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99-s-2896 99 s 2896 Native American Gifted and Talented Educational Assistance Act of 1985 Education 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 3 Native American Gifted and Talented Educational Assistance Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, junior or community colleges, including tribally controlled community colleges, and/or Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, for demonstration projects designed to address the special needs of talented and gifted elementary and secondary students who are Indian and Hawaiian. Requires applications for such contracts to contain comments of each local educational agency which has students enrolled in such agency schools and who will participate in the project for which assistance is sought. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986. Makes available out of such appropriations $4,000,000 for grants benefiting talented and gifted elementary and secondary school Indian students, and $1,000,000 for talented and gifted elementary and secondary school Native Hawaiian students. 2025-08-29T16:29:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2896
99-s-2835 99 s 2835 English Proficiency Act Education 1986-09-18 1986-09-22 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 9 English Proficiency Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to establish within the Office of Adult Education a program of grants for English literacy programs for individuals of limited English proficiency. Allows such grants to provide for support services including child care and transportation costs for program participants. Provides that such grants may be made to community-based organizations, local education agencies, tribally-controlled schools, institutions of higher education (including community colleges), public libraries, and prisons. Sets forth grant application requirements. Limits grants to not more than three years duration. Requires that at least 50 percent of grant funds go to community-based organizations with the demonstrated capability to administer English proficiency programs. Requires grant recipients to report annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Adult Education, directly and through grants and contracts, to carry out demonstration programs to: (1) develop innovative approaches and methods of literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency; and (2) establish a nationwide clearinghouse on literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency. Directs the Secretary, directly and through grants and contracts, to evaluate and annually audit programs funded under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accept grants, gifts, or bequests of money for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Limits to ten percent the portion of funds available under this Act which may be used for demonstration programs and evaluation. 2025-08-29T16:33:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2835
99-s-2762 99 s 2762 Literacy Training Demonstration Act of 1986 Education 1986-08-14 1986-08-14 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, Labor Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 0 Literacy Training Demonstration Act of 1986 - Amends title IV (Federally Administered Programs) of the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to add provisions for a Literacy Training Demonstration Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to award grants to and enter into contracts with postsecondary institutions participating in any program pursuant to title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) of the Act to establish adult literacy training programs for unemployed, underemployed, and displaced workers who are not otherwise served by Federal programs. Limits the amount of any such grant awarded for FY 1987 and 1988. Sets forth required components of literacy training plans to be submitted by eligible postsecondary institutions. Sets forth authorized uses of funds. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the literacy training demonstration program by October 1, 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. 2025-08-29T16:31:51Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2762
99-s-2740 99 s 2740 Student Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 Education 1986-08-12 1986-08-12 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, Health and Human Services Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 8 Student Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Office of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education and Prevention in the Department of Education. Provides that such Office shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education and Prevention (the Assistant Secretary). Sets forth the duties of the Office. Requires the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to report to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act on the progress in establishing the Office and the long-term strategy of the Office for drug education and prevention. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, to establish a program of grants to States for drug (including alcohol) abuse education in elementary and secondary schools. Lists the State and local educational agency uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Provides for: (1) the allotment of such grant funds to States; (2) State application for such grant funds; (3) allocations to local educational agencies; and (4) local application to State educational agencies. Provides for the equitable participation of children enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in such program. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to: (1) collect and disseminate program-related information to State and local educational agencies; (2) provide technical assistance; and (3) identify research and development priorities. Authorizes appropriations for such activities. Provides that the use of such grant funds is to supplement and not supplant other Federal funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. 2025-08-29T16:32:44Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2740
99-s-2727 99 s 2727 Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 Education 1986-08-07 1986-08-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 4 Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 - Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to extend through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for the Customs Forfeiture Fund. Provides for the use of both such funds by: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assist the States in providing drug abuse education and prevention programs; and (2) the Secretary of Education to assist the States in providing statewide elementary and secondary school drug abuse education programs. 2025-08-29T16:31:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2727
99-s-2672 99 s 2672 National Educational Software Act of 1986 Education 1986-07-22 1986-08-28 Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from OMB, Education Department. Senate Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] TN D G000321 0 National Educational Software Act of 1986 - Establishes a National Educational Software Corporation (the Corporation) within the executive branch of the Federal Government. Sets forth provisions for members of the board of directors of the Corporation. Lists the principal functions of the Corporation as: (1) developing participation criteria for selecting high-quality, interactive, and educationally useful computer software; (2) securing investment capital for projects to develop such software; (3) making appropriate and reasonable investments in projects for the development of such software; (4) entering into contracts and making grants to assist in the development of such software; and (5) engaging in such other operations and activities as the board of directors determines to be necessary and appropriate to encourage the development and use of such software. Sets forth the general authorities of the Corporation. Sets forth provisions concerning investments by the Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. 2025-08-29T16:31:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2672
99-s-2661 99 s 2661 Education for Economic Security Amendments of 1986 Education 1986-07-21 1986-07-21 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, Interior Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 2 Education for Economic Security Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to replace the current title II, Education for Economic Security program, with a new title II, Teacher Training and Improvement Program. Provides that such title may be cited as the "Teacher Training and Improvement Act." Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program for FY 1987 through 1991. Provides for allotment of funds to States for State and local projects, and for reservations of funds for national programs, Department of the Interior schools for Indian children, and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires that funds for State and local projects be used for: (1) inservice education for teachers to improve subject matter and teaching skills, including those needed to maintain an orderly classroom environment; (2) inservice education for school administrators to improve leadership skills, including those needed to maintain an orderly school environment; (3) retraining teachers who wish to teach different subjects; (4) support, including scholarships and internships, for qualified persons in other professions who wish to become teachers or school administrators; (5) improved preservice education of teachers and school administrators; (6) improved teacher education programs; (7) recognition of excellent performance by teachers or school administrators by awarding fellowships for further study or research and writing opportunities; (8) personnel exchange programs between education and other fields; and (9) other activities consistent with the purposes of this Act. Sets forth requirements for equitable program participation by private nonprofit school teachers and administrators. Sets forth provisions for national programs, including: (1) summer institutes and centers; (2) scholarships and fellowships; (3) exchange programs; (4) awards for development and testing of teacher education programs; (5) presidential teacher internships; (6) awards for indiv… 2025-08-29T16:33:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2661
99-s-2598 99 s 2598 Targeted Educational Assistance Act Education 1986-06-25 1986-07-14 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from OMB, Education Department. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 0 Targeted Educational Assistance Act - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (the Act) to require that State and local educational agencies use funds from grants to States under Chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Act exclusively for any or all of the following four critical areas: (1) school dropout prevention programs; (2) programs to combat illiteracy; (3) programs for the gifted and talented; and (4) basic skills instruction programs for economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Sets forth authorized uses of funds for programs in each of the four critical areas. 2025-08-29T16:33:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2598
99-s-2487 99 s 2487 Future Teacher Training Corps Act Education 1986-05-21 1986-05-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 8 Future Teacher Training Corps Act - Amends title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part G program of Future Teacher Training Corps Fellowships. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot program grant funds to each State on the basis of school-age population. Directs State Governors to appoint Selection Review Panels to select fellowship recipients. Requires that recipients be interested in teaching careers and agree to teach in areas of the State where there is a shortage of elementary or secondary school teachers or in fields of study where there is a shortage of such teachers. Sets forth guidelines for selection procedures. Sets forth program grant application requirements for States. Limits each such fellowship to not more than: (1) $5,000 for each year of graduate education in preparation to become an elementary or secondary school teacher; and (2) two years of such graduate education. Sets forth fellowship conditions. Requires fellowship repayment in cases of noncompliance with fellowship agreements, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to 5,000 fellowships during each of those fiscal years. 2025-08-29T16:32:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2487
99-s-2438 99 s 2438 Head Start Amendments of 1986 Education 1986-05-12 1986-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 0 Head Start Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Head Start Act to extend through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for Head Start programs. Revises the formula for the minimum funding guarantees for Indian and migrant Head Start programs. Eliminates cost-of-living indexing for Indian and migrant Head Start programs. Eliminates a minimum reservation of funds for training and technical assistance activities. Makes Head Start program employees ineligible for between-term unemployment compensation under the Internal Revenue Code. 2025-08-29T16:30:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2438
99-s-2377 99 s 2377 A bill to make a technical modification in the Excellence in Education Act. Education 1986-04-28 1986-04-30 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from OMB, Education Department. Senate Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] PA R H000456 0 Amends the Excellence in Education Act to provide that reservations of certain amounts for special school awards dependent on private sector contributions and for research, evaluation, dissemination, and monitoring activities shall only be applicable during fiscal years in which the appropriations for the school excellence awards program under such Act exceed a specified level. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2377
99-s-2329 99 s 2329 Student Financial Assistance Technical Corrections Act of 1986 Education 1986-04-17 1986-05-23 Became Public Law No: 99-320. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 0 Student Financial Assistance Technical Corrections Act of 1986 - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for reimbursement of the administrative costs of supplemental preclaim assistance for default prevention under the guaranteed student loan program. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2329
99-s-2294 99 s 2294 Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986 Education 1986-04-14 1986-10-08 Became Public Law No: 99-457. Senate Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] CT R W000253 15 (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 5520) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Handicapped Infants and Toddlers - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (the Act) to add a new part H, Handicapped Infants and Toddlers. Establishes a program to address the needs of handicapped infants and toddlers (from birth to age two inclusive) and their families. Defines "handicapped infants and toddlers" and "early intervention services." Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States for development of statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency systems to provide early intervention services for handicapped infants and toddlers and their families. Requires a State, to be eligible for such a grant, to establish a State Interagency Coordinating Council which meets specified requirements. Sets forth other requirements for continuing eligibility for such grants. Sets forth the minimum components required for a statewide system. Requires that each handicapped infant or toddler and their family receive: (1) a multidisciplinary assessment of unique needs and the identification of services appropriate to meet such needs; and (2) a written individualized family service plan developed by a multidisciplinary team, including the parent or guardian. Sets forth State application requirements. Allows States to also use grant funds for: (1) direct services for handicapped infants and toddlers that are not otherwise provided by other sources; and (2) expansion and improvement of services that are otherwise available. Sets forth procedural safeguards required to be included in a statewide system. Prohibits funds under part H from being used to satisfy a financial commitment for services which would have been paid for from another source but for the enactment of part H, except that to prevent delay in the receipt of appropriate early intervention services such funds may be used to pay the provider of services pending reimbursement from the agenc… 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2294
99-s-2296 99 s 2296 Centers of Excellence in Civic Education Act Education 1986-04-14 1986-04-16 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] NJ D B001225 0 Centers of Excellence in Civic Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and to individual schools of LEAs for centers of excellence in civic education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution (the Director), to establish procedures to identify for such grants each fiscal year between ten and 20 such centers which are administered by LEAs or individual schools and which have exemplary programs designed to develop civic competence and responsibilities. Directs the Secretary to ensure geographical balance in such selection and that at least one-third of the selected LEAs or schools serve high concentrations of low-income, minority, or limited English language proficiency students. Provides that such grants shall be between $25,000 and $75,000. Requires grant recipients to provide specified assurances. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, to convene in each fiscal year a conference of representatives of grant recipients and other experts in civic education. Directs the Secretary to disseminate conference information on improvements in civic education programs. 2025-08-29T16:29:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2296
99-s-2256 99 s 2256 Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1986 Education 1986-03-27 1986-06-05 Subcommittee on Education. Hearings held. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 15 Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (the Act) to add to the statement of policy the declaration that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve children of limited English proficiency have the equally important goals of developing both academic achievement and English proficiency. Removes a requirement that the Secretary of Education reserve limited portions of funds under the Act for special alternative instructional programs and related activities. Removes a requirement that the Secretary reserve at least 75 percent of funds under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs) of the Act for transitional bilingual education programs. 2025-08-29T16:33:13Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2256
99-s-2117 99 s 2117 Strategic Defense Education Act of 1986 Education 1986-02-27 1986-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] SD R P000513 0 Strategic Defense Education Act of 1986 - Title I: Higher Education Programs - 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 academic departments and programs and other academic units of institutions of higher education for graduate fellowships in selected areas of study for graduate students who: (1) demonstrate financial need and academic ability; (2) plan teaching or research careers; and (3) pursue the highest degree available in their area of study. Makes the principal criterion for the allocation of such grant awards the relative quality of the graduate programs in competing applications. Directs the Secretary, consistent with such principal criterion for allocation, to promote an equitable distribution of such awards among geographic areas and among eligible public and private institutions. Directs the Secretary to approve a grant recipient for a three-year period. Limits the amount per fiscal year of such grant to any academic department or program of an institution of higher education to a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $500,000. Provides for reallotment of grant funds. Provides for new awards under this Act only to the extent that each previous grant recipient 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 academic department or program of an institution of higher education which offers a program of post-baccalaureate study leading to a graduate degree in an area of national need (as designated through procedures set forth in this Act). Requires a department or program to be in existence for at least four years, in order to be eligible for such a grant. Directs the Secretary, after consulting with specified agencies and organizat… 2025-08-29T16:31:22Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2117
99-s-1990 99 s 1990 Education and Training Partnership Act Education 1985-12-19 1986-02-25 Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity. Hearings held. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 1 Education and Training Partnership Act - Establishes an Education and Training Partnership (ETP) as an independent Federal agency. Provides for a Board of Directors (the Board) of the ETP (composed of employer and labor representatives appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate). Provides that the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Commerce, and Health and Human Services shall also be members. Directs the President to select the Chairperson. Transfers to the ETP the functions of: (1) the Secretary of Labor under the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Job Training Partnership Act; and (2) the Secretary of Education under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. Authorizes the Board to delegate any function under this Act to the Secretary of Labor and/or the Secretary of Education, except the approval of grant applications. Sets forth provisions relating to Board personnel, property and personnel transfers, and administrative powers. Authorizes the Secretaries of Labor and Education to reduce the size of their Departments as necessary by reason of transfers made under this Act. Requires the Board to make annual reports on ETP activities to the President for submission to the Congress. Sets forth savings provisions. 2025-08-29T16:32:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1990
99-s-1982 99 s 1982 Master Teacher Education Assistance Act of 1985 Education 1985-12-18 1985-12-18 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Department of Education, OMB, and GAO. Senate Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] AZ D D000185 0 Master Teacher Education Assistance Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of establishing and operating master teacher education programs for elementary and secondary school teachers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989 for such purpose. Sets forth provisions for program fund allotments to States. Permits grants under this Act to be used for master teacher education programs which meet specified criteria. Sets forth State application requirements. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the cost of such programs. 2025-08-29T16:32:39Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1982
99-s-1965 99 s 1965 Higher Education Amendments of 1986 Education 1985-12-17 1986-10-17 Became Public Law No: 99-498. Senate Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] VT R S000776 49 (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 99-861) Higher Education Amendments of 1986 - Revises and reauthorizes various programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) (the Act) through FY 1991. Title I: Amendment to Title I of the Act - Redesignates title I (Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning Postsecondary Programs for Nontraditional Students. Revises provisions for Part A Program and Planning Grants. Provides for grants for institutional development, off-campus programs, and adult and continuing education staff development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 for such purpose. Sets forth a Part B National Programs for adult learning research. Declares that no funds are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of part B for FY 1987 through 1991. Provides for the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education. Title II: Libraries - Redesignates title II of HEA as Academic Library and Information Technology Enhancement. Authorizes appropriations for programs under such title for FY 1987 through 1991. Revises provisions for college library resources grants to set forth need-based eligibility criteria. Adds a definition of "full-time equivalent student." Repeals provisions concerning the making of special purpose grants. Permits institutions that do not otherwise qualify as research libraries to provide additional information to demonstrate the national or international significance for scholarly research of the particular collection described in their grant proposal under provisions for strengthening research library resources. Establishes a grant program for supporting college library technology and cooperation. Repeals provisions relating to the National Periodical System Corporation. Title III: Institutional Aid - Amends title III (Institutional Aid) of HEA to revise institutional aid programs, especially in relation to the development needs of historically black colleges and universities and other institutions with large concentrations of minority, low-in… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1965
99-s-1952 99 s 1952 Young Astronaut Program Medal Act Education 1985-12-16 1986-05-12 Became Public Law No: 99-295. Senate Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] UT R G000072 10 Young Astronaut Program Medal Act - Commemorates the Young Astronaut Program by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and deliver to the Young Astronaut Council no more than 750,000 medals with emblems, devices, and inscriptions determined by the Secretary. Authorizes the Council to dispose of the medals at a premium and to have them delivered as required in quantities of no less than 2,000. Directs that no medals be struck after December 31, 1987. Directs the Secretary to set the price of the medals at no less than the manufacturing cost plus a surcharge of ten percent of such cost. Requires the furnishing of security sufficient to fully indemnify the United States for such costs. Directs that the medals be struck in gold, silver, and bronze and in such size or sizes as determined by the Secretary. Gives the U.S. Comptroller General the right to examine the records of the Council which are related to the medals. 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1952
99-s-1924 99 s 1924 Higher Education and Economic Development Act Education 1985-12-11 1985-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 3 Higher Education and Economic Development Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to add a national higher education and economic development program under title XI of HEA. Allows an eligible institution (as defined under specified provisions of HEA) or consortium of such institutions to apply for assistance under this Act to support one or more of the following: (1) planning and research (including applied research) to solve local economic development problems and to compliment local initiatives to promote growth and improve productivity; (2) resource exchange to encourage the exchange of faculty, government, and business experts to support economic development; and (3) special projects for economic or national economic development issues, which are innovative in approach and hold promise of application beyond the area served. Includes among such special projects which may be supported: (1) applying technology research to manufacturing aspects of mature industries in a region or State; (2) designing and developing university-based technical assistance centers to provide an integrated program of education, research, and technology transfer to business and industry; (3) projects to support entrepreneurship training and technical assistance; and (4) projects to develop new approaches or compliment efforts to explore, expand, and foster opportunities for international business and trade. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make a limited number of grants (in addition to the other assistance for allowable activities under this Act) to identify and disseminate effective models and techniques which use partnerships of postsecondary education institutions and others involved in economic development to support lasting economic improvement. Limits the maximum amount of any planning and research and/or resource exchange grant to a single eligible institution (but not to a consortium) under this Act. Sets forth conditions for eligibility for planning and research, resource exchange, or sp… 2025-08-29T16:31:24Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1924
99-s-1925 99 s 1925 Service-Learning for Low-Income Students Act Education 1985-12-11 1985-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 3 Service-Learning for Low-Income Students Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the authorization of appropriations for work-study programs through FY 1991. Revises the definitions of "community service-learning" and "community services" under work-study program provisions. Revises provisions relating to the Federal share of work-study program funds. 2025-08-29T16:29:57Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1925
99-s-1926 99 s 1926 International Education Reauthorization Act Education 1985-12-11 1985-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 3 International Education Reauthorization Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize programs under title VI (International Education Programs) of HEA. Revises part A (International and Foreign Language Studies) provisions of title VI. Eliminates contract provisions, but retains grant provisions, for language and area centers and programs under part A. Sets forth separate provisions for the graduate and undergraduate aspects of such centers and programs. Adds provisions focusing on: (1) the foreign language aspects of professional and other fields of study; and (2) instruction and research on issues in world affairs. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to: (1) make grants to institutions of higher education or combinations of such institutions to pay stipends for individuals undergoing advanced training in approved centers or programs for language, area studies, and international education under part A; and (2) award, on the basis of a national competition, stipends to students beginning their third year of graduate training in a specialty language with multidisciplinary area training. Replaces provisions relating to international studies centers with provisions for language resource centers. Requires such centers to serve as resources to improve the capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. Sets forth some authorized activities for such centers. Revises provisions for undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs. Adds provisions for model program grants to improve and expand foreign language studies. Bases institutional eligibility for such grants on certain foreign language requirements. Adds provisions for intensive summer language institutes. Includes among the types of research and studies which may be assisted under part A the application of proficiency tests and standards across all areas of instruction and classroom use. Revises provisions for equitable distribution of funds for language and area centers to requi… 2025-08-29T16:31:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1926
99-s-1874 99 s 1874 Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 Education 1985-11-21 1986-08-04 Became Public Law No: 99-371. Senate Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] CT R W000253 13 (Measure passed House, amended) Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 - Title I: Gallaudet University - Part A: Gallaudet University General Authority - Continues Gallaudet College as a chartered, corporate body under the name of Gallaudet University (the University), in order to provide education and training to deaf individuals. Sets forth provisions dealing with such University's property rights and Board of Directors (the Board). Part B: Kendall Demonstration Elementary School - Authorizes the Board to maintain and operate the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (Kendall School). Part C: Model Secondary School for the Deaf - Authorizes the Board, in accordance with a specified agreement with the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), to maintain and operate a model secondary school for the deaf (model secondary school), primarily for residents of the District of Columbia and nearby States. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress. Title II: National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Authorizes the Secretary to continue agreements with an institution of higher education to maintain and operate a National Technical Institute for the Deaf (the Institute). Requires the Secretary to give preference to institutions which are located in metropolitan industrial areas. Provides for the recapture of Federal financing funds under certain circumstances. Title III: Commission on Education of the Deaf - Establishes a Commission on Education of the Deaf (the Commission) to make a study of the quality of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education furnished to the deaf. Requires the Commission to submit interim reports and a final report to the Congress. Provides for the termination of the Commission 90 days after the submission of its final report. Title IV: General Provisions - Requires that an independent audit be made of the programs and activities of the University and of the Institute. Requires an annual report to the Secretary from the Board. Provides for the appointment of a lia… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1874
99-s-1876 99 s 1876 Equity and Choice Act of 1985 Education 1985-11-21 1985-11-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 9 Equity and Choice Act of 1985 - Amends chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) (hereinafter referred to as Chapter 1) to add provisions for educational vouchers. Requires each local educational agency (LEA) to provide an educational voucher, upon parental request, to the parents of each educationally deprived child selected to participate in the LEA's Chapter 1 program. Requires each LEA to: (1) provide written notice to such parents of the options available to them under Chapter 1, including their right to obtain an educational voucher for their child; (2) afford such parents a reasonable period of time to request such vouchers; and (3) convene an annual public meeting to discuss the availability and authorized uses of such vouchers, and invite parents of all eligible children and representatives of private eligible educational institutions to such meeting. Sets forth authorized uses of such vouchers. Allows such vouchers to be used as payment toward tuition and/or to obtain compensatory services at: (1) a public school outside the child's school attendance area (if the LEA permits this); (2) a public school outside the child's district; or (3) private school. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of such a voucher. Requires each LEA to provide regular Chapter 1 programs and projects for eligible public and private school children whose parents do not request educational vouchers from that LEA. Sets forth requirements for LEA applications for Chapter 1 assistance. Declares that such voucher payments to a private school or a public school outside the child's school district shall not constitute Federal financial assistance to the private school or that public school. Declares that the use of such funds by such private or public schools shall not constitute a program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Provides that such voucher payments to parents shall not be su… 2025-08-29T16:33:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1876
99-s-1820 99 s 1820 Student Chemical Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 1985 Education 1985-11-01 1985-11-01 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. Senate Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] AZ D D000185 6 Student Chemical Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies for demonstration projects designed to develop and expand drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs in public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth demonstration program elements, application approval criteria, and reporting and evaluation requirements for such grants program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. 2025-08-29T16:31:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1820
99-s-1823 99 s 1823 Technology Literacy Act of 1985 Education 1985-11-01 1985-11-01 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 6 Technology Literacy Act of 1985 - Defines "technology education" as a comprehensive educational process designed to develop a population that is knowledgeable about technology and its evolution, systems, techniques, utilization in industry and other fields, and social and cultural significance. Directs the Secretary of Education, subject to the availability of appropriations under this Act, to establish a program of grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), State educational agencies (SEAs), and institutions of higher education for demonstration programs in technology education for secondary schools. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary to consider equitable geographic distribution in making such grants. Permits such grants to be used to develop a model demonstration program for technology education with specified components. Includes among such components research and development of curriculum materials, an institute to develop teacher capabilities in technology education, and multidisciplinary teacher workshops for interfacing mathematics, science, and technology education. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the costs of programs or projects assisted under this Act. Directs the Secretary to disseminate the results of such programs or projects so as to improve the training of educational personnel. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1987 and 1991. 2025-08-29T16:30:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1823
99-s-1771 99 s 1771 Dropout Retention and Recovery Act of 1985 Education 1985-10-17 1985-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] FL D C000356 1 Dropout Retention and Recovery Act of 1985 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add a new title X, the Dropout Retention and Recovery Program. (Redesignates the current title X as title XI.) Directs the Secretary of Education, from amounts appropriated to carry out this title for FY 1987 through 1990, to allocate grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) so that two-thirds of such grants in a fiscal year are made to LEAs serving urban areas, and one-third to LEAs serving rural areas. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out such allocation, to: (1) assure equitable distribution of such grants among U.S. regional areas; and (2) give priority to LEAs with the most severe dropout problem (as measured by number and proportion of students), and having applications showing the greatest potential for success. Permits a State educational agency (SEA) to apply for such a grant upon its own determination that no LEA is likely to qualify or that the SEA itself can best serve the needs of students in remote areas of the State. Permits one or more LEAs to jointly apply for such a grant. Directs the Secretary, from the amount allotted, to award as many grants as practicable to LEAs whose applications: (1) have been approved by the Secretary; and (2) propose a program of sufficient size and scope to be of value as a demonstration. Limits the number of such grants which an LEA (or an SEA) may receive to not more than one grant in each of three fiscal years. Requires that the amount of such a grant to an LEA be proportionate to the extent and severity of the local dropout problem, but limits that amount to not more than 90 percent of project cost in the first fiscal year, 75 percent in the second, and 50 percent in the third. Directs the Secretary, from amounts appropriated for FY 1986 through 1989, to reserve a specified amount in each fiscal year to: (1) conduct a study of the nature and extent of the school dropout problem in the United States; and (2) carry out specified planning process… 2025-08-29T16:29:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1771
99-s-1723 99 s 1723 Even Start Act Education 1985-10-01 1985-10-16 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 5 Even Start Act - Establishes a pilot program to combine adult basic education for parents and school readiness training for children into a single educational program. Requires that funds made available to a grant recipient under this Act be used to provide a program of adult literacy training which includes as a major component involving parents and children together to enhance the likelihood of educational achievement. Requires that each such program receiving a grant include the following elements: (1) identifying and recruiting eligible participants; (2) screening and preparing parents and children for participation (including testing, referral to necessary counseling, and related services); (3) carrying out programs and furnishing support services to suit the participants' work and other responsibilities (including child care, transportation, and scheduling and locating services to allow joint participation by parents and children); (4) establishing instruction programs that promote adult literacy, equip parents to support the education and growth of their children, and prepare children for success in regular school programs; (5) providing and monitoring integrated instructional services to participants through home-based programs (including direct limited access cable television and other media, where applicable); and (6) coordinating programs assisted under this Act with programs assisted under chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) in the area. Makes eligible for participation in such programs families that: (1) include a parent eligible to participate in an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act; and (2) reside in a school attendance area designated for receipt of funds under chapter 1 of ECIA with a child aged two through seven who is enrolled in or will, upon reaching school age, enroll in a school in which 20 percent of the students are eligible to participate … 2025-08-29T16:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1723
99-s-1666 99 s 1666 School Excellence and Reform Act Education 1985-09-19 1985-10-16 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 12 School Excellence and Reform Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 to make payments for programs of: (1) general improvement and excellence in education; and (2) reform and equity in education. Provides that no funds are authorized to carry out this Act for any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated to carry out each of the following provisions of law does not equal or exceed the amount appropriated for such purpose in the preceding fiscal year: (1) chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981; (2) chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981; (3) title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, relating to bilingual education; (4) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act; and (5) the Education of the Handicapped Act. Sets forth (after reserving specified amounts for certain U.S. territories and possessions) formulas for State and local allocation of payments for general improvement and excellence in education. Provides, under such local allocation formula, for certain increases in the amount of such payments on the basis of numbers of children eligible to be counted for purposes of special needs funding under specified provisions of subpart 1 (Basic Grants) part A (Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Sets forth (after reserving specified amounts for payments to certain U.S. territories and possessions) formulas for State and local allocation for reform and equity in education. Provides, under such State allocation formula, for certain increases in payments based on numbers of children eligible to be counted under the aforementioned ESEA provisions for special educational needs funding. Authorizes the State educational agency to establish the relative weights of factors under such local allocation formula, but requires that such formula be composed of only the foll… 2025-08-29T16:32:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1666
99-s-1631 99 s 1631 Foreign Language Assistance for National Security Act of 1985 Education 1985-09-12 1985-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] IL D S000423 5 Foreign Language Assistance for National Security Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to fund model programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, for the improvement and expansion of foreign language study for children aged five through 17 who reside within their school districts. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of such grants based on State population. Sets forth provisions relating to the availability of such funds. Sets forth grant application requirements for State educational agencies, including provisions for periodic student proficiency evaluation. Provides for program participation by private school children. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State agencies to fund model foreign language programs designed and operated at community and junior colleges. Bases the amount of such grants on State population. Sets forth grant application requirements, including periodic student proficiency evaluation. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to cover part of the costs of undergraduate foreign language instruction. Sets forth formulas to determine whether an institution is eligible for such grants, based on the percentage of its student body enrolled in qualified postsecondary language courses. Provides that to be eligible for such grants an institution must require that: (1) each entering student have successfully completed at least two years of secondary school foreign language instruction; or (2) each graduating student have earned two years postsecondary credit in a foreign language (or have demonstrated equivalent competence in a foreign language). Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards, including reporting requirements, for programs assisted by such grants. Sets forth formulas for determining the amounts … 2025-08-29T16:31:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1631
99-s-1537 99 s 1537 Higher Education Satisfactory Progress Act of 1985 Education 1985-07-31 1985-07-31 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] OK R N000102 6 Higher Education Satisfactory Progress Act of 1985 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide standards for students for maintaining satisfactory academic progress as a condition for student aid under such title. 2025-08-29T16:32:42Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1537
99-s-1525 99 s 1525 Dropout Prevention and Reentry Act of 1985 Education 1985-07-30 1985-10-17 Subcommittee on Education. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-477. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 16 Dropout Prevention and Reentry Act of 1985 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add a new title X, the Dropout Prevention and Reentry Act of 1985. (Redesignates the current title X as title XI.) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for such new title X. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such title X funds for any fiscal year, to allot 20 percent to each of five categories of local educational agencies (LEAs) (based on total elementary and secondary school student enrollments). Directs the Secretary, from the amounts allotted to such categories of LEAs, to award as many grants as practicable within each such category to LEAs whose applications: (1) have been approved; and (2) propose a program of sufficient size and scope to be of value as a demonstration. Limits an LEA to no more than one such grant in each of three fiscal years. Requires the amount of a grant to be, to the extent practicable, proportionate to the extent and severity of the local dropout problem. Limits the amount of a grant to 90 percent of the total cost of a project during its first fiscal year, 80 percent in the second, and 70 percent in the third. Sets forth grant application requirements (including plans for addressing the needs of pregnant minors and school-age parents). Directs the Secretary to give first priority within each category of LEA to applicants with either very high numbers or very high percentages of school dropouts. Sets forth requirements for review of LEA second or third year projects. Requires such grants to be used to carry out plans set forth in the applications. Lists activities such grants may also be used for (including counseling, remedial education, work-study, community-organization service, curriculum review, and school staff training). Requires at least 30 percent of each grant to be used for dropout prevention activities, and another 30 percent for dropout reentry activities (i.e. persuading dropouts to return to school and assisting former dropouts wi… 2025-08-29T16:33:18Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1525
99-s-1501 99 s 1501 Student Aid Assistance Amendments of 1985 Education 1985-07-25 1985-07-25 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 0 Student Aid Assistance Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit, under the guaranteed student loan program, the deferment of principal payments for up to 12 months while an enrolled student borrower is on maternity leave. 2025-08-29T16:30:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1501
99-s-1381 99 s 1381 A bill to amend the General Education Provisions Act to improve and expand the Assessment Policy Committee. Education 1985-06-27 1985-07-12 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 19 Amends the General Education Provisions Act to increase by two the number of members of the Assessment Policy Committee (who are appointed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress organization for purposes of its assessment of the performance of children and young adults in the basic skills of reading, mathematics, and communication, under its grant from or cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Education). Provides that one of these two new members shall be an elementary school principal and the other shall be a secondary school principal. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1381
99-s-1338 99 s 1338 Cooperative Education Act of 1985 Education 1985-06-20 1985-06-26 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 0 Cooperative Education Act of 1985 - Amends title VIII (Cooperative Education) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions for the cooperative education program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1986 through 1990. Reserves portions of such funds for each fiscal year as follows: (1) a minimum of 75 percent for grants to institutions of higher education and combinations of such institutions for cooperative education; (2) a maximum of 13 percent for demonstration projects; (3) a maximum of ten percent for training and resource centers; and (4) a maximum of two percent for research. Revises provisions for grants by the Secretary of Education to cooperative education programs which provide alternating or parallel periods of academic study and of public or private employment. Raises the limit on the amount of such grant to $500,000 per institution of higher education, or $350,000 per such an institution when in combination with other such institutions receiving a single grant. Revises application requirements for such grants. Lowers the percentage of the cost of carrying out an application which may be the maximum Federal share for each of the first three years of a grant (retains the maximum percentages for the fourth and fifth years of the grant which are provided under current law). Allows former grant recipients to reapply for further grants under specified conditions. Sets forth factors to be given special consideration in the approval of applications for such grants, including the extent to which: (1) programs in the academic discipline for which the application is made have had a favorable reception by public and private sector employers; (2) the institution is committed to cooperative education, as demonstrated by plans made to continue the program after the Federal assistance ends; and (3) the institution is committed to extending cooperative education on an institution-wide basis for all students who can benefit. Sets forth provisions for grants and contracts for cooperative educa… 2025-08-29T16:32:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1338
99-s-1328 99 s 1328 Institutional Aid Act of 1985 Education 1985-06-19 1985-06-26 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from OMB, GAO, Education Department. Senate Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] IL D S000423 17 Institutional Aid Act of 1985 - Amends title III (Institutional Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise institutional aid programs, especially in relation to the development needs of historically black colleges and universities and other institutions with large concentrations of minority, low-income students. Includes as eligible institutions, for purposes of the title III part A (Strengthening Institutions) grants program, any institution of higher education which meets specified requirements and which has an enrollment of which at least: (1) 20 percent are Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Hispanic students, or combination thereof; (2) 60 percent American Indian, Alaska Native, or Aleut, or combination thereof; or (3) five percent Native Hawaiian, American Samoan, Micronesian, Guamian (Chamorro), or Northern Marianan, or any combination thereof. Establishes under title III part B, "Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities" (which replaces the current part B, Aid to Institutions with Special Needs). Defines a "part B institution" as any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964 and whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans. Sets forth authorized uses for grants allotted to institutions under the part B program. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make allotments to part B institutions according to formulas based on number of: (1) Pell grant recipients; (2) graduates; and (3) graduates in attendance at graduate or professional schools in degree programs in disciplines in which blacks are underrepresented. Sets forth a special rule regarding allotments to Howard University or the University of the District of Columbia. Sets forth provisions for applications for part B grant allotments. Sets forth provisions for part B program grants to professional and graduate institutions. Directs the Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, to award such grants to… 2025-08-29T16:31:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1328
99-s-1283 99 s 1283 Health Professions Training Assistance Act of 1985 Education 1985-06-12 1985-09-26 Star Print ordered Report No. 99-105. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 7 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment (without written report)) Health Professions Training Assistance Act of 1985 - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the following through FY 1988: (1) scholarships for students of exceptional financial need; (2) medical school departments of family medicine; (3) area health education centers; (4) training of physician assistants; (5) training programs in general internal medicine and general pediatrics; (6) training programs in family medicine and general practice of dentistry; (7) educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (8) curriculum development and faculty training grants; (9) advanced financial distress assistance (only through FY 1987); (10) graduate programs in health administration; (11) traineeships for students in other graduate programs; (12) public health traineeships; (13) training in preventive medicine; and (14) the Federal loan insurance program. Title II: Program Revisions - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include schools of chiropractic as health professional schools eligible to participate in educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Amends the definition of "program for the training of physician assistants" to include training: (1) which would qualify the physician assistants to provide primary health care under the supervision of a physician; (2) in primary care, disease prevention, health promotion, geriatric medicine, and home health care. Includes colleges and institutions providing additional training in a science related to health care within the definition of "school of allied health." Includes within the definition of "allied health professional" individuals with postbaccalaureate training in a science related to health care. Defines the term "graduate program in clinical psychology" for the purposes of such Act. Makes such a program eligible … 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1283
99-s-1284 99 s 1284 Nurse Education Amendments of 1985 Education 1985-06-12 1985-07-22 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 7 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 2370 passed in lieu) Nurse Education Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize funds for FY 1986 through 1988 for the nursing special projects programs. Authorizes additional projects that demonstrate: (1) clinical nurse education programs which combine educational curricula and clinical practice; (2) methods to improve access to nursing services in non-institutional settings; and (3) methods to encourage nursing graduates to practice in health manpower shortage areas. Revises the advanced nurse training program to authorize grants and contracts for programs that lead to masters' and doctoral degrees and prepare nurses to serve as nurse educators, administrators, researchers, or to serve in clinical nurse specialties which require advanced education. Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY 1986 through 1988. Authorizes grants and contracts for schools of nursing and other non-profit entities to meet the costs of programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Authorizes grants for public and private nonprofit schools of nursing to cover the costs of post-baccalaureate fellowships for faculty in such schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Extends the authority for traineeships for nurse anesthetists. Provides financial assistance to nurse anesthetist faculty members for advanced education. Requires any standard established by the Secretary for the collection of loans to provide that the failure of any school to collect such loans shall be measured by the ratio that the defaulted principal bears to the matured loans of such school. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to attempt to collect any loan made under such Act which is in default. Directs the Secretary to set dates by which schools of nursing must file applications for Federal capital contributions. Describes how such appropriations are to be allotted. … 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1284
99-s-1276 99 s 1276 Computer Education Assistance Act of 1985 Education 1985-06-11 1985-06-17 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 8 Computer Education Assistance Act of 1985 - 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 1986 through 1990. 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 education agency (SEA) to allocate the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of similar factors. Prohibits making any grant under this title to a State unless the SEA and LEAs within the State carry out planning activities designed to facilitate the use of Federal financial assistance under this title for the expansion of computer resources in the elementary and secondary schools within the State. Requires such planning activities to include: (1) development of goals for computer education; (2) revising basic curricula; (3) placing the computers, and making them generally available, in the elementary and secondary schools; (4) developing hardware and software selection criteria; (5) providing security; and (6) developing evaluation standards. Allows grants under this Act to be used to pay the Federal share of: (1) acquisition of computers and other equipment for computer education; (2) teacher training programs; and (3) 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 … 2025-08-29T16:31:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1276
99-s-1269 99 s 1269 A bill to amend part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, relating to work study programs in order to assure that a student who declines a Pell grant will not be penalized in the determination of the demonstration of financial need. Education 1985-06-10 1985-06-12 Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. Senate Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] WA R G000333 0 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions relating to work-study programs to direct the Secretary of Education to assure that whenever a student declines, or declines to apply for a Pell grant, the amount of the Pell grant for which such student is eligible shall not be included in the determination of resources for the demonstration of financial need for purposes of eligibility for work-study assistance. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1269
99-s-1210 99 s 1210 Public Health Service Act Medical Education Amendments of 1985 Education 1985-05-23 1985-07-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 1 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 99-117) Public Health Service Act Medical Education Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a registry of teaching hospitals. Provides that such hospitals shall be required to comply with regulations establishing: (1) a minimum percentage of graduate medical education positions in primary care specialties; and (2) the maximum number of graduate medical education positions to be filled by graduates of foreign medical schools. Directs the Council on Graduate Medical Education (established by this Act) to recommend to the Secretary a national target for primary care specialties for a four-fiscal-year period. Requires the Secretary to establish by regulation the minimum percentage recommended by the Council, or remand such recommendations to the Council. Requires the establishment of such minimum percentages every four years. Specifies the types of positions which are considered primary care specialties. Excludes specified positions from being considered graduate medical education positions. Permits the Secretary to waive the applicability of such minimum percentages if the State department of health applies for such a waiver. Requires that at least 75 percent of all graduate medical education positions in each specialty area of a registered hospital be held by graduates of: (1) schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education; or (2) schools of osteopathy accredited by the Committee on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association. Sets conditions for positions for U.S. or alien graduates of foreign medical schools. Establishes a Council on Graduate Medical Education to advise the Secretary on current and future needs for physicians to practice in primary care specialties. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1210
99-s-1172 99 s 1172 A bill to provide financial assistance for the Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Program in Public Affairs at the North Carolina State University. Education 1985-05-20 1985-05-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] NC R H000463 14 Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, for the endowment of the Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Program in Public Affairs (which is an endowment for a fellowship program, public service research, and a distinguished speaker series). Authorizes appropriations. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1172
99-s-1064 99 s 1064 National Diffusion Network Act Education 1985-05-02 1985-05-10 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 15 National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the use of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide information, materials, training, technical assistance, and evaluations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1986 through 1989. 2025-08-29T16:32:52Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1064
99-s-1022 99 s 1022 Intergenerational Education Volunteer Network Act of 1985 Education 1985-04-26 1985-04-30 Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. Senate Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] MI D L000261 7 Intergenerational Education Volunteer Network Act of 1985 - 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 intergenerational volunteer network programs, using senior citizen volunteers to help educationally disadvantaged children. 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. Requires that each such grant shall be made to provide 90 percent of the cost of establishing and operating the program involved for a period of two to three years. Requires the remaining cost of such program to be provided from non-Federal sources. Provides that at least 90 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out this Act in any fiscal year may be used to make such grants. Limits to ten percent of such appropriations the amount which may be used by the Secretary for: (1) administrative costs; (2) the preparation of a biennial report to the Congress on such programs; (3) leadership training for project directors and other designated project personnel; and (4) ongoing technical assistance for such programs. Limits to ten percent that portion of such a grant which may be used by the grantee for administrative costs. Prohibits any part of such a grant from being used to: (1) pay the cost of any program established before the enactment of this Act; or (2) supplant any funds that would be available to the grantee in the absence of such grant. Requires that eligible applicants submit grant applications which describe the program and which provide assurances that: (1) local senior citizen groups and parent groups, and State a… 2025-08-29T16:30:18Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1022
99-s-935 99 s 935 High Technology Morrill Act Education 1985-04-17 1985-04-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 4 High Technology Morrill Act - Establishes the Technology Education Trust Fund in the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to be the trustee of the Fund and to report to the Congress annually on the Fund's operation. Directs the Secretary to transfer from the Treasury's general fund to the Fund, for FY 1987 through 1991, three percent of the rents, royalties, and other sums paid to the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and any other Federal statute authorizing payments for mineral resource development designated by the Secretary for the purpose of this Act. Limits the amount of such transfers to $250,000,000 in any one fiscal year. Provides that amounts in the Fund shall be available for making payments in accordance with this Act as provided in advance by appropriation Acts, and without fiscal year limitation on availability unless specifically enacted. Prohibits the Secretary from making transfers to the Fund after FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to pay into the Treasury's general fund any amounts remaining in the Fund after FY 1993. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to education institutions (including vocational schools), private for-profit business concerns, and State agencies making application jointly to pay the Federal share of the cost of technology education programs. Allows private nonprofit organizations and State agencies to submit applications jointly if the nonprofit private organization represents an educational institution and a for-profit business concern, or a group of such institutions and concerns. Requires that such applications be consistent with State economic development and educational policies and with private sector priorities and educational institution needs. Requires the State and local public sources pay 30 percent, and for-profit businesses pay 20 percent, of total program costs. Sets forth other application requirements. Allows grants made under this Act to be used for: (1… 2025-08-29T16:31:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/935
99-s-838 99 s 838 A bill to repeal title VIII of the Education for Economic Security Act, relating to equal access to public secondary schools. Education 1985-04-02 1985-04-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 4 Repeals title VIII (Equal Access) of the Education for Economic Security Act. (Such title makes it unlawful for any public secondary school, if it receives Federal financial assistance and allows any extracurricular student group to meet on school premises during noninstructional time, to deny equal access to any of its students who wish to conduct a meeting on the basis of the religious, political, philosophical, or other content of the speech at such meeting.) 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/838
99-s-808 99 s 808 School-Based Child Care Act Education 1985-03-28 1985-04-03 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 3 School-Based Child Care Act - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to add new chapter 3 provisions for school-based child care and early childhood education demonstration projects. (Redesignates the current chapter 3 provisions as chapter 4.) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such projects in the public schools to increase the availability of child care and early childhood education services for children aged four and five, particularly those from low-income families. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and supplementing child care services and early childhood education for four- and five-year-old children in the elementary and secondary schools of such LEAs. Permits such child care services and early childhood education to include: (1) the extension of half-day kindergarten to meet the needs of working parents; (2) services for four-year-old children which shall be available for the full working day throughout the calendar year using public elementary or secondary school facilities; and (3) arrangements to furnish part-day care for children to complement half-day school-based kindergarten or early childhood education programs furnished in elementary schools. Allows LEAs receiving such assistance to enter into contracts for such services with public agencies and nonprofit private organizations which: (1) represent significant portions of the community to be served; and (2) have experience furnishing child care services. Sets forth provisions for grant applications and approval. Requires LEA applications to be reviewed by the appropriate State educational agency (SEA) before submission to the Secretary. Requires assurances that project participants will receive the services free of charge for children from families with incomes less than 150 percent of the poverty level. Requires a sliding scale of fees dependent upon the family's income for other participants… 2025-08-29T16:31:49Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/808
99-s-809 99 s 809 College-Based Child Care Programs for Students Act Education 1985-03-28 1985-04-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 2 College-Based Child Care Programs for Students Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add a new title XII, College-Based Child Care Programs. (Redesignates the current title XII as title XIII.) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) construction, reconstruction, and renovation of facilities, located at such institutions, to be used to provide child care services (free for students from families with incomes less than 150 percent of the poverty level, and with a sliding-scale of fees based on income for other students participating); (2) child care services through vouchers for disadvantaged college students (with two-thirds of the participants to be low-income students who are first generation college students, and the remainder, to be either low-income or first generation college students); and (3) child care personnel work-experience programs (which provide experience for students by arranging part-time employment for them in licensed child care programs). 2025-08-29T16:31:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/809
99-s-647 99 s 647 A bill to amend the General Education Provisions Act to preclude the impoundment of loan guarantee or loan insurance authority. Education 1985-03-07 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] MI D L000261 0 Amends the General Education Provisions Act to direct the Secretary of Education, in carrying out any loan guarantee or insurance program, to enter into commitments to guarantee or insure loans pursuant to such program in the full amount provided by law subject only to: (1) the availability of qualified applicants for such guarantee or insurance; and (2) any limitation contained in an appropriation Act. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/647
99-s-553 99 s 553 Education for Economic Security Reauthorization Act Education 1985-02-28 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 0 Education for Economic Security Reauthorization Act - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act(the Act) to extend through FY 1988 the authorization of appropriations under title I of the Act for the following National Science Foundation (NSF) mathematics and science programs: (1) elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teacher institutes; (2) elementary and secondary education development programs in mathematics, science, and computer learning for teacher training, retraining, and inservice training and for research, development, and dissemination of instructional programs and materials; (3) Congressional Merit Scholarships in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education; and (4) discretionary funds of the NSF Director for higher education faculty exchange programs and improvement of instruction in mathematics, science, and engineering. Extends through FY 1988 the authorization of appropriations under title II of the Act for financial assistance from the Secretary of Education to State and local educational agencies and to institutions of higher education to improve the skills of teachers and instruction in mathematics, science, computer learning, and foreign languages. Extends through FY 1988 the authorization of appropriations under title III of the Act for the NSF program for partnerships in education for mathematics, science, and engineering to improve the quality of instruction, furnish additional support for research, student scholarships, and faculty exchange programs, and encourage educational partnerships among business, higher education, and elementary and secondary schools. Extends through FY 1988 the authorization of appropriations under title IV of the Act for Presidential Awards for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics and Science to elementary and secondary school teachers. 2025-08-29T16:31:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/553
99-s-508 99 s 508 Secondary School Basic Skills Act Education 1985-02-26 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] NJ D B001225 4 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 1986 through 1992. 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 at least ten children aged 14 to 17, inclusive, are enrolled in such school and 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 1986, 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 … 2025-08-29T16:29:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/508
99-s-491 99 s 491 Student Loan Collection Improvement Amendments of 1985 Education 1985-02-21 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] IN R Q000007 21 Student Loan Collection Improvement Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Guaranteed Student Loan Program - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise title IV, part B provisions for the Federal Insured Student Loan (FISL) program and the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program. Revises FISL provisions for conditions for Federal loan insurance to grant lenders the option of requiring endorsement of the loan by a co-signer. Deletes a 15-year limitation on the period of the loan. Revises provisions for disbursement of loans to require that the funds borrowed be disbursed by check: (1) sent to the eligible institution the student attends or plans to attend, and made payable to the order of the student and such institution as copayees, with the endorsement of both parties required; or (2) in cases where the institution is not located in a State or where the loan is an auxiliary loan to a parent, sent to the borrower and made payable to the order of the borrower, with the endorsement of the borrower required, and a notice of disbursement sent by the lender or the Secretary of Education to the eligible institution. Revises GSL provisions for agreements with State and nonprofit private institutions for subsidy payments on loans insured under the student loan insurance program of such State or institution to also: (1) delete a 15-year limitation on the period of the loan; and (2) make similar revisions of the loan disbursement procedure. Requires that such agreements provide for: (1) independent financial and compliance audits of the guarantee agency, with regard to its performance under such an agreement, at least once every two years; and (2) recovery by the Secretary from the guarantee agency of amounts, plus interest, determined by such audits to be owing. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of State law that would set an earlier deadline for filing suit, any suit for the collection of the amount due from a FISL or GSL borrower may be filed during a six-year period: (1) after the date a guarantee a… 2025-08-29T16:29:54Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/491
99-s-480 99 s 480 Postsecondary Continuing Education Act of 1985 Education 1985-02-20 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 4 Postsecondary Continuing Education Act of 1985 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise title I provisions for postsecondary continuing education. Retitles title I (currently "Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning") as "Postsecondary Continuing Education." Retitles and replaces part A (currently "Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education") with new provisions for "Postsecondary Continuing Education Innovation and Outreach Grants." Provides that such grants will assist institutions of higher education in: (1) demonstration programs for adult learners; (2) cooperative arrangements with private sector employees; and (3) outreach programs, particularly those that adapt telecommunications and other technologies to reach new or isolated adult learners. Includes among individuals whom a part A program may serve: (1) certain potential new entrants to the workforce, especially disadvantaged and minority individuals; (2) those seeking reentry to the workforce after prolonged absences, particularly women; (3) certain dislocated workers; (4) those who need counseling and remedial instruction to benefit from postsecondary education; (5) those isolated from educational resources by geographic location or impaired or restricted mobility; (6) certain employees of small- and medium-sized businesses; and (7) those in fields of special concern to the national interest, such as teaching, counseling, nursing, and library and learning center administration. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a part A program to assist eligible institutions of higher education to establish programs enhancing adult educational opportunities. Sets forth the following provisions relating to such part A grants: (1) competitive applications for such assistance; (2) institutional eligibility; (3) uses of such funds; (4) size and duration of such grants; (5) Federal share (from an 80 percent maximum in the first year down to a 20 percent maximum in the fifth year); and (6) cost sharing (th… 2025-08-29T16:30:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/480
99-s-434 99 s 434 A bill to extend the authorization of the Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act. Education 1985-02-07 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] NY R D000018 21 Amends the Education Amendments of 1980 to extend through FY 1988 the authorization of appropriations for grants to the Robert A. Taft Institute of Government in New York, New York, under the Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/434
99-s-452 99 s 452 Jacob J. Javits Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act Education 1985-02-07 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] NJ D B001225 13 Jacob J. Javits 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 1986 through 1990 for programs for gifted and talented children. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve a specified portion of such funds for 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 inservice training of personnel to teach such children. 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 an SEA from reserving more than ten percent of grant funds for program administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning. Requires an 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 an 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 a… 2025-08-29T16:31:22Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/452
99-s-292 99 s 292 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 1985-01-24 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. 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/99th-congress/senate-bill/292
99-s-204 99 s 204 Humanities Excellence and Teacher Training Act of 1985 Education 1985-01-21 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] AR D B001057 4 Humanities Excellence and Teacher Training Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education (or a consortium of such institutions) for summer training institutes for the development of elementary and secondary school humanities teachers. Limits the amount of such a grant to any institution or consortium to an amount equal to not more than $3,000 multiplied by the number of teachers, not to exceed 200, enrolled in such institute. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires that such grants be made on the basis of excellence of the proposed program, taking into consideration certain elements. Allows funds available to institutions under this Act to be used to cover costs associated with enrollment in an institute. Directs the Secretary to assure equitable distribution of institutes among and within States, requiring at least one institute in each State. Provides that no grant to a single applicant may exceed $600,000 in any fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. 2025-08-29T16:33:02Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/204
99-s-121 99 s 121 Native American Gifted and Talented Educational Assistance Act of 1985 Education 1985-01-03 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 1 Native American Gifted and Talented Educational Assistance Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education and State and local educational agencies for demonstration projects designed to address the special needs of gifted and talented elementary and secondary school students who are Indians, Hawaiian Natives, or Native American Pacific Islanders (including American Samoans). Requires, as a condition of the award of such grants, that an application be submitted to the Secretary. Applies specified requirements of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to such projects unless such requirements cannot legally be met in the State (as determined by the State educational agency of the State in which the applicant for funds is located). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989. 2025-08-29T16:33:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/121
99-s-133 99 s 133 A bill to authorize capitation grants to graduate programs in psychology. Education 1985-01-03 1985-01-03 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 provide that each graduate program in psychology shall receive $2,000 for each full-time student enrolled in such program in the school year beginning in FY 1986 or in any succeeding fiscal year. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/133
99-s-134 99 s 134 Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act Education 1985-01-03 1985-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee on Education. 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 1986 through 1990 for programs for gifted and talented children. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve a specified portion of such funds for 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 an SEA from reserving more than ten percent of grant funds for program administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning. Requires an 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 an 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. Per… 2025-08-29T16:31:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/134
99-s-177 99 s 177 American Defense Education Act Education 1985-01-03 1985-07-25 Subcommittee on Education. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-232. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 20 American Defense Education Act - Authorizes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve: (1) instruction in mathematics, science, and 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 to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to two percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. 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 formulas for establishing such payment rate. Sets forth requirements for applications for payments. Directs the Secretary of Education to approve applications which meet such requirements. 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 educational 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 1987 through 1989 for such grants. Title III: Research to Improve Instruction - Directs the Secretary to administer, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, a program to support research and development into effective education in mathematics, the sciences, foreign languages, and technology. Authorizes appropriations in the Department of Education to be made available to NIE to … 2025-08-29T16:29:51Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/177
99-s-181 99 s 181 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 1985-01-03 1985-01-03 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 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/99th-congress/senate-bill/181
99-s-79 99 s 79 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 1985-01-03 1985-01-03 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/99th-congress/senate-bill/79

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