agree to:  (1) perform between ten and 20 hours of service per week; and (2) enroll for an initial regular six-month period of service. Provides that, if such participant fails to so enroll, the 200 percent matching Federal payment shall not be made to the fund, and the 25 percent transfers from the stipend shall be paid directly to the volunteer. Defines ""economically disadvantaged"" in the same way as under the Job Training Partnership Act. Sets forth administrative provisions for reporting and certification of benefits.  Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and Congress on activities conducted under this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to applications of Federal law to volunteers under this Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Directs the Secretary to pay, from a State's allotment, to each State having an approved plan the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out its State plan.  Sets such Federal share for each fiscal year at:  (1) 80 percent of the amount of stipends paid to volunteers in that State plus 100 percent of the costs of health insurance and worker's compensation benefits for volunteers; (2) 100 percent of the administrative costs of the local sponsoring agencies in carrying out applications approved under the State plan; and (3) 80 percent of the remaining costs of developing and carrying out the State plan. Sets forth provisions for records and audits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) reserve in each fiscal year amounts necessary for Federal administration of the program; and (2) from the remainder, allot to each State an amount based on population.  Sets forth provisions for reallotments to States.",2025-08-29T17:39:35Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2273
98-s-2275,98,s,2275,Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-08,1984-10-09,Similar Provisions Included under Title IX of S.2565.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,2,"Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region.  Makes any remainder of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center.  Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract.  Requires the contractor to:  (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects.  Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would:  (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs. Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more.  Requires such contractors to:  (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center.  Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to:  (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to:  (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds.  Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.",2025-08-29T17:37:47Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/2275
98-hr-4775,98,hr,4775,Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-07,1984-10-09,Similar Provisions Included under Title IX of S.2565.,House,"Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]",WI,R,P000265,10,"Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act.  Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region.  Makes any remainder of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center.  Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract.  Requires the contractor to:  (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects.  Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would:  (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs.  Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more.  Requires such contractors to:  (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center.  Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to:  (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to:  (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds.  Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.",2025-08-29T17:40:14Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4775
98-hr-4731,98,hr,4731,Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1984,Education,1984-02-02,1984-02-10,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29]",CA,D,H000367,115,"Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to promote more effective schools and excellence in education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for such grants program. Allows program grants to be used to:  (1) promote State educational agency (SEA) and local educational agency (LEA) awareness of effective schools information through conferences at schools and district and multidistrict offices and through onsite visits to model effective schools; (2) develop and implement systems of data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication; (3) plan, review, and revise program activities; (4) support related effective schools efforts; (5) obtain technical assistance and consultant services from regional educational laboratories, research and development centers, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit educational organizations; (6) design, develop, and publish educational materials on effective schools programs; (7) conduct program evaluations; and (8) otherwise identify, document, and disseminate information concerning exemplary effective schools programs. Requires that program grant applications by SEAs or LEAs demonstrate that:  (1) the applicant has an effective schools improvement program in effect; (2) grant funds would be used to pay not more than one-half of the cost of any program or activity; (3) grant funds would be supplementary; and (4) independent annual evaluations will be conducted and reported. Directs the Secretary of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to:  (1) consider the extent to which grant funds would be used to improve schools in districts with the greatest numbers or percentages of educationally deprived children and the extent to which the applicant's ongoing effective schools program has demonstrated the capacity to improve student achievement or behavior; (2) ensure reasonable geographic distribution of grants; and (3) designate grants as being available for a period of at least one but not more than three years. Sets forth provisions for technical assistance and program evaluation.",2025-08-29T17:39:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4731
98-sjres-219,98,sjres,219,A joint resolution recognizing the important contributions of the arts to a complete education.,Education,1984-01-31,1984-01-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000105,3,Recognizes the important contribution of the arts to a complete education. Urges all citizens to support efforts which strengthen artistic training and appreciation within schools.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/219