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| 95-hr-14329 | 95 | hr | 14329 | A bill to establish a national commission to study the use of computers in the Nation's education system. | Education | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | S000124 | 1 | Establishes the National Commission on the Use of Computers in Education to study the future use of computers in education and any effects on lifestyles, school financing and taxes, and teacher training. Requires the Commission to make a final report to the Congress and the President not later than one year after the date the Executive Director is appointed. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of its final report. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-14218 | 95 | hr | 14218 | A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to provide for the designation of certain institutions of higher education as depository libraries of Government publications. | Education | 1978-10-03 | 1978-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 0 | Provides for the designation of certain State-supported institutions of higher education as Federal depository libraries. | 2024-08-01T20:07:06Z | |
| 95-hr-14219 | 95 | hr | 14219 | Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education Act | Education | 1978-10-03 | 1978-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 23 | Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a $12,000,000 grant to the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, for the purpose of constructing a building in memory of General Daniel James to be named the "Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education." | 2025-09-02T17:11:44Z | |
| 95-hr-14147 | 95 | hr | 14147 | Capital Availability for Higher Education Act | Education | 1978-09-21 | 1978-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Maguire, Andrew [D-NJ-7] | NJ | D | M000058 | 17 | Capital Availability for Higher Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) raise from $2,500 to $3,500 the limit per academic year on federally insured loans to undergraduate students; (2) raise from $7,500 to $10,500 the total amount of such loans per undergraduate student; and (3) remove the $15,000 loan ceiling for graduate students. Authorizes eligible lenders to elect to have such loans collected by the Federal Government through the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Education. Establishes guidelines and requirements for such program, including the deduction and withholding of wages by employers of student borrowers. Establishes the Guaranteed Student Loan Fund in the United States Treasury to repay funds withheld from the wages borrowers to lenders. Establishes an advisory panel to consider questions relating to such federally insured higher education loans. | 2025-09-02T17:11:38Z | |
| 95-hr-14083 | 95 | hr | 14083 | A bill to extend the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act of 1976. | Education | 1978-09-14 | 1978-09-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-41] | CA | R | W000610 | 0 | Amends the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act of 1976 to authorize appropriations for the educational programs under such Act for fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-s-3428 | 95 | s | 3428 | Capital Availability for Higher Education Amendments | Education | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 0 | Capital Availability for Higher Education Amendments - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to raise the limit from $2,500 to $3,500 on federally insured loans per academic year to undergraduate students, and to raise from $7,500 to $10,500 the total amount of such loans per undergraduate student. Authorizes eligible lenders to elect to have such loans collected by the Federal Government through the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Education. Establishes guidelines and requirements for such program, including the deduction and withholding of wages by employers of student borrowers. Establishes the Guaranteed Student Loan Fund in the United States Treasury to repay to lenders funds withheld from the wages of borrowers. Establishes an advisory panel to consider questions relating to such federally insured higher education loans. | 2025-09-02T17:14:32Z | |
| 95-hr-13890 | 95 | hr | 13890 | Tuition Advance Fund Act | Education | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 20 | Tuition Advance Fund Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to establish a system of undergraduate tuition advances to be repaid as an income tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Establishes a trust fund in the United States Treasury for such tuition advance program. | 2025-09-02T17:11:26Z | |
| 95-hr-13853 | 95 | hr | 13853 | Surplus School Conservation Act | Education | 1978-08-14 | 1978-08-14 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 2 | Surplus School Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local agencies to pay the costs of renovating closed school buildings so they may be converted for other educational and social purposes. Suggests purposes for which conversion grants may be extended, including: (1) community centers; (2) senior citizen centers; (3) day care centers; (4) vocational schools; (5) medical facilities; and (6) recreational centers. Sets forth application requirements which local agencies must complete including: (1) structuring a plan for renovation of the closed school building; (2) estimating costs of such renovation; and (3) demonstrating to the Secretary's satisfaction sufficient financial ability to carry out the provisions of such plan. States that the amount of a grant under this Act shall be 80 percent of the estimated cost of renovation. Requires local agencies which receive a grant for more than the actual cost of renovation to return such surplus money to the Secretary. Sets priorities to be followed by the Secretary in approving applications for grants under this Act including: (1) an application for renovating a closed school building in a school district whose current school enrollments have decreased by ten percent or more from the enrollments of the previous school year, and (2) an application for renovating a closed school building which is not being utilized for any educational or social service purpose at the time of application. Directs the Secretary to serve as a national clearinghouse to local agencies by providing information on feasible alternative uses for closed school buildings. Prohibits the distribution of more than ten percent of the funds appropriated by Congress for the program for grants in any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and Congress: (1) a yearly report listing local agencies which received grants and the purposes for which such grants were made; and (2) a detailed evaluation of the effectiveness o… | 2025-09-02T17:11:22Z | |
| 95-s-3403 | 95 | s | 3403 | National Student Loan Bank Act | Education | 1978-08-11 | 1978-08-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 0 | National Student Loan Bank Act - Establishes the National Student Loan Bank as a nonprofit corporation of the District of Columbia. States that it shall be the function of such Bank to extend loans not exceeding the cost of attendance to any student who has been accepted for enrollment in an eligible institution and is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. Requires such loans to be evidenced by a written agreement, made without security and without endorsement, providing for repayment of such loans in accordance with provisions of this Act. Stipulates that repayment shall begin no later than one year after the borrower ceases to carry at an eligible institution at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. States that delinquent accounts shall be treated in the same manner as delinquent Federal taxes. Directs the Bank to establish offices easily accessible to students in all parts of the country. Authorizes the Bank to issue and have outstanding obligations, guaranteed by the Secretary of the Treasury, having such maturities and rates of interest as determined by the bank with the approval of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and collect fees for guarantees. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a revolving fund to provide for the payment of any liabilities incurred as a result of such guarantees. Directs the Bank to require borrowers, as a condition of receiving a loan, to purchase certificates of participation in the Bank equal to a minimum of ten percent of the principal of the loan. Authorizes the use of funds obtained under this Act to finance the purchase of such certificates. Sets forth the general powers of the bank. Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the financial transacions of the Bank. Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to the Congress and the President concerning such audit. Exempts the Bank from all Federal, State, and local taxes. Authorizes all obligations issued by the Bank to be accepted as security fo… | 2025-09-02T17:14:32Z | |
| 95-hr-13780 | 95 | hr | 13780 | A bill to amend parts B and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for deferral of repayment on insured and direct student loans during temporary total disability. | Education | 1978-08-08 | 1978-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a deferal of up to three years on the repayment of principal or interest of a federally insured student loan during a period of termporary total disability of the student borrower. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-13788 | 95 | hr | 13788 | Mobile Teachers Retirement Assistance Act | Education | 1978-08-08 | 1978-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 1 | Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of-State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service, to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to provide not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration. | 2025-09-02T17:11:27Z | |
| 95-hr-13399 | 95 | hr | 13399 | Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education Act | Education | 1978-07-10 | 1978-07-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 0 | Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a $12,000,000 grant to the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, for the purpose of constructing a building in memory of General Daniel James to be named the "Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education." | 2025-09-02T17:11:12Z | |
| 95-hr-12795 | 95 | hr | 12795 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | Education | 1978-05-19 | 1978-05-19 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Fountain, L. H. [D-NC-2] | NC | D | F000319 | 0 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Amendments - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to delete the name of a student from the definition of directory information which may be released without a student's consent. Authorizes educational institutions to release names of students to an individual or organization without a student's consent provided that such requests designate whole class membership rolls of students at the same chronological level of progression, or graduates of a particular year. | 2025-09-02T17:10:50Z | |
| 95-hr-12756 | 95 | hr | 12756 | Capital Availability for Higher Education Amendments | Education | 1978-05-17 | 1978-05-17 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Maguire, Andrew [D-NJ-7] | NJ | D | M000058 | 1 | Capital Availability for Higher Education Amendments - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to raise the limit from $2,500 to $3,500 on federally insured loans per academic year to undergraduate students, and to raise from $7,500 to $10,500 the total amount of such loans per undergraduate student. Authorizes eligible lenders to elect to have such loans collected by the Federal Government through the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Education. Establishes guidelines and requirements for such program, including the deduction and withholding of wages by employers of student borrowers. Establishes the Guaranteed Student Loan Fund in the United States Treasury to repay to lenders funds withheld from the wages of borrowers. Establishes an advisory panel to consider questions relating to such federally insured higher education loans. | 2025-09-02T17:10:45Z | |
| 95-s-3085 | 95 | s | 3085 | Child Nutrition Amendments of 1978 | Education | 1978-05-15 | 1978-11-10 | Public Law 95-627. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Child Nutrition Amendments - Amends the National School Lunch Act to extend the child care food program. States formulae for reimbursement assistance to States for meals served to children in institutions, other than family and group day care home sponsoring organizations, based on the percentage in an institution of children from families that satisfy specified income standards for free and reduced-price meals. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish maximum per meal reimbursement rates for each such percentage category. States that reimbursement for administrative expenses shall include start-up funds for institutions to initiate successful operation under the program. Requires the Secretary to make administrative cost, food cost, and menu choice studies, and studies of the licensing problems of institutions and group and family day care homes. Increases from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000 the amount of appropriated funds earmarked for food service equipment assistance. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend through 1982 the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC). Directs the Secretary to establish income eligibility standards in accordance with the nonfarm poverty income guidelines of the Office of Management and Budget. Requires each State agency to assure the provision of nutrition education to all participants in the WIC program. Specifies contents of State agency plans of operation and administration required to be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 to carry out the program. Specifies formulae for the allocation and distribution of administrative funds. Requires the Secretary, by October 1 of each year, to submit a report describing plans to ensure that eligible members of migrant populations continue to participate in the program as they move among the States, to the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition, established by t… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 95-hr-12644 | 95 | hr | 12644 | A bill to amend section 411 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with regard to determinations of independent student status, and for other purposes. | Education | 1978-05-10 | 1978-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with regard to determinations of independent student status for purposes of basic educational opportunity grants under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-12650 | 95 | hr | 12650 | Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act | Education | 1978-05-10 | 1978-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 24 | Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of establishing community education programs. Defines "community education program" as a program operated by a local educational agency providing educational, recreational, health care, cultural, and other related services for the community. Establishes a Community Education Advisory Council to advise the National Institute of Education concerning community education programs. | 2025-09-02T17:10:44Z | |
| 95-hr-12651 | 95 | hr | 12651 | Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act | Education | 1978-05-10 | 1978-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 6 | Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of establishing community education programs. Defines "community education program" as a program operated by a local educational agency providing educational, recreational, health care, cultural, and other related services for the community. Establishes a Community Education Advisory Council to advise the National Institute of Education concerning community education programs. | 2025-09-02T17:10:44Z | |
| 95-s-3054 | 95 | s | 3054 | Education Regulatory Reform Act | Education | 1978-05-10 | 1978-05-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Education Regulatory Reform Act - Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the position of Under Secretary for Education to replace the offices of Assistant Secretary for Education and Commissioner of Education. Conditions the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue regulations regarding elementary and secondary schools by: (1) requiring the Secretary to prepare an educational impact statement; (2) limiting the validity of regulations to five years; and (3) exempting local educational agencies receiving less than ten percent of their annual budget from Federal funds from being considered as receiving Federal funds for purposes of compliance with most Federal enforcement provisions. | 2025-09-02T17:14:19Z | |
| 95-s-3044 | 95 | s | 3044 | A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a system of student tuition advances to be repaid as an income tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and for other purposes. | Education | 1978-05-05 | 1978-05-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Durkin, John A. [D-NH] | NH | D | D000574 | 4 | Tuition Advance Fund Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to establish a system of undergraduate tuition advances to be repaid as an income tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Establishes a trust fund in the United States Treasury for such tuition advance program. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 95-hr-12511 | 95 | hr | 12511 | Child Nutrition Amendments | Education | 1978-05-02 | 1978-10-14 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3085 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 19 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1153) Child Nutrition Amendments - Amends the National School Lunch Act to extend the child care food program. States formulae for reimbursement assistance to States for meals served to children in institutions, other than family and group day care home sponsoring organizations, based on the percentage in an institution of children from families that satisfy specified income standards for free and reduced-price meals. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish maximum per meal reimbursement rates for each such percentage category. States that reimbursement for administrative expenses shall include start-up funds for institutions to initiate successful operation under the program. Requires the Secretary to make administrative cost, food cost, and menu choice studies, and studies of the licensing problems of institutions and group and family day care homes. Increases from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000 the amount of appropriated funds earmarked for food service equipment assistance. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend through 1982 the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC). Directs the Secretary to establish income eligibility standards in accordance with the nonfarm poverty income guidelines of the Office of Management and Budget. Requires each State agency to assure the provision of nutrition education at all participants in the WIC program. Specifies contents of State agency plans of operation and administration required to be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Specifies formulae for the allocation and distribution of administrative funds. Requires an annual report to the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition describing plans to ensure continual participation in the program by migrants as they move among the States. Requires the adjustment of the reimbursement assistance rate according to a Department of Agriculture Wholesale… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-sres-444 | 95 | sres | 444 | A resolution to disapprove of the action of the Commissioner of Education in consolidating certain advisory councils as proposed under section 448 of the General Education Provisions Act. | Education | 1978-05-02 | 1978-05-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 1 | Objects to the Commissioner of Education's proposed consolidation of certain advisory councils. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 95-hr-12384 | 95 | hr | 12384 | Tuition Advance Fund Act | Education | 1978-04-26 | 1978-04-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Tuition Advance Fund Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to establish a system of undergraduate tuition advances to be repaid as an income tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Establishes a trust fund in the United States Treasury for such tuition advance program. | 2025-09-02T17:10:38Z | |
| 95-s-2991 | 95 | s | 2991 | A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide for pilot projects for free school lunches. | Education | 1978-04-26 | 1978-04-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Morgan, Robert B. [D-NC] | NC | D | M000956 | 3 | Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct not less than 30 pilot project school lunch programs in representative urban and rural school districts during the 1979 and 1980 school years for the purpose of determining the feasibility, desirability, and economic impact of a program under which no child is charged for his or her lunch. Requires the Secretary to reimburse participating school districts for all costs in excess of normal school lunch program costs. Requires the Secretary to conduct, and report to Congress on, a continuing evaluation of such projects, including the amount of money which local school districts would save through a permanent free school lunch program. Authorizes such appropriations as may be necessary for fiscal year 1979, and $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980 and 1981. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 95-hr-12343 | 95 | hr | 12343 | Child Nutrition Assistance Act | Education | 1978-04-25 | 1978-04-25 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Child Nutrition Assistance Act - Title I: Declaration of Purpose - Declares that it is the policy of Congress to expand and strengthen child nutrition programs through grants-in-aid and other assistance to the States. Title II: Definitions - Defines terms used in this Act. Title III: Nutrition Requirements for Meals - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to research nutrition needs of children and food consumption in order to prescribe minimum nutritional requirements for meals served under this Act. Title IV: State Plan of Operations - Directs each State agency, as a prerequisite to receipt of any Federal funds, to submit for approval each year to the Secretary a State plan of operations for the various programs under this Act, including the school food service program, the child care, and the summer food service programs. States that such plan should address accountability, free and reduced-price meal policy, nutrition requirements for meals, and compliance with anti-discrimination laws. Requires the States to secure and consider public opinion in the development of such plans. Title V: School Food Service Program - Combines the existing school lunch and breakfast programs into a single school food service program. Establishes a formula for payments to States in the amount of the number of meals served multiplied by an applicable payment factor. Sets the payment factor for the school year ending June 30, 1978 at: (1) 40.25 cents for free breakfasts, 33.25 cents for reduced-price breakfasts, 11.5 cents for paid breakfasts; and (2) 79.5 cents for free lunches, 20 cents for reduced-price lunches, 14.5 cents for paid lunches. Requires breakfast service, beginning with the school year ending June 30, 1980, in any participant school with an enrollment of over 100 students if over 50 percent of such students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Requires the Secretary to establish standards of eligibility for meals at 125 percent, and for reduced-price meals at 195 percent, of the nonfarm income poverty … | 2025-09-02T17:10:30Z | |
| 95-hr-12268 | 95 | hr | 12268 | Tuition Advance Fund Act | Education | 1978-04-20 | 1978-04-20 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 0 | Tuition Advance Fund Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to establish a system of undergraduate tuition advances to be repaid as an income tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Establishes a trust fund in the United States Treasury for such tuition advance program. | 2025-09-02T17:10:30Z | |
| 95-s-2963 | 95 | s | 2963 | Safe Schools Act | Education | 1978-04-20 | 1978-04-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Safe Schools Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1979-1983 in order to provide services and activities designed to rehabilitate chronically maladjusted students. Stipulates that the Federal share of such programs shall be 50 percent for each fiscal year. | 2025-09-02T17:14:11Z | |
| 95-hr-12236 | 95 | hr | 12236 | Unified Education and Training Act | Education | 1978-04-19 | 1978-04-19 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | P000574 | 11 | Unified Education and Training Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. Declares the purpose of such Department to be to coordinate and administer Federal educational and training programs in such a manner as to eliminate duplication of effort and conflicting policies without interference with State and local school systems or private institutions. Transfers to the Secretary specified functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education various educational responsibilities of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of such Department as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Education to prepare an annual report to the President for submission to the Congress. Establishes a Commission on School Finance to: (1) study and assess the financial needs of public elementary and secondary education and the tax resources available; (2) assess individual Federal education programs; (3) assess the level of Federal aid and its impact on State and local educational systems; and (4) conduct appropriate research and studies. | 2025-09-02T17:10:29Z | |
| 95-s-2885 | 95 | s | 2885 | Teacher Training Programs and Teacher Centers Amendments | Education | 1978-04-12 | 1978-04-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] | ME | D | H000346 | 0 | Teacher Training Programs and Teacher Centers Amendments - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the 1979 authorization for teacher training programs under such Act from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000, and to provide for minimum State grants of $250,000 in any fiscal year in which more than $50,000,000 is appropriated for such teacher training programs. Revises certain application review procedures with regard to grant applications for teacher centers. | 2025-09-02T17:14:11Z | |
| 95-s-2824 | 95 | s | 2824 | National Child Nutrition Act | Education | 1978-04-04 | 1978-04-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of ACTION to make advance payments of a volunteer's end-of-service stipend during the volunteer's period of service. Repeals the limitation on appropriated funds that may be used to support volunteers or to encourage students in secondary and post-secondary schools to participate in service-learning programs. Authorizes the Director to provide stipends and other support payments to any ACTION volunteer who has volunteered for at least ten weeks of service or at least 20 hours of service per week. Declares that Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers shall not be deemed to be Federal employees for any purpose. Repeals the right of specified State or community action agencies to supervise or carry out Foster Grandparent or Older American Community Service programs and substitutes the right of such agencies to review appropriate project applications and to make recommendations on such applications. Declares full- and part-time antipoverty volunteers who have served less than one year, as well as other already so declared under present law, to be Federal employees for purposes of the Hatch Act, Internal Revenue Code, Social Security Act, Federal Tort Claims Act, and provisions dealing with injuries incurred during service as a Federal employee. Makes the Federal Tort Claims Act the exclusive remedy for persons who are damaged as a result of the malpractice of a full-time ACTION volunteer providing medical care or treatment within the scope of such volunteer's duties. Prohibits the denial of governmental assistance to a full-time volunteer if such volunteer would otherwise be entitled to such assistance if the reason for such denial is such volunteer's refusal to register for, seek, or accept employment. Makes the nondiscrimination provisions of the Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applicable to entities receiving ACTION volunteer help. Prohibits discrimination by any ACTION agency ag… | 2025-09-02T17:14:01Z | |
| 95-s-2809 | 95 | s | 2809 | A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act in order to revise the child food program, and for other purposes. | Education | 1978-03-23 | 1978-03-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 1 | Amends the National School Lunch Act: (1) to extend the Child Care Food Program from fiscal year 1979 through fiscal year 1982; (2) to change State agency reimbursement schedules from fixed rates to formulae; (3) to require a fair hearing for any program sponsor aggrieved by a State agency; (4) to require advanced payment of 80 percent of the monthly amount due each sponsor; (5) to increase from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000 the portion of authorized appropriations available for nonfood assistance; (6) to establish a time schedule for the notification of sponsors concerning available funds; (7) to require in each State plan of child nutrition operations a listing of all approved or registered centers receiving funds, and a narrative of the schedule of direct outreach, technical assistance, and information work that will be undertaken by State personnel; and (8) to require a portion of funds for the conduct of pilot projects devoted to the study and solution of sponsor- and site- licensure problems. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 95-hr-11724 | 95 | hr | 11724 | A bill to amend title IX of the "Education Amendments of 1972" (relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex) to include among organizations whose membership practices are exempted from coverage under the title service fraternities and service sororities. | Education | 1978-03-22 | 1978-03-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-14] | IL | R | E000204 | 0 | Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 with regard to the prohibition of sex discrimination in any educational program receiving Federal financial assistance to include service fraternities and service sororities among organizations whose membership practices are exempt from such prohibition. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-11760 | 95 | hr | 11760 | A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to extend the benefits of the Act to certain handicapped adults. | Education | 1978-03-22 | 1978-03-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Quie, Albert H. [R-MN-1] | MN | R | Q000010 | 0 | Amends the National School Lunch Act to define "child" as a person: (1) under 21 years of age in a qualified school; or (2) 21 or older who is mentally or physically handicapped and participating in a school program established for the mentally or physically handicapped. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-s-2792 | 95 | s | 2792 | Gifted and Talented Education Act | Education | 1978-03-22 | 1978-03-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 8 | Gifted and Talented Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a grant program for the education of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1979-1983 and provides guidelines for the allocation and use of such funds. Directs the Commissioner of Education to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to coordinate all programs under such Office for gifted and talented children. | 2025-09-02T17:14:03Z | |
| 95-hr-11693 | 95 | hr | 11693 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act | Education | 1978-03-21 | 1978-03-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 3 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to assist in the development of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Authorizes up to $5,000,000 to be appropriated for such purpose. | 2025-09-02T17:10:12Z | |
| 95-hr-11694 | 95 | hr | 11694 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-03-21 | 1978-03-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 1 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the assessment rate that may be used to determine the expected family contribution for basic educational opportunity grants after the 1978-1979 academic year. Provides guidelines for independent students' basic grant determinations regarding: (1) contribution exemptions; (2) rate of assessment on non-exempt assets; and (3) subsistence exemptions. Revises certain provisions of the Act regarding: (1) non-Federal payment requirements for State applications for Federal incentive program grants; (2) written agreement requirements for federally insured student loans and Federal payments to reduce student loan interest costs; and (3) the method for determining the quarterly rate to be paid to participating lenders. Stipulates that no veteran shall be ineligible to participate in special postsecondary education programs for the disadvantaged under Title IV of such Act because of age. Extends to fiscal year 1980 Federal payments to institutions of higher education for veterans' cost-of-instruction costs, and makes such payment depend upon an institution's good faith effort to continue to enroll veterans. Increases the entitlement percentage of a basic educational opportunity grant to be paid when insufficient funds are available to pay the full basic educational opportunity entitlements. Lowers from $215,000,000 to $50,000,000 the amount of appropriations which must be available for community college development and community service and continuing education programs before supplemental basic educational opportunity grant funds can be made available. | 2025-09-02T17:10:12Z | |
| 95-hr-11699 | 95 | hr | 11699 | National Child Nutrition Act | Education | 1978-03-21 | 1978-03-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 8 | National Child Nutrition Act - Repeals the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and combines their respective lunch and breakfast programs into a single school-meals program under a centralized administration. Extends the authority for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) through fiscal year 1980 and for the Child Care Food Program through 1983. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish, for food assistance payments to State education agencies, national average basic rates not less than: (1) 11.5 cents per breakfast and 14.5 per lunch (currently 10 cents); (2) 21.75 cents per reduced-price breakfast and 55 cents per reduced-price lunch; and (3) 28.75 cents per free breakfast and 65 cents per free lunch. Specifies: (1) conditions under which States shall receive free and reduced-price meal payments; and (2) income requirements for children participating in the program. Authorizes $75,000,000 for food service equipment assistance. Authorizes the appropriation of funds to encourage the consumption of fluid milk (special milk program) by children in non-profit schools (high school and under) and child care institutions. Requires the Secretary to prepare a set of performance guidelines outlining the objectives of the child-feeding programs. Requires each State agency to submit annually to the Secretary a State Plan of Child Nutrition Operations providing, in part, for statewide targeted outreach to low-income areas. Specifies administrative and equitable remedies available to the Secretary in response to failures by State or local agencies to comply with any provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-02T17:10:12Z | |
| 95-hr-11669 | 95 | hr | 11669 | Education of Gifted and Talented Children Act | Education | 1978-03-20 | 1978-03-20 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Education of Gifted and Talented Children Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of grants to the States for the purpose of assisting programs that identify and provide special educational opportunities for gifted and talented children. Provides guidelines for: (1) allotment to States; (2) identification of such children by local educational agencies; (3) local educational agency assistance applications; and (4) maintenance of records by local educational agencies regarding such children. Provides for the participation of children in private schools in such grant program. | 2025-09-02T17:10:12Z | |
| 95-s-2770 | 95 | s | 2770 | Women's Educational Equity Act Amendments | Education | 1978-03-20 | 1978-03-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | Women's Educational Equity Act Amendments - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to (1) extend to fiscal year 1983 and increase the authorizations under the Women's Educational Equity Act; and (2) provide assistance to enable educational agencies and institutions to meet the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 regarding sex discrimination under any federally assisted education program or activity. Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 the maximum individual small grant that may be authorized by the Commissioner of Education for innovative projects designed to provide educational equity for women. | 2025-09-02T17:14:03Z | |
| 95-s-2748 | 95 | s | 2748 | Education Consolidation Amendments | Education | 1978-03-15 | 1978-03-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 0 | Education Consolidation Amendments - Amends Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act relating to libraries, learning resources, and educational innovation to extend the authorization of appropriations to 1983 for libraries and learning resources, and educational innovation and support. Establishes a formula for determining State guidance and testing grant allotments based on the number of children age five to 17 in each State. Stipulates that local educational agencies will have complete discretion regarding the use of such allotments. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a program of grants to States for guidance, counseling, and testing. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into contracts and make grants to State and local educational agencies, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations to design and conduct projects to improve the qualifications of guidance teachers and counselors. Directs the Commissioner to designate an administrative unit within the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out such program and other related activities. | 2025-09-02T17:14:03Z | |
| 95-s-2749 | 95 | s | 2749 | Gifted and Talented Education Act | Education | 1978-03-15 | 1978-03-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 1 | Gifted and Talented Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a grant program for the education of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1979-1983 and provides guidelines for the allocation and use of such funds. Directs the Commissioner of Education to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to coordinate all programs under such Office for gifted and talented children. | 2025-09-02T17:14:03Z | |
| 95-hr-11519 | 95 | hr | 11519 | A bill to amend the Education of the Handicapped Act. | Education | 1978-03-14 | 1978-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | A000069 | 13 | Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to: (1) change the formula for determining maximum State entitlement for the education of handicapped children under such Act; and (2) provide an alternative procedure for meeting the eligibility requirements for such entitlement in a State whose laws prohibit the general supervision required under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-11520 | 95 | hr | 11520 | A bill to amend the Education of the Handicapped Act. | Education | 1978-03-14 | 1978-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | A000069 | 13 | Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to: (1) change the formula for determining maximum State entitlement for the education of handicapped children under such Act; and (2) provide an alternative procedure for meeting the eligibility requirements for such entitlement in a State whose laws prohibit the general supervision required under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-11533 | 95 | hr | 11533 | Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act | Education | 1978-03-14 | 1978-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | P000574 | 5 | Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize grant programs for the education of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels, and for related activities. Establishes guidelines for the allocation of funds under this Act. | 2025-09-02T17:10:05Z | |
| 95-hres-1072 | 95 | hres | 1072 | A resolution to disapprove the action of the Commissioner of Education in consolidating certain advisory councils as proposed in the Commissioner's annual report under section 448 of the General Education Provisions Act. | Education | 1978-03-13 | 1978-05-22 | Measure passed House, roll call #342 (269-109). | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 9 | Objects to the Commissioner of Education's proposed consolidation of certain advisory councils. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-s-2721 | 95 | s | 2721 | A bill to amend Section 803 of Public law 90-284 to allow educational institutions to determine housing policies. | Education | 1978-03-10 | 1978-03-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 4 | Amends certain provisions of law regarding fair housing to allow private educational institutions to separate student and staff facilities and housing according to sex. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-hr-11418 | 95 | hr | 11418 | Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act | Education | 1978-03-09 | 1978-03-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 0 | Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of establishing community education programs. Defines "community education program" as a program operated by a local educational agency providing educational, recreational, health care, cultural, and other related services for the community. Establishes a Community Education Advisory Council to advise the National Institute of Education concerning community education programs. | 2025-09-02T17:09:59Z | |
| 95-s-2711 | 95 | s | 2711 | Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act | Education | 1978-03-09 | 1978-03-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 17 | Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of establishing community education programs. Defines "community education program" as a program operated by a local educational agency providing educational, recreational, health care, cultural, and other related services for the community. Establishes a Community Education Advisory Council to advise the National Institute of Education concerning community education programs. | 2025-09-02T17:14:03Z | |
| 95-hr-11390 | 95 | hr | 11390 | A bill to amend the nutrition education section of the Child Nutrition Act 1966. | Education | 1978-03-08 | 1978-03-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] | TN | R | Q000013 | 0 | Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend the grant and appropriation authorization provisions with respect to nutrition education and information programs to fiscal year 1981. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-s-2675 | 95 | s | 2675 | Education Amendments | Education | 1978-03-06 | 1978-03-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Education Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Amends Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding grants to local educational agencies to (1) extend authorizations for appropriations to fiscal year 1983; (2) revise the distribution formula used to allocate funds among the States and local educational agencies to require the use of data from the most recently completed census; (3) conform the definition of handicapped children for purposes of such Act to that in the Education of the Handicapped Act; (4) establish a new incentive grant program involving Federal matching funds to States establishing compensatory education programs; (5) establish a new grant program for local educational agencies with especially high concentrations of low-income children with emphasis on basic educational skills; (6) revise application criteria for local educational agencies applying for basic grants under such Act; (7) permit local educational agencies in States with their own compensatory education programs to use funds from such State programs in areas outside of those covered under Title I of such Act under specified conditions; (8) establish a basic grant program that would permit districts with schools in which at least 80 percent of the children are from low-income families to carry out school-wide educational programs for all the children in such schools; (9) revise the provisions regarding assistance to children in private schools; (10) revise State application requirements for basic educational grants; and (11) revise certain provisions relating to adjustments necessitated by appropriations insufficient to pay in full basic educational grants. Basic Skills and Educational Quality Act - Amends Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program to improve the basic educational skills of reading, mathematics, and communication. Establishes guidelines for such program and authorizes appropriations for fisca… | 2025-09-02T17:13:56Z | |
| 95-hr-11274 | 95 | hr | 11274 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-03-03 | 1978-10-14 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2539 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 11 | (Measure passed House, amended) Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prescribe the percentage of parental discretionary income which can be calculated for basic educational opportunity grant contributions to financially disadvantaged undergraduate students at not in excess of 10.5 percent for years after the 1978-1979 academic year. Requires program regulations to provide independent students who have dependents with the same asset exemption as is provided to a family of a dependent student. Requires that the amount which is exempted for subsistence costs from the income of single independent students be calculated under regulations in the same manner as those amounts calculated for all other students. Modifies the reduction procedure for basic educational opportunity grants. Prohibits the payment of any basic grant entitlements during fiscal year 1980 if the campus-based supplemental educational opportunity grant and college work-study programs are not funded at prescribed levels. Allows payments under the State Student Incentive Grant program to certain States even through their constitutions bar nonprofit institutions of higher education from participation in such program. Prohibits any age limitation on the eligibility of veterans for any program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds authorized by the Higher Education Act. Includes participation in an approved rehabilitation training program as a reason for the deferral of the repayment of federally insured student loan principal, and the repayment of a State guaranteed loan. Deletes the adjusted family income requirement and the certification of need requirement for purposes of qualifying for student loan interest subsidies. Provides that any Federal, State, or private low-interest insured higher education student loan may be counted as part of the expected family contribution in the determination of need for educational opportunity grants, college work- study grants, and other specified Fed… | 2025-09-02T17:09:54Z | |
| 95-hr-11282 | 95 | hr | 11282 | Education Amendments | Education | 1978-03-03 | 1978-03-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 21 | Education Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Amends Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding grants to local educational agencies to: (1) extend authorizations for appropriations to fiscal year 1983; (2) revise the distribution formula used to allocate funds among the States and local educational agencies to require the use of data from the most recently completed census; (3) conform the definition of handicapped children for purposes of such Act to that in the Education of the Handicapped Act; (4) establish a new incentive grant program involving Federal matching funds to States establishing compensatory education programs; (5) establish a new grant program for local educational agencies with especially high concentrations of low-income children with emphasis on basic educational skills; (6) revise application criteria for local educational agencies applying for basic grants under such Act; (7) permit local educational agencies in States with their own compensatory education programs to use funds from such State programs in areas outside of those covered under Title I of such Act under specified conditions; (8) establish a basic grant program that would permit districts with schools in which at lease 80 per cent of the children are from low-income families to carry out school-wide educational programs for all the children in such shcools; (9) revise the provisions regarding assistance to children in private schools; (10) revise State application requirements for basic educational grants; and (11) revise certain provisions relating to adjustments necessitated by appropriations insufficient to pay in full basic educational grants. Basic Skills and Educational Quality Act - Amends Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program to improve the basic educational skills of reading, mathematics, and communication. Establishes guidelines for such program and authorizes appropriations for fis… | 2025-09-02T17:09:54Z | |
| 95-hr-11214 | 95 | hr | 11214 | A bill to amend section 411 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with regard to determinations of independent student status, and for other purposes. | Education | 1978-03-01 | 1978-03-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with regard to determinations of independent student status for purposes of basic educational opportunity grants under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-11243 | 95 | hr | 11243 | Safe Schools Act | Education | 1978-03-01 | 1978-03-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Safe Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations to be distributed to local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for a grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Stipulates that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school. | 2025-09-02T17:09:54Z | |
| 95-s-2612 | 95 | s | 2612 | A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish projects to educate, motivate, and encourage secondary school students from an economically disadvantaged background to pursue training at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the biomedical sciences. | Education | 1978-03-01 | 1978-03-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Muriel [D-MN] | MN | D | H000956 | 1 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of Education to make grants to and enter into contracts with institutions of higher education to offer projects to encourage economically disadvantaged students to purchase undergraduate and graduate training in the biomedical sciences. Sets forth the activities such projects must provide and the criteria applicants must meet in order to be eligible for assistance under this program. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 95-hr-11191 | 95 | hr | 11191 | Unified Education and Training Act | Education | 1978-02-28 | 1978-02-28 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | P000574 | 1 | Unified Education and Training Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. Declares the purpose of such Department to be to coordinate and administer Federal educational and training programs in such a manner as to eliminate duplication of effort and conflicting policies without interference with State and local school systems or private institutions. Transfers to the Secretary specified functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education various educational responsibilities of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of such Department as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Education to prepare an annual report to the President for submission to the Congress. Establishes a Commission on School Finance to: (1) study and assess the financial needs of public elementary and secondary education and the tax resources available; (2) assess individual Federal education programs; (3) assess the level of Federal aid and its impact on State and local educational systems; and (4) conduct appropriate research and studies. | 2025-09-02T17:09:53Z | |
| 95-hr-11200 | 95 | hr | 11200 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-02-28 | 1978-02-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 10 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a $250 minimum basic educational opportunity grant for college students whose adjusted family income does not exceed $25,000. Sets forth new guidelines for determining the assets of independent students for purposes of eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants. Revises certain provisions regarding Federal payments to reduce student loan interest costs under such Act including raising the maximum allowable adjusted family income requirement to $40,000. | 2025-09-02T17:09:54Z | |
| 95-hr-11125 | 95 | hr | 11125 | Mobile Teachers Retirement Assistance Act | Education | 1978-02-23 | 1978-02-23 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Byron, Goodloe E. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | B001221 | 0 | Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of-State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service, to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to provide not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration. | 2025-09-02T17:09:54Z | |
| 95-s-2564 | 95 | s | 2564 | A bill to amend the nutrition education section of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. | Education | 1978-02-22 | 1978-02-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 3 | Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend the grant and appropriation authorization provisions with respect to nutrition education and information programs to fiscal year 1981. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 95-hr-11015 | 95 | hr | 11015 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-02-21 | 1978-02-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 18 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a $250 minimum basic educational opportunity grant for college students whose adjusted family income does not exceed $25,000. Sets forth new guidelines for determining the assets of independent students for purposes of eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants. Revises certain provisions regarding Federal payments to reduce student loan interest costs under such Act including raising the maximum allowable adjusted family income requirement to $40,000. | 2025-09-02T17:09:48Z | |
| 95-hr-11019 | 95 | hr | 11019 | Educational Expense Tax Relief Act | Education | 1978-02-21 | 1978-02-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Educational Expense Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for half of the first $500 in tuition paid for each of the taxpayer's dependents, his spouse and himself to an elementary or secondary school, vocational school, or higher education institution. Allows an income tax deduction for the first $1,000 paid annually into a qualified higher education trust fund for each of these individuals. Provides for a progressive reduction of the limitation on these benefits for middle and high income taxpayers. | 2025-09-02T17:09:46Z | |
| 95-hr-11004 | 95 | hr | 11004 | College Opportunity Act | Education | 1978-02-20 | 1978-02-20 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Quie, Albert H. [R-MN-1] | MN | R | Q000010 | 0 | College Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the standards for determining the family contribution with regard to basic educational opportunity grant amounts authorized by such Act. | 2025-09-02T17:09:48Z | |
| 95-hr-10959 | 95 | hr | 10959 | A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide assistance for the establishment of basic standards of educational proficiency applicable to public school students. | Education | 1978-02-15 | 1978-02-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 9 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States applying for assistance under such Act to establish and implement standards of educational proficiency applicable to public school students. Establishes the National Commission on Basic Education and directs it to: (1) establish proficiency standards; and (2) review and approve or disapprove State plans implementing such standards. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to financially assist States in preparing educational standards plans. Directs the Commissioner to make proficiency examinations directly available to public school students in districts where State proficiency plans are not in effect. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10976 | 95 | hr | 10976 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act | Education | 1978-02-15 | 1978-02-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 11 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to assist in the development of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Authorizes up to $5,000,000 to be appropriated for such purpose. | 2025-09-02T17:09:48Z | |
| 95-hr-10931 | 95 | hr | 10931 | A bill to revise title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify and to strengthen its provisions. | Education | 1978-02-14 | 1978-02-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Quie, Albert H. [R-MN-1] | MN | R | Q000010 | 1 | Revises and reorganizes Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs local educational agencies to use funds received under Title I exclusively (1) in school attendance areas having high concentrations of children from low-income families and (2) with certain exceptions, for children having the greatest need for special assistance. Specifies requirements for local education agencies relative to (1) assessment of educational needs; (2) research into possible alternative fund sources; (3) recordkeeping; and (4) complaint resolution. Creates an exemption for certain special programs from the requirement that Federal funds not be used to supplant non-Federal funds and an exclusion from present excess cost and comparability provisions. Permits, at schools where 80 percent or more of the children in average daily attendance or in the applicable grade-span are educationally deprived, inclusion of children who are not deprived in programs and projects assisted under Title I. Revises provisions regarding State applications for assistance under Title I, and adds a new requirement that a State management summary be included as part of the application. Imposes specified administrative duties on State educational agencies under Title I. Authorizes Federal, State, and local educational agencies to enter into compliance agreements as a means of ensuring compliance with Title I. Sets out a new State approval procedure for local educational agencies' funding applications under Title I. Provides for advance determination by the Commissioner of Education or the State that special State or local programs meet the requirements for an exemption from the excess costs and comparability provisions of Title I. Directs the Commissioner of Education to develop a Policy Manual for implementing Title I programs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-s-2538 | 95 | s | 2538 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-02-10 | 1978-02-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a $250 minimum basic educational opportunity grant for college students whose adjusted family income does not exceed $25,000. Sets forth new guidelines for determining the assets of independent students for purposes of eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants. Revises certain provisions regarding Federal payments to reduce student loan interest costs under such Act including raising the maximum allowable adjusted family income requirement to $40,000. | 2025-09-02T17:13:56Z | |
| 95-s-2539 | 95 | s | 2539 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-02-10 | 1978-11-01 | Public Law 95-566. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 5 | (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 11274) Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prescribe the percentage of parental discretionary income which can be calculated for basic educational opportunity grant contributions to financially disadvantaged undergraduate students at not in excess of 10.5 percent for years after the 1978-1979 academic year. Requires program regulations to provide independent students who have dependents with the same asset exemption as is provided to a family of a dependent student. Requires that the amount which is exempted for subsistence costs from the income of single independent students be calculated under regulations in the same manner as those amounts calculated for all other students. Modifies the reduction procedure for basic educational opportunity grants. Prohibits the payment of any basic grant entitlements during fiscal year 1980 if the campus-based supplemental educational opportunity grant and college work-study programs are not funded at prescribed levels. Allows payments under the State Student Incentive Grant program to certain States even through their constitutions bar nonprofit institutions of higher education from participation in such program. Prohibits any age limitation on the eligibility of veterans for any program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds authorized by the Higher Education Act. Includes participation in an approved rehabilitation training program as a reason for the deferral of the repayment of federally insured student loan principal, and the repayment of a State guaranteed loan. Deletes the adjusted family income requirement and the certification of need requirement for purposes of qualifying for student loan interest subsidies. Provides that any Federal, State, or private low-interest insured higher education student loan may be counted as part of the expected family contribution in the determination of need for educational opportunity grants, college work-study grants, a… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 95-hr-10886 | 95 | hr | 10886 | A bill to amend section 422(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make a technical correction concerning the eligibility of certain new State agencies for advances to reserve funds under such section. | Education | 1978-02-09 | 1978-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 1 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change the date after which States establishing interest subsidy programs for guaranteed student loans may receive advances to reserves for making insurance payments under the State guaranteed loan program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10889 | 95 | hr | 10889 | A bill to improve the administration of titles I, IV, VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, title VII of the Education Amendments of 1974, and the Emergency School Aid Act. | Education | 1978-02-09 | 1978-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Title I: Amendments Relating to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Amends Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1) repeal the provision allowing children in local educational programs for the handicapped to be considered in certain circumstances as part of a State program for Federal assistance under such title; (2) reduce the minimum Federal payment a State may receive for its handicapped children, neglected children, and migratory children; (3) permit multiyear grant applications; (4) limit the school construction wage requirement to projects involving expenditures of at least $15,000; (5) permit schools to count certain low-income transfer students for school attendance funding eligibility under such Act; (6) restrict required school parent advisory councils to districts which receive at least $50,000 in Title I grant funds; (7) revise provisions regarding basic grants amounts and their manner of payment to local educational agencies; and (8) revise the provision regarding the Commissioner of Education's withholding of funds for noncompliance with certain funding requirements. Removes the provision requiring that certain funds given to local educational agencies on the basis of low-rent housing determinations be used to meet the special educational needs of children from low-income families. Title II: Amendments Relating to Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 - Amends provisions of such Title regarding libraries, learning resources, and educational support to: (1) substitute a five year program plan for the State plan required for funding under such Title; (2) revise specified State and local application requirements for funding under such Title; (3) revise certain testing and guidance provisions; (4) revise certain State allotment provisions including establishing a notification requirement if such allotments are to be reduced; and (5) revise certain State and local leadership program provisions. Title III: Amendments to… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10890 | 95 | hr | 10890 | Education Act | Education | 1978-02-09 | 1978-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Education Act of 1978 - Title I: Amendments to Existing Law Authorizing Federal Assistance for Elementary and Secondary Education - Amends Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to (1) extend to 1980 the Commissioner of Education's authority to make grants under such Title; and (2) end special incentive grants. Revises procedures regarding local educational agency grant applications to: (1) require submission of such applications directly to the Commissioner of Education rather than to the State agency; and (2) require establishment of appeal and hearing and complaint resolution procedures by local educational agencies. Directs the Commissioner to (1) establish criteria to be used in determining the adequacy of such applications; and (2) provide reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing before disapproval of such applications. Stipulates that any such application will be considered approved 60 days after receipt by the Commissioner unless prior to such time notice of intent to disapprove has been given by the Commissioner to the submitting local agency. Revises provisions pertaining to State administration of Title I programs to allow the Commissioner to delegate to a State the authority to approve local educational agency applications if certain requirements are satisfied, including allowing local educational agencies to appeal a State's action directly to the Commissioner under certain circumstances. Authorizes Title I payments to be made directly to local educational agencies from the Commissioner. Provides that hearing and review procedures regarding specified actions by the Commissioner under Title I shall be in conformity with the Administrative Procedure Act. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend to 1980 programs for (1) school library resources, books, and instructional material; (2) supplementary educational services and centers, and guidance and counseling programs; (3) State and local leadership resources and planning and education grants; (… | 2025-09-02T17:09:42Z | |
| 95-hr-10891 | 95 | hr | 10891 | A bill to revise title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify and to strengthen its provisions. | Education | 1978-02-09 | 1978-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Revises and reorganizes Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs local educational agencies to use funds received under Title I exclusively (1) in school attendance areas having high concentrations of children from low-income families and (2) with certain exceptions, for children having the greatest need for special assistance. Specifies requirements for local education agencies relative to (1) assessment of educational needs; (2) research into possible alternative fund sources; (3) recordkeeping; and (4) complaint resolution. Creates an exemption for certain special programs from the requirement that Federal funds not be used to supplant non-Federal funds and an exclusion from present excess cost and comparability provisions. Permits, at schools where 80 percent or more of the children in average daily attendance or in the applicable grade-span are educationally deprived, inclusion of children who are not deprived in programs and projects assisted under Title I. Revises provisions regarding State applications for assistance under Title I, and adds a new requirement that a State management summary be included as part of the application. Imposes specified administrative duties on State educational agencies under Title I. Authorizes Federal, State, and local educational agencies to enter into compliance agreements as a means of ensuring compliance with Title I. Sets out a new State approval procedure for local educational agencies' funding applications under Title I. Provides for advance determination by the Commissioner of Education or the State that special State or local programs meet the requirements for an exemption from the excess costs and comparability provisions of Title I. Directs the Commissioner of Education to develop a Policy Manual for implementing Title I programs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10854 | 95 | hr | 10854 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-02-08 | 1978-02-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 24 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a $250 minimum basic educational opportunity grant for college students whose adjusted family income does not exceed $25,000. Sets forth new guidelines for determining the assets of independent students for purposes of eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants. Revises certain provisions regarding Federal payments to reduce student loan interest costs under such Act including raising the maximum allowable adjusted family income requirement to $40,000. | 2025-09-02T17:09:42Z | |
| 95-hr-10855 | 95 | hr | 10855 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act | Education | 1978-02-08 | 1978-02-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 9 | Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a $250 minimum basic educational opportunity grant for college students whose adjusted family income does not exceed $25,000. Sets forth new guidelines for determining the assets of independent students for purposes of eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants. Revises certain provisions regarding Federal payments to reduce student loan interest costs under such Act including raising the maximum allowable adjusted family income requirement to $40,000. | 2025-09-02T17:09:42Z | |
| 95-hr-10797 | 95 | hr | 10797 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act | Education | 1978-02-07 | 1978-02-07 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 16 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to assist in the development of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Authorizes up to $5,000,000 to be appropriated for such purpose. | 2025-09-02T17:09:42Z | |
| 95-hr-10798 | 95 | hr | 10798 | College Libraries Act | Education | 1978-02-07 | 1978-02-07 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 3 | College Libraries Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with regard to college library assistance to (1) revise the basic grant standards pertaining to the maximum amount and matching funds; (2) define the circumstances exempting an applicant from making the assurances required for funds by such Act; (3) redefine institutions to be given priority for supplemental grants; and (4) redefine matching fund requirements for special purpose grants. | 2025-09-02T17:09:42Z | |
| 95-hr-10762 | 95 | hr | 10762 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act | Education | 1978-02-06 | 1978-02-06 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 24 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to assist in the development of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Authorizes up to $5,000,000 to be appropriated for such purpose. | 2025-09-02T17:09:42Z | |
| 95-hr-10736 | 95 | hr | 10736 | A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish projects to educate, motivate, and encourage secondary school students from an economically disadvantaged background to pursue training at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the biomedical sciences. | Education | 1978-02-02 | 1978-02-02 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 2 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of Education to make grants to and enter into contracts with institutions of higher education to offer projects to encourage economically disadvantaged students to pursue undergraduate and graduate training in the biomedical sciences. Sets forth the activities such projects must provide and the criteria applicants must meet in order to be eligible for assistance under this program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-s-2479 | 95 | s | 2479 | A bill to amend section 422(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, relating to the eligibility of new State guarantee agencies for advances to reserve funds under such section. | Education | 1978-02-02 | 1978-02-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 1 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change the date after which States establishing interest subsidy programs for guaranteed student loans may receive advances to reserves for making insurance payments under the State guaranteed loan program. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 95-s-2473 | 95 | s | 2473 | College Opportunity Act | Education | 1978-02-01 | 1978-02-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 3 | College Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the standards for determining the family contribution with regard to basic student grant amounts authorized by such Act. | 2025-09-02T17:13:50Z | |
| 95-hr-10629 | 95 | hr | 10629 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act | Education | 1978-01-31 | 1978-01-31 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 6 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to assist in the development of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Authorizes up to $5,000,000 to be appropriated for such purpose. | 2025-09-02T17:09:36Z | |
| 95-hr-10606 | 95 | hr | 10606 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act | Education | 1978-01-30 | 1978-02-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 1 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Memorial Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to assist in the development of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Authorizes up to $5,000,000 to be appropriated for such purpose. | 2025-09-02T17:09:36Z | |
| 95-s-2452 | 95 | s | 2452 | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | Education | 1978-01-30 | 1978-04-27 | Public Law 95-270. | Senate | Sen. Anderson, Wendell R. [D-MN] | MN | D | A000202 | 13 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Human Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 95-706) Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to provide financial assistance to assist in the development of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Authorizes up to $5,000,000 to be appropriated for such purpose. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to assist in the development of the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center, located in Pekin, Illinois. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $2,500,000 for such purpose. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 95-hr-10569 | 95 | hr | 10569 | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Amendments of 1978 | Education | 1978-01-26 | 1978-08-04 | Public Law 95-336. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 10 | (Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2915) Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Amendments - Amends the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act to emphasize prevention of alcohol and drug abuse in stating congressional purpose and to expand the focus of the Act to include "approaches" to the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse rather than limiting the scope to curricula. Authorizes grants to States and local educational agencies and other nonprofit agencies to establish demonstration projects for determining the most effective methods of alcohol and drug abuse prevention. Requires that funds expended for such grants shall be allotted in proportion to the relative numbers of individuals served within and outside of standard metropolitan statistical areas, to the maximum extent practicable. Establishes the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education within the Office of Education. Extends the Act for three years and authorizes appropriations to carry out programs under the Act. Requires that funds appropriated for any fiscal year be allotted, to the maximum extent practicable, in proportion to the number of individuals served within and outside of standard metropolitan statistical areas. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 by entitling certain institutions participating in the veterans cost-of-instruction program to payments under this Act in the event that enrollment falls short of meeting the ratio criterion provided such institutions are making reasonable efforts to recruit, enroll, and provide necessary services to veterans. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10541 | 95 | hr | 10541 | College Libraries Act | Education | 1978-01-25 | 1978-01-25 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 11 | College Libraries Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with regard to college library assistance to (1) revise the basic grant standards pertaining to the maximum amount and matching funds; (2) define the circumstances exempting an applicant from making the assurances required for funds by such Act; (3) redefine institutions to be given priority for supplemental grants; and (4) redefine matching fund requirements for special purpose grants. | 2025-09-02T17:09:29Z | |
| 95-hr-10550 | 95 | hr | 10550 | A bill to amend section 422(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, relating to the eligibility of new State guarantee agencies for advances to reserve funds under such section. | Education | 1978-01-25 | 1978-01-25 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Quie, Albert H. [R-MN-1] | MN | R | Q000010 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change the date after which States establishing interest subsidy programs for guaranteed student loans may receive advances to reserves for making insurance payments under the State guaranteed loan program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10551 | 95 | hr | 10551 | A bill to extend for one year the authority of the Commissioner of Education to waive provisions of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for certain local educational agencies. | Education | 1978-01-25 | 1978-03-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Quie, Albert H. [R-MN-1] | MN | R | Q000010 | 0 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend for fiscal year 1979 the Commissioner of Education's authority to approve grants to local education agencies participating in experimental compensatory education programs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10508 | 95 | hr | 10508 | A bill to amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a National Advisory Council on Quality in Education. | Education | 1978-01-24 | 1978-01-24 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish an advisory body to be known as the National Council on Quality in Education. Directs such Council to develop models to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education with particular emphasis on basic skills. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10521 | 95 | hr | 10521 | A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide assistance for the establishment of basic standards of educational proficiency applicable to public school students. | Education | 1978-01-24 | 1978-01-24 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 2 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States applying for assistance under such Act to establish and implement standards of educational proficiency applicable to public school students. Establishes the National Commission on Basic Education and directs it to: (1) establish proficiency standards; and (2) review and approve or disapprove State plans implementing such standards. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to financially assist States in preparing educational standards plans. Directs the Commissioner to make proficiency examinations directly available to public school students in districts where State proficiency plans are not in effect. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10364 | 95 | hr | 10364 | Pilot Early Childhood and Family Education Act | Education | 1977-12-15 | 1977-12-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 0 | Pilot Early Childhood and Family Education Act - Provides for a program of grants for the establishment and operation of early childhood and family educational programs for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Directs that each local educational agency receiving a grant under this Act establish an Early Childhood and Family Education Advisory Committee to provide local parental participation in the design, development and supervision of such programs. | 2025-09-02T17:09:25Z | |
| 95-hr-10375 | 95 | hr | 10375 | Title I Amendments Act | Education | 1977-12-15 | 1977-12-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12] | NY | D | C000371 | 17 | Title I Amendments Act - Title I: Parental Involvement - Amends Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase parental involvement by requiring: (1) increased parental membership in the advisory councils required by such Title; (2) the Commissioner of Education to sponsor parental involvement workshops; and (3) the National Institute of Education to develop model parent involvement training programs. Title II: Administrative Enforcement - Requires: (1) additional compliance assurances from participating States in their applications to the Commissioner for funds under such Act; (2) the Commissioner to make written findings of compliance before approving such applications; (3) participating local educational agencies to develop and implement complaint resolution procedures; and (4) the Commission to provide the Congress with a report at least once a year of enforcement under such Title. Provides procedures for audit and examination of State and local educational agencies receiving funds under such Title. Requires the Commissioner to establish minimum standards for audits. Revises the standards and procedures regarding (1) withholding funds for violations of such Title; and (2) State approval of local applications for funds under such Title. Authorizes additional Federal funds for State administrative enforcement costs. Title III: Special Projects - Authorizes funds for: (1) summer educational programs for disadvantaged children; (2) parent education programs; (3) model programs for junior and senior high school students; and (4) retraining educational personnel. Title IV: Duration of Programs and Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends programs under such Title to 1982. Title V: Gifted and Talented Children - Gifted and Talented Children Act - Directs the Commissioner to (1) designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to coordinate all program for gifted and talented children administered by such Office; (2) establish a grant program to enable State and local institut… | 2025-09-02T17:09:25Z | |
| 95-s-2387 | 95 | s | 2387 | A bill to extend for 1 year the authority of the Commissioner of Education to waive provisions of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for certain local educational agencies. | Education | 1977-12-15 | 1977-12-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 2 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend for fiscal year 1979 the Commissioner of Education's authority to approve grants to local education agencies participating in experimental compensatory education programs. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 95-hr-10195 | 95 | hr | 10195 | Educational Expenses Tax Deferral Act | Education | 1977-12-01 | 1977-12-01 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mikva, Abner J. [D-IL-10] | IL | D | M000703 | 1 | Educational Expenses Tax Deferral Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deferral of an individual's income tax liability to the extent it equals a limited portion of the higher educational expenses incurred for the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents. Defers payment until the year following the end of the individual's attendance at an institution of higher education, or the tenth year following the taxpayer's initial deferral, which ever is earlier. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and Health, Education, and Welfare to each make two biannual reports to Congress on the effects of this Act. | 2025-09-02T17:09:20Z | |
| 95-hjres-665 | 95 | hjres | 665 | Joint resolution recognizing the contributions of school volunteers. | Education | 1977-11-30 | 1977-11-30 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-13] | FL | D | L000226 | 13 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the services and contributions of school volunteers be recognized, and requests the President of the United States to issue a proclamation in recognition of this fact. | 2024-08-01T19:57:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10175 | 95 | hr | 10175 | Mobile Teachers Retirement Assistance Act | Education | 1977-11-30 | 1977-11-30 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 3 | Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of- State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to an amount providing not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration. | 2025-09-02T17:09:21Z | |
| 95-hr-10045 | 95 | hr | 10045 | Urban Grant University Act | Education | 1977-11-04 | 1977-11-04 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 1 | Urban Grant University Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for, and establish a program of grants to, urban universities for (1) development of urban-oriented educational, research, or service programs; and (2) assistance in carrying out such programs. Establishes a five year comprehensive grant to a university qualifying as an "urban grant university" and establishes criteria for such designation. Creates an Urban University Advisory Council to (1) review, along with the Commissioner of Education, "urban grant university " applications; (2) advise the Commissioner; and (3) make recommendations to the President and to the Congress. | 2025-09-02T17:09:15Z | |
| 95-hr-10058 | 95 | hr | 10058 | National Educational Opportunities Act | Education | 1977-11-04 | 1977-11-04 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Preyer, Richardson [D-NC-6] | NC | D | P000520 | 18 | National Educational Opportunities Act - Title I: Definition and Guarantee of a Unitary School System and Equal Educational Opportunity - Establishes procedures and guidelines for the establishment of equal education opportunities for students in elementary and secondary schools. Title II: State Equal Educational Opportunities Plans - Requires that States submit equal education opportunities plans to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for approval. Establishes criteria for approval of such plans and eligibility for Federal assistance. Title III: General Provisions and Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. | 2025-09-02T17:09:15Z | |
| 95-hr-9968 | 95 | hr | 9968 | Title I Amendments Act | Education | 1977-11-03 | 1977-11-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12] | NY | D | C000371 | 0 | Title I Amendments Act - Title I: Parental Involvement - Amends Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase parental involvement by requiring: (1) increased parental membership in the advisory councils required by such Title; (2) the Commissioner of Education to sponsor parental involvement workshops; and (3) the National Institute of Education to develop model parent involvement training programs. Title II: Administrative Enforcement - Requires: (1) additional compliance assurances from participating States in their applications to the Commissioner for funds under such Act; (2) the Commissioner to make written findings of compliance before approving such applications; (3) participating local educational agencies to develop and implement complaint resolution procedures; and (4) the Commission to provide the Congress with a report at least once a year of enforcement under such Title. Provides procedures for audit and examination of State and local educational agencies receiving funds under such Title. Requires the Commissioner to establish minimum standards for audits. Revises the standards and procedures regarding (1) withholding funds for violations of such Title; and (2) State approval of local applications for funds under such Title. Authorizes additional Federal funds for State administrative enforcement costs. Title III: Special Projects - Authorizes funds for: (1) summer educational programs for disadvantaged children; (2) parent education programs; (3) model programs for junior and senior high school students; and (4) retraining educational personnel. Title IV: Duration of Programs and Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends programs under such Title to 1982. Title V: Gifted and Talented Children - Gifted and Talented Children Act - Directs the Commissioner to (1) designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to coordinate all program for gifted and talented children administered by such Office; (2) establish a grant program to enable State and local institut… | 2025-09-02T17:09:15Z | |
| 95-hr-9811 | 95 | hr | 9811 | Surplus School Conservation Act | Education | 1977-10-28 | 1977-10-28 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | House | Rep. Frey, Lou, Jr. [R-FL-9] | FL | R | F000381 | 0 | Surplus School Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local agencies to pay the costs of renovating closed school buildings so they may be converted for other educational and social purposes. Suggests purposes for which conversion grants may be extended, including: (1) community centers; (2) senior citizen centers; (3) day care centers; (4) vocational schools; (5) medical facilities; and (6) recreational centers. Sets forth application requirements which local agencies must complete including: (1) structuring a plan for renovation of the closed school building; (2) estimating costs of such renovation; and (3) demonstrating to the Secretary's satisfaction sufficient financial ability to carry out the provisions of such plan. States that the amount of a grant under this Act shall be 80 percent of the estimated cost of renovation. Requires local agencies which receive a grant for more than the actual cost of renovation to return such surplus money to the Secretary. Sets priorities to be followed by the Secretary in approving applications for grants under this Act including: (1) an application for renovating a closed school building in a school district whose current school enrollments have decreased by ten percent or more from the enrollments of the previous school year, and (2) an application for renovating a closed school building which is not being utilized for any educational or social service purpose at the time of application. Directs the Secretary to serve as a national clearinghouse to local agencies by providing information on feasible alternative uses for closed school buildings. Prohibits the distribution of more than ten percent of the funds appropriated by Congress for the program for grants in any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and Congress: (1) a yearly report listing local agencies which received grants and the purposes for which such grants were made; and (2) a detailed evaluation of the effectiveness o… | 2025-09-02T17:09:03Z | |
| 95-hr-9776 | 95 | hr | 9776 | Comprehensive School Health Education Act | Education | 1977-10-27 | 1977-10-27 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 14 | Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health programs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under the Act. Directs the Commissioner, when requested, to render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems. | 2025-09-02T17:09:08Z | |
| 95-hr-9759 | 95 | hr | 9759 | Senior Citizen Higher Education Opportunity Act | Education | 1977-10-26 | 1977-10-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 20 | Senior Citizen Higher Education Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that higher education institutions receiving Federal aid submit to the Commissioner of Education a senior citizen access plan providing for tuition-free registration of qualified senior citizens in scheduled classes and programs on a space available basis. Directs that such plan be implemented to the satisfaction of the Commission. Enjoins the payment of funds or the approval of supplemental or special grants under specified titles of such Act unless the institution seeking aid has established and fully implemented a senior citizen plan. | 2025-09-02T17:09:08Z |
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