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| 102-s-3362 | 102 | s | 3362 | A bill to provide that the Georgia Baptist Hospital College of Nursing shall be deemed as satisfying, for academic year 1992-1993, the accreditation requirements described in section 1201(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Education | 1992-10-07 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | Senate | Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] | GA | D | F000329 | 0 | Provides that the Georgia Baptist Hospital College of Nursing shall be deemed as satisfying, for academic year 1992-1993, the accreditation requirements described in specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-6207 | 102 | hr | 6207 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish limitations on debt collection practices under that Act. | Education | 1992-10-06 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-29] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish limitations on debt collection practices under HEA. Prohibits garnishment or other actions to collect on defaulted student loans unless the net income of the borrower and spouse (including any cash benefits received under a needs-based government assistance program) exceeds 150 percent of the poverty level for the relevant family size. Sets other procedural requirements for garnishments and for tax refund intercepts to collect such debts. Requires eligible lenders or loan servicing agents to provide student borrowers with information about their rights to forbearance or deferment. Provides for cure of delinquency and cessation of collection activity if a borrower eligible for forbearance or deferment was not adequately informed of his or her right to apply or was not given assistance in completing the application. Provides for removal from default status if the borrower is granted a forbearance or deferment. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to discharge the student borrower's liability and repay the loan in cases of where the institution has engaged in fraud, misrepresentation, or any violation of State or Federal law in connection with soliciting, offering, contracting for, or providing instruction. Subjects lenders, guaranty agencies, and any other persons involved in collecting a student loan under title IV of HEA to the same due process requirements that would apply to the Secretary if the Secretary were collecting the loan. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-s-3358 | 102 | s | 3358 | A bill to limit the amount of funds that may be used for administrative expenses under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to conduct a study regarding the share of Federal funds used for administrative expenses by State and local recipients under certain Federal education programs, and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-10-06 | 1992-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to limit the amount of funds which local educational agencies may use for administrative expenses under chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children) of title I (Basic Programs) of ESEA. Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a study to determine the actual share of Federal funds used for administrative expenses by State and local recipients of funds under certain Federal programs of assistance for elementary and secondary school education. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-6173 | 102 | hr | 6173 | Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Act | Education | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Reed, Jack [D-RI-2] | RI | D | R000122 | 0 | Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish a Division of Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Services (the Division) within the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Sets forth the Division's functions. Requires the Director of the Division to award grants to States for acquisition of school library media resources for public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth requirements for allocation to States, State plans, and State distribution of allocation to local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director to award grants for projects that: (1) encourage collaboration between public elementary and secondary library media specialists and teachers to develop instructional units that enable students to use a variety of information resources; and (2) expand students' information-gathering abilities and certain cognitive skills. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director to award grants to encourage collaborative elementary and secondary school library media specialist and teacher programs to: (1) expand use of computers and computer networks in the curriculum; and (2) enable elementary and secondary school library media centers to access information from computerized databases. Authorizes the Director to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Science Foundation and other appropriate nonprofit agencies and organizations in carrying out this grants program. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that funds under this Act supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, or local funds. | 2025-08-26T15:17:31Z | |
| 102-s-3315 | 102 | s | 3315 | Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act | Education | 1992-10-03 | 1992-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 1 | Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make an endowment grant to an eligible organization to support the establishment of not more than 25 regional centers to foster development of locally based, volunteer organizations to improve high school graduation rates and postsecondary attendance through providing academic support services and financial assistance for postsecondary education. Sets forth requirements for the eligible organization, the regional centers, and the local affiliates of the eligible organization. Sets forth conditions for the endowment grant. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:16:36Z | |
| 102-s-3307 | 102 | s | 3307 | Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Act | Education | 1992-10-02 | 1992-10-02 | 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 School Library Media Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish a Division of Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Services (the Division) within the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Sets forth the Division's functions. Requires the Director of the Division to award grants to States for acquisition of school library media resources for public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth requirements for allocation to States, State plans, and State distribution of allocation to local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director to award grants for projects that: (1) encourage collaboration between public elementary and secondary library media specialists and teachers to develop instructional units that enable students to use a variety of information resources; and (2) expand students' information-gathering abilities and certain cognitive skills. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director to award grants to encourage collaborative elementary and secondary school library media specialist and teacher programs to: (1) expand use of computers and computer networks in the curriculum; and (2) enable elementary and secondary school library media centers to access information from computerized databases. Authorizes the Director to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Science Foundation and other appropriate nonprofit agencies and organizations in carrying out this grants program. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that funds under this Act supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, or local funds. | 2025-08-26T15:16:44Z | |
| 102-hr-6085 | 102 | hr | 6085 | Lifelong Learning Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-10-01 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | Lifelong Learning Act of 1992 - Title I: Grant Program to Establish Training Programs for Teachers - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to eligible consortia to establish training programs to upgrade the skills of teachers at elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, and institutions of higher education. Sets the maximum period of such a grant at not more than three fiscal years, subject to the Secretary's annual approval and the availability of appropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications, authorized uses of funds, reports, and allocations. Requires an eligible consortium to be made up of: (1) local educational agencies or institutions of higher education, or both; (2) a teacher association; (3) representatives of business and industry associations; and (4) labor organizations. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Grant Program to Provide School to Work Transition Services for Students in Elementary and Secondary Schools - Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) assist elementary and secondary school students to become familiar with the workplace; and (2) prepare secondary school students for a smooth transition from school to work. Sets a three-year maximum grant period, subject to the Secretary's annual approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications, authorized uses of funds, reports, and allocation. Requires an eligible entity to be a local educational agency, community college, community-based organization, or labor union. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Grant Program to Establish Job Training Programs for Business and Industry - Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to provide job training for businesses, particularly in new industries, in order to create and retain jobs. Sets a three-year maximum grant period, subject to the Secretary's annual approval and the availability of apppropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications, authorized uses of fu… | 2025-08-26T15:15:39Z | |
| 102-hr-6049 | 102 | hr | 6049 | Congressional Award Act Amendments of 1992 | Education | 1992-09-28 | 1992-10-23 | Became Public Law No: 102-457. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | O000159 | 0 | Congressional Award Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Congressional Award Act to require the Director of the Congressional Award Board to ensure that: (1) appropriate procedures for fiscal control and fund accounting are established for the financial operations of the Congressional Award Program; and (2) such operations are administered by personnel with expertise in accounting and financial management. Authorizes the personnel to be retained under contract. Requires the Director to ensure that the Board's liabilities do not exceed its assets for any calendar year. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) determine if the Director has substantially complied with this Act for calendar years 1993 and 1994; and (2) submit such findings in the annual report to the Congress on audit results for calendar year 1995. Requires the Board to take such necessary actions for the orderly cessation of the Board's activities if the Director fails to substantially comply with this Act. Extends the Board through October 1, 1995. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-6042 | 102 | hr | 6042 | Mathematics Education Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-09-25 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Sawyer, Tom [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000094 | 0 | Mathematics Education Act of 1992 - Establishes the Fund for the Improvement of Mathematics (the Fund) to provide grants to schools to: (1) improve mathematics education; and (2) implement the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (the Standards). Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to select to administer the Fund a national education professional association which has demonstrated at least a ten-year professional and financial commitment to improving mathematics education and which provides specified assurances. Requires that priority in funding and assistance be given to schools in the most disadvantaged areas in a State. Directs the Fund to provide grants to schools and institutions of higher education to improve mathematics education and meet the goals outlined in the Standards. Sets forth requirements for applications to the Fund for grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:18:01Z | |
| 102-sres-345 | 102 | sres | 345 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate to commend and congratulate the college of William and Mary in Virginia on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of its founding. | Education | 1992-09-22 | 1992-09-22 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 1 | Congratulates the College of William and Mary on its 300th anniversary. | 2021-06-02T15:14:56Z | |
| 102-hr-5964 | 102 | hr | 5964 | To direct the Secretary of Education to make a grant to Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama, for construction of a business and technology center. | Education | 1992-09-17 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Erdreich, Ben [D-AL-6] | AL | D | E000201 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Education to make a grant to Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama, for construction of a business and technology center. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5955 | 102 | hr | 5955 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify that the Secretary of Education may rely on the certification of a guaranty agency that student loans used to calculate an institution of higher education's cohort default rate were properly serviced, that an institution is not entitled to review the servicing records on each such loan as part of its appeal on the loss of eligibility to participate in programs under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-09-16 | 1992-09-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions relating to calculation of cohort default rate. Allows the Secretary of Education's determination of whether to exclude any loan due to improper servicing or collection to be based on the cognizant guaranty agency's certification that the loan was properly serviced and collected. Provides that the Secretary shall not be required to ensure that an institution has access to loan servicing or collection documentation on any loan included or excluded from the calculation of such rate. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hjres-543 | 102 | hjres | 543 | Designating November 30, 1992, through December 6, 1992, as "National Education First Week". | Education | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-23 | Became Public Law No: 102-473. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4] | CA | D | F000053 | 218 | Designates November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-5878 | 102 | hr | 5878 | Lifelong Learning Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 0 | Lifelong Learning Act of 1992 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise student aid provisions to encourage lifelong learning. Eliminates restrictions on eligibility of less-than-half-time students for: (1) Pell Grants; and (2) student loans under the guaranteed (or Stafford, now called the Federal Family Education Loan) program (which also includes federally-insured, supplemental, and parent loans). Sets forth special rules for deferment and repayment of such loans by such students. Establishes a Lifelong Learning Line of Credit program. Authorizes the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) to originate loans for students enrolled at eligible institutions (including less-than-half-time students). Allows such student (and the parents of a dependent student) to borrow up to $25,000 in the aggregate. Prohibits such loans from exceeding the student's cost of attendance for the period of enrollment. Includes the establishment of income-contingent repayment schedules as part of the agreement for such loan program between the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and Sallie Mae. Authorizes the Secretary to allow, through regulations, eligibility for such loan program participation by a variety of training providers (in addition to those currently eligible under HEA), such as community-based organizations, public or private agencies, and private sector employers, as long as there are adequate controls on program integrity and accountability and such participation only supplements current expenditures for training by such providers. Revises student eligibility provisions to allow less-than-half-time students to receive guaranteed or supplemental student loans or loans under the Lifelong Learning Line of Credit if they are enrolled in: (1) a program of study leading to a degree or certificate; or (2) training designed to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of using advanced automated technology to integrate the m… | 2025-08-26T15:18:10Z | |
| 102-hr-5891 | 102 | hr | 5891 | Foreign Language Satellite Training Center Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Foreign Language Satellite Training Center Act of 1992 - Directs the President to establish a branch training facility (the Center) of the Foreign Service Institute, in which Spanish language and area studies training will be offered to foreign service officers, U.S. Government employees, and others to be determined by the President. Requires the Center also to provide Spanish language training programs to State and local workers and volunteers who provide important services to the Spanish-speaking community. Requires the Center to be located in one of the boroughs of the City of New York in a community where U.S. census data reveals a high concentration of Spanish-speaking residents. Sets minimum funding requirements and a deadline for operations to begin at such facility. Requires the Center to make maximum efforts to provide employment opportunities for residents of the surrounding community. Requires Center employees, to the extent practicable, to be residents in or near the community where the Center is located. Requires the Center to try to provide community outreach and education programs. Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress evaluating the Center. | 2025-08-26T15:15:27Z | |
| 102-hr-5898 | 102 | hr | 5898 | To amend Public Law 874, 81st Congress, to provide for increased payments in lieu of taxes to certain school districts bisected by Federal installations. | Education | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Thomas, Lindsay [D-GA-1] | GA | D | T000184 | 0 | Amends Federal law relating to impact aid to provide for increased payments in lieu of taxes to certain local educational agencies with school districts bisected by Federal installations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5903 | 102 | hr | 5903 | Youth Homicide Violence Reduction and Mediation Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11] | NY | D | T000326 | 0 | Youth Homicide Violence Reduction and Mediation Act of 1992 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) most directly affected by crime and violence, giving priority to LEAs in urban areas in which the homicide rate for youth has increased by more than five percent in comparison to the preceding year or exceeds the State or national homicide rate for youth by more than seven percent. Requires an LEA, to be eligible to receive a grant, to give assurances that it has developed, or is in the process of developing, violence reduction and peer counseling programs as part of the educational curriculum at each school. Permits grants under this Act to be used: (1) to fund training programs for teachers and counseling staff to assist students in the effective use of interpersonal and negotiation skills; (2) for counseling programs for victims and witnesses of crime in schools; (3) to develop programs for conflict resolution and peer mediation counseling for students, teachers, and other personnel in regular contact with students at school; and (4) to train parents and community members in effective techniques that reduce violence and promote mediation. Sets forth application and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:16:33Z | |
| 102-s-3171 | 102 | s | 3171 | Head Start Training Improvement Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-08-11 | 1992-08-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, Alcohol. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 2 | Head Start Training Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends the Head Start Act to revise Head Start program requirements for technical assistance, training, and staff qualifications. Provides for use of Head Start programs funds to support an organization to administer a centralized child development and national assessment program leading to recognized credentials for personnel working in early child development and child care programs. (Current law allows administration of such program at the State or local level and limits such credentialing to specialized or other personnel needed in connection with Head Start programs.) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop a systematic approach to training Head Start personnel, including specific goals and objectives for program improvement and professional development, a process for continuing input from the Head Start community, and a strategy for delivering training and technical assistance; and (2) report on such approach to specified congressional committees. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to provide (either directly or through grants) training for Head Start personnel in the use of the performing and visual arts and interactive programs using electronic media to enhance the learning experience of Head Start children. | 2025-08-26T15:16:51Z | |
| 102-hr-5781 | 102 | hr | 5781 | Public School Redefinition Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-08-05 | 1992-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] | OK | D | M000398 | 2 | Public School Redefinition Act of 1992 - Establishes a demonstration program to provide Federal assistance to encourage States to assist teachers, parents, and local communities to establish and develop outcome-based public schools. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to award grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to conduct such outcome-based public school programs (or, if a State elects not to participate, to award such a grant directly to an outcome-based public school). Limits such grants to three years and requires the school to provide matching funds (ten percent in the first year and 25 percent in the second and third years). Prohibits grant funds from being used for construction or major renovation or repair of facilities, but allows their use for planning, equipment purchases and other start-up costs, including minor renovation of facilities to meet applicable health and safety requirements. Sets forth application requirements for SEAs and eligible partnerships and for outcomes agreements between the school and the sponsor participating in the eligible partnership. Provides that each outcome-based public school receiving a grant under this Act shall be eligible to receive Federal, State, and local education revenue, grants, and other aid as though such school were a local educational agency. Directs the Secretary or the SEA receiving such a grant to terminate grant payments to an outcome-based public school upon determination that it is not making acceptable progress toward meeting outcomes described in its agreement. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:13:52Z | |
| 102-s-3134 | 102 | s | 3134 | Ready to Learn Act | Education | 1992-08-05 | 1992-10-27 | Became Public Law No: 102-545. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 11 | Ready to Learn Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish Ready to Learn Television programs to: (1) expand availability of educational and instructional video programming and supporting educational resources for preschool and elementary school children as a tool to improve school readiness; and (2) develop and distribute such programming and support materials for parents, child care providers, and educators of young children. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to award contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants to eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entities to: (1) develop such programming (reflecting recognition of diverse cultural experiences and needs) and accompanying support materials and services; and (2) contract with public broadcasting, the Star Schools program, and other entities to distribute such programming to the widest possible audience. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish and administer a Special Projects of National Significance program of contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants to develop programming and support materials for young children in English-limited households, increase family literacy skills, and support innovative school readiness programs; (2) establish within the Department of Education a clearinghouse for information, referrals, and model program materials and programming; (3) develop and disseminate training materials, including interactive and distance-learning programs; and (4) coordinate activities with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make such programming and training materials available to other federally funded programs serving preschool and elementary school children. Sets forth requirements for applications, annual reports and evaluations, and administrative costs. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-s-3128 | 102 | s | 3128 | Lifelong Learning Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-08-04 | 1992-09-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Lifelong Learning Act of 1992 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise student aid provisions to encourage lifelong learning. Eliminates restrictions on eligibility of less-than-half-time students for: (1) Pell Grants; and (2) student loans under the guaranteed (or Stafford, now called the Federal Family Education Loan) program (which also includes federally-insured, supplemental, and parent loans). Sets forth special rules for deferment and repayment of such loans by such students. Establishes a Lifelong Learning Line of Credit program. Authorizes the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) to originate loans for students enrolled at eligible institutions (including less-than-half-time students). Allows such student (and the parents of a dependent student) to borrow up to $25,000 in the aggregate. Prohibits such loans from exceeding the student's cost of attendance for the period of enrollment. Includes the establishment of income-contingent repayment schedules as part of the agreement for such loan program between the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and Sallie Mae. Authorizes the Secretary to allow, through regulations, eligibility for such loan program participation by a variety of training providers (in addition to those currently eligible under HEA), such as community-based organizations, public or private agencies, and private sector employers, as long as there are adequate controls on program integrity and accountability and such participation only supplements current expenditures for training by such providers. Revises student eligibility provisions to allow less-than-half-time students to receive guaranteed or supplemental student loans or loans under the Lifelong Learning Line of Credit if they are enrolled in: (1) a program of study leading to a degree or certificate; or (2) training designed to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of using advanced automated technology to integrate the m… | 2025-08-26T15:15:04Z | |
| 102-s-3129 | 102 | s | 3129 | National Commission on School Finance to Meet the National Education Goals Act | Education | 1992-08-04 | 1992-08-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 2 | National Commission on School Finance to Meet the National Education Goals Act - Establishes the National Commission on School Finance to Meet the National Education Goals (the Commission), as an independent agency in the executive branch. Directs the Commission to: (1) study the research on innovations in practice to determine what will be necessary (including cost implications) to achieve the National Education Goals; (2) investigate the extent to which there is a Federal policy on educational equity of resources, Federal education laws promote such policy, there are alternatives to current school finance mechanisms, and schools and States can finance the reform demands implied in such goals; and (3) synthesize and evaluate existing information in specified areas relating to educational need-analysis, school finance, and educational program and cost data-gathering. Requires interim and final reports to the Congress. Provides for Commission administration. Terminates the Commission three years after the first meeting of its members. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:14:10Z | |
| 102-hr-5664 | 102 | hr | 5664 | Federal Grants for State and Local "GI Bills" for Children | Education | 1992-07-22 | 1992-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-2] | OH | R | G000349 | 25 | Federal Grants for State and Local "G.I. Bills" for Children - Requires the Secretary of Education to use specified funds to make competitive grants to States and localities for educational choice programs. Authorizes reservation of a specified portion of such funds for national evaluation of such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Makes a State or locality eligible for such a grant if it: (1) has taken significant steps to provide a choice of schools to families with school children in the program area, including those not eligible for scholarships under this Act; (2) will, if awarded a grant, provide scholarships to parents of eligible children that may be redeemed for elementary or secondary education at a broad variety of public and private (including religious) schools serving that area; and (3) permits all such lawfully operating schools serving the area to participate in its program under this Act if they so choose. Requires grantees to provide scholarships to parents of eligible children, with a value of $1,000 from Federal funds under this Act and an additional amount, if any, of State, local, and nongovernmental funds. Excludes such scholarships from consideration as income for Federal income tax or Federal program eligibility purposes. Requires such scholarships to be provided to parents of children who reside in the program area, will attend a participating public or private school, and are from a middle- or low-income family (as determined by the grantees, in accordance with the Secretary's regulations). Limits the maximum family income for eligibility to not more than the higher of the State or national median family income. Provides for continuation of such scholarship aid to a child in each program year, unless the child no longer resides in the program area or no longer attends school, or the child's family income exceeds by 20 percent or more than the maximum income of families who received scholarships in the preceding year. Requires the grantee to provide scholarships to the lowest in… | 2025-08-26T15:13:47Z | |
| 102-hres-524 | 102 | hres | 524 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to commend and congratulate the College of William and Mary in Virginia on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of its founding. | Education | 1992-07-22 | 1992-10-06 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | B000229 | 15 | Congratulates the College of William and Mary on its 300th anniversary. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-s-3007 | 102 | s | 3007 | A bill to authorize financial assistance for the construction and maintenance of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center. | Education | 1992-07-22 | 1992-10-16 | Became Public Law No: 102-423. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance for the establishment of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center at Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-s-3010 | 102 | s | 3010 | Federal Grants for State and Local "GI Bills" for Children Act | Education | 1992-07-22 | 1992-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 9 | Federal Grants for State and Local "G.I. Bills" for Children - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to use specified funds to make competitive grants to States and localities for educational choice programs. Authorizes reservation of a specified portion of such funds for national evaluation of such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Makes a State or locality eligible for such a grant if it: (1) has taken significant steps to provide a choice of schools to families with school children in the program area, including those not eligible for scholarships under this Act; (2) will, if awarded a grant, provide scholarships to parents of eligible children that may be redeemed for elementary or secondary education at a broad variety of public and private (including religious) schools serving that area; and (3) permits all such lawfully operating schools serving the area to participate in its program under this Act if they so choose. Requires grantees to provide scholarships to parents of eligible children, with a value of $1,000 from Federal funds under this Act and an additional amount, if any, of State, local, and nongovernmental funds. Excludes such scholarships from consideration as income for Federal income tax or Federal program eligibility purposes. Requires such scholarships to be provided to parents of children who reside in the program area, will attend a participating public or private school, and are from a middle- or low-income family (as determined by the grantees, in accordance with the Secretary's regulations). Limits the maximum family income for eligibility to not more than the higher of the State or national median family income. Provides for continuation of such scholarship aid to a child in each program year, unless the child no longer resides in the program area or no longer attends school, or the child's family income exceeds by 20 percent or more than the maximum income of families who received scholarships in the preceding year. Requires the grantee to provide scholarships to the lowest … | 2025-08-26T15:13:36Z | |
| 102-hr-5630 | 102 | hr | 5630 | Head Start Improvement Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-07-21 | 1992-10-07 | Became Public Law No: 102-401. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | M000206 | 6 | Head Start Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends the Head Start Act (the Act) to revise various provisions for the Head Start program (the program). Extends for one additional year the formula for distribution of certain quality improvement funds allocated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), thus extending local determination of the use of such funds over that period. Requires early childhood intervention programs under the program to include parental literacy training among the services they provide for parents. Establishes guidelines which the Secretary must consider in determining whether a local Head Start agency may receive a waiver or reduction of required non-Federal matching funds. Includes consideration of community lack of resources, whether the community is adversely affected by a major disaster, impacts of program costs in initial years or unanticipated increases in operating costs, and impact on the community if the program were forced to close there. Directs the Secretary to issue transportation safety regulations for all Head Start programs. Prohibits the Secretary from giving priority (for previous Head Start grantee experience) to any agency whose Head Start grant has been terminated or whose application for refunding has been denied. Directs the Secretary to review each newly designated Head Start agency immediately after completion of its first year, and to conduct followup reviews of Head Start agencies when appropriate. Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies to include consideration of the applicant agency's effectiveness based on: (1) its plan to provide, directly or through referral, child development and literacy skills training to parents of participating children; and (2) its plan (if it chooses to do so) for assisting younger siblings of participants to obtain health services from other sources. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint an interim grantee to carry out the Head Start program in a community served by such a program until a qualified applicant… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5573 | 102 | hr | 5573 | Full-Service Schools Act | Education | 1992-07-08 | 1992-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Johnston, Harry [D-FL-14] | FL | D | J000187 | 11 | Full-Service Schools Act - Establishes the Federal Interagency Work Group (the Group) to: (1) facilitate collaboration between agencies and mobilize Federal policy to achieve systemic reform to meet the comprehensive needs of at-risk children and their families for education, health, and social and human services; and (2) provide grants to States and local entities to develop similar programs at the State and local levels. Provides that the Group shall be composed of the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor, and funded equally by their departments. Directs the Secretary of Education to act as the fiscal agent for the Group. Requires the Group to: (1) assist Federal, State, and local agencies to develop, implement, and evaluate service integration programs under this Act; (2) coordinate agency resources and funding to allow for consolidation of Federal categorical programs, when waiver requests are made; (3) establish and maintain a national data base that includes Federal, State, local, and private collaborative efforts to serve at-risk children; (4) make grants to States for interagency work groups and local efforts to integrate services for at-risk youth and their families; (5) determine grant amounts by considering the number of local project sites the State group can target with limited allocations to each site; and (6) waive certain Federal requirements that impede collaborative efforts, if such waivers will result in more efficient use of resources. Requires States, for grant elibility, to: (1) establish a State interagency work group (with at least the State public education and health and human services departments); (2) develop training to assist staff members to understand communities and the full array of available resources to help at-risk children and families; (3) require equal contributions by departments in the State group; (4) set as a goal the integration of existing funding sources from the departments represented; (5) designate a fiscal agent; and (6) assist loca… | 2025-08-26T15:17:05Z | |
| 102-hr-5560 | 102 | hr | 5560 | To extend for one year the National Commission on Time and Learning and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-07-07 | 1992-08-26 | Became Public Law No: 102-359. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 1 | Amends the National Education Commission on Time and Learning Act (title I of Public Law 102-62) to extend by one year the authorization of appropriations for the National Education Commission on Time and Learning. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (as amended by title III of Public Law 102-62) to authorize the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract or grant (currently only a contract) with the Center for Civic Education to carry out the civic education program known as "We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution." Provides for an annual national competition of simulated hearings for secondary students who wish to participate in the program. (Currently such competition is to be at the congressional district, State, and national levels.) Makes secondary schools (as well as elementary schools) eligible to participate in such program. Amends specified Federal law to provide for ten Assistant Secretaries of Education. (Current law provides for six such Secretaries and four additional officers of the Department of Education.) Revises ESEA title I chapter 1 with respect to educationally disadvantaged children to revise formulas for average per pupil expenditure for designated schools receiving certain funds for schoolwide projects. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-s-2976 | 102 | s | 2976 | Academies for Mathematics and Science Teaching Skills Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-07-02 | 1992-07-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Academies for Mathematics and Science Teaching Skills Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations or institutions of higher education to establish academies for retraining and enhancement in mathematics and science teaching skills for elementary and secondary school teachers, particularly those who teach in disadvantaged urban areas. Sets forth authorized activities and application requirements under such grants program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:14:32Z | |
| 102-s-2984 | 102 | s | 2984 | A bill to authorize financial assistance for the construction and maintenance of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center. | Education | 1992-07-02 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 1 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional appropriations for the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center of Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5483 | 102 | hr | 5483 | Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992 | Education | 1992-06-24 | 1992-10-16 | Became Public Law No: 102-421. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | O000159 | 0 | Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Reorganization of Act - Repeals the following provisions of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (the Act, for purposes of this title): (1) title I part B (Kendall Demonstration Elementary School) and part C (Model Secondary School for the Deaf), but consolidates provisions for such elementary and secondary school programs under the new title I part A provisions for Gallaudet University; and (2) title III, the Commission on the Education of the Deaf. Redesignates title I of the Act as: Gallaudet University; National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Redesignates part A as Gallaudet University and part B as National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Redesignates title II as General Provisions. Subtitle B: Gallaudet University - Authorizes the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees (the Board) to: (1) make rules relating to the construction of buildings and other facilities; (2) establish such schools as it deems necessary; and (3) establish policies, guidelines, and procedures related to the appointments, salaries, and dismissals of professors, instructors, and other employees of Gallaudet, including the adoption of a policy of outreach and recruitment to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities, particularly individuals who are deaf or individuals who are hard of hearing. Revises provisions relating to the Gallaudet University operation of elementary and secondary educational programs, including the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. Authorizes the Board to maintain and operate exemplary elementary and secondary education programs, projects, and activities for the primary purpose of developing, evaluating, and disseminating innovative curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials that can be used in various educational environments serving individuals who are deaf and individuals who are har… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5442 | 102 | hr | 5442 | Foreign Language Economic Enhancement Act | Education | 1992-06-18 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Miller, John R. [R-WA-1] | WA | R | M000736 | 6 | Foreign Language Economic Enhancement Act - Title I: Foreign Language Teacher Recruitment - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program of grants to State education agencies (SEAs) to recruit and train qualified individuals as elementary and secondary school foreign language teachers. Allots such funds to applicant States on the basis of periodic assessments of need for foreign language teachers in each State. Sets minimum and maximum grant limits. Sets forth application requirements. Requires SEAs, in selecting qualified individuals for such program from among those with competence in a foreign language consistent with certain standards, to include: (1) retired or returning Government employees who served abroad; (2) retired or returning business persons or professionals who served abroad; (3) foreign-born nationals with a degree from a domestic or overseas institution of higher education; and (4) individuals with a baccalaureate degree whose major or minor was in a foreign language or international studies. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Grants to Institutions of Higher Education for Translators and Interpreters - Requires the Department of State to establish a Translation and Interpretation Needs Assessment Council, to be composed of the following (or their designated representatives): (1) the Secretaries of State, of Education, of Defense, and of Commerce; (2) the Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Information Agency, and National Security Council; and (3) six Presidentially-appointed experts in the fields of translation and interpretation, language and linguistics, international studies, business, and area studies education. Directs the Council to award institutional grants and individual fellowships for higher education degree or certificate programs in translation and interpretation. Requires determination of institutional and individual qualifications and selection for such awards after the Council has determined the translation and interpretation needs of the Go… | 2025-08-26T15:15:19Z | |
| 102-sjres-316 | 102 | sjres | 316 | A joint resolution to designate the week of November 30 through December 6, 1992 as "National Education First Week". | Education | 1992-06-16 | 1992-10-08 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 52 | Designates the week of November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-5379 | 102 | hr | 5379 | Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992 | Education | 1992-06-11 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 1 | Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Special Institutions for Individuals Who Are Deaf - Amends the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (the Act) to revise and consolidate provisions for elementary and secondary education programs which Gallaudet University (Gallaudet) operates, including the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. Requires such programs to serve students with a broad spectrum of needs, including, for example, students who are lower functioning academically, who come from non-English speaking homes, or who have additional disabling conditions. Extends certain rights and procedural safeguards under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to children placed in such elementary and secondary education programs operated by Gallaudet. Revises provisions for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) to require the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement to operate and maintain NTID to: (1) assess the need for modification of the agreement; and (2) periodically update the agreement as necessary. Defines foreign student for purposes of the Act. Requires the annual independent financial and compliance audits under the Act to be conducted in accordance with Office of Management and Budget circulars governing audits of institutions of higher education. Directs Gallaudet and the higher education institution operating NTID to provide copies of their required audit reports to the Secretary within 30 days after audit completion. Revises reporting requirements. Requires an annual report on specified NTID activities and an accounting of related indirect costs. Requires monitoring and evaluation relating to Gallaudet to include its elementary, secondary, preparatory, undergraduate, and graduate programs. Enlarges the scope of the liaison for educational programs for the deaf to include other Federal or non-Federal agencies, institutions, or organizat… | 2025-08-26T15:17:00Z | |
| 102-sres-311 | 102 | sres | 311 | A resolution to commend Fryeburg Academy, located in Fryeburg, Maine, on the occasion of its bicentennial. | Education | 1992-06-09 | 1992-06-09 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 1 | Commends Fryeburg Academy in Maine on its bicentennial. | 2021-06-02T15:14:50Z | |
| 102-hr-5331 | 102 | hr | 5331 | Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act | Education | 1992-06-04 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Weber, Vin [R-MN-2] | MN | R | W000237 | 10 | Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make an endowment grant to an eligible organization to support the establishment of 25 regional centers to foster development of locally based, volunteer organizations to improve high school graduation rates and postsecondary attendance through providing academic support services and financial assistance for postsecondary education. Sets forth requirements for the eligible organization, the regional centers, and the local affiliates of the eligible organization. Sets forth conditions for the endowment grant. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:59Z | |
| 102-hjres-499 | 102 | hjres | 499 | Designating July 2, 1992, as "National Literacy Day". | Education | 1992-05-28 | 1992-07-02 | Became Public Law No: 102-315. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 236 | Designates July 2, 1992, as National Literacy Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-5165 | 102 | hr | 5165 | To improve educational effectiveness by establishing a flexibility demonstration program. | Education | 1992-05-14 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 8 | Flexibility for Educational Effectiveness Act of 1992 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a Flexibility Demonstration Program (Program), as a new title VIII, in order to demonstrate the effectiveness, in several States and schools, of granting waivers of Federal and State laws and regulations so that services can be more effectively provided to disadvantaged children. Establishes a Committee on Services to Children (the Committee), composed of the Secretaries of Education, of Agriculture, of Labor, and of Health and Human Services, to coordinate certain activities of their departments to facilitate demonstration projects that waive specified requirements of Federal laws and regulations they administer. Requires the Committee, within 60 days after its establishment, to publish a notice and description of programs providing health, mental health, social services, or substance abuse prevention and treatment for which waivers of requirements are available under other Federal laws, in order to encourage coordination of such programs with programs included under this Act. Directs the Committee to: (1) review applications from States for demonstration projects; and (2) approve applications of up to 15 States involving not more than 20 schools in each State. Prohibits the Committee from exercising authority over the development of or specific provisions of a State application. Authorizes the Committee to carry out the Program by waiving certain requirements in up to 15 States involving not more than 20 schools in each State for demonstration purposes to find more flexible ways to provide education and services to disadvantaged students. Allows the demonstration projects to include simplification, coordination, and combination of some of the requirements in the categories of: (1) related Federal and State preschool and early childhood development for disadvantaged children; (2) related Federal and State programs for disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools;… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5167 | 102 | hr | 5167 | To reduce the amounts appropriated to the Department of Education to increase grants to State and local educational agencies and to reduce the Federal budget deficit. | Education | 1992-05-14 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Allen, George [R-VA-7] | VA | R | A000121 | 17 | Directs the Secretary of Education to decrease Department of Education personnel costs by ten percent from amounts appropriated for FY 1993 and 1994. Requires that: (1) 90 percent of the savings from such reduction be transferred to local education agencies in accordance with State aid distribution formulas; and (2) the remaining ten percent be used to reduce the Federal budget deficit. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to replace or reduce State and local government funding for education programs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-sjres-301 | 102 | sjres | 301 | A joint resolution designating July 2, 1992, as "National Literacy Day". | Education | 1992-05-12 | 1992-06-29 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 59 | Designates July 2, 1992, as National Literacy Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-5083 | 102 | hr | 5083 | To amend the Act of September 30, 1950 to provide that amounts appropriated under such Act for purposes of making payments to local educational agencies on behalf of children who are dependents of a parent or parents on active duty in the armed forces shall be considered national defense functions for budget purposes. | Education | 1992-05-06 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 33 | Amends specified Federal law relating to impact aid to require that appropriations and expenditures under such law for payments to local educational agencies on behalf of children who are dependents of a parent or parents on active duty in the armed forces be considered national defense functions for budget purposes. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-s-2666 | 102 | s | 2666 | A bill to shift Impact Aid funding responsibility for military connected children from the Department of Education to the Department of Defense. | Education | 1992-05-06 | 1992-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary), for purposes of computing the amount which a local educational agency (LEA) is entitled to receive from the Government for military-connected children in each fiscal year, to determine: (1) for each LEA receiving assistance, the number of children who reside on military installations, have parents employed on such installations, and had a parent who was on active duty in the uniformed services; and (2) the total amount of payments all LEAs are entitled to receive. Requires the Secretary of Defense to transfer (from any amounts available to him) to the Secretary in each fiscal year the total amount of funds necessary for the Secretary to make all required payments to LEAs for such fiscal year, subject to specified limitations (including that funds distributed to such LEAs be consistent with shifting only the funding responsibility for such military-connected children from the Department of Education to the Department of Defense). Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of the entitlement of an LEA for a fiscal year with respect to: (1) children with disabilities (currently, and children with specific learning disabilities for whom a determination is made under provisions related to children who had a parent who was on active duty in the uniformed services); and (2) military-connected children with disabilities and for whom such LEA is providing a program designed to meet the special and related needs of such children. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5057 | 102 | hr | 5057 | To facilitate the development of an integrated, nationwide telecommunications system dedicated to instruction by guaranteeing the acquisition of a communications satellite system used solely for communications among State and local instructional institutions and agencies and instructional resource providers. | Education | 1992-05-05 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 3 | Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to carry out an educational satellite loan guarantee program. Guarantees any lender against loss of principal or interest on a loan which is to be used solely to acquire and operate a communications satellite system dedicated to transmitting instructional programming. Restricts such a loan to a non-Federal, nonprofit, public corporation: (1) whose sole purpose is to acquire and operate such a system; (2) whose governing board includes members representing elementary and secondary education, vocational and technical education, community and State colleges, and universities; (3) whose charter is designed for affiliation with State and local instructional institutions and agencies, and other distance learning and instructional resource providers; and (4) which is in existence as of January 1, 1992. Requires such corporation, before such loan is guaranteed, to have: (1) investigated all practical means to acquire a communications satellite system; (2) reported to the Secretary its findings; and (3) recommended the most cost-effective, high-quality communications satellite system for the purposes of this Act. Sets forth limitations on the amount of guaranteed loans to: (1) acquire such system; and (2) operate and manage such system for up to three years. Requires the lender to assign rights and interests in such system to the United States upon payment of such loan guarantee. Authorizes the United States to exercise, retain, or dispose of any such right or interest in any manner it deems fit, upon recommendation of the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hres-428 | 102 | hres | 428 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that secondary schools throughout the Nation should implement a financial planning program using the proven techniques of the College for Financial Planning in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service and participating Land-Grant University Cooperative Extension Services. | Education | 1992-04-08 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 12 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that secondary schools should implement a financial planning program using proven techniques of the College for Financial Planning in partnership with the Department of Agriculture Extension Service and participating Land-Grant University Cooperative Extension Services. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-4748 | 102 | hr | 4748 | Reinvest in American Education Act | Education | 1992-04-02 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] | CA | D | B000711 | 7 | Reinvest in American Education Act - Title I: Care and Development of Children - Amends the Head Start Act to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations for the Head Start program. Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations for the child care and early childhood development improvement program. Title II: Elementary and Secondary Education Improvements - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make school competitiveness challenge grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for use by local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement public school programs to: (1) reduce class size; and (2) purchase and integrate computers and software programs. Requires State applications to cover a five-year period. Requires States to allocate all such funds to LEAs eligible to receive funds under provisions for disadvantaged students under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA chapter 1). Requires State appointment of a review panel to recommend LEAs that appear to meet the Secretary's requirements for such grant awards. Limits the Federal share to 90 percent of project costs. Limits certain uses of funds. Requires annual State reports. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make foreign language program grants to SEAs to develop and implement innovative programs to teach foreign languages to public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Requires States selected to receive such grants to distribute grants to LEAs, higher education institutions, and community-based organizations with expertise in foreign language training or foreign language integration with area studies, geography, and cultural awareness. Gives special consideration to entities with expertise in European and Pacific Rim languages. Requires State applications to cover a five-year period. Requires State appointment of a review panel to recommend LEAs based on ability to meet t… | 2025-08-26T15:16:14Z | |
| 102-hr-4711 | 102 | hr | 4711 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Veterans Teacher Corp, and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-03-31 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3] | UT | D | O000108 | 1 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a Veterans Teachers Corps (VTC). Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to conduct VTC authorized activities, as follows: (1) informational and outreach programs leading to development of programs designed to inform U.S. military veterans about teaching opportunities and necessary qualifications; (2) programs to create teaching opportunities for veterans; (3) support for programs to assist veterans to meet teacher qualifications; (4) information dissemination on the VTC program and on sources of student assistance under title IV of HEA and under programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and other Federal agencies; and (5) (from up to 65 percent of VTC program funds) scholarships for veterans under the same terms and conditions as the Paul Douglas Teacher Corps Scholarships program under subpart 1 of part B of title V. Sets forth grant application requirements for LEAs. Limits the amount and duration of each grant. Gives priority to LEA applications evidencing commitments of support for the program from veterans and teacher organizations in the applicant's jurisdiction. Requires evaluations and reports by grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-4595 | 102 | hr | 4595 | American Math and Science Student Support Act | Education | 1992-03-26 | 1992-04-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Henry, Paul B. [R-MI-5] | MI | R | H000514 | 9 | American Math and Science Student Support Act - Prohibits any institution of higher education, two years after enactment of this Act, from using Federal research and development funds to pay nonimmigrant aliens to carry out such research and development activities, unless the institution submits to the granting agency a report including: (1) specified information on such nonimmigrant aliens; and (2) a certification that no qualified U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens are available for such research employment, despite the institution's efforts to hire them. | 2025-08-26T15:13:32Z | |
| 102-sjres-279 | 102 | sjres | 279 | A joint resolution designating April 14, 1992, as "Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A". | Education | 1992-03-25 | 1992-04-01 | Senate passed companion measure H.J.RES. 410 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 13 | Designates April 14, 1992, as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., the birthday and the start of the 91st year of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sjres-278 | 102 | sjres | 278 | A joint resolution designating the week of January 3, 1993, through January 9, 1993, as "Braille Literacy Week". | Education | 1992-03-24 | 1992-03-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 53 | Designates the week of January 3 through 9, 1993, as Braille Literacy Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-4522 | 102 | hr | 4522 | To extend the authorization of appropriations of the TRIO Programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-03-20 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend and revise Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (TRIO Programs). Extends through FY 1997 the authorization of appropriations for such programs. Adds to program goals motivation and preparation of such students for doctoral programs. Adds requirements for: (1) a peer review application process; (2) inflation adjustments; (3) minimum grant levels for specified programs; (4) duration of grants and contracts; (5) notice of application status; (6) early notification and technical training for potential providers of special programs and projects; (7) unlimited number of applications by an entity; and (8) coordination with other programs for disadvantaged students. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to ensure that: (1) members of groups underrepresented in higher education are represented as readers of TRIO programs applications; and (2) each such application is read by at least three reviewers not employed at the Department of Education. Sets forth requirements for documentation of status as a low-income individual, for purposes of TRIO programs eligibility. Revises provisions for the Talent Search program (one of the TRIO programs). Sets forth an expanded list of permissible services which talent search projects may offer, in addition to tutoring, including counseling, mentoring, and parent workshops. Lowers the minimum age and elementary education completion levels for participant eligibility to 11 years of age and five years of school completed (currently 12 and six, respectively, while retaining the maximum age level of 27 years). Revises provisions for the Upward Bound program (one of the TRIO programs). Adds to the list of permissible services which upward bound projects may offer mentoring programs involving elementary or secondary school teachers, college faculty, students, or any combination thereof. Requires any assisted upward bound project which has received two or more years of program funding to include in i… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-4538 | 102 | hr | 4538 | Classroom Safety Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-03-20 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | S000248 | 27 | Classroom Safety Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) most directly affected by crime and violence in reducing and preventing violent crime in elementary and secondary schools. Directs the Secretary to develop a model for classroom safety written in English and Spanish and make it available to any LEA upon request. Requires the grants to be used for programs of: (1) anticrime and safety measures, and education and training to prevent crime, violence and illegal use of drugs and alcohol; (2) counseling for victims and witnesses of crime in schools; (3) conflict resolution and peer mediation counseling for students, teachers, and other personnel in regular contact with students in school; (4) purchasing crime prevention equipment, including metal detectors and video-surveillance devices; and (5) preventing and reducing student participation in organized crime and drug and gang-related activities in schools. Requires grant applications to include comprehensive plans. Sets administrative cost limits. Allows renewal of the grant for up to two additional years after the initial grant, under certain conditions. Bases selection of recipients upon crime problem, need and ability, and student population (and equitable geographic distribution, if practicable). Requires annual reports by LEA grant recipients to the Secretary, and by the Secretary to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:28Z | |
| 102-s-2377 | 102 | s | 2377 | A bill to facilitate the development of an integrated, nationwide telecommunications system dedicated to instruction by guaranteeing the acquisition of a communications satellite system used solely for communications among State and local instructional institutions and agencies and instructional resource providers. | Education | 1992-03-20 | 1992-03-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 5 | Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to acquire a dedicated communications satellite system on which instructional programming can be colocated and free from preemption. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to guarantee any lender against loss of principal or interest on a loan made by the lender to a non-Federal, nonprofit, public corporation: (1) in existence as of January 1, 1992; (2) whose charter is designed for affiliation with State and local instructional institutions and other instructional resource providers; (3) whose governing board includes members representing specified types of education and institutions; and (4) whose sole purpose is to acquire and operate a communications satellite system dedicated to transmitting instructional programming. Sets forth conditions on such loans as well as limitations on amounts. Requires lenders, in order to receive guarantees, to agree to assign to the United States any right or interest in the system that such lender possesses upon payment by the Secretary on the guarantee. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-4518 | 102 | hr | 4518 | To amend the Department of Education Organization Act to create the position of Assistant Secretary of Education for Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-03-19 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | R000053 | 12 | Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create the position of Assistant Secretary of Education for Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs: (1) to replace that of Director of the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; and (2) to administer such Office. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hjres-443 | 102 | hjres | 443 | Fair Funding for Education Resolution | Education | 1992-03-18 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | Fair Funding for Education Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Federal share of education funding should be increased to one-third of the Nation's total cost, with the balance to be provided by State and local governments; and (2) $100 billion should be authorized by 1998 for general financial aid to public elementary and secondary schools for operating expenses and/or capital improvements. | 2025-08-26T15:14:21Z | |
| 102-hr-4498 | 102 | hr | 4498 | Buddy System Computer Education Act | Education | 1992-03-18 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Long, Jill L. [D-IN-4] | IN | D | L000420 | 25 | Buddy System Computer Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award a grant to each of three States to create a computer-based education project for children in grades six through eight. Requires such awards to be on an competitive basis. Gives preference to applications: (1) from States with demonstrated ability or commitment to computer-based technology education; and (2) describing projects serving school districts serving a large number or percentage of economically disadvantaged students. Requires site selection and project implementation within nine months after funds are appropriated. Requires such projects to: (1) be provided in a continuous three-year form to two consecutive groups of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders; (2) be conducted in not more than seven public schools within the State; and (3) ensure each student in such classes participates and has access to a computer at school during the school year and at home during the school year and summer. Sets forth application requirements. Requires the use of grant funds to provide: (1) hardware and software components to all sites; and (2) training for classroom teachers as well as parents, administrators, and technical personnel. Requires the Secretary to evaluate such demonstration program and report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:13:37Z | |
| 102-hr-4508 | 102 | hr | 4508 | To amend the Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education Act of 1990 to provide for an exam to determine recipients of scholarships to the National Academy of Science, Space, and Technology, and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-03-18 | 1992-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Science. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Amends the Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education Act of 1990 to direct the Advisory Board of the National Academy of Science, Space, and Technology to: (1) develop an exam for secondary students testing knowledge in science, mathematics, and engineering, or select an exam from existing national exams; (2) annually administer such exam; (3) annually certify the top ten scorers in each congressional district on such exam; and (4) annually award the top two scorers in each district a scholarship (under the program of scholarships for undergraduate study in science, mathematics, or engineering for students willing to serve in the employ of the U.S. Government or a U.S. corporation). Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 102-s-2371 | 102 | s | 2371 | Buddy System Computer Education Act | Education | 1992-03-18 | 1992-03-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 0 | Buddy System Computer Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award a grant to each of three States to create a computer-based education project for children in grades six through eight. Requires such awards to be on a competitive basis. Gives preference to States with demonstrated ability in computer-based technology education. Requires site selection and project implementation within nine months after funds are appropriated. Requires such projects to: (1) be provided in a continuous three-year form to two consecutive groups of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders; (2) be conducted in not more than seven public schools within the State; and (3) ensure each student in such classes participates and has access to a computer at school during the school year and at home during the school year and summer. Sets forth application requirements. Sets the Federal share at 50 percent of project costs. Requires the use of grant funds to provide: (1) hardware and software components to all sites; (2) training for classroom teachers as well as parents; and (3) a staff of administrators and technical personnel. Requires the Secretary to evaluate such demonstration program and report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:13:58Z | |
| 102-hr-4471 | 102 | hr | 4471 | Higher Education Amendments of 1992 | Education | 1992-03-16 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 28 | Higher Education Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize its various programs. Title I: Partnerships for Educational Excellence - Revises HEA title I and renames it Partnerships for Educational Excellence. Authorizes appropriations for the following programs: (1) Urban Community Service; (2) Urban and Rural College, University, and School Partnerships; (3) Articulation Agreements; and (4) Access and Equity to Education for All Americans through Telecommunications. Establishes an Urban Community Service program to provide incentives to urban institutions to work together on the most pressing and severe problems in their communities. Establishes an Urban and Rural College, University, and School Partnerships program to improve school retention and graduation rates, student academic skills, opportunities to continue education beyond high school, and prospects for productive employment. Sets forth administrative provisions to provide for: (1) peer review panels for grant applications; and (2) multiyear disbursement of Urban Community Service program grant funds. Establishes an Articulation Agreements program of grants for articulation agreements and planning between partnerships of two-year and four-year institutions of higher education. (Current provisions for the Student Literacy Corps are revised and transferred to title XI.) Directs the Secretary to make such grants to States to make awards to articulation partnerships between qualified institutions, on the basis of either a competition or a formula determined by the State. Provides for allocation of such grant funds to States: (1) by a formula based the relative total amount of student assistance received under HEA title IV by students attending institutions in the State, if the authorization of appropriations for such grants program equals or exceeds a specified amount; or (2) if such authorized amount is less than the specified amount, by competitive grants which the Secretary is authorized to make to S… | 2025-08-26T15:14:05Z | |
| 102-hr-4455 | 102 | hr | 4455 | Environmental Education Clearinghouse Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-03-12 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3] | TN | D | L000381 | 2 | Environmental Education Clearinghouse Act of 1992 - Amends the National Environmental Education Act to require the Director of the Office of Environmental Education to establish an Environmental Education Clearinghouse Division within such Office. Requires such Division to establish a program to collect environmental information and make it available to educational institutions in the United States for free and to other interested persons at a fee equal to reasonable costs of providing and mailing computer discs and publications. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:14:39Z | |
| 102-hjres-437 | 102 | hjres | 437 | Designating May 7, 1992, as "National Substitute Teachers Day". | Education | 1992-03-11 | 1992-03-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 0 | Designates May 7, 1992, as National Substitute Teachers Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hjres-439 | 102 | hjres | 439 | Designating April 6, 1992, as "TV Busters' Day". | Education | 1992-03-11 | 1992-03-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] | MN | R | R000033 | 27 | Designates April 6, 1992, as TV Busters' Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-4443 | 102 | hr | 4443 | To amend the United States Institute of Peace Act to establish the Spark M. Matsunaga Scholars Program, and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-03-11 | 1992-03-25 | Executive Comment Received from US Institute of Peace. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act to extend through FY 1997 the authorization of appropriations for the U.S. Institute of Peace. Authorizes the U.S. Institute of Peace, through its Board of Directors, to establish the Spark M. Matsunaga Scholars Program, which shall include the provision of scholarships and educational programs in international peace and conflict management and related fields for outstanding high school students, as well as scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students. Revises provisions relating to contracts, private gifts, and contributions. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-2327 | 102 | s | 2327 | A bill to suspend certain compliance and accountability measures under the National School Lunch Act. | Education | 1992-03-10 | 1992-03-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 33 | Amends the National School Lunch Act to suspend specified compliance and accountability rules issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 102-hjres-432 | 102 | hjres | 432 | Designating April 26, 1992, through May 2, 1992, as "National Adult and Continuing Education Week". | Education | 1992-03-04 | 1992-03-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Hertel, Dennis M. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | H000547 | 29 | Designates April 26 through May 2, 1992, as National Adult and Continuing Education Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-4355 | 102 | hr | 4355 | American Schools Revitalization Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-03-02 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 0 | American Schools Revitalization Act of 1992 - Authorizes appropriations to assist eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) in repairing and renovating instructional facilities in schools. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve one percent of such funds for monitoring activities under this title. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder to eligible LEAs with approved applications. Directs the Secretary to allocate such funds on the basis of the number of: (1) children between the ages of five and 17 from families below the poverty line; (2) school buildings used for instructional purposes; and (3) school buildings more than 25 years old used for instructional purposes. Limits the period covered by a grant application to three years, and requires annual review by the Secretary. Lists types of programs eligible LEAs must conduct with their allotments for: (1) repair and renovation of school buildings; and (2) improvements related to environmental concerns and safety. Requires each eligible LEA to use half of its allotment for programs for school building repair and renovation, and half for programs for school environmental concerns and safety improvements. (Authorizes the Secretary to waive such 50 percent division in certain cases.) | 2025-08-26T15:13:30Z | |
| 102-hr-4356 | 102 | hr | 4356 | Safe Schools Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-03-02 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 8 | Safe Schools Act of 1992 - Establishes in the Department of Education a National School Safety Center to serve as a clearinghouse for school-related information about violence and vandalism, safety programs, and crisis intervention plans. Authorizes the Center to: (1) conduct workshops and seminars; and (2) assist in teacher and administrator training and design and operation of school safety programs. Authorizes appropriations. Weapons-Free School Zones Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to make it unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a potentially deadly weapon in a school zone. Authorizes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, upon request by the Governor or chief executive officer of an affected State or local government, to: (1) declare a severely threatened local school district a violent crime region; and (2) take necessary action, including use of Federal agency resources and personnel to support State and local law enforcement activities. | 2025-08-26T15:13:39Z | |
| 102-hr-4338 | 102 | hr | 4338 | To suspend certain compliance and accountability measures under the National School Lunch Act. | Education | 1992-02-27 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 147 | Amends the National School Lunch Act to suspend specified compliance and accountability rules issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-4345 | 102 | hr | 4345 | Elementary Science Facilities Act | Education | 1992-02-27 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Sawyer, Tom [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000094 | 0 | Elementary Science Facilities Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to allot funds to State educational agencies to award grants to local educational agencies to provide hands-on instruction equipment and materials to elementary schools to improve mathematics and science education. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth requirements for: (1) State allotments; (2) State and local applications; (3) grant award priorities; (4) State and Federal responsibilities; and (5) limitation on use of grant funds only for science equipment or materials and mathematical manipulative materials necessary for hands-on instruction. | 2025-08-26T15:14:45Z | |
| 102-hr-4346 | 102 | hr | 4346 | Albert Einstein Teacher Fellowship Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-02-27 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Sawyer, Tom [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000094 | 0 | Albert Einstein Teacher Fellowship Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish the Albert Einstein Teacher Fellowship Program to provide fellowships for outstanding secondary school science or mathematics teachers. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:14:04Z | |
| 102-hr-4323 | 102 | hr | 4323 | Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act | Education | 1992-02-26 | 1992-08-12 | Laid on the table. See S. 2 for further action. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 11 | Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act - Title I: Comprehensive Restructuring - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add a new title VIII, Restructuring Program. National Education Standards and Assessment Act of 1992 - Establishes, under such new title, the National Education Standards and Assessment program, to: (1) advance establishment of voluntary national education content standards and raise student and school academic performance; and (2) provide funds for developing voluntary national school delivery standards and for further research and development on assessment to measure progress in meeting national education goals and standards. Establishes a National Education Goals Panel (the Panel). Provides that the Panel shall be composed of 18 members, as follows: (1) two appointed by the President; (2) eight Governors (three from the same political party as the President, and five from the opposite political party); (3) four Members of Congress; and (4) four State legislators. Sets forth special appointment rules, and requirements for terms of service. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth various functions of the Panel, including: (1) establishing an interactive process for developing voluntary national education content and school delivery standards; (2) recommending groups and organizations to be selected for grants to develop such standards and model assessments of the content standards for mathematics; (3) certifying the voluntary national standards submitted by such groups (after review by a technical review committee); (4) proposing various measures for evaluating such standards and progress; (5) selecting various measures and indicators in each goal area; (6) requiring State reporting of student achievement data to be in the context of other relevant information about student, school, and system performance; and (7) issuing an annual report card. Requires the Panel to: (1) operate on the principle of consensus in carrying out its responsibilities; and (2) make arran… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-s-2255 | 102 | s | 2255 | A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for income dependent education assistance. | Education | 1992-02-25 | 1992-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 6 | Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish the Income Dependent Education Assistance (IDEA) program as part D of such title. (Replaces the current part D, Income Contingent Direct Loan Demonstration Project.) Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to carry out IDEA as a program that: (1) makes direct loans (self-reliance loans) to all eligible students enrolled at participating institutions of higher education, without regard to student financial need; and (2) establishes an account for each borrower and collects repayments on such loans in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (as amended by this Act). Directs the Secretary to: (1) make IDEA payments to participating institutions on the basis of estimated borrowing needs of students; and (2) make initial IDEA payments in a manner similar to the procedure for distribution of Pell Grants. Deems eligible students at participating institutions to have a contractual right against the United States to receive a self-reliance loan, regardless of financial need, but requires such students nonetheless to undergo needs test assessments for the Pell Grant and Stafford Loan programs for the fiscal year for which the self-reliance loan is to be received. Directs the Secretary to select for IDEA program participation diverse types of institutions of higher education from among those eligible to participate in Stafford Loan programs. Limits the initial selection to 300 institutions by May 1, 1993, with the projected volume of new student borrowing under IDEA not to exceed specified limits for each of FY 1994 through 1997. Provides for expansion of the program, beginning on August 1, 1997, by directing the Secretary to permit participation by all institutions of higher education that have the administrative and fiscal capacity to administer a self-reliance loan program, if the Congress: (1) does not act before such date to terminate or modify the program; and (2) takes the affirmative step to approve such… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-s-2258 | 102 | s | 2258 | Education Capital Fund Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-02-25 | 1992-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] | NE | D | K000146 | 2 | Education Capital Fund Act of 1992 - Establishes the Education Capital Fund Board to enter into: (1) three-to-ten-year performance grant contracts (75 percent federally funded) with local educational agencies, consortia, or partnerships for programs of educational reform; and (2) three-to-ten-year contracts (50 percent federally funded) with up to five States for statewide reform initiatives. Directs the Board to: (1) establish an Advisory Board to assist in identifying components of successful schools, districts and reform initiatives, and to establish funding priorities; (2) cooperate with regional educational laboratories to establish a technical assistance referral network; (3) establish contract review and program evaluation procedures; and (4) report annually to the Congress. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Education Capital Fund; and (2) increase the corporate tax rate to pay for Fund expenses in years in which the Fund's unboligated balance does not exceed $1,000,000,000. | 2025-08-26T15:13:32Z | |
| 102-hr-4277 | 102 | hr | 4277 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to delete certain requirements relating to the guaranteed student loan program. | Education | 1992-02-20 | 1992-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 26 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal certain requirements relating to the guaranteed student loan program, which, as added by the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164), include requiring that student loan applicants over age 21 have: (1) credit reports, for which the lender may charge up to $25; and (2) cosigners if they have an adverse credit history. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-s-2242 | 102 | s | 2242 | National Independent Colleges and Universities Discovery Act | Education | 1992-02-20 | 1992-02-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 0 | National Independent Colleges and Universities Discovery Act - Establishes the National Commission on Independent Higher Education as an independent agency in the executive branch. Sets forth provisions for Commission membership, report and recommendations, powers, and personnel matters. Requires the Commission to: (1) develop a factual base for understanding the status of independent colleges and universities (independents), their contributions to public priorities, and the effects of national higher education policies on the independent nonprofit sector; (2) review the issuance of Federal regulations regarding independents, and suggest means for their accountability for use of public resources without inappropriate intrusion into their autonomy; and (3) address the relation between Federal and State policies on independents, particularly with respect to student access and choice, finance, institutional subsidies, and institutional accountability. Terminates the Commission three years after the enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-26T15:14:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4245 | 102 | hr | 4245 | Ed-Flex | Education | 1992-02-19 | 1992-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 3 | Educational Reform and Flexibility Act of 1992 (Ed-Flex) - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to establish a program for flexibility and accountability in education and related services. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to assist projects for elementary and secondary schools and other service providers to improve achievement of all students and other participants, but particularly disadvantaged individuals, by authorizing a limited number of waivers by which the performance of schools and programs can be improved by increasing their flexibility in use of resources while holding them accountable for achieving educational gains. Limits such waivers to not more than: (1) six States which have implemented comprehensive regulatory reform plans; and (2) 50 LEAs within each SEA of such States. Authorizes the Secretary (in support of such projects, and if such requirements may impede a school or service provider from meeting the special needs of such students and other individuals) to only waive a statutory or regulatory requirement applicable to a program under: (1) chapter 1 or 2 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act; (3) the Follow Through Act; (4) specified provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and (5) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (except specified provisions). Authorizes other Federal agency heads, with the Secretary's agreement, to make similar waivers of such requirements applicable to an elementary, secondary, or youth vocational training program administered by such agencies. Limits duration of projects and associated waivers to a maximum of three years; but authorizes the Secretary to extend a project and any associated waivers for an additional two years if it is making substantial progress in meeting its goals. Requires the Secretary to terminate a project and its associated waivers at any time if acceptable progres… | 2025-08-26T15:16:47Z | |
| 102-hr-4260 | 102 | hr | 4260 | Education Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-02-19 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3] | WV | D | W000654 | 0 | Education Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 - Title I: Federal Pell Grants - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and rename the Pell Grants program under HEA title IV part A subpart 1 as the Federal Pell Grants program (later redesignates the provisions as subpart 2). Extends such program authority through FY 1998. Increases the maximum award amount for Pell Grants to $4,500 in academic year 1993-1994, with further increases based on the Consumer Price Index for academic years 1994-1995 through 1998-1999. Revises the formula for determining the amount of a Pell Grant award to a student. Sets forth payment schedules based on the expected family contribution and tuition costs, for various types of students. Permits Pell Grant awards (proportionately reduced) to students attending on a less-than-half time basis (including those taking one course at a time). Prohibits Pell Grants awards to prisoners in Federal or State penal institutions. Revises provisions relating to the period of eligibility for Pell Grants. Includes as eligible for Pell Grants students in programs of study abroad that are approved for credit by the institutions. Revises provisions relating to the eligibility index. Provides that Pell Grant recipients shall not be considered to be individual grantees for purposes of specified Federal law. Repeals specified provisions for a separate need analysis formula for Pell Grants. (Later in this Act, a single new need analysis formula and system is established for all title IV student aid programs, including Pell Grants.) Title II: Need Analysis - Revises HEA title IV part F provisions for Need Analysis. Establishes a new single need analysis formula to be used in the calculation of financial need for all title IV Student Assistance programs (thus replacing the current separate formulas for Pell Grants and for other title IV programs). Bases such new formula on the current formula used for the Stafford (GSL) and the "campus-based" aid programs including supplemental grants and wo… | 2025-08-26T15:18:29Z | |
| 102-hjres-410 | 102 | hjres | 410 | Designating April 14, 1992, as "Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.". | Education | 1992-02-11 | 1992-04-13 | Became Public Law No: 102-268. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 219 | Designates April 14, 1992, as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., the birthday and the start of the 91st year of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-2196 | 102 | s | 2196 | A bill to establish a Teacher Job Bank Program. | Education | 1992-02-05 | 1992-03-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) to develop a Teacher Job Bank Program. Requires such program to include: (1) development of a model computer program to link available teaching positions with applicants; (2) grants to States to use the model program to establish a teacher job bank in each State; (3) consultation with potential beneficiaries and users; (4) attempts to ensure that every State readily adopts the model program; and (5) specified model program capabilities and system contents. Requires OERI to: (1) have the model program available for implementation one year after enactment of this Act; (2) notify the Governors of each State of the model program's availability; and (3) award such grants to States, to be matched from non-Federal sources on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Requires State Governors to specify in a grant application an appropriate State agency to act as lead agency. Requires grant funds to be used to establish a teacher job bank in the State. Allows such funds to be used to purchase necessary equipment and hardware to make such job bank operational, but prohibits use of such funds for the job bank's ongoing maintenance and operation. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-4076 | 102 | hr | 4076 | Equalization in Education Act of 1992 | Education | 1992-01-03 | 1992-02-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | C000621 | 10 | Equalization in Education Act of 1992 - Title I: Equalization of State Spending for Public Education - Prohibits any State from receiving Federal educational assistance for distribution to its public elementary and secondary schools, after August 1, 1996, unless it: (1) employs an equitable method for financing such schools, as determined by the Secretary of Education (the Secretary); or (2) has in effect a State equalization plan approved by the Secretary. Exempts from such prohibition Federal assistance received under provisions for educationally disadvantaged children under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA chapter 1). Requires direct distribution to the local education agencies within the State of any Federal funds denied to a State under this Act, so that funding purposes may be carried out and equalized financing standards met. Directs the Secretary to provide requested technical assistance to any State to assist in complying with this Act. Directs the Secretary to review annually each State's school financing methods to determine compliance with standards for equalized financing established by the Secretary under this Act. Requires such standards to: (1) incorporate a specified wealth neutrality test incuding at least 95 percent of revenues within the State; and (2) provide for consideration, with respect to each local educational agency, of specified factors relating to numbers of poor or disadvantaged children and to the local tax base for school financing. Requires any State that is notified by the Secretary that its school financing method is inequitable to submit a State equalization plan to the Secretary within one year after such notification. Requires such a plan to provide for achieving an equitable school financing method within five years after plan approval by the Secretary. Requires Federal funds allocated to a State prohibited from receiving them to be distributed to local education agencies within the State so that funding purposes may be ca… | 2025-08-26T15:16:30Z | |
| 102-hr-4082 | 102 | hr | 4082 | To amend Public Law 874, 81st Congress, to provide that eligible local educational agencies shall be entitled to receive certain payments under such Public Law, to allow the computation of payments under such law based on the amount of the per pupil expenditure for non-Federally-connected students that is derived from local sources, and for other purposes. | Education | 1992-01-03 | 1992-02-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 7 | Amends Federal law relating to impact aid to provide that eligible local educational agencies shall be entitled to receive certain payments. Provides that the computation of payment amounts shall be based on: (1) prior-year attendance; and (2) the actual or comparable local contribution rate. Eliminates certain adjustments for decreases in Federal activities and certain preliminary payments. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hjres-387 | 102 | hjres | 387 | Designating February 9 through February 15, 1992, as "Vocational-Technical Education Week". | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 2 | Designates February 9 through 15, 1992, as Vocational-Technical Education Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-3932 | 102 | hr | 3932 | To improve the operational efficiency of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, and for other purposes. | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-11 | Became Public Law No: 102-221. | House | Rep. Sisisky, Norman [D-VA-4] | VA | D | S000453 | 0 | Amends the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act to allow members of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation whose terms have expired to continue to serve for a certain transition period under specified conditions. Eliminates a requirement that conditioned funding for such fellowships on there being a specified minimum amount of contributions from private sources to the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-3957 | 102 | hr | 3957 | Higher Education Access Act | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-44] | CA | R | C000994 | 14 | Higher Education Access Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out, by contract, an advanced placement test fee payment program for low-income individuals who are enrolled in an advanced placement class and plan to take an advanced placement test. Requires the Secretary to disseminate information on the availability of test fee payments under such program to eligible individuals through secondary school teachers and guidance counselors. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:16:30Z | |
| 102-hr-3967 | 102 | hr | 3967 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit prison inmates from receiving Pell Grants. | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] | TN | D | G000309 | 21 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit awarding of Pell Grants to prison inmates. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-3983 | 102 | hr | 3983 | Middle Class Education Equity Act | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 0 | Middle Class Education Equity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, with respect to the Pell Grant program, to: (1) extend program authority; (2) eliminate a requirement for advance payment distribution to institutions; (3) increase the maximum award amount to $4,000 for academic year 1992-1993, with inflation adjustments thereafter; (4) increase the minimum award amount to $400; and (5) exclude the net value of the family's principal place of residence and a family farm on which the family resides from need analysis determinations under such program. | 2025-08-26T15:14:07Z | |
| 102-hr-3984 | 102 | hr | 3984 | Competitive American Schools Act | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 0 | Competitive American Schools Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to assist local educational agencies to increase the number of school days to not less than 240 days each year. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:45Z | |
| 102-hr-3997 | 102 | hr | 3997 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require applicants for Federal student financial assistance to prove a minimum level of academic achievement before receiving such assistance. | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] | OK | D | M000398 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require applicants for Federal student financial assistance to prove a minimum level of academic achievement before receiving such assistance. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-4000 | 102 | hr | 4000 | Lindy Claiborne Boggs Higher Education Partnership Act | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Lindy Claiborne Boggs Higher Education Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide grants to eligible partnerships of research institutions and historically Black colleges to establish scholarship programs for eligible minority students committed to pursuing doctoral degrees at the research institution members of such partnerships. Establishes a national selection board to select such partnerships, giving priority to institutions in States with high percentages of minority students that have participated in previous such collaborative partnerships (and for at least one partnership with institutions in New Orleans, Louisiana). Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:36Z | |
| 102-hr-4009 | 102 | hr | 4009 | Higher Education Loan Program Act of 1991 | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3] | NY | D | M001057 | 0 | Higher Education Loan Program Act of 1991 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a Federal Direct Loans program as part D of title IV of HEA. (Eliminates the current part D, Income Contingent Direct Loans Demonstration Project.) Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to carry out such Federal direct loan program (the program) for qualified students at institutions of higher education during the period beginning on July 1, 1993. Directs the Secretary to make program payments for any fiscal year to: (1) each institution of higher education having a program agreement; and (2) the lending agent if such an institution designates one. Requires such payments to be made on the basis of the estimated needs of the institution's students, considering their demand and eligibility for subsidized and unsubsidized direct loans under the program. Sets forth program payment rules, in general and for initial payments. Declares that an institution with an approved application and agreement with the Secretary shall be deemed to have a contractual obligation (entitlement) from the United States for making the program payments specified in that application. Sets forth requirements for such applications of and agreements with institutions of higher education. Provides for allowing institutions to designate lending agents to receive advances of program payments. Sets forth types of entities eligible to be designated lending agents. Entitles an institution to a payment for each fiscal year during which it makes student loans under such an agreement in lieu of reimbursement for its expenses in administering its student loan program during such year. Sets forth formulas for determining such payments. Requires each institution to use such payments first to carry out specified HEA provisions relating to administrative expenses and then for such additional administrative costs as that institution determines necessary. Deems an institution with such program agreement to have a contractual right to such… | 2025-08-26T15:17:00Z | |
| 102-hr-4014 | 102 | hr | 4014 | Educational Research, Development, and Dissemination Excellence Act | Education | 1991-11-26 | 1992-10-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | O000159 | 2 | Educational Research, Development, and Dissemination Excellence Act - Title I: General Provisions Regarding Office of Educational Research and Improvement - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to revise certain provisions relating to the purpose, administration, functions, and structure of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Eliminates provisions for the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), acting through OERI, to carry out specified policies, in accordance with the policies and priorities established by the Board of Governors (the Board, which title II of this Act establishes). Requires that OERI consist of programs and units in accordance with specified current GEPA provisions, as well as those added under this Act. Directs the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement (Assistant Secretary) to report annually to the President and the Congress data on OERI, including numbers of current personnel, broken down by gender, race, and civil service classification, current vacancies, and projections of future personnel needs. Directs the Assistant Secretary to carry out a program of specified coordination activities, including certain reports and inventories. Directs the Assistant Secretary to develop standards for the conduct and evaluation of all OERI research, development, and dissemination activities, to assure that such activities meet the highest standards of professional excellence. Requires such standards to include ones for peer review and evaluation of applications for, and periodic review and evaluation of, all grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements by OERI. Sets forth procedures for publication and promulgation of such standards. Authorizes appropriations for OERI programs and units (both current ones and ones added by this Act), including various National Institutes and the National Education Dissemination System. Allocates specified portions of such funds for… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-3886 | 102 | hr | 3886 | Classrooms for the Future Act | Education | 1991-11-22 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] | CA | D | L000264 | 6 | Classrooms for the Future Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to award competitive grants to eligible consortia to develop instructional programs and technology-based systems for complete courses or units of study for a specific subject and grade level, if these are commercially unavailable locally. Requires that an eligible consortium consist of: (1) State or local educational agencies in partnership with businesses; and (2) institutions of higher education or other public or private nonprofit organizations. Requires priority to be given to applications describing programs that are developed: (1) so that the program may be adapted and applied nationally; and (2) to raise the achievement levels of students, particularly disadvantaged students who are not realizing their potential. Sets forth application requirements and criteria for awarding such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States to carry out specified types of activities to improve access to technology. Requires States to use such grants to: (1) identify schools or school districts which have a large number of educationally disadvantaged students and limited access to technology-based learning resources; and (2) develop jointly, with local educational agencies or individual schools, strategies to improve accessibility and use of technology-based learning resources, including specific plans for teacher and school personnel training, hardware or software acquisition (if this is a major barrier to accessibility), and partnership arrangements with businesses, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit organizations. Sets forth State plan requirements. Directs the Secretary to coordinate and share information regarding curriculum-based educational technology programs assisted under this Act with other Federal agencies which administer programs supporting development of such programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) collect information about products developed pursuant to this Act and the … | 2025-08-26T15:15:12Z | |
| 102-s-2031 | 102 | s | 2031 | Albert Einstein Teacher Fellowship Act of 1991 | Education | 1991-11-22 | 1992-02-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 1 | Albert Einstein Teacher Fellowship Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish the Albert Einstein Teacher Fellowship Program to provide fellowships for outstanding secondary school science or mathematics teachers. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:17:53Z | |
| 102-hr-3861 | 102 | hr | 3861 | To provide demonstration grants to secondary schools for the purpose of extending the length of the academic year at such schools. | Education | 1991-11-21 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | T000317 | 7 | Directs the Secretary of Education to provide demonstration grants to secondary schools to extend the length of the academic year for three consecutive years at such schools to not fewer than 200 academic days, with each such day consisting of not fewer than seven hours of actual instruction. Allows such grants to extend over a period of not more than three fiscal years. Makes grant payments subject to annual approval by the Secretary and availability of fiscal year appropriations. Sets forth application requirements, including a 20 percent non-Federal match with good-faith exceptions. Sets forth selection requirements, including, to the extent practicable, schools that: (1) have a high percentage of students from single-parent homes or homes where both parents work; (2) are located in economically depressed communities with high percentages of individuals with alcohol and other drug abuse problems and individuals involved in gang activities; and (3) are equitably distributed among various regions and among rural and urban areas. Provides for selection of replacement schools in cases of noncompliance. Requires notification of the participating secondary schools' State and local education agencies. Directs the Secretary to study the effects of such academic year extension under such program, including: (1) a test to measure learning retention; (2) effects on the learning process in general, including increased daily attendance, parental involvement, postsecondary attendance, positive behavorial and social skills, and reduced alcohol and other drug abuse, gang-related activities, and drop-out rate; and (3) the extent the program is believed to be successful by the participating students, teachers, parents, and State and local educational agencies. Requires the Secretary to submit a preliminary and a final report to the Present, the Congress, and each State educational agency of secondary schools receiving such grants. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-3831 | 102 | hr | 3831 | To amend title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to provide support for programs at urban universities designed to address campus and community crime issues. | Education | 1991-11-20 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5] | WI | D | M000881 | 1 | Amends title XI (Partnerships for Economic Development and Urban Community Service) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Campus-Community Crime Intervention Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to award program grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education to design and implement programs that address pressing and severe crime problems in urban institutions of higher education and the surrounding community, including the root causes of such problems. Requires such awards to be made in a manner that: (1) achieves a regionally equitable distribution of such grants; and (2) serves eight urban institutions of higher education with documented campus and community crime problems. Sets the duration of each grant or cooperative agreement at five years. Sets a maximum amount for each grant or cooperative agreement. Sets forth application requirements and allowable activities. Authorizes the Secretary to award demonstration program grants to or enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education to support programs demonstrating to urban institutions of higher education across the Nation the role that such institutions can play as partners in their communities to address pressing and severe crime problems and such problems' root causes. Directs the Secretary to enter into eight such demonstration grants or contracts. Sets forth application requirements and authorized activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1997 to carry out this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-3832 | 102 | hr | 3832 | Educators' and Drug-Exposed Children's Assistance Act | Education | 1991-11-20 | 1992-01-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | R000053 | 13 | Educators' and Drug-Exposed Children's Assistance Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to establish a program authorizing the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make supplemental grants to States for demonstration programs regarding certain drug-exposed infants, toddlers and children. Sets conditions for such grant assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require certain national clearinghouse activities relating to drug-exposed children. Directs the Secretary, in conjunction with such clearinghouse activities to provide consultation and technical assistance to educational personnel regarding educational needs of drug-exposed children and recommend effective strategies for assisting such children. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of education at institutions of higher education for development, and instruction in the use of curricula and instructional materials that provide teachers and other personnel with effective strategies for educating drug-exposed children. Gives priority to schools located in or near communities with large numbers or rates with respect to drug abuse problems or drug-exposed infants or preschool or school children. Sets conditions for such grant assistance. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:17:31Z | |
| 102-s-1994 | 102 | s | 1994 | Elementary Science Facilities Act | Education | 1991-11-20 | 1991-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 0 | Elementary Science Facilities Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to allot funds to State educational agencies to award grants to local educational agencies to provide hands-on instruction equipment and materials to elementary schools to improve mathematics and science education. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth requirements for: (1) State allotments; (2) State and local applications; (3) grant award priorities; (4) participation of private schools; (5) State and Federal responsibilities; and (6) limitation on use of grant funds only for science equipment or materials and mathematical manipulative materials necessary for hands-on instruction. | 2025-08-26T15:14:48Z | |
| 102-hr-3819 | 102 | hr | 3819 | Head Start Entitlement Act of 1992 | Education | 1991-11-19 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3] | NY | D | M001057 | 0 | Head Start Entitlement Act of 1992 - Amends the Head Start Act to entitle all of specified eligible children who are three years of age or older to receive services through a Head Start program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reserve specified funds under such Act for parent-child centers. | 2025-08-26T15:14:15Z | |
| 102-hr-3800 | 102 | hr | 3800 | Technology for the Classroom Act of 1991 | Education | 1991-11-18 | 1991-12-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | M000206 | 0 | Technology for the Classroom Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to award competitive grants to eligible consortia to develop instructional programs and technology-based systems for complete courses or units of study for a specific subject and grade level, if these are commercially unavailable locally. Requires that an eligible consortium consist of: (1) State or local educational agencies in partnership with businesses; and (2) institutions of higher education or other public or private nonprofit organizations. Requires priority to be given to applications describing programs that are developed: (1) so that the program may be adapted and applied nationally; and (2) to raise the achievement levels of students, particularly disadvantaged students who are not realizing their potential. Sets forth application requirements and criteria for awarding such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States to carry out specified types of activities to improve access to technology. Requires States to use such grants to: (1) identify schools or school districts which have a large number of educationally disadvantaged students and limited access to technology-based learning resources; and (2) develop, in conjunction, with local educational agencies or individual schools, strategies to improve accessibility and use of technology-based learning resources, including specific plans for teacher and school personnel training, hardware or software acquisition (if this is a major barrier to accessibility), and partnership arrangements with businesses, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit organizations. Sets forth State plan requirements. Directs the Secretary to coordinate and share information regarding curriculum-based educational technology programs assisted under this Act with other Federal agencies which administer programs supporting development of such programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) collect information about products developed pursuant … | 2025-08-26T15:17:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3791 | 102 | hr | 3791 | To assist Plentywood School District #20 in Plentywood, Montana, in replacing its high school which was destroyed by fire. | Education | 1991-11-14 | 1991-11-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Provides for assistance to Plentywood School District #20 in Plentywood, Montana, in replacing its high school which was destroyed by fire, under specified Federal law providing for school construction assistance in cases of certain disasters. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z |
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