legislation: 96-hr-5106
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| 96-hr-5106 | 96 | hr | 5106 | A bill to amend part C of title IV of the Higher Education of 1965 relating to college work-study programs. | Education | 1979-08-02 | 1979-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-20] | NY | D | W000258 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding college work-study programs to: (1) encourage such work to be related to a student's educational and vocational goals; (2) provide that determination of a participating student's non-education living expenses during a period of non-regular enrollment shall be made by the educational institution; (3) state that an institution may give academic credit for such work-study; (4) state that other eligible Federal funds may be used by an institution to pay its share for such work-study programs; (5) authorize participating institutions to set aside specified percentages of work-study funds for fiscal years 1981-1984 for educational and vocational-related work-study employment, including employment not in the service of the institution; and (6) require an institution to include off-campus employment opportunities to students requesting financial aid information. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z |