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| 100-hr-5535 | 100 | hr | 5535 | Secondary School Community Services Act | Education | 1988-10-19 | 1988-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26] | CA | D | B000410 | 0 | Secondary School Community Services Act - Establishes a secondary school youth community volunteer services program. Directs the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with a public agency or nonprofit entity (the contractor) which has: (1) demonstrated effective management of school-based community service projects for youth for at least five years; and (2) the experience and capacity to disseminate information and provide technical assistance necessary to create such projects throughout secondary schools on the United States. Requires the contractor to: (1) use research findings to identify the characteristics of effective secondary school-based service programs to be used as the criteria for providing assistance under this Act; and (2) recommend individuals to serve as members of an advisory committee appointed by the Secretary. Requires that such committee: (1) consist of at least four individuals representing State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) and at least five individuals with demonstrated success implementing community service programs; and (2) develop model program activity, select and award LEA subcontracts, and advise on program activities. Requires the contractor to enter into subcontracts with ten SEAs to fund State activities under this Act, including: (1) participation by not more than four LEA youth community service programs under each such SEA; and (2) monitoring activities and disseminating information on each agency's efforts to implement youth community service programs. Requires the contractor (after consultation with the advisory committee) to enter into subcontracts with not more than 40 LEAs during each fiscal year beginning on or after the enactment of this Act, to provide (either directly or through SEAs) 75 percent of the cost of creating and coordinating partnerships between communities and secondary schools to prepare students and identify and provide service opportunities for school-based youth volunteers. Allows subcontracts to be renegotiated for a m… | 2025-08-28T20:07:07Z | |
| 100-s-2916 | 100 | s | 2916 | Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act | Education | 1988-10-19 | 1988-10-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act - Instructs the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish and implement a merit-based competitive program for awarding a four-year Congressional Scholarship for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering to one female and one male from each U.S. congressional district. Requires the Director: (1) annually to notify secondary schools and colleges of the program; and (2) to establish nominating committees for each congressional district. Prescribes eligibility, nomination, and selection criteria, as well as conditions to be met by recipients in order to maintain eligibility. Limits each scholarship to $5,000 per year, to be used solely for tuition, fees, and room and board expenses. Requires the NSF Director to ensure that both students and nominating committees are selected on a nondiscriminatory basis. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1992 appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:07:37Z | |
| 100-hr-5531 | 100 | hr | 5531 | School Completion and Incentives Act | Education | 1988-10-18 | 1988-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | School Completion and Incentives Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to each State to plan and carry out a program to increase the high school completion rate. Sets forth formulas for allotments to States, based on numbers of individuals who have not completed high school. Sets forth a State matching requirement. Sets forth requirements for State plans and applications. Requires States to assure that, under such program, requirements for obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent will not be lowered. Limits the portion of a State's grant funds that may be used for: (1) administrative costs, to not more than five percent; and (2) a statewide program, to not more than 15 percent. Requires that at least 40 percent of a State's grant funds be used for grants to individual schools that have: (1) a dropout rate above the State average; (2) an aggregate achievement rate below the State average; or (3) a student enrollment of which 30 percent of the students come from families below the official poverty line. Directs the Secretary to publish an application notice for such grants by January 1, 1991. Sets forth required contents of such notice. Requires grant recipient annual reports by local educational agencies and individual schools to the State, and by the States to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, at least once every three years, to publish the high school completion rate for each State, with the first such publication to be made by January 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) making planning grants for such programs, for FY 1991 and 1992; and (2) carrying out such programs, for FY 1993 through 1999. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions relating to secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry. Requires each State educational agency and local educational agency that conducts a specified evaluation pursuant to such provisions to report the evaluation results to the National Diffusio… | 2025-08-28T20:07:15Z | |
| 100-s-2897 | 100 | s | 2897 | A bill to provide financial assistance to the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, California, for the education programs of the Museum of Tolerance. | Education | 1988-10-14 | 1988-10-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, California, for the operation of education programs concerning the Holocaust at the Museum of Tolerance of such Center. Sets forth an application requirement. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 100-hr-5509 | 100 | hr | 5509 | Critical Languages and Area Studies Program Assistance Act | Education | 1988-10-12 | 1988-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 2 | Critical Languages and Area Studies Program Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to eligible consortia to operate critical languages and area studies programs, to develop, construct, and acquire educational equipment, materials, and facilities, and to develop teacher training programs, texts, curricula, and other activities designed to improve and expand the instruction of foreign languages at elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1990 and 1991. Limits the maximum amount of such a demonstration grant to an eligible critical languages and area studies partnership in any single fiscal year. Requires that a consortium eligible for such demonstration grants consist of: (1) a not-for-profit corporation with extensive experience in administrating both cultural exchange programs and language and culture training programs in the United States and abroad; and (2) public or private (or both) elementary and secondary schools committed to provided quality language and area studies programs to their students and students in the surrounding area. Sets forth a special rule that the Critical Languages and Area Studies Consortium, Inc., shall not receive less than a specified amount in grants from appropriations provided for this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:52Z | |
| 100-hr-5518 | 100 | hr | 5518 | Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act | Education | 1988-10-12 | 1988-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] | PA | D | W000044 | 0 | Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act - Instructs the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish and implement a merit-based competitive program for awarding a four-year Congressional Scholarship for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering to one female and one male from each U.S. congressional district. Requires the Director: (1) annually to notify secondary schools and colleges of the program; and (2) to establish nominating committees for each congressional district. Prescribes eligibility, nomination, and selection criteria, as well as conditions to be met by recipients in order to maintain eligibility. Limits each scholarship to $5,000 per year, to be used solely for tuition, fees, and room and board expenses. Requires the NSF Director to ensure that both students and nominating committees are selected on a nondiscriminatory basis. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1992 appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:08:27Z | |
| 100-s-2883 | 100 | s | 2883 | Tech-Prep Education Act | Education | 1988-10-12 | 1988-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Tech-Prep Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under this Act to consortia of: (1) local educational agencies or area vocational schools serving secondary school students; and (2) community colleges (including postsecondary vocational technical schools). Sets the Federal share at: (1) 80 percent of first year planning costs; (2) 60 percent of second year implementation and operation costs; (3) 40 percent of third year operating costs; and (4) 20 percent of fourth and fifth year operating costs. Requires each grant recipient to use the grant funds to develop and operate a four-year technical preparation education program. Requires such program to consist of the two years of secondary school preceding higher education, with a common core of required proficiency in mathematics, science, communications, and technologies designed to lead to an associate degree in a specified career field. Requires such program to include development of appropriate curriculum and in-service teacher training. Allows any such program to provide for counselor training and equipment acquisition. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires applications to include five-year plans for development and implementation. Directs the Secretary to ensure an equitable distribution of assistance among States and among urban and rural consortium participants but to give special consideration to applications which: (1) provide for effective employment placement activities or transfer of students to four-year baccalaureate degree programs; (2) demonstrate commitment to continue the program after termination of assistance under this Act; and (3) are developed in consultation with business, industry, and labor unions. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:08:41Z | |
| 100-sres-495 | 100 | sres | 495 | A resolution commending Yakutat Elementary School for excellence in education. | Education | 1988-10-12 | 1988-10-12 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 0 | Commends Yakutat Elementary School, in Alaska, for its achievement and congratulates the school and its principal, parents, and children. | 2021-06-10T21:50:43Z | |
| 100-hr-5486 | 100 | hr | 5486 | Intergenerational Library Literacy Act | Education | 1988-10-06 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 1 | Intergenerational Library Literacy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local public library systems to establish demonstration projects using older adult volunteers to provide intergenerational library literacy programs for school children during afterschool hours. Limits the aggregate amount of grants under this Act to a local public library system. Sets forth requirements for such demonstration projects relating to: (1) new programs; (2) multiple locations; (3) afterschool hours; (4) older adult volunteers; (5) older adult role models; (6) one-year duration; and (7) an evaluation and report to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements for applications and for selection of grant recipients. Directs the Secretary, within three years after first making a grant under this Act, to report to the Congress on such deomonstration projects, including any recommendations on the establishment of a permanent program to develop intergenerational library literacy programs in local public library systems. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for such grants under this Act, in a specified amount to be appropriated from any unobligated amounts appropriated to carry out title II of the Library Services and Construction Act. | 2025-08-28T20:05:29Z | |
| 100-hr-5464 | 100 | hr | 5464 | Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-10-05 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 0 | Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States and localities with approved plans and applications to assist them to expand or establish full-day early childhood development services for prekindergarten children. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, to: (1) use the expertise of early childhood experts in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) ensure that individuals administering this Act have expertise in the area of early childhood development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. Sets forth requirements relating to State and local eligibility for Federal assistance under this Act, including establishment or designation of a State Interagency Advisory Task Force and a Local Policy Group. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States. Reserves a portion of the funds for specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State allotment formulas based on a State's: (1) number of children five years old or under; (2) number of families with two parents, both of whom are in the labor force, who have one or more children five years old or under; (3) tax capacity index; and (4) tax effort index. Sets forth reallotment provisions. Sets forth provisions for Federal allocation of certain funds to localities. Directs the Secretary to make such allocations to localities from amounts that would be allotted to a State but will not be so allotted because the State elects not to participate in programs assisted under this Act. Makes such a grant to the locality equal to the amount to which it is entitled when ranked by the Secretary against other applicants from the same State. Sets forth provisions for within State reservation and allocation. Directs the Governor to reserve 25 percent of the State allotment for specified activities and to allocate the remaining 75 percent to localities with approved applications on a ranking basis. … | 2025-08-28T20:06:00Z | |
| 100-hr-5446 | 100 | hr | 5446 | Elementary School Improvement Project Act | Education | 1988-10-03 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21] | PA | R | R000243 | 5 | Elementary School Improvement Project Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to conduct programs designed to reduce the student-to-teacher ratio in the primary grades of elementary schools. Requires each LEA that receives such a grant to establish and maintain in schools under its jurisdiction an average student-to-teacher ratio of not more than 15 students per teacher, and a maximum ratio of not more than 18 students per teacher. Applies such ratios to: (1) the first grades of such schools for each year for which the grant is received; (2) the second grades for the second and third years of the grant; and (3) the third grades for the third year of the grant. Sets forth selection criteria, application requirements, and payment procedures for such grants. Sets the Federal share of the cost of activities caried out under such a grant at: (1) 90 percent for the first year; (2) 70 percent for the second year; and (3) 50 percent for the third year. Allows the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:08:31Z | |
| 100-hr-5408 | 100 | hr | 5408 | A bill to make a correction in the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of 1988. | Education | 1988-09-28 | 1988-10-19 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 0 | Amends the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations for the Access Demonstration Programs (for training of secondary school personnel, including guidance counselors). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-2839 | 100 | s | 2839 | Teachers' Professional Development Act | Education | 1988-09-27 | 1988-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Teachers' Professional Development Act - Authorizes appropriations for the following programs established by this Act: (1) teaching professions pilot grants, for FY 1989 through 1991; (2) teacher recruitment incentive grants, for FY 1989 through 1995; (3) inservice teacher training grants, for FY 1989 through 1995; (4) the National Academy for Teaching, for FY 1989 through 1995; (5) a study of school teacher and administrator pension portability; and (6) student loan forgiveness for teachers in public schools with substantial enrollments of minority students, for FY 1989 through 1995. Establishes the teaching professions pilot grants program. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies (LEAs) to plan and implement pilot programs to enhance the professional status, governance role, and professional satisfaction of teachers. Requires such funding to be distributed equitably by geographic area, but only to programs of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be of value as a demonstration. Allows such pilot programs to include: (1) differential staffing, such as career ladders and job-sharing; (2) incentive pay; (3) mentor or master teachers; (4) increased teacher involvement in policy and governance decisions, such as those related to curriculum, class size, staff hiring, and role of teacher aides; (5) decentralizing management so decisions are made at school level and with teacher participation; (6) research on techniques to recruit, train, and reward teachers; and (7) coordination of activities with teacher associations or higher education institutions. Limits such grants to not more than three years. Sets forth evaluation and application requirements. Establishes the teacher recruitment incentive grants program. Directs the Secretary to make program grants, on a competitive basis to qualifying applicants, to: (1) eligible LEAs for local recruitment programs; and (2) eligible LEAs (or LEA consortia) and eligible institutions of high… | 2025-08-28T20:06:19Z | |
| 100-hr-5352 | 100 | hr | 5352 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants for character education programs. | Education | 1988-09-23 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 41 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies for character education programs. Requires local educational agencies to certify to the Secretary that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag is a part of the daily program of each elementary and secondary school under their control and direction, in order to be eligible for such grants. Sets forth application requirements. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information on successful character education and development programs to State and local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and other interested individuals and organizations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-5354 | 100 | hr | 5354 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for demonstration programs on early childhood family education, and for other purposes. | Education | 1988-09-23 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 41 | Directs the Secretary of Education to make payments to State educational agencies for demonstration grants for early childhood family education programs conducted by eligible local educational agencies. Sets forth a formula for allotment of such payments to States on the basis of population. Sets forth minimum and maximum numbers of such demonstration grants to be awarded in each State. Sets forth maximum limits on grant amounts. Sets forth criteria for eligibility for: (1) State educational agencies for payments; and (2) local educational agencies for demonstration grants. Authorizes appropriations for such demonstration grants program. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to each of 20 eligible local educational agencies for early childhood family education programs in public schools within such agencies in the greatest need. Sets forth factors which the Secretary must consider in determining whether a school is in greatest need. Sets forth application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for school districts in greatest need. Directs the Secretary to disseminate to State and local educational agencies information on: (1) The Parents and Teachers Program: The National Center, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; and (2) the Minnesota Early Childhood Education Project, sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education. Authorizes appropriations for dissemination of such information. Defines "early childhood family education program" to mean a program consisting of not less than two multi-hour sessions per month, during which parents of children three years old or younger meet at either a private home or a central location and receive instruction in effective parent-child interaction from a trained parent-educator and participate in organized discussion with other such parents. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-5355 | 100 | hr | 5355 | A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish Federal financial assistance for parental choice open enrollment programs in public schools. | Education | 1988-09-23 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 41 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a grants program for parental choice open enrollment in public schools. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such program grants to local educational agencies (LEAs). Prohibits any LEA from being eligible to participate in such program unless it agrees to permit: (1) elementary and secondary school students to enroll in public schools in the school district without regard to school attendance zones; and (2) such students and their families to decide which school the student will attend in that school district. Allows such grants to be used for: (1) increasing school attendance and student achievement; (2) increasing accountability for success of the educational program in schools; (3) increasing parental involvement and public interest in schools; (4) establishing and operating distinctive schools with new and innovative approaches to education, including increasing flexibility and autonomy at the school level; and (5) providing a wider range of choices of educational courses of instruction to educationally and economically disadvantaged children. Requires that at least 50 percent of a grant be used to carry out the parental choice program. Sets forth individual LEA application requirements for such grants. Permits LEA consortia to apply for such grants to develop and conduct interdistrict, regional, or statewide parental choice programs. Limits the amount of each grant, but authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitation in the case of an LEA serving a very large number of students or a consortium of LEAs serving large school districts or in other special circumstances. Limits the duration of such grants to a five-year period. Allows any LEA with a parental choice program in operation during the year for which assistance is sought to apply for a grant to expand such program. Allows any LEA receiving a magnet schools program grant, under the ESEA or the Education for Economic Security Act, to apply for a parental choice p… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-5356 | 100 | hr | 5356 | Bootstrap Schools Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-09-23 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 41 | Bootstrap Schools Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to enhance the quality of education provided at elementary and secondary schools through establishing bootstrap school programs. Makes an LEA eligible for such a grant if it submits an application and serves a qualified area, i.e. any area of the State in which the percentage of the population whose annual gross income does not exceed the poverty line is twice the percentage of the State population. Sets forth requirements for contents of applications. Requires that special consideration be given to applications which describe a program to: (1) serve areas in which at least 60 percent of the population has an annual gross income that does not exceed the poverty line; and (2) improve academic standards and performance at schools through measures such as: (1) open enrollment; (2) school-based management of curricula, class size, and funds; (3) professionalization of teachers, as determined by the Secretary; (4) alternative certification of teachers; (5) reduction of the number of nonteaching personnel; and (6) merit pay for teachers. Requires each LEA recipient to use the grant only for: (1) planning and outreach activities directly related to expanding and enhancing academic programs and services offered at such schools; (2) acquisition of teaching materials, books, and equipment for educational programs (including computers); and (3) teacher compensation. Requires that such use be directly related to increasing the knowledge of students attending elementary and secondary schools, under the LEA's jurisdiction, in mathematics, science, history, English, foreign languages, art, or music or to improving their vocation skills. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for such grants. | 2025-08-28T20:05:09Z | |
| 100-hr-5357 | 100 | hr | 5357 | A bill to establish a program of demonstration grants to State educational agencies for purposes of conducting school-based management projects. | Education | 1988-09-23 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 41 | Directs the Secretary of Education to make five-year grants to not more than ten State educational agencies to conduct school-based management projects in one or more local educational agencies in the State. Requires each such project to be designed to result in strengthening opportunity and capacity for school-based management. Sets the amount of each grant for each year of the grant period. Sets forth requirements for applications and selection of grant recipients. Requires such projects to include: (1) increased responsibility and decision-making for teachers; (2) increased staff support for teachers; (3) greater differentiation of teachers' roles and responsibilities; (4) variation in school leadership structures; (5) greater autonomy at the school level with respect to budgeting and resource allocation; and (6) greater accountability for teachers and schools with respect to student performance. Allows grant funds to be used to: (1) support increased operating costs at the schools involved (for the first two years of the project); (2) underwrite development and technical assistance; (3) document and describe the process of transition to school-based management; (4) evaluate the results of transition; and (5) disseminate nationally information on new models in school management. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1989 through 1993. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-5361 | 100 | hr | 5361 | A bill to provide financial assistance to States to carry out demonstration projects to provide character education to juveniles confined in juvenile detention facilities. | Education | 1988-09-23 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 41 | Authorizes the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to States for demonstration projects to provide character education to juveniles who are confined in juvenile detention facilities as a result of being delinquent. Provides that such grants may be made to eligible States to carry out, directly or by contract, at least ten demonstration projects. Sets forth eligibility and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 to carry out this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-2815 | 100 | s | 2815 | National Foundation for Excellence Act | Education | 1988-09-22 | 1988-09-30 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, Treasury Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 1 | National Foundation for Excellence Act - Establishes the National Foundation for Excellence, as an independent establishment of the executive branch. Sets forth the membership of the Board of Directors of the Foundation. Authorizes the Foundation to award scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study for outstanding students committed to careers in teaching in public education. Sets forth rules for courses of study and for duration of scholarship assistance. Provides for eligibility, selection, and number of recipients of such scholarships (Foundation scholars). Provides for scholarship stipends and limitations on total assistance to any recipient. Sets forth scholarship conditions, including reporting requirements and student agreements to teach in a public elementary or secondary school for a certain period of years based on the total amount of scholarship awarded. Sets forth scholarship repayment requirements for those who do not fulfill such teaching commitments or who otherwise do not comply with the provisions of this Act. Sets forth exceptions to such repayment provisions, including deferrals during certain periods and forgiveness in the event of permanent total disability. Authorizes the Foundation to make grants to States to pay the Federal share (50 percent) of scholarship programs conducted by the States in accordance with this Act. Sets forth application requirements. Establishes in the Treasury the National Foundation for Excellence Trust Fund, consisting of appropriations under this Act and amounts raised from non-Federal sources by the Foundation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full any amounts appropriated to the Fund, but only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. Directs the Board to make an annual report of its operations to the Congress by April 1 of each year. Sets forth required contents of such report. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund. Authorizes appropriations t… | 2025-08-28T20:06:47Z | |
| 100-hr-5328 | 100 | hr | 5328 | Class Size Demonstration Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-09-16 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] | RI | R | S000136 | 0 | Class Size Demonstration Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local educational agencies having elementary and secondary schools with large classes in order to demonstrate the advantages of reducing the size of classes. Sets forth grant selection criteria, application requirements, and audit requirements. Sets forth provisions for the Federal share of program payments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and thereafter to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:06:13Z | |
| 100-hr-5290 | 100 | hr | 5290 | Tech-Prep Education Act | Education | 1988-09-14 | 1988-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 0 | Tech-Prep Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under this Act to consortia of: (1) local educational agencies or area vocational schools serving secondary school students; and (2) community colleges (including postsecondary vocational technical schools). Sets the Federal share at: (1) 100 percent of first year planning costs; (2) 80 percent of second year implementation and operation costs; (3) 70 percent of third year operating costs; (4) 60 percent of fourth year operating costs; and (5) 50 percent of fifth year operating costs. Requires each grant recipient to use the grant funds to develop and operate a four-year technical preparation education program. Requires such program to consist of the two years of secondary school preceding higher education, with a common core of required proficiency in mathematics, science, communications, and technologies designed to lead to an associate degree in a specified career field. Requires such program to include development of appropriate curriculum and in-service teacher training. Allows any such program to provide for counselor training and equipment acquisition. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires applications to include five-year plans for development and implementation. Directs the Secretary to ensure an equitable distribution of assistance among States and among urban and rural consortium participants but to give special consideration to applications which: (1) provide for effective employment placement activities or transfer of students to four-year baccalaureate degree programs; (2) demonstrate commitment to continue the program after termination of assistance under this Act; and (3) are developed in consultation with business, industry, and labor unions. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:03Z | |
| 100-hr-5296 | 100 | hr | 5296 | A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to establish a program of grants for vocational-technical training and to encourage tribal economic development, to provide for the designation of the National Indian Center for Research in Vocational-Technical Training, and for other purposes. | Education | 1988-09-14 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 5 | Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (the Act) to revise provisions for vocational education programs for Indians. Prohibits the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) from placing upon vocation education grants to or contracts with Indian tribal organizations any restrictions relating to rates of placement of students or adults served other than those applicable to specified State vocation education grants. Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to grants which involve, coordinate with, or encourage tribal economic development plans. Directs the Secretary, from funds reserved for such Indian vocational education programs, to reserve specified minimum amounts for grants: (1) first, to the Crownpoint Institute of Technology, Crown Point, New Mexico; and (2) next to the United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, North Dakota. Requires such grants to be for vocational-technical training and related activities, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may reasonably require relative to satisfactory performance. Directs the Secretary, for FY 1991 and thereafter, to adjust for inflation such reserved amounts. Directs the Secretary, from any remaining specified reserve funds, to first make grants to institutions of higher education eligible for assistance under the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 and to encourage development of tribal economic development programs. Authorizes the Secretary, if no such institution applies, to approve a single application from the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. Directs the Secretary of Education to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified reserved funds for activities consistent with the Act (other than construction or alteration of facilities) for the benefit of students in schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) provide a matching amount for such activities; and (2) administer all amounts so transferred or provided as a single fu… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-5304 | 100 | hr | 5304 | Smart Start: The Community Collaboration for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-09-14 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 0 | Smart Start: The Community Collaboration for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States and localities with approved plans and applications to assist them to expand or establish full-day early childhood development services for prekindergarten children. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, to: (1) use the expertise of early childhood experts in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) ensure that individuals administering this Act have expertise in the area of early childhood development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. Sets forth requirements relating to State and local eligibility for Federal assistance under this Act, including establishment or designation of a State Interagency Advisory Task Force and a Local Policy Group. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States. Reserves a portion of the funds for specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State allotment formulas based on a State's: (1) number of children five years old or under; (2) number of families with two parents, both of whom are in the labor force, who have one or more children five years old or under; (3) tax capacity index; and (4) tax effort index. Sets forth reallotment provisions. Sets forth provisions for Federal allocation of certain funds to localities. Directs the Secretary to make such allocations to localities from amounts that would be allotted to a State but will not be so allotted because the State elects not to participate in programs assisted under this Act. Makes such a grant to the locality equal to the amount to which it is entitled when ranked by the Secretary against other applicants from the same State. Sets forth provisions for within State reservation and allocation. Directs the Governor to reserve 25 percent of the State allotment for specified activities and to allocate the remaining 75 percent to localities with approved applications on a ranking basis. … | 2025-08-28T20:07:52Z | |
| 100-s-2762 | 100 | s | 2762 | National Educational Software Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-09-08 | 1988-09-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | National Educational Software Act of 1988 - 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 1988 through 1990. | 2025-08-28T20:09:19Z | |
| 100-s-2764 | 100 | s | 2764 | A bill to provide for a Health and Human Resources Center at Voorheers College in Denmark, South Carolina. | Education | 1988-09-08 | 1988-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, to pay construction costs and related costs for a Health and Human Resources Center. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-2739 | 100 | s | 2739 | A bill to amend the professional and graduate institution program under part B of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add certain additional institutions, and for other purposes. | Education | 1988-08-11 | 1988-09-19 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 5 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions for grants to professional or graduate institutions under title III part B provisions for strengthening historically Black colleges and universities. Repeals the requirement that professional or graduate institutions eligible for such grants be "independent" (thus allowing State-affiliated institutions to qualify). Adds to the list of institutions specifically eligible for such grants: (1) Thurgood Marshall School of Law (at Texas Southern University); (2) North Carolina Central University School of Law; (3) Southern University School of Law (in Louisiana); and (4) Florida A&M College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Graduate Program). | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 100-s-2698 | 100 | s | 2698 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-08-09 | 1988-08-23 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, GAO. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 29 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (a private non-profit organization) for research and development relating to teacher assessment and certification procedures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991 for such purpose. Sets forth terms and conditions for such assistance. Requires the Board to: (1) establish a Research and Development Advisory Committee; and (2) consult with the Secretary and other specified entities in appointing the ten Committee members (with the Secretary selecting two of those). Requires funds under this Act to be used only for research and development of teacher assessment and certification procedures for elementary and secondary school teachers. Requires that priority be given to activities relating to teaching: (1) the subject areas of mathematics, the sciences, foreign languages, and literacy (including reading, writing, and analytical ability); and (2) special educational populations, including limited English proficient children, gifted and talented children, handicapped children, and economically and educationally disadvantaged children. Sets forth application requirements. Sets the Federal share of the cost of such Board activities at 50 percent. Requires the Board to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress. Requires the Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the National Research Council to review and comment on the Board's report and to report to such committees on the Board's compliance with this Act. Sets forth auditing provisions. Sets forth limitations on the ways this Act may be construed. | 2025-08-28T20:07:56Z | |
| 100-hr-5157 | 100 | hr | 5157 | A bill to prohibit in any program or activity under the jurisdiction of a State educational agency or local educational agency that receives Federal financial assistance the recording of information relating to sexual maturity, including any description of any sexual part, or any rating or scale based on such description, with respect to any individual other than an employee of such an agency who is at least 21 years of age. | Education | 1988-08-04 | 1988-09-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000022 | 0 | Prohibits the recording of information relating to sexual maturity with respect to any individual (other than an employee who is at least 21 years old) by any program or activity under the jurisdiction of a State educational agency or local educational agency receiving Federal financial assistance. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-2677 | 100 | s | 2677 | A bill to establish a program of Federal grants to assist local educational agencies to establish and provide for a school year of not less that 218 days. | Education | 1988-08-02 | 1988-08-23 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA] | VA | R | T000367 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Education to establish an extended school year program of grants to local educational agencies to establish and provide for a school year of not less than 218 days. Sets forth program and application requirements. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount for such extended school year grants program from appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 for chapter two (Federal, State, and Local Partnership for Educational Improvement) of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 100-s-2647 | 100 | s | 2647 | Stafford Student Loan Default Prevention and Management Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-07-14 | 1988-09-20 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 13 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Stafford Student Loan Default Prevention and Management Act of 1988 - Title I: Default Management - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to require default management plans to be developed and carried out by certain guaranty agencies, eligible lenders, and eligible institutions with high default rates under part B (the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan Program, formerly known as the Guaranteed Student Loan Program) of title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to determine the default rates for guaranty agencies, eligible lenders, and eligible institutions. Requires those guaranty agencies, lenders, and institutions with default rates in excess of 25 percent to develop and carry out default management plans. Subjects guaranty agencies, lenders, and institutions with high volume default rates which are in the highest five percent by volume of defaulted student loans to program reviews by the Secretary (in the case of guaranty agencies) or by the State guaranty agency (in the case of lenders or institutions). Directs the Secretary (or the State guaranty agency, as the case may be) to develop and implement a default management plan for such guaranty agencies, lenders, or institutions if it is determined that their management practices substantially contribute to the high volume default. Sets forth default management provisions which may be required under such plans. Sets forth procedural requirements relating to such plans. Sets forth plan enforcement procedures, including limitation, suspension, or termination proceedings. Sets forth formulas for the calculation of default rates. Revises definitions of guaranty agency, eligible lender, and eligible institution to disqualify those that fail or refuse to develop default management plans. Title II: Improved Stafford Student Loan Collection Provisions - Requires each eligible institution to transmit financial aid transcripts (necessary for loan need determination statement… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 100-hr-5030 | 100 | hr | 5030 | Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-07-13 | 1988-09-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | A000226 | 13 | Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to eligible partnerships to assist such partnerships in preparing, expanding, and carrying out programs designed to use volunteers in elementary and secondary schools. (Defines eligible partnership as a volunteer program development agreement between: (1) an elementary or secondary school, State educational agency (SEA), and/or local educational agency (LEA); and (2) a government agency, nonprofit organization, institution of higher education, or business concern.) Sets forth priorities in the grant approval process. Sets forth types of programs for which such grants may be made. Directs the Secretary, when issuing rules for such grants program, to consult with nonprofit organizations that operate nationwide and that have as primary purposes assisting: (1) elementary and secondary schools in organizing, promoting, and using school volunteers; and (2) older Americans, employees of business concerns, educators, and students in becoming school volunteers. Sets forth grant eligibility and application requirements. Requires annual reports by: (1) grant recipients to the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary to specified congressional officers. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Center for Leadership in School Volunteer and Partnership Programs, through grants to or contracts with a nonprofit organization described in this Act. Requires the Center to: (1) train volunteers; (2) provide technical assistance to an eligible partnership in developing or improving a volunteer program; (3) conduct an annual survey of volunteer programs; and (4) evaluate volunteer programs. Requires that at least 20 percent of funds under this Act in any fiscal year be used for Center activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:39Z | |
| 100-s-2642 | 100 | s | 2642 | National Geography Studies Centers Act | Education | 1988-07-13 | 1988-07-20 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 3 | National Geography Studies Centers Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with the Education Foundation of the National Geographic Society (the contractor) to pay the Federal share (75 percent) of the cost of establishing and operating National Geography Studies Centers for the study of geography in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the contractor to enter into contracts with or make grants to local educational agencies, State educational agencies, State higher educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, to establish and operate such Centers. Requires each Center to: (1) support programs for geography study by elementary and secondary school students, that may include laboratory schools and summer institutes; (2) support programs which provide elementary and secondary school teacher retraining and inservice training in geography; and (3) establish procedures, through an advisory panel, for selecting students and teachers for center-supported programs. Requires such procedures to take account of geographic distribution and the needs of students and teachers from historically underrepresented groups. Authorizes each Center to: (1) support development and dissemination of innovative geography cirricula; (2) develop geography curricula to be used in other subject areas; and (3) provide technical and resource assistance in geography to schools in the region served. Raises from six to seven percent the maximum portion of funds for Federal, State, and Local Partnerships for Educational Improvement which the Secretary is to reserve for National Programs and Activities. Includes the National Geography Studies Centers among such National Programs and Activities, and requires that a specified minimum amount be made available for such Centers, subject to the availability of funds for any fiscal year for National Programs and Activities. | 2025-08-28T20:05:18Z | |
| 100-hconres-332 | 100 | hconres | 332 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the number of students in each classroom in an elementary or secondary school in the United States should be decreased. | Education | 1988-07-12 | 1988-08-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Hertel, Dennis M. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | H000547 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the number of students in each classroom in an elementary or secondary school in the United States should be decreased to not more than 26 students. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4986 | 100 | hr | 4986 | Student Default Initiative Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-07-07 | 1988-08-11 | Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.523 Reported to House. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 11 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 100-820) Student Default Initiative Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to lower the maximum amount of a Pell Grant for academic years 1990-1991 and 1991-1992. Eliminates certain provisions relating to adjustments in Pell Grant payments when appropriations are insufficient. Authorizes the Secretary, when appropriations are insufficient, to draw funds from subsequent year appropriations for Pell Grants, up to ten percent of such preceding fiscal year's appropriations. Revises provisions relating to the period of eligibility for Pell Grants to limit such period to the full-time equivalent of: (1) the number of academic years that the undergraduate degree normally requires, plus one academic year; or (2) six academic years in the case of a degree or certificate program normally requiring more than four academic years. Prevents the double counting of income in asset computations for purposes of the Pell Grant and other student assistance programs. Revises the definition of independent student for purposes of need analysis under the Pell Grant and other student assistance programs. Provides that any veterans' education benefits paid to a student for enrollment in a postsecondary education program shall be treated as a resource in determining eligibility for aid under the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program. Defers a student's GSL or federally insured student (FISL) loan repayment obligation for up to 12 months in cases of students displaced by school closing. Requires that insurance program agreements to qualify loans for GSL interest subsidies provide that the lender must promptly notify the borrower (and that the guaranty agency must notify, upon request of such institution, the last institution the student was attending prior to the beginning of repayment) of: (1) any sale or other transfer of the loan to another holder; and (2) such holder's address and phone number. Makes such notification requiremen… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-2579 | 100 | s | 2579 | Library Improvement Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-06-28 | 1988-07-20 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 0 | Library Improvement Act of 1988 - Provides assistance for: (1) library services for economically disadvantaged or handicapped individuals; (2) library resource sharing; and (3) library research and assessment of services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make specified allotments or reallotments to States from funds for titles I and II of this Act. Sets forth State application requirements. Title I: Library Services to Disadvantaged Americans - Directs the Secretary to make grants, from State allotments, to States to carry out projects or activities that provide new or expand existing library services to economically disadvantaged or handicapped individuals to enhance their educational opportunities or to facilitate their greater use of such services. Permits State library administrative agencies to support projects either directly or through grants to, or contracts with, public or private entities, including Indian tribes. Allows such projects to include joint projects among libraries and other types of institutions, such as schools. Specifies kinds of library projects and activities which States may support with title I funds. Requires States to use title I funds only for the support of new, or the expansion of existing, projects or activities. Prohibits States from using such funds to: (1) support a project or activity for more than five years; (2) acquire, expand, or construct buildings, other than minor remodeling to improve access to libraries or library services for handicapped individuals; or (3) pay State administrative costs under this title. Title II: Library Resource Sharing - Part A: State Grants - Directs the Secretary to make grants, from State allotments, to States to develop new, and expand existing, interstate and intrastate library networks. Permits State library administrative agencies to support projects either directly or through grants to or contracts with public or private entities, includi… | 2025-08-28T20:07:45Z | |
| 100-hr-4872 | 100 | hr | 4872 | A bill to establish education and prevention programs relating to the illicit use of drugs by youth. | Education | 1988-06-21 | 1988-07-14 | Placed on Union Calendar No: 472. | House | Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | H000367 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 100-779) Title I: Drug Education and Prevention Relating to Youth Gangs - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants and contracts for projects and activities for drug education and prevention relating to youth gangs. Includes among such projects: (1) prevention and reduction of youth drug abuse and participation in gang-committed, drug-related crimes; and (2) support of local law enforcement outreach activities. Sets forth grant and contract application requirements for public and nonprofit private agencies, organizations (including community-based organizations with demonstrated experience in this field), institutions, and individuals. Sets forth application approval priorities. Directs the Secretary of HHS to coordinate the program under this title with the programs and activities of the Attorney General and with those under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Innovative Alcohol Abuse Education Programs - Amends part F (Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education) of title IV (Special Programs) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for innovative alcohol abuse education programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to develop materials for such programs, especially ones that focus on the effect of the disease of alcoholism on the families of alcoholics, particularly the children. Requires that programs for which such materials are developed be designed to benefit young children, particularly those in grades five through eight. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to training programs for educators that are designed to: (1) increase awareness of children's problems that may be caused by an alcoholic parent; (2) enhance educators' ability to identify children at risk for alcohol abuse; (3) inform educators concerning referral of children of alcoholics for appropri… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4830 | 100 | hr | 4830 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent double-counting of income in the conduct of needs analysis for student assistance under that Act. | Education | 1988-06-15 | 1988-07-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 31 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent double-counting of income in the conduct of needs analysis for student assistance programs under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4797 | 100 | hr | 4797 | Student-Athlete Right-to-Know Act | Education | 1988-06-13 | 1988-07-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11] | NY | D | T000326 | 1 | Student-Athlete Right-to-Know Act - Requires institutions of higher education receiving Federal assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes. (Includes information on fields of study, race, and sex under such requirement.) Requires such institutions to report such information annually to the Secretary of Education and to include it in their letters of intent to prospective students who are candidates for athletic scholarships. Directs the Secretary to compile and publish a report containing such information. | 2025-08-28T20:09:02Z | |
| 100-hr-4798 | 100 | hr | 4798 | Student Default Initiative Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-06-13 | 1988-07-12 | For Further Action See H.R.4986. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 10 | Student Default Initiative Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to lower the maximum amount of a Pell Grant for academic years 1989-1990, 1990-1991, and 1991-1992. Eliminates provisions authorizing adjustments in Pell Grant payments when appropriations are insufficient. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), when appropriations are insufficient, to draw funds from subsequent year appropriations for Pell Grants. Revises provisions relating to the period of eligibility for Pell Grants to limit such period to the full-time equivalent of: (1) the number of academic years that the undergraduate degree normally requires, plus one academic year; or (2) six academic years in the case of a degree or certificate program normally requiring more than four academic years. Requires that insurance program agreements to qualify loans for Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) interest subsidies provide that the lender must promptly notify the borrower (and the last institution the student attended before the beginning of repayment) of: (1) any sale or other transfer of the loan to another holder; and (2) such holder's address and phone number. Requires such agreements to require the guaranty agency to provide preclaims assistance for default prevention. Revises provisions under the Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS) program. Revises the conditions of SLS eligibility of undergraduate dependent students. Requires "exceptional" (rather than "extenuating") circumstances to preclude such a student's parents from borrowing under the parent loan (PLUS loan) program. Requires appropriate documentation that such circumstances exist to be maintained in the institution's records to support such determination. Reduces the amount of an individual's SLS loan eligibility by the amount of such individual's GSL loan eligibility (added to other financial aid). Sets forth additional requirements with respect to disbursement of student loans. Requires multiple disbursement of student loans under part B of t… | 2025-08-28T20:08:47Z | |
| 100-s-2498 | 100 | s | 2498 | A bill to require institutions of higher education receiving Federal financial assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes at such institutions. | Education | 1988-06-13 | 1988-06-21 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 1 | Requires institutions of higher education receiving Federal assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes. (Includes information on fields of study, race, and sex under such requirement.) Requires such institutions to report such information annually to the Secretary of Education and to include it in their letters of intent to prospective students who are candidates for athletic scholarships. Directs the Secretary to compile and publish a report containing such information. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 100-hr-4742 | 100 | hr | 4742 | A bill to achieve greater accountability in Federal student assistance programs, to minimize the potential for waste and abuse, and for other purposes. | Education | 1988-06-03 | 1988-07-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and add provisions relating to title IV (Student Assistance) programs. Eliminates a requirement that at least 85 percent of Pell Grant payment funds be advanced to eligible institutions before the start of each payment period. Limits Pell Grant individual eligibility to three academic years in the case of an undergraduate degree or certificate program normally requiring two years or less. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to prescribe regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of Pell Grant provisions. Requires institutional accountability plans under the allocation of funds provisions of the supplemental education opportunity grant (SEOG) program and the work-study program. Permits adjustments of an institution's allocation if it fails to meet the performance goals established in its accountability plan. Requires participating institutions to develop such plans to assess, in quantifiable terms, their success in providing an education of demonstrable value to their students. Directs the Secretary to publish and take public comment on: (1) a number of criteria from which an institution shall select those to be included in its plans; and (2) minimum standards for evaluating institutional performance. Directs the Secretary, based upon the advice of review panels representative of the higher education community, to review initial plans and approve them if minimum standards are met. Requires approval of such a plan before an institution may receive an allocation for award year 1989-1990 or 1990-1991. Sets forth procedures relating to revised plans in later academic years. Requires institutions with approved plans to submit annual progress reports. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such reports; (2) reduce allocations as appropriate; and (3) redistribute the resulting excess allocations to institutions that have met or exceeded their objectives, on the basis of their relative need. Requires the final award notification… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-2450 | 100 | s | 2450 | Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-05-27 | 1988-06-08 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] | FL | D | C000356 | 14 | Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to eligible partnerships to assist elementary and secondary schools in organizing, promoting, and utilizing volunteers in such schools. (Defines eligible partnership as a volunteer program development agreement between: (1) an elementary or secondary school, State educational agency (SEA), and/or local educational agency (LEA); and (2) a government agency, nonprofit organization, institution of higher education, and/or business concern.) Directs the Secretary to consult with the National School Volunteer Program, Incorporated, in establishing criteria for making such grants and in prescribing regulations under this Act. Sets forth authorized uses of funds under this Act. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Center for Leadership in School Volunteer and Partnership Programs, through grants to or contracts with an entity, such as the National School Volunteer Program, Incorporated, which is experienced in and has as its primary purpose assisting school volunteer programs. Requires the Center to: (1) serve as a resource center; (2) train volunteers; (3) conduct an annual survey of volunteer programs; (4) evaluate volunteer programs; and (5) perform any of its functions through contracts with the various types of entities included under eligible partnerships. Requires that at least 20 percent of funds under this Act in any fiscal year be used for Center activities. Sets forth priorities in the grant approval process. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:31Z | |
| 100-s-2432 | 100 | s | 2432 | Student Aid Integrity and Accountability Amendments of 1988 | Education | 1988-05-25 | 1988-06-08 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Student Aid Integrity and Accountability Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and add provisions relating to title IV (Student Assistance) programs. Eliminates a requirement that at least 85 percent of Pell Grant payment funds be advanced to eligible institutions before the start of each payment period. Limits Pell Grant individual eligibility to three academic years in the case of an undergraduate degree or certificate program normally requiring two years or less. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to prescribe regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of Pell Grant provisions. Requires institutional accountability plans under the allocation of funds provisions of the supplemental education opportunity grant (SEOG) program and the work-study program. Permits adjustments of an institution's allocation if it fails to meet the performance goals established in its accountability plan. Requires participating institutions to develop such plans to assess, in quantifiable terms, their success in providing an education of demonstrable value to their students. Directs the Secretary to publish and take public comment on: (1) a number of criteria from which an institution shall select those to be included in its plans; and (2) minimum standards for evaluating institutional performance. Directs the Secretary, based upon the advice of review panels representative of the higher education community, to review initial plans and approve them if minimum standards are met. Requires approval of such a plan before an institution may receive an allocation for award year 1989-1990 or 1990-1991. Sets forth procedures relating to revised plans in later academic years. Requires institutions with approved plans to submit annual progress reports. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such reports; (2) reduce allocations as appropriate; and (3) redistribute the resulting excess allocations to institutions that have met or exceeded their objectives, on the basi… | 2025-08-28T20:05:47Z | |
| 100-hr-4638 | 100 | hr | 4638 | A bill to amend the effective date provision of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988. | Education | 1988-05-19 | 1988-06-27 | Became Public Law No: 100-351. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 1 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-297) to revise the effective date provisions with respect to specified programs and allotments of funds. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4639 | 100 | hr | 4639 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent abuses in the Supplemental Loans for Students program under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. | Education | 1988-05-19 | 1988-07-18 | Became Public Law No: 100-369. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 10 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to remove the exemption for Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS loans) from certain eligibility requirements under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. Revises such requirements to provide that SLS and Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL loan) recipients must have: (1) received a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for a Pell Grant for the relevant period of enrollment; and (2) filed an application for such a grant, if determined to be eligible. Requires, for eligibility for an SLS loan for any period of enrollment, that a student must have: (1) received a determination of need for a GSL loan; and (2) applied for such a loan, if determined to have need for it. Reduces the amount of an individual's SLS loan eligibility by the amount of such individual's GSL loan eligibility (added to other financial aid). Revises the conditions of SLS eligibility of undergraduate dependent students. Requires "exceptional" (rather than "extenuating") circumstances to preclude such a student's parents from borrowing under the parent loan (PLUS loan) program. Requires appropriate documentation that such circumstances exist to be maintained in the institution's records to support such determination. Requires that SLS loans be disbursed in a specified manner to reduce student interest costs. Makes special rules for multiple disbursement also applicable to SLS loans. Makes students in teacher training programs eligible for GSL loans regardless of specified restrictions on such eligibility. Provides that, for purposes of Pell Grant need analysis and general student aid need analysis provisions, income tax payments to specified U.S. territories and possessions or to foreign governments shall be treated as Federal income taxes. Amends guaranteed student loan program provisions of the Act (as amended by the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988) to specify that the guaranteed student… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4572 | 100 | hr | 4572 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the use of succeeding fiscal year Pell Grant appropriations to meet prior fiscal year shortfalls. | Education | 1988-05-11 | 1988-05-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the use of succeeding fiscal year appropriations to meet prior fiscal year shortfalls under the Pell Grant program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4573 | 100 | hr | 4573 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for alternative reduction formulas in the event of short-falls in Pell Grant appropriations. | Education | 1988-05-11 | 1988-07-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for alternative formulas for grant reduction in the event of insufficient appropriations under the Pell Grant program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4585 | 100 | hr | 4585 | Education Priorities for Research and Construction | Education | 1988-05-11 | 1988-10-13 | Rule Failed of Passage in House. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 10 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 100-1062) Education Priorities for Research and Construction - Title I: The Taft Institute - Amends the Education Amendments of 1980 to extend through FY 1991 the authorization of appropriations for the Robert A. Taft Institute of Government, in New York, New York. Title II: Constitutional Bicentennial Education Program - Amends the Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1985 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Constitutional Bicentennial Education Program, and to reserve such increased funds for elementary and secondary teacher training and retraining programs in history, geography, and other related disciplines in social sciences and humanities designed to enhance understanding of the Constitution. Title III: Library and Education Resource Authorizations - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to provide financial assistance to the Washington Library Consortium to construct and equip a facility in Prince George's County, Maryland, to link by computer eight university libraries in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and provide central storage for the rare books of the eight participating institutions of higher education (American University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Catholic University, George Mason University, Gallaudet University, Marymount University, and the University of the District of Columbia). Requires an application, and authorizes appropriations, for such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to the Vermont Higher Education Council in Hyde Park, Vermont, for development activities for faculty at institutions which are members of the Council. Provides that such activities are to be designed to address and overcome professional isolation. Requires an application, and authorizes appropriations, for such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, for construction and relat… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-4541 | 100 | hr | 4541 | Family Educational Opportunity Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-05-05 | 1988-05-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 32 | Family Educational Opportunity Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove from the computation of expected family contribution in the determination of need for assistance under the title IV (Student Assistance) Pell Grant program and other title IV student assistance programs the following assets: (1) the family's principal place of residence; (2) a family farm on which the family resides; or (3) a small business substantially owned and managed by a member or members of the family. | 2025-08-28T20:08:39Z | |
| 100-hr-4516 | 100 | hr | 4516 | Manassas National Battlefield Park Amendments of 1988 | Education | 1988-05-03 | 1988-05-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 14 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove the exemptions for Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS loans) from certain eligibility requirements under title IV (Student Assistance) of such Act. Applies special rules for multiple disbursement to SLS loans. Requires applicants for SLS loans to have: (1) received a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for a Pell Grant; or (2) filed a Pell Grant application and received a preliminary determination of eligibility or ineligibility. | 2025-08-28T20:06:13Z | |
| 100-sres-425 | 100 | sres | 425 | Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program Resolution | Education | 1988-04-29 | 1988-06-23 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 2 | Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program Resolution - Establishes a Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program to encourage increased participation by outstanding students in a public service career. Directs the Jacob K. Javits Foundation, Incorporated, New York, New York, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate (the Secretary), to select Senate Fellowship participants. Requires each participant to complete a program of graduate study in accordance with criteria agreed upon by the Foundation. Provides for a Senate component of the Fellowship Program. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint and fix the compensation of each eligible participant selected, for a period of employment which may not exceed one year. States that such compensation shall not supplement stipends received from the Secretary of Education under the Fellowship Program. Limits to ten the number of fellowship participants so employed for any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary, after consulting the Majority and Minority Leaders, to place eligible participants in positions in the Senate that are, within practicable considerations, supportive of their academic programs. Makes funds available to the Secretary available for five years, to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate. Limits such funds for each of the first five years of the program. Terminates the program five years after the effective date of this resolution. Directs the Secretary, three months prior to such expiration, to report a program evaluation and recommendations to the Majority Leader and the Senate. | 2025-08-28T20:06:59Z | |
| 100-hr-4424 | 100 | hr | 4424 | Higher Education Equity Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-04-20 | 1988-05-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. DioGuardi, Joseph J. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | D000359 | 6 | Higher Education Equity Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude the value of a principal place of residence from the computation of need for the Pell grant program and other student assistance programs. | 2025-08-28T20:08:48Z | |
| 100-hr-4416 | 100 | hr | 4416 | National Geography Studies Centers Act | Education | 1988-04-19 | 1988-10-31 | Became Public Law No: 100-569. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 11 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Title I: Library Services and Construction Reauthorization - Amends the Library Services and Construction Act to extend through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for grants under title V (Foreign Language Materials Acquisition) and title VI (Library Literacy Programs) of such Act. Title II: National Geography Studies - National Geography Studies Centers Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with the Education Foundation of the National Geographic Society (the contractor) to pay the Federal share (75 percent) of the cost of establishing and operating National Geography Studies Centers for the study of geography in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the contractor to enter into contracts with or make grants to local educational agencies, State educational agencies, State higher educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, to establish and operate such Centers. Requires each Center to: (1) support programs for geography study by elementary and secondary school students, that may include laboratory schools and summer institutes; (2) support programs which provide elementary and secondary school teacher retraining and inservice training in geography; and (3) establish procedures, through an advisory panel, for selecting students and teachers for Center-supported programs. Requires such procedures to take account of geographic distribution and the needs of students and teachers from historically underrepresented groups. Authorizes each Center to: (1) support development and dissemination of innovative geography curricula; (2) develop geography curricula to be used in other subject areas; and (3) provide technical and resource assistance in geography to schools in the region served. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 for the National Geography Studies Centers. Title III: United States Institute of Peace - Amends the United S… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-2270 | 100 | s | 2270 | Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-04-12 | 1988-06-10 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 14 | Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States and localities with approved plans and applications to assist them to expand or establish full-day early childhood development services for prekindergarten children. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, to: (1) use the expertise of early childhood experts in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) ensure that individuals administering this Act have expertise in the area of early childhood development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. Sets forth requirements relating to State and local eligibility for Federal assistance under this Act, including establishment or designation of a State Interagency Advisory Task Force and a Local Policy Group. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States. Reserves a portion of the funds for specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State allotment formulas based on a State's: (1) number of children five years old or under; (2) number of families with two parents, both of whom are in the labor force, who have one or more children five years old or under; (3) tax capacity index; and (4) tax effort index. Sets forth reallotment provisions. Sets forth provisions for Federal allocation of certain funds to localities. Directs the Secretary to make such allocations to localities from amounts that would be allotted to a State but will not be so allotted because the State elects not to participate in programs assisted under this Act. Makes such a grant to the locality equal to the amount to which it is entitled when ranked by the Secretary against other applicants from the same State. Sets forth provisions for within State reservation and allocation. Directs the Governor to reserve 25 percent of the State allotment for specified activities and to allocate the remaining 75 percent to localities with approved applications on a ranking basis… | 2025-08-28T20:06:26Z | |
| 100-s-2226 | 100 | s | 2226 | Educational Block Grant for Children at Risk Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-03-29 | 1988-04-08 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | Educational Block Grant for Children at Risk Act of 1988 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (the Act) to add new chapter 3 provisions for block grants for Innovative Programs for Children at Risk of Low Academic Achievement. (Redesignates the current chapter 3 as chapter 4.) Defines "eligible student," for purposes of such programs, as any child between three and 17 years old who is at risk of low academic achievement and, as a result, may experience future unemployment and welfare dependency. Includes under such term: (1) low-income children, including preschool age children, under chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Act; (2) minority children; (3) pregnant teenagers and teenage parents; (4) dropouts from elementary or secondary school; (5) students with limited English proficiency; (6) students who are substance abusers; (7) homeless children; and (8) neglected and delinquent children. Allows each local educational agency (LEA) to elaborate on such definition. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve five percent of chapter 3 appropriations for activities of national significance, including: (1) evaluation of activities for at-risk children; (2) dissemination of information on the effect of programs; (3) research; (4) technical assistance to State educational agencies (SEAs) and LEAs; and (5) rewarding State and local programs. Directs the Secretary to allot to the States from the remainder of such funds: (1) one-third on the basis of the number of school-aged children (between 3 and 17 years old); and (2) two-thirds on the basis of the number of children counted for chapter 1 purposes. Allows a State to reserve up to five percent of its allotment for State administrative costs and up to 20 percent for statewide programs. Directs designated State agencies to allocate a least 75 percent of the State allotment among LEAs on the basis of the factors on which State allotments are based and other s… | 2025-08-28T20:06:00Z | |
| 100-hr-3961 | 100 | hr | 3961 | National Correctional Education Assistance Act | Education | 1988-02-17 | 1988-02-17 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1] | MI | D | C000714 | 0 | National Correctional Education Assistance Act - Amends the Adult Education Act to require that at least ten percent of the funds granted to any State under specified provisions of such Act be used for corrections education and education for other institutionalized individuals. Sets forth authorized programs for such education. | 2025-08-28T20:07:22Z | |
| 100-s-2034 | 100 | s | 2034 | Prekindergarten Early Dropout Intervention Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-02-04 | 1988-05-27 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] | FL | D | C000356 | 3 | Prekindergarten Early Dropout Intervention Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and nonprofit private organizations for prekindergarten early intervention programs for dropout prevention. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1989 through 1991. Requires eligible applicants to use such grants for model programs for: (1) early identification of prekindergarten children aged three and four who are at high risk of dropping out of elementary or secondary school; and (2) assisting such children to acquire cognitive and language development skills necessary to succeed in school. Sets forth application requirements. Sets the Federal share of the costs of such programs at 90 percent for the first year, 70 percent for the second year, and 50 percent for the third year. Limits to 25 percent that portion of the annual appropriations for this Act which may be used for grants to community-based organizations and nonprofit private organizations. Limits the amount of a grant to any one applicant. Requires annual evaluation of such grants program. Requires dissemination of information on the activities assisted under this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:31Z | |
| 100-hr-3876 | 100 | hr | 3876 | Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reduction Act | Education | 1988-01-28 | 1988-02-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 0 | Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reduction Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise guaranteed student loan program provisions to authorize the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to limit, suspend, or terminate an institution's eligibility for such program unless it enters into and complies with a default reduction agreement (the agreement) containing specified provisions the Secretary deems necessary. Allows the agreement to require the institution to: (1) pay a supplemental insurance premium; (2) delay certification of a student's loan eligibility until he or she has completed at least one month of attendance; (3) obtain specified information from the student; (4) submit monthly reviews and reports to guaranty agencies on students who have left for reasons other than graduation; (5) provide students in-school and exit counseling on loan obligations; (6) provide students notification and certain information during the grace period before repayment; and (7) pay the Government costs of administering such agreement. Sets the applicable maximum default rate at 25 percent, with specified exceptions. Directs the Secretary to annually publish data on the default rates of eligible institutions, eligible lenders, and guaranty agencies. Requires lenders to seek preclaims assistance from the guarantor within 90 days after any loan becomes delinquent. Requires the guaranty agency to notify the eligible institution of the performance of pre-claims assistance with respect to borrowers who received loans while attending such institution. Requires the institution to verify the accuracy of the information in such notice. Requires the holder of the loan to notify the eligible institution promptly if the student fails to make the first loan payment within 60 days after it is due and to send the institution a copy of the final demand letter sent to the borrower. Requires the lender to notify the eligible institution of any sale or other transfer of loans made to its students to any other holder, and that holder's… | 2025-08-28T20:07:54Z | |
| 100-hr-3878 | 100 | hr | 3878 | Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reform Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-01-28 | 1988-02-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5] | IN | D | J000265 | 13 | Guaranteed Student Loan Default Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to revise guaranteed student loan program provisions relating to default rates. Requires guaranty agencies to meet certain data system information requirements. Includes among such requirements information on loan delinquencies and defaults, as well as on changes in enrollment or repayment status of borrowers whose loans are delinquent or in default. Requires guaranty agencies furnishing information to eligible institutions to include information on students who are delinquent in repaying loans (as well as those in default). Allows such information to be in the form of monthly lists, identifying the date on which the delinquency or default commenced. Requires eligible institutions to: (1) review such information and report any corrections to the guaranty agency; and (2) make certain additional information relevant to loan collection available to guaranty agencies. Requires eligible lenders or holders of loans to: (1) furnish to the appropriate guaranty agency a monthly list of the names of student borrowers who are delinquent, their last known address, the remaining loan balance, and the date the loan became delinquent; and (2) notify the borrower and eligible institution within 30 days of the sale or other transfer of the loan. Requires guaranty agencies to submit to eligible institutions monthly lists of any student borrower who is delinquent, his or her last known address, the remaining loan balance, and the date the loan became delinquent. Requires eligible institutions to review such information and report to the guaranty agency any corrections and other relevant information that may assist in locating the borrower. Sets forth provisions as to the basis and timing of limitation, suspension, and termination actions against eligible institutions. Prohibits any such action unless specified criteria are met. Sets forth a formula for default rate computation. Defines "high risk students" and "successful hi… | 2025-08-28T20:05:00Z | |
| 100-hr-3871 | 100 | hr | 3871 | Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1988 | Education | 1988-01-27 | 1988-02-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | O000159 | 11 | Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth provisions relating to default rates under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires each guaranty agency to furnish the Department of Education with information on the amount of each guaranteed student loan. Requires such information to be used in the National Student Loan Data System. Requires each guaranty agency to expand and standardize the confirmation reports to be submitted on the date of enactment of this Act in order to assure that such information is provided at least bimonthly on student loan delinquencies, defaults, and the change in status of borrowers whose loans are delinquent or in default. Requires each guaranty agency to provide the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) with complete and accurate data on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate the usefulness of the National Student Loan Data System. Allows the guaranty agency to enter into agreements whereby the eligible institution may make principal and interest payments on defaulted guaranteed student loans in order to reduce the default rate. Requires (current law authorizes) guaranty agencies to furnish to eligible institutions, upon request, specified information on students who are delinquent or have defaulted on guaranteed student loans. Requires that such information include names and addresses of such students. Revises the definition of "default." Includes supplemental loans for students under specified eligibility provisions. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to establish and carry out the National Student Loan Data System. Prohibits guaranty agencies from making any limitation, suspension, or termination action with respect to an eligible institution based on a default rate unless the default rate is based upon an average of three years' experience in the guaranteed student loan program. Requires eligible lenders or holders of loans under the guaranteed student loan program to: (1) furnish t… | 2025-08-28T20:06:51Z | |
| 100-hr-3873 | 100 | hr | 3873 | Parental Assistance With Tuition Savings Certificates Act of 1987 | Education | 1988-01-27 | 1988-01-27 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 2 | Parental Assistance With Tuition Savings Certificates Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to issue and redeem a postsecondary education savings certificate to be known as the Parental Assistance With Tuition Savings Certificate. Sets forth terms for such certificates. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for such certificates and sets forth their method of issuance. Authorizes appropriations to cover the costs of selling and redeeming certificates. Provides for incentive payments to postsecondary education institutions which accept such certificates and whose tuition cost increases have not exceeded a specified rate. Provides that certificate funds shall not be considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for assistance under federally funded programs, except in the case of specified types of students applying for student assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Directs the Secretary to support participation in the certificates program by: (1) encouraging the private sector and Government to promote employee participation in payroll deductions for the purchase of certificates; (2) encouraging businesses, nonprofit organizations, charitable groups, educational organizations, and individuals to participate in programs to provide needy youngsters with access to such certificates; and (3) work with the Secretary of the Treasury to reinstitute the Savings Stamp program to enable children to save toward the purchase of certificates. | 2025-08-28T20:08:51Z | |
| 100-s-2005 | 100 | s | 2005 | Student Loan Amendments of 1988 | Education | 1988-01-26 | 1988-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Student Loan Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit guaranteed student loans to students from families with incomes equal to or less than $30,000 without the use of a need analysis. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to apply certain need analysis rules as necessary. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Education Research and Improvement or the Center for Education Statistics, to study and report on the impact of the amendments made by the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 on students applying for guaranteed student loans and the effects on student enrollment in higher education. | 2025-08-28T20:05:56Z | |
| 100-hr-3806 | 100 | hr | 3806 | A bill to establish a scholarship program to strenghen and develop the work forces of the countries of the Caribbean Basin, to establish the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund, and for other purposes. | Education | 1987-12-18 | 1988-08-17 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | G000511 | 54 | Directs the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Commission (established by this Act) to establish and administer a scholarship program in the form of loans to enable students from eligible countries in the Caribbean Basin to study at an institution of higher education or vocational school in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that repayment of such loans will be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to such student's country of origin for a period which is at least one year longer than the period spent studying in Puerto Rico. Requires Puerto Rico to provide 50 percent of the amount appropriated to the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund. Permits such amount to be provided by other than cash. Establishes the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund. Appropriates to the Fund five percent of the amounts received in the Treasury on or after enactment of this Act that are attributable to the duties imposed on all articles imported from eligible countries. Establishes the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Commission to distribute scholarships to students in eligible countries, giving consideration to: (1) underserved and underdeveloped areas; (2) students who need financial assistance to pursue an education; and (3) institutions of higher education and vocational schools offering training or education in areas that have the greatest potential for strengthening the workforce in the Caribbean Basin. Specifies conditions for eligibility and selection of scholars. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-3818 | 100 | hr | 3818 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit certain additional depository institutions to serve as eligible lenders under the guaranteed student loan program. | Education | 1987-12-18 | 1988-02-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] | KS | D | S000477 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit certain additional depository institutions to serve as eligible lenders under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program. (Allows such lending to be their primary, so long as it is not their sole, consumer credit function.) | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-3761 | 100 | hr | 3761 | Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Grants Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-12-14 | 1988-02-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 1 | Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Grants Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation, for the Margaret Chase Smith Library Center in Skowhegan, Maine. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:08:35Z | |
| 100-s-1931 | 100 | s | 1931 | Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-12-08 | 1988-02-01 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources received executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 9 | Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1987 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth provisions relating to default rates under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires each guaranty agency to furnish the Department of Education with information on the amount of each guaranteed student loan. Requires such information to be used in the National Student Loan Data System. Requires each guaranty agency to expand and standardize the confirmation reports to be submitted on the date of enactment of this Act in order to assure that such information is provided at least bimonthly on student loan delinquencies, defaults, and the change in status of borrowers whose loans are delinquent or in default. Requires each guaranty agency to provide the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) with complete and accurate data on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate the usefulness of the National Student Loan Data System. Allows the guaranty agency to enter into agreements whereby the eligible institution may make principal and interest payments on defaulted guaranteed student loans in order to reduce the default rate. Requires (current law authorizes) guaranty agencies to furnish to eligible institutions, upon request, specified information on students who are delinquent or have defaulted on guaranteed student loans. Requires that such information include names and addresses of such students. Revises the definition of "default." Includes supplemental loans for students under specified eligibility provisions. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to establish and carry out the National Student Loan Data System. Prohibits guaranty agencies from making any limitation, suspension, or termination action with respect to an eligible institution based on a default rate unless the default rate is based upon an average of three years' experience in the guaranteed student loan program. Requires eligible lenders or holders of loans under the guaranteed student loan program to: (1) furnish th… | 2025-08-28T20:07:52Z | |
| 100-s-1910 | 100 | s | 1910 | Class Size Demonstration Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-12-02 | 1987-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 5 | Class Size Demonstration Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and thereafter to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local educational agencies having elementary and secondary schools with large classes in order to demonstrate the advantages of reducing the size of classes. Sets forth grant selection criteria, application requirements, and audit requirements. Sets forth provisions for the Federal share of program payments. | 2025-08-28T20:06:56Z | |
| 100-sconres-92 | 100 | sconres | 92 | A concurrent resolution to encourage the State and local governments and local educational agencies to include among the requirements for secondary school graduation a thorough knowledge and understanding of our Nation's founding documents. | Education | 1987-12-01 | 1987-12-21 | Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 2 | Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to include among the requirements for secondary school graduation a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Federalist Papers. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-3661 | 100 | hr | 3661 | A bill to recognize the service of the former Speaker of the House by means of the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library. | Education | 1987-11-19 | 1988-08-09 | Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 158 - 239 (Record Vote No: 271). | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Education, in recognition of the service of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and in lieu of a grant for the preservation of his papers and records, to forgive the remaining debt obligation of the receiving institution with respect to the loan used to establish the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-1879 | 100 | s | 1879 | Student Loan Default Reduction Act | Education | 1987-11-18 | 1987-12-04 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 0 | Student Loan Default Reduction Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth provisions relating to default rates under the guaranteed student loan program. Allows a guaranty agency, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to cease to provide insurance for student loans at an otherwise eligible institution if the cumulative default rate of loans from such institution in repayment: (1) exceeds 30 percent of the amount of all guaranteed student loans at that institution insured by all guaranty agencies before October 1, 1991; and (2) exceeds 25 percent of the amount of such loans after September 30, 1991. Provides for reinstatement of such loan insurance if the eligible institution reduces the default rate. Allows the guaranty agency to enter into agreements whereby the eligible institution may make principal and interest payments on defaulted loans in order to reduce such default rate. Requires eligible institutions which have guaranteed student loan default rates in excess of 30 percent to endorse such loans. Makes change of address or status notice requirements applicable to borrowers and institutions both during and after enrollment and attendance. Requires (currently authorizes) guaranty agencies to furnish eligible institutions, upon request, specified information on students who are delinquent or have defaulted on guaranteed student loans. Requires that such information include names and addresses of such students. Requires the eligible institutions to review the names and addresses and report corrections to the appropriate guaranty agency. Authorizes guaranty agencies to request from eligible institutions information on student withdrawals, default rates, admissions policies, and placement rates. Requires eligible lenders to furnish to appropriate eligible institutions lists of names of student borrowers who are delinquent in repayment of guaranteed student loans, their last known address, and the amount of the loan in delinquent status. Requires eligible institutions to report to eligi… | 2025-08-28T20:06:44Z | |
| 100-s-1858 | 100 | s | 1858 | Warren G. Magnuson Foundation and Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Assistance Act | Education | 1987-11-06 | 1987-11-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 4 | Warren G. Magnuson Foundation and Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to: (1) the Warren G. Magnuson Foundation, for the Warren G. Magnuson Health Services Center at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington; and (2) the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation, for the Margaret Chase Smith Library Center in Skowhegan, Maine. | 2025-08-28T20:07:46Z | |
| 100-hr-3600 | 100 | hr | 3600 | Student Aid Readjustment Act | Education | 1987-11-03 | 1987-11-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 2 | Student Aid Readjustment Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum limits on the amount of individual Pell Grants. Restricts the period of eligibility for Pell Grants to the full-time equivalent of the period required for the completion of the first two academic years of the undergraduate baccalaureate course of study. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to keep the congressional appropriations committees informed with respect to the amount of funds required to satisfy fully all entitlements to Pell Grants. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing such a grant except as expressly provided by and in accordance with specified provisions relating to insufficient appopriations. Eliminates loan eligibility for the first two academic years of undergraduate study and increases the maximum limits on loan amounts for the succeeding years under the Federally-insured student loan (FISL), guaranteed student loan (GSL), and supplemental student loan programs. Makes the limit on national direct student loans (NDSL) $9,000 in the case of any student other than a graduate or professional one, except that the amount loaned for any one academic year may not exceed $4,500. | 2025-08-28T20:05:42Z | |
| 100-hr-3602 | 100 | hr | 3602 | Technology to Educate Children With Handicaps Act | Education | 1987-11-03 | 1988-05-10 | Executive Comment Requested from Education. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | O000159 | 26 | Technology to Educate Children With Handicaps Act - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to add provisions for assistive device resource centers. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing assistive device resource centers. Directs the Secretary to make State allotments based on the number of handicapped children. Sets forth a minimum State allotment. Requires that each center serve severely handicapped: (1) infants and toddlers; (2) children and youth; and (3) individuals who have attained 21 years of age if the State plan prescribes a targeted population of such individuals. Requires each center to: (1) train and assist specialists in local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations to evaluate a handicapped student's potential to benefit from assistive devices; (2) instruct teachers, therapists, paraprofessionals, parents, and handicapped students in the appropriate use of assistive devices; (3) provide follow-up services and collect data to determine the effectiveness of the services provided; (4) develop a statewide service delivery system for severely handicapped children; (5) be able to assist in the development of assistive devices to meet the needs of handicapped individuals; (6) disseminate information to local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations; and (7) provide in-service training to specialists, teachers, parents, and others on the benefits of assistive devices to promote improved educational performance and increased interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped individuals. Requires each State to assure priority of services for handicapped children from birth through age 21. States that nothing in this Act precludes the provision of center services to handicapped individuals who are no longer eligible for services under the Education of the Handicapped Act. Requires each center to establish an Advisory Committee. Prohibits Federal funds from being used for the operations of s… | 2025-08-28T20:05:24Z | |
| 100-s-1815 | 100 | s | 1815 | Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-10-23 | 1987-11-10 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Department of Education. | Senate | Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] | NC | D | S000055 | 1 | Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1987 - Establishes a program to promote more effective schools and excellence in education. Requires each State to use for purposes of such program at least 25 percent of funds available under its allotment under chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Authorizes program funds to be used to: (1) plan for, and review proposed changes in, effective schools programs; (2) implement effective schools programs; (3) obtain technical assistance and consultant services with respect to effective schools programs from qualified nonprofit educational organizations; (4) design and publish educational materials on effective schools programs; (5) develop data collection and analysis systems concerning effective schools programs; (6) promote State and local educational agency awareness of effective schools information; (7) conduct evaluations of effective schools programs; (8) conduct training and other professional development for teachers and administrators; (9) plan and conduct training in assessment of students and programs, and in evaluation and use of such assessments; and (10) otherwise identify and disseminate information concerning exemplary effective schools programs. Sets forth requirements for applications and agreements under such program. Directs the Secretary of Education to evaluate programs under this Act and to report to the Congress by September 30, 1989. | 2025-08-28T20:08:41Z | |
| 100-s-1778 | 100 | s | 1778 | Rural Educational Opportunities Act | Education | 1987-10-08 | 1987-10-23 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Department of Education, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 2 | Rural Educational Opportunities Act - Establishes a rural educational opportunities program. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education or public or private nonprofit agencies (including regional educational laboratories), or combinations of such institutions or agencies to pay all or part of the cost of establishing and operating ten regional rural assistance centers. Requires each such center to provide technical assistance, consultation, training, and other assistance to State and local educational agencies in the region to improve the quality of education to educationally disadvantaged children participating in chapter 1 programs (under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981) who reside in rural areas or attend small schools. Directs the Secretary to give priority to certain applications in carrying out this Act. Sets forth center coordination and dissemination requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. | 2025-08-28T20:08:03Z | |
| 100-hr-3424 | 100 | hr | 3424 | Overseas Teachers Act of 1988 | Education | 1987-10-06 | 1988-05-10 | Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 157 - 262 (Record Vote No: 114). | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 4 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 100-607 (Part II)) Overseas Teachers Act of 1988 - Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 and the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act with respect to recruitment and employment of teachers working for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS). Requires the Director of the Office of Dependents' Education (ODE) to establish a uniform system for filling vacant teaching positions. Requires that such vacancies be filled as follows: (1) by voluntary transfer of an individual already appointed to a teaching position (except that individuals recruited outside the United States may not be considered for such voluntary transfer unless they are entitled, under specified amendments made by this Act, to be treated in the same way as individuals recruited in the United States); (2) if no such individual is available, by appointment of an individual recruited in the United States; and (3) if none of the above, by the appointment of an individual recruited outside the United States. (Makes clauses (1) and (2) applicable only until specified dates are reached in the school year preceding that for which the vacancy occurs.) Suspends such appointment priorities when a vacancy that occurs during a school year is filled for the remainder of that school year only. Provides that, for purposes of filling teacher vacancies, regulations defining "recruited in the United States" and "recruited outside the United States": (1) take into account the respective roles of the central office and the applicable regional or area offices of ODE in the appointment of the individual; and (2) may not require that a teacher be resident or interviewed in the United States during the recruitment and hiring process in order to be treated as a teacher "recruited in the United States." Requires that notification relating to vacant teaching positions be provided in a timely fashion to potential applicants for transf… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hres-272 | 100 | hres | 272 | A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the policies of colleges and universities with respect to the use of illegal narcotics among their students. | Education | 1987-09-22 | 1987-10-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15] | FL | R | S000303 | 55 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that colleges and universities should demand drug-free environments on campus and should enforce strict but fair policies to eliminate drug use by students with the support of parents, students, and the community. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-1705 | 100 | s | 1705 | A bill to clarify the distribution of assistance with respect to single parents and single pregnant women under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. | Education | 1987-09-22 | 1987-09-30 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 8 | Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to include single pregnant women under provisions for the distribution of assistance under such Act. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 100-s-1701 | 100 | s | 1701 | National Assessment of Educational Progress Amendments of 1987 | Education | 1987-09-18 | 1987-09-30 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | National Assessment of Educational Progress Amendments of 1987 - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to revise provisions relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Transfers NAEP responsibilities from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement to the Center for Educational Statistics. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), with the advice of the Education Assessment Council established by this Act, to carry out the NAEP by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with an organization experienced in educational testing. Requires that the NAEP: (1) test skills, abilities, and knowledge in reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, civics, and literacy; and (2) use sampling techniques that produce data representative on both a national and a State basis. Requires that the NAEP: (1) collect and report data on a periodic basis, at least every two years for reading and mathematics, and at least every four years for writing and science; (2) collect and report data every two years on students at ages nine, thirteen, and seventeen and in grades four, eight, and twelve; (3) every four years, assess and report upon the literacy achievement of a nationally representative sample of out-of-school 17-year olds and adults; (4) report achievement data on a basis that facilitates valid State-by-State comparisons; (5) include special assessments of achievement in other educational areas as the need arises; and (6) include information on special groups and on students attending nonpublic schools. Prohibits the NAEP from collecting any data that are not directly related to the appraisal of educational performance and achievement or the fair and accurate presentation of such information. Requires the NAEP to provide technical assistance to States, localities, and others that desire to expend it to yield additional described information. Grants the public access to all NAEP data, questions, and test instruments, except that the Secretary: (1) shall ensure… | 2025-08-28T20:05:17Z | |
| 100-s-1699 | 100 | s | 1699 | Elementary and Secondary Education Reform Amendments of 1987 | Education | 1987-09-17 | 1987-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 1 | Elementary and Secondary Education Reform Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Improved Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education under Chapter 2 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to revise the statement of purpose for the ECIA Chapter 2 program. Retitles Chapter 2 as Educational Priorities for Educational Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education. Extends the authorization of appropriations for Chapter 2 programs through FY 1993. Revises State application requirements. Revises provisions for allocation of funds to local educational agencies. Requires State educational agencies to distribute Chapter 2 funds among local educational agencies or consortia of such agencies on the basis of criteria established with the advice of peer review panels. Requires the minimum grant to each local educational agency or consortium to be at least $25,000. Provides an exception from such requirement for grants for library resources activities to a local educational agency with a small student enrollment. Revises requirements for local applications for Chapter 2 funds. Requires such applications to set forth: (1) a description of how the projects for which assistance is sought will contribute to goals established for assisting educationally disadvantaged students; (2) the planned use of funds among such priorities or activities; (3) the allocation of funds required to implement provisions for private school children; (4) the agency's educational objectives and how they relate to goals and priorities; and (5) procedures for annual evaluation of achievement of objectives. Sets forth the following educational assistance priorities under the Chapter 2 program: (1) prekindergarten programs, especially for children from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds (including children with handicaps); (2) student dropout prevention programs, particularly early intervention and reentry projects; (3) parental involvement in the education of disadvantaged children receiving ECIA Chapter 1 assista… | 2025-08-28T20:06:17Z | |
| 100-s-1700 | 100 | s | 1700 | National Assessment of Educational Progress Improvement Act | Education | 1987-09-17 | 1987-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | National Assessment of Educational Progress Improvement Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to revise provisions relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Provides that the NAEP shall be carried out by grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with a qualified organization or institution. Requires that NAEP data be collected and reported on a national, regional, and State basis at least every two years in the areas of reading, science, and mathematics, and at least every six years in the areas of writing, history, geography, and civics. Replaces a reference to the basic skill of communication with a reference to the basic skills of writing, science, history, geography, and civics, under provisions for technical assistance on the use of NAEP objectives. Replaces the Assessment Policy Committee with a National Assessment Governing Board authorized to design and supervise the conduct of the national assessment. Provides that the Board shall be considered an advisory committee for the purpose of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Makes the Board independent of the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and the other offices and officers of the Department of Education. Grants the Board final authority on the appropriateness of cognitive items. Requires that participation in assessments made on a State basis be on a voluntary basis. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with States which desire to carry out such assessments. Requires such States to participate in the assessment and to pay the non-Federal share of participation from non-Federal sources or from funds paid to the State under specified provisions of GEPA. Sets the Federal share at 80 percent. Permits the non-Federal share of such payments to be in cash or in kind. Directs the Secretary, within six months after the enactment of this Act, to publish a report setting forth plans for the collection of State representative data for the 1990 assessment. Requires such report to be submitted to the… | 2025-08-28T20:08:53Z | |
| 100-hr-3286 | 100 | hr | 3286 | A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to clarify the distribution of assistance under such Act to single parents and single pregnant woman. | Education | 1987-09-16 | 1987-10-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 104 | Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to include single pregnant women under provisions for the use of funds and the distribution of assistance under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-3252 | 100 | hr | 3252 | National Education Savings Trust Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-09-10 | 1987-10-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Miller, Clarence E. [R-OH-10] | OH | R | M000718 | 0 | National Education Savings Trust Act of 1987 - Title I: Establishment of National Education Savings Trust - Establishes the National Education Savings Trust. Creates a Board of Trustees including the Secretaries of Education and of the Treasury, ex officio, and representatives of postsecondary education institutions and of the general public, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Creates under the jurisdiction and control of the Board an Advance Tuition Payment Fund. Sets forth the general duties of the Board, including paying money directly to postsecondary institutions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, as Managing Trustee, to invest portions of Fund moneys in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in federally-guaranteed obligations. Sets forth restrictions on uses of the Fund. Requires the Board to make annual reports to the Congress. Allows a purchaser to enter into an agreement with the Trust for the purchase of an advance tuition payment plan for use by a qualified beneficiary to pay a portion of the tuition and fees required to attend a postsecondary education institution. Sets forth required contents and design of advance tuition payment plan agreements. Directs the Trust to provide that a purchaser may purchase an advance payment tuition plan for an eligible beneficiary at any time following the beneficiary's birth. Sets forth certain restrictions and conditions for termination of agreements and for refunds upon termination. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that not more than 75 percent of any corpus or income under any advance tuition payment agreement from the Trust with respect to which the student is a qualified beneficiary shall be considered as income or resources with respect to any student in determining eligibility for assistance under any program funded under title IV of such Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit a postsecondary education institution to request information concerning an… | 2025-08-28T20:06:35Z | |
| 100-s-1627 | 100 | s | 1627 | Excellence in Education Incentive Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-08-07 | 1987-09-14 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 0 | Excellence in Education Incentive Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for education excellence incentives. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1989 through 1992. Limits the amount of any such grant to an LEA for an elementary school or for a secondary school. Directs the Secretary to select, on the basis of specified criteria, one elementary school and one secondary school of excellence for each congressional district and make an incentive grant to the LEA having authority over that elementary or secondary school. Makes the selection criteria: (1) for elementary schools, improvements in academic performance and attendance; and (2) for secondary schools, improvements in academic performance and attendance, plus decrease in the student dropout rate. Gives academic performance twice as much weight as the other criteria. Directs the Secretary to establish a list of recognized national standardized tests for academic performance determinations. Requires each LEA awarded such a grant to use: (1) 25 percent for academic programs and activities, academic supplies and equipment, or repair of academic facilities; and (2) 75 percent for merit bonuses for full-time teachers and the principal. Limits the minimum and maximum amount of such bonuses. Permits such grants to be used for bonuses only when the appropriation does not exceed a specified amount. Sets forth grant application requirements. (Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State educational agencies for the processing of such applications.) Requires an LEA applying for such a grant to establish an educational excellence merit board. Requires such boards to establish procedures, including specified criteria, for the selection of the principal and teachers who shall be paid merit bonuses. | 2025-08-28T20:07:31Z | |
| 100-hr-3154 | 100 | hr | 3154 | A bill to establish a program of Federal grants to assist local educational agencies to establish and provide for a school year of not less than 240 days and to establish Federal grants to recognize achievement in education by local educational agencies. | Education | 1987-08-06 | 1987-09-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 6 | Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program of grants to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and provide for a school year of not less than 240 days. Directs the Secretary, in considering LEA applications, to ensure an equitable distribution of such assistance among LEAs in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of grants to LEAs whose students perform above the national average on national educational competency and achievement examinations. Directs the Secretary, in considering LEA applications, to ensure an equitable distribution of such assistance among LEAs in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-1620 | 100 | s | 1620 | Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-08-06 | 1987-09-14 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 23 | Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1987 - Reauthorizes and revises Federal law relating to impact aid payments to local educational agencies affected by Federal activity. Revises the policy declaration to use the term "reimbursement" (rather than "assistance"). Extends the authorization of specified provisions under the Act through FY 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Revises formulas for determining the amount of payments to local educational agencies. Provides that certain increases in such payments shall be sufficient to allow the school district to have an operating cost no greater than: (1) the average of comparable school districts in the State; or (2) if there are no comparable school districts, the State average operational cost. Provides that a reasonable tax effort has been made if the agency's tax effort is at least equal to 80 percent of the average taxes levied for operational purposes by not more than three comparable school districts for that year. Reduces certain payments to an agency by the percentage that the average operational tax rate of the comparable school districts (or, if none, the State average operational tax rate) exceeds the actual tax levied by the agency's school district. Provides that, for FY 1988 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the local contribution rate for agencies whose school district boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of a military installation shall be not less than 70 percent of the average per pupil expenditure in all States during the second preceding year prior to the current fiscal year. Provides that any agency eligible for an increase under certain provisions shall receive 100 percent of the amount to which it is entitled under other specified provisions. Provides for rounding of payments to the nearest whole dollar. Revises provisions for adjustments where necessitated by appropriations to change the formulas determining how the Secretary of Education shall allocate additional amounts among various categories of local educ… | 2025-08-28T20:07:48Z | |
| 100-hr-3080 | 100 | hr | 3080 | Family-School Partnership Act | Education | 1987-08-03 | 1987-08-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Family-School Partnership Act - Establishes a demonstration grant program in the interest of encouraging local educational agencies (LEAs) to increase the involvement of families in the improvement of the educational achievement of their children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to make demonstration grants to eligible LEA applicants for the development of innovative family-school educational partnership activities designed to: (1) support family efforts to work with children in the home; (2) train families, teachers, and other school personnel to work effectively as partners; and (3) evaluate the family participation in activities of the schools and ways in which to increase involvement in such activities. Suggests possible uses for the grants, including: (1) regular conferences for families of students; (2) training of appropriate educational personnel to foster communication among families, students, and educators; and (3) provision of complementary curriculum materials to families and assistance in implementing home-based education activities. Provides for the participation of private school children, families, teachers, and other staff personnel in the programs and services assisted or carried out under this Act. Establishes within the Department of Education a National Center for Family-School Partnerships in Education (Center). Directs the Secretary, through such Center, to collect and disseminate information and to serve as a clearinghouse with respect to relevant successful programs. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1993 appropriations. Designates a specified percentage of such funds for provisions related to the Center. | 2025-08-28T20:07:11Z | |
| 100-s-1585 | 100 | s | 1585 | Even Start Act | Education | 1987-08-03 | 1987-08-12 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 2 | Even Start Act - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to add a new Chapter 3: Even Start Programs. Provides for grants to integrate early childhood education and adult education for parents into a unified program. Allocates program grants to States in the same proportion as under the allocation of ECIA chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) funds. Sets a maximum and minimum for such State allotments. Requires that funds made available to local educational agencies (LEAs) under this Act be used to pay the Federal share of the cost of providing family-centered education programs to help parents to become full partners in the education of their children and assist children to reach their full potential as learners. Sets forth program elements. Limits the Federal share to 80 percent of program costs in the first year, 60 percent in the second, 40 percent in the third, and 20 percent in the fourth and any subsequent year. Allows the non-Federal share to be obtained from any available source, including Federal, State, and local programs. Makes eligible for participation in this program families that include: (1) a parent who is eligible for participation in an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act; and (2) a child aged one to seven, inclusive, who resides in a school attendance area designated for participation in chapter 1 programs. Set forth LEA application requirements. Requires each State educational agency to award grants on the basis of proposals which meet specified criteria. Provides that grants may be awarded for up to four years. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the annual independent evaluation of programs under this part; and (2) submit to the Congress an annual review and summary of the results of such evaluations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993 to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:08:12Z | |
| 100-s-1586 | 100 | s | 1586 | Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act | Education | 1987-08-03 | 1988-05-19 | Subcommittee on Handicapped (Labor and Human Res.). Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 15 | Technology to Educate Children With Handicaps Act - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to add provisions for assistive device resource centers. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing assistive device resources centers. Directs the Secretary to make State allotments based on the number of handicapped children. Sets forth a minimum State allotment. Requires that each center serve: (1) severely handicapped infants and toddlers; (2) severely handicapped children and youth; and (3) severely handicapped individuals who have attained 21 years of age if the State plan prescribes a targeted population of such individuals. Requires each center to: (1) train and assist specialists in local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations to evaluate a handicapped student's potential to benefit from assistive devices; (2) instruct teachers, therapists, paraprofessionals, parents, and handicapped students in the appropriate use of assistive devices; (3) provide follow-up services and collect data to determine the effectiveness of the services provided; (4) develop a statewide service delivery system for severely handicapped children; (5) be able to assist in the development of assistive devices to meet the needs of handicapped individuals; (6) disseminate information to local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations; and (7) provide in-service training to specialists, teachers, parents, and others on the benefits of assistive devices to promote improved educational performance and increased interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped individuals. Requires each State to assure priority of services for handicapped children from birth through age 21. States that nothing in this Act precludes the provision of center services to handicapped individuals who are no longer eligible for services under the Education of the Handicapped Act. Requires each center to establish an Advisory Committee. Prohibits Federal f… | 2025-08-28T20:05:12Z | |
| 100-s-1572 | 100 | s | 1572 | National Education Savings Trust Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-07-30 | 1988-03-15 | Committee on Finance. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 7 | National Education Savings Trust Act of 1987 - Title I: Establishment of National Education Savings Trust - Establishes the National Education Savings Trust. Creates a Board of Trustees including the Secretaries of Education and of the Treasury, ex officio, and representatives of postsecondary education institutions and of the general public, to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Creates under the jurisdiction and control of the Board an Advance Tuition Payment Fund. Sets forth the general duties of the Board, including paying money directly to postsecondary institutions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, as Managing Trustee, to invest portions of Fund moneys in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in federally-guaranteed obligations. Sets forth restrictions on uses of the Fund. Requires the Board to make annual reports to the Congress. Allows a purchaser to enter into an agreement with the Trust for the purchase of an advance tuition payment plan for use by a qualified beneficiary to pay a portion of the tuition and fees required to attend a postsecondary education institution. Sets forth required contents and design of advance tuition payment plan agreements. Directs the Trust to provide that a purchaser may purchase an advance payment tuition plan for an eligible beneficiary at any time following the beneficiary's birth. Sets forth certain restrictions and conditions for termination of agreements and for refunds upon termination. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that not more than 75 percent of any corpus or income under any advance tuition payment agreement from the Trust with respect to which the student is a qualified beneficiary shall be considered as income or resources with respect to any student in determining eligibility for assistance under any program funded under title IV of such Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit a postsecondary education institution to request information concerning an … | 2025-08-28T20:05:32Z | |
| 100-hr-3043 | 100 | hr | 3043 | A bill to authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to make necessary repairs to the Riverdale School in Riverdale, North Dakota. | Education | 1987-07-29 | 1988-05-09 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Army. | House | Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | D000432 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to make necessary repairs to the Riverdale School in Riverdale, North Dakota, to repair damage resulting from the failure of the Corps of Engineers to properly maintain the school during the time when the Corps was responsible for the school's operation and maintenance. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 100-hr-3019 | 100 | hr | 3019 | Literacy Corps Assistance Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-07-27 | 1987-08-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 32 | Literacy Corps Assistance Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education for up to two years to carry out literacy corps programs. Authorizes use of funds under this Act for: (1) grants to institutions of higher education for institutional participation costs and student coordinator stipends in the Literacy Corps Program; and (2) technical assistance, information collection and dissemination, and evaluation. Limits to $50,000 the amount of a grant to an institution of higher education. Limits to $25,000 the amount of such grant which may be expended in the first year. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires the institution to have one or more courses of instruction for academic credit which are designed to combine the training of undergraduates in various academic departments with experience as tutors. Requires such individuals, as a condition of receiving credit in such course, to perform at least six hours of voluntary, uncompensated service each week of the academic term as a tutor in a public community agency's educational or literacy program. Requires that such tutoring service be under the supervision of qualified personnel. Requires the institution to demonstrate that it has participated in community service activities, including the use of a portion of its work study program allotment for community service learning, or the conduct of a cooperative education program. Allows a waiver of such institutional community service requirement if the institution has conducted another significant program involving community outreach and service, or its prior failure will not impede its ability to engage in necessary outreach efforts, and it will use a portion of any work-study program allotment it receives for community service learning programs. Authorizes the Secretary, directly or by other arrangement, to: (1) provide technical assistance to grant recipients; (2) collect and disseminate information on programs under this Act; and (3) evalua… | 2025-08-28T20:07:44Z | |
| 100-hr-3013 | 100 | hr | 3013 | A bill to amend the Head Start Act to prevent the Secretary of Health and Human Services from disqualifying from eligibility to receive discretionary payments any Head Start agency that then serves less than one-third of the children eligible to participate in its Head Start program. | Education | 1987-07-23 | 1987-08-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000779 | 19 | Amends the Head Start Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from excluding from eligibility to receive discretionary payments any Head Start agency that then serves less than one-third of the children eligible to participate in its Head Start program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-2879 | 100 | hr | 2879 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit institutions of higher education to make loans to their students, if such institutions continue to hold such loans until the beginning of the repayment period of the loan, and for other purposes. | Education | 1987-07-01 | 1987-08-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 32 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove certain restrictions on the making of guaranteed loans to their students by institutions of higher education. Permits such institutions to make loans to their students if the institutions continue to hold such loans until the beginning of the loan repayment period. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-s-1448 | 100 | s | 1448 | Student Loan Amendments Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-06-30 | 1987-07-27 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 12 | Student Loan Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the insurance premium rule for the guaranteed student loan program. Requires the collection of a single insurance premium which shall be applied uniformly to all loans. Requires that such premium be not less than 0.5 percent nor more than three percent of the principal amount of the loan. Provides that a multistate guaranty agency may set the premium for each State for which it has received advances as the designated State guarantor, with a single uniform rate to be set for the balance of the activity of the agency with other States. Permits a guaranty agency, after 60 days' notice, to cease to guarantee loans for students at an otherwise eligible institution if the cumulative default rate of loans at such institution in repayment exceeds 25 percent of the amount insured by the guaranty agency which holds the preponderance of the value of the loans outstanding at such institution (unless the guarantor is the designated State guaranty agency in the State where the eligible institution is located and insures loans for the lender of last resort in that State under specified provisions). | 2025-08-28T20:08:48Z | |
| 100-hr-2817 | 100 | hr | 2817 | A bill to limit the promulgation of rules relating to impact aid payments pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 81-874. | Education | 1987-06-26 | 1987-07-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-13] | NJ | R | S000097 | 2 | Prohibits the Secretary of Education, except as expressly provided by Act of Congress, from changing, amending, or modifying rules and regulations in effect on April 30, 1987, and issued pursuant to specified provisions of Federal law relating to impact aid payments. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-2788 | 100 | hr | 2788 | A bill to amend Public Law 874, 81st Congress, relating to impact aid payments. | Education | 1987-06-25 | 1987-07-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | H000388 | 11 | Amends Federal law relating to impact aid payments. Revises the title and policy declaration to use the term reimbursement (rather than assistance) with respect to local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activity. Refers to school membership (rather than attendance) throughout the Act. Revises formulas for determining the amount of payments to local educational agencies. Provides that certain increases in such payments shall be sufficient to allow the school district to have an operating cost no greater than the State average or the average of comparable school districts in the State. Provides that a reasonable tax effort has been made if the agency receives at least 80 percent of the taxes levied which would have been received if the applicant district had an operational tax rate equal to the average of comparable districts. Reduces certain payments to an agency by the percentage of the difference that the actual taxes levied of such agency are of the taxes that would have been levied if the applicant district had an operational tax rate equal to the average of comparable districts or State average. Provides that, for FY 1988 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the local contribution rate for agencies whose school district boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of a military installation shall not be less than 70 percent of the average per pupil expenditure in all States during the second preceding year prior to the current fiscal year. Provides that any agency eligible for an increase under certain provisions shall receive 100 percent of the amount to which it is entitled under other specified provisions. Provides for rounding of payments to the nearest whole dollar. Changes the formulas determining how the Secretary of Education shall allocate among various categories of local educational agencies additional funds left over after the initial allocation. Revises provisions concerning State treatment of Federal impact aid payments with respect to a local educational agency's eligibility … | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 100-hr-2728 | 100 | hr | 2728 | Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-06-18 | 1987-07-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2] | UT | D | O000156 | 0 | Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish within the Department of Education an Office of Comprehensive School Health Education. Makes it the function of such Office to: (1) encourage State and local educational agencies to provide comprehensive school health education to elementary and secondary school students; (2) provide technical support to State and local educational agencies for health education programs and curricula; (3) make grants to State and local educational agencies; (4) provide an annual report on the progress of the Office and the status of school health education in the United States; (5) cooperate with other Federal agencies carrying out school health education programs to ensure coordination of such programs; and (6) advise the Secretary on school health education policy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and improving comprehensive school health education programs. Sets forth authorized uses of such grants and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. | 2025-08-28T20:06:46Z | |
| 100-s-1369 | 100 | s | 1369 | Technology Literacy Act of 1987 | Education | 1987-06-16 | 1987-06-29 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 10 | Technology Literacy Act of 1987 - 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 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 up to ten 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, a program 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 1988 and 1991. | 2025-08-28T20:05:26Z |
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