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| 97-hr-7415 | 97 | hr | 7415 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote the matching of lists of defaulting borrowers of student loans with lists of public employees. | Education | 1982-12-14 | 1982-12-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to promote the use of data processing equipment by each State and nonprofit institution and organization which has an agreement relating to Federal payments to reduce student interest costs to identify public employees in such State served by such State, institution, or organization who have defaulted on any loan covered by such agreement. Directs the Secretary to consider the volume of loans covered and the need for State legislation, in determining the action to be taken for such promotion. Prohibits any such action which would impair the contractual rights of any person, as against the United States, to payments under provisions for Federal, State, and private programs of low-interest insured loans to students in institutions of higher education. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hjres-633 | 97 | hjres | 633 | A joint resolution designating the week of January 16 through January 22, 1983, as "National Jaycee Week". | Education | 1982-12-13 | 1982-12-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2] | OK | D | S001139 | 0 | Requests the President to designate January 16 through January 22, 1983, as National Jaycee Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hr-7336 | 97 | hr | 7336 | A bill to make certain technical amendments to improve implementation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. | Education | 1982-11-30 | 1983-01-14 | Pocket Vetoed by President. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to revise Chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) provisions. Revises State program design provision to include preschool migratory children as eligible participants in State programs for migratory, handicapped, and neglected and deliquent children. Revises provisions relating to local educational agency ("LEA') application assurances. Exempts any LEA with a total enrollment of less than 1,000 children from specified "targeting" requirements for the use of funds to assist low-income educationally disadvantaged children. Grants LEAs discretion to make certain educational decisions which are consistent with achieving the purposes of Chapter 1. Allows LEAs to designate any school attendance area in which at least 25 percent of the children are from low-income families, as an eligible school attendance area for any fiscal year if the amount of State and local funds for eligible areas does not decline. Allows LEAs to designate as eligible, and to serve, school attendance areas with substantially higher numbers or percentages of educationally deprived children before designating and serving areas with higher concentrations of children from low-income families, upon approval by State educational agencies (SEAs) and after a finding that the delivery of compensatory education service to low-income students will not be impaired. Permits use of Chapter 1 funds for educationally deprived children in a school not located in an eligible school attendance area when the proportion of children from low-income families in average daily attendance in such school is substantially equal to the proportion of such children in an eligible school attendance area of the LEA. Permits continued designation, for an additional fiscal year, of any eligible school attendance area or eligible school which has been so designated in either of the two preceding years, even if the area or school … | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-3039 | 97 | s | 3039 | A bill to provide for the use of certain fees collected from visitors to Grand Canyon National Park, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-10-02 | 1982-12-09 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Treasury. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Permits the use of the visitors' fees collected at the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, to reimburse school districts through September 30, 1985, for educational expenses for pupils living on tax-exempt Federal property at or near the park. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in a special fund a portion of the park revenues for the maintenance and operation of federally owned school facilities and property. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 97-hr-7262 | 97 | hr | 7262 | A bill to require that members of the Armed Forces on active-duty residing in a State and dependents of such members be treated as in-State residents for purposes of tuition and fees charged at public educational institutions in that State. | Education | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Dougherty, Charles F. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | D000446 | 0 | Requires that members of the armed forces on active duty and their dependents residing in a State be considered in-State residents for purposes of tuition and fees charged by any public educational institution. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-7271 | 97 | hr | 7271 | Emergency School Aid Act | Education | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 6 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to reestablish the Emergency School Aid Act as title VI of ESEA. Makes the emergency school aid program a categorical grant program to assist public school desegregation. Authorizes appropriations for the emergency school aid program for FY 1984 through 1987. Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to delete references to the emergency school aid program under the block grant provisions of such Act. | 2025-08-29T19:50:13Z | |
| 97-s-3002 | 97 | s | 3002 | A bill to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Allen J. Ellender Fellowship Program, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-10-01 | 1982-11-29 | House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Perkins, Ford (MI), Andrews, Miller (CA), Corrada, Kildee, Williams (MT), Hawkins, Biaggi, Ratchford, Washington, Smith (IA), Goodling, Jeffords, Coleman, Erdahl, Petri, Roukema, DeNardis, Craig, Erlenborn, Fenwick. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 12 | (Measure passed House, amended) Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for law school clinical experience programs under part E of title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to place the law-related education program, formerly authorized by part G of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, among those programs which the Secretary of Education must first fund out of a discretionary reserve fund. Requires that such program be funded at a specified level. Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for the Allen J. Ellender fellowship program for FY 1983, 1984, and 1985. Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for the General Daniel James Memorial Health Education Center, under subpart 2 of part H of title XIII of the Education Amendments of 1980. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-3021 | 97 | s | 3021 | Guaranteed Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982 | Education | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-28 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA] | IA | R | J000101 | 0 | Guaranteed Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Amends title IV, part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) to require eligible institutions to provide the lender with a statement evidencing a determination of need for a loan and the amount of such need in order for a student to qualify for a portion of an interest payment under the guaranteed student loan program. (Currently, such a statement of need is required only for a student whose family has an adjusted gross income greater than $30,000.) Repeals provisions which provided that an amount of need between $500 and $1,000 would qualify a student for a $1,000 loan under the guaranteed student loan program. | 2025-08-29T19:51:53Z | |
| 97-s-2995 | 97 | s | 2995 | Emergency School Aid Act | Education | 1982-09-30 | 1982-10-19 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; GAO; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to reestablish the Emergency School Aid Act as title IV of ESEA. Makes the emergency school aid program a categorical grant program to assist public school desegregation. Authorizes appropriations for the emergency school aid program for FY 1984 through 1987. Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to delete references to the emergency school aid program under the block grant provisions of such Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:53Z | |
| 97-hconres-412 | 97 | hconres | 412 | A concurrent resolution extending to the Graduate School, United States Department of Agriculture, the appreciation of the Congress on the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the school. | Education | 1982-09-23 | 1982-12-02 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 1 | Recognizes the 1981-1982 school year as the 60th anniversary of the Graduate School, United States Department of Agriculture. | 2023-05-11T12:59:53Z | |
| 97-s-2953 | 97 | s | 2953 | Education for Economic Security Act | Education | 1982-09-23 | 1982-09-29 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; Interior Department; Defense Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 7 | Education for Economic Security Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening instruction in mathematics, science computer education, foreign languages, and vocational education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986. Directs the Secretary to allot to each State from such appropriations for each fiscal year an amount based on the relative number of children aged five through 17 in such state. Provides that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent in of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year. Provides for reallotments, based on the Secretary's estimates, of sums exceeding a State's needs. Authorizes additional appropriations for allotment to: (1) Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; (2) the Secretary of the Interior for programs in schools operated for Indian children; and (3) the Secretary of Defense for programs in overseas dependent schools. Apportions 65 percent of each State's allotment to elementary, secondary, and vocational education programs and 35 percent to higher education programs. Directs State educational agencies to distribute a specified percentage of the elementary, secondary, and vocational education apportionment to local educational agencies for mathematics and science instruction, foreign language instruction, and computer education programs, together with related instructional materials. Bases such distribution upon the relative numbers of children aged five through 17 in the schools and upon the size of the proposed programs. Bases renewals of such payments upon such criteria and upon a determination that the local program serves substantial numbers of students and involves several grade levels. Requires each State education agency to: (1) distribute a specified percentage of its apportionment for foreign language instruction; and (2) use a specified percentage for exemplary programs, instructional materials, technical assistance, and information. Requires t… | 2025-08-29T19:51:53Z | |
| 97-s-2954 | 97 | s | 2954 | A bill to amend part E of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide cancellation of loans for certain teachers who enter the teaching profession in the field of mathematics, science, or computer education. | Education | 1982-09-23 | 1982-09-27 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 4 | Amends title IV, part E (Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for cancellation of up to 75 percent of a direct student loan to an individual who enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Education to teach mathematics, science, or computer education in a nonprofit elementary or secondary school system for at least five consecutive years. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-sjres-252 | 97 | sjres | 252 | A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from October 3, 1982, through October 9, 1982, as "National Schoolbus Safety Week of 1982". | Education | 1982-09-22 | 1982-09-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Requests the President to designate October 3 through October 9, 1982, as National Schoolbus Safety Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-7130 | 97 | hr | 7130 | National Engineering and Science Manpower Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-09-16 | 1982-12-03 | Placed on Union Calendar No: 592. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 4 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 97-933 (Part II)) Title I: National Engineering and Science Manpower Programs - National Engineering and Science Manpower Act of 1982 - Directs the President to establish a special Coordinating Council on Engineering and Scientific Manpower to coordinate Federal efforts in science and engineering education and to assess the needs for trained personnel in the public and private sectors. Permits the Council to use voluntary labor. Terminates the Council after five years. Establishes within the National Science Foundation a special Engineering and Science Manpower Fund to promote and develop the quality of the U.S. technical, engineering, and scientific manpower resources. Directs the Council to consider the current and predicted supply and demand for trained manpower when administering the Fund. Requires the expenditure of moneys through matching grants. Terminates the Fund after five years. Directs the Foundation to report to Congress at least biennially concerning the Fund. Establishes within the Foundation a special program for the modernization of instructional equipment and facilities for postsecondary education in the technical, engineering, and scientific areas. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State boards of vocational education and community colleges to assist vocational education programs to train technicians in electronic and computer technology. Directs the Secretary to consider the demand for personnel with such training, the adequacy of training opportunities, and the level and degree of industry participation when awarding such grants. Limits such grants to 25 percent of cost, with the remainder to come from industry and non-Federal public vocational education funds. Establishes within the National Science Foundation the Presidential science and engineering young investigators awards program to encourage young scientists at the university level to pursue careers in academic research. Req… | 2025-08-29T19:50:07Z | |
| 97-hr-7135 | 97 | hr | 7135 | National Education and Economic Development Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-09-16 | 1982-09-30 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | National Education and Economic Development Act of 1982 - Provides for Federal assistance for improved elementary and secondary school programs in mathematics, science, technology, and foreign languages. Title I: Funding - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988. Directs the Secretary of Education ("the Secretary") to reserve from such appropriations: (1) not more than ten percent for specified programs of national significance under title IV of this Act; and (2) one percent for allocation to specified territories and possessions in accordance with their respective needs and to the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated for Indian children. Directs the Secretary to make allocations to States from the remaining funds, based on the relative numbers of children aged five through 17. Title II: Local School District Programs - Directs the State educational agency to distribute the State allocation among local educational agencies which have filed specified plans, based on the relative numbers of children aged five through 17. Permits local agencies to combine to operate joint programs. Permits the State agency to reserve up to five percent of the State allocation for State programs and administration. Provides that local agencies shall receive such grants if they have comprehensive plans covering up to three-year periods on file with the State agency. Requires the school board of the local agency to approve such plan and to certify that State agency comments were given due consideration. Requires that the size and scope of the program contained in the plan involve a total expenditure in excess of $25,000 from Federal, State, and local resources. Sets forth requirements for comprehensive plan contents. Requires local agencies to use such funds for one or more of the following programs and activities: (1) acquisition of technological equipment, including microcomputers and cable television; (2) acquisition, development, and use of educational software programs in mathematics, science, technology, an… | 2025-08-29T19:50:13Z | |
| 97-hr-7137 | 97 | hr | 7137 | A bill to increase the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-09-16 | 1982-10-19 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; GAO; OMB. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 3 | (Measure passed House, amended) Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for law school clinical expericence programs under part E of title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to place the law-related education program, formerly authorized by part G of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, among those programs which the Secretary of Education must first fund out of a discretionary reserve fund. Requires that such program be funded at a specified level. Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for the Allen J. Ellender fellowship program for FY 1983, 1984, and 1985. Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for the General Daniel James Memorial Health Education Center under subpart 2 of part H of title XIII of the Education Amendments of 1980. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-7119 | 97 | hr | 7119 | Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Act | Education | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 0 | SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into an agreement with the SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf of Big Spring, Texas, for the operation and development including construction and equipment, of the SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf. Authorizes appropriations for the operation and development of such Institute. Sets forth requirements, under such agreement, for the use of Federal funds, an advisory group to the director of such institute, and annual reports. | 2025-08-29T19:50:13Z | |
| 97-s-2909 | 97 | s | 2909 | National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act | Education | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-27 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; GAO; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 16 | National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act - Establishes the National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Board in the Department of Education. Requires that the functions of the Secretary of Education under this Act be carried out through the Board. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education for continuing education programs designed to improve the skills of secondary school teachers of science and mathematics and to help such teachers qualify for certification in science, mathematics, or both. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for related administrative expenses. Sets forth application requirements for program participation by institutions of higher education. Limits to 25 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this Act the amount that shall be available for full-time summer workshops. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a single institution of higher education to $200,000. Sets forth provisions for payments to institutions of higher education under this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:53Z | |
| 97-hr-7100 | 97 | hr | 7100 | National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act | Education | 1982-09-14 | 1982-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 1 | National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act - Establishes the National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Board in the Department of Education. Requires that the functions of the Secretary of Education under this Act be carried out through the Board. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education for continuing education programs designed to improve the skills of secondary school teachers of science and mathematics and to help such teachers qualify for certification in science, mathematics, or both. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for related administrative expenses. Sets forth application requirements for program participation by institutions of higher education. Limits to 25 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this Act the amount that shall be available for full-time summer workshops. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a single institution of higher education to $200,000. Sets forth provisions for payments to institutions of higher education under this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:50:07Z | |
| 97-sconres-119 | 97 | sconres | 119 | A concurrent resolution commending the efforts of the nation's schools to increase their effectiveness and encouraging further improvement in the quality of education. | Education | 1982-09-13 | 1982-09-13 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 1 | Commends the Nation's schools' efforts to increase their effectiveness and provide a quality education for all students. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-sjres-240 | 97 | sjres | 240 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the week of January 16, 1983, through January 22, 1983, as "National Jaycee Week." | Education | 1982-09-10 | 1983-01-08 | Became Public Law No: 97-442. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 26 | Requests the President to designate January 16 through January 22, 1983, as National Jaycee Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hconres-404 | 97 | hconres | 404 | A concurrent resolution commending the efforts of the Nation's schools to increase their effectiveness and encouraging further improvement in the quality of education. | Education | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-15 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 2 | Commends the Nation's schools' efforts to increase their effectiveness and provide a quality education for all students. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-sjres-237 | 97 | sjres | 237 | A joint resolution designating November 14, 1982, as "National Retired Teachers Day." | Education | 1982-08-20 | 1982-10-01 | Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] | FL | D | C000356 | 40 | Designates November 14, 1982, as National Retired Teachers Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-588 | 97 | hjres | 588 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the month of October, 1982, as "Head Start Awareness Month". | Education | 1982-08-19 | 1982-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 97-315. | House | Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] | KY | R | R000395 | 226 | Designates October 1982 as Head Start Awareness Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hr-7033 | 97 | hr | 7033 | A bill to assist certain institutions receiving funds under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Education | 1982-08-19 | 1982-08-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] | TX | D | F000392 | 5 | Relieves certain institutions of liability to the United States with respect to specified amounts received under the Higher Education Act of 1965 and expended for unauthorized purposes, if specified conditions have been met. | 2023-05-11T13:11:49Z | |
| 97-hr-7048 | 97 | hr | 7048 | A bill to require a separate family contribution schedule for Pell Grants for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985, to establish restrictions upon the contents of such schedule, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-08-19 | 1982-09-22 | Other Measure S.2852 (Amended) Passed House in Lieu. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 51 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #354 (381-19)) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the maximum Pell Grant a student may receive for academic year 1983-1984 to $1,800 or 50 percent of the cost of attendance (as defined for academic year 1982-1983). Directs the Secretary of Education to approve separate (from the Pell Grant family contribution schedule) systems of need analysis for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 for the campus-based programs of supplemental education opportunity grants, work-study, and direct loans. Carries over for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 the Pell Grant cost of attendance criteria in effect for academic year 1982-1983. Carries over the academic year 1982-1983 Pell Grant family contribution schedule into academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications to be published within 15 days of enactment of this Act. Provides that the academic year 1984-1985 Pell Grant family contribution schedule shall be the same as for academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications, unless the Secretary of Education publishes in the Federal Register and submits to the Congress a proposed schedule by April 1, 1983, and a final schedule by May 15, 1983. Provides that such final schedule shall take effect unless either House of the Congress adopts a resolution of disapproval by a specified date. Provides for a new proposed schedule to take effect unless another resolution of disapproval is adopted. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register: (1) changes in amounts allowed as an offset for family size as a consequence of specified modifications of the Pell Grant family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, immediately after publication of the Consumer Price Index for September 1983; and (2) the modified family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, July 15, 1983. Replaces the ratable reduction formula effective for academic year 1983-1984 and succeeding academic years, under which when there are insufficient appropriations, aw… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-2865 | 97 | s | 2865 | A bill to reinstate the provisions relating to parental involvement in chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 relating to financial assistance to meet special educational needs of disadvantaged children. | Education | 1982-08-19 | 1982-09-01 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to require the Secretary of Education to base payments of assistance to local education agency programs for special educational needs of disadvantaged children on the amounts of grants as determined under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act concerning parental involvement. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-s-2852 | 97 | s | 2852 | Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-08-18 | 1982-10-13 | Became Public Law No: 97-301. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 3 | (Conference report filed in senate, S. Rept. 97-589) Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments Act of 1982 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the maximum Pell Grant a student may receive for academic year 1983-1984 to $1,800 or 50 percent of the cost of attendance (as defined for academic year 1982-1983). Carries over for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 the Pell Grant cost of attendance criteria in effect for academic year 1982-1983. Directs the Secretary of Education to approve separate (from the Pell Grant family contribution schedule) systems of need analysis for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 for the campus-based programs of supplemental education opportunity grants, work-study, and direct loans. Carries over the academic year 1982-1983 Pell Grant family contribution schedule into academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications to be published within 15 days of enactment of this Act. Provides that the academic year 1984-1985 Pell Grant family contribution schedule shall be the same as for academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications, unless the Secretary of Education publishes in the Federal Register and submits to the Congress a proposed schedule by April 1, 1983, and a final schedule by May 15, 1983. Provides that such final schedule shall take effect unless either House of the Congress adopts a resolution of disapproval by June 15, 1983. Provides for a new proposed schedule to take effect unless another resolution of disapproval is adopted. Directs the Secretary to publish: (1) changes in amounts allowed as an offset for family size as a consequence of specified modifications of the Pell Grant family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, immediately after publication of the Consumer Price Index for September 1983; and (2) the modified family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, by July 15, 1983, under specified conditions. Makes available up to $30,000,000 in Pell Grant appropriations, under specified Federal law, for the p… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-hres-558 | 97 | hres | 558 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations recently proposed by the Secretary of Education under the Education of the Handicapped Act should not be permitted to take effect. | Education | 1982-08-10 | 1982-09-30 | Placed on House Calendar No: 192. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 108 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 97-906) Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations recently proposed by the Secretary of Education under the Education of the Handicapped Act should not be permitted to take effect. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-2822 | 97 | s | 2822 | Student Assistance Reform Act | Education | 1982-08-10 | 1982-09-01 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 6 | Student Assistance Reform Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide standards for maintaining satisfactory academic progress as a condition for assistance under such title. | 2025-08-29T19:51:47Z | |
| 97-s-2820 | 97 | s | 2820 | A bill to amend the Truth-In-Lending Act. | Education | 1982-08-09 | 1982-08-12 | Committee on Banking requested executive comment from Federal Reserve System; Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Amends the Truth-in-Lending Act to exempt from its requirements any loans made, insured, or guaranteed under a program authorized by title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Exempts such loans from any disclosure requirements of any State law. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 97-sconres-115 | 97 | sconres | 115 | A concurrent resolution disapproving certain regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. | Education | 1982-08-05 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Disapproves regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, by the Secretary of Education which revised certain parts of the Code of Federal Regulations with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-hr-6923 | 97 | hr | 6923 | A bill to prohibit prisoners from being eligible for basic educational opportunity grants (BEOG). | Education | 1982-08-04 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Boner, William H. [D-TN-5] | TN | D | B000615 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude prisoners from eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-6930 | 97 | hr | 6930 | National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-08-04 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Science Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] | MA | R | H000440 | 10 | National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 - Establishes within the National Science Foundation the presidential science and engineering young investigators awards program to encourage young scientists at the university level to pursue careers in academic research. States that the program be administered in cooperation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Requires the Director of the Foundation to select recipients from among untenured faculty members in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, or engineering at universities with established doctoral research programs. States that such award shall consist of a base research support grant of $25,000 per year for five years. Permits the Director to make an additional award for five years which requires the matching of the Federal share on a two-for-one basis, up to a $75,000 annual total. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987. Establishes within the Foundation a presidential science and mathematics improvement program to improve the skills of precollege science and math teachers. Requires the coordination of this program with each State. Provides stipends for eligible teachers. Requires State and local school authorities to nominate participants to be selected by the Foundation. Requires half the stipend money to come from non-Federal sources. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987. Directs the Foundation to assess particular problems of science and engineering manpower, including teacher shortages and retraining of workers. Requires the Foundation to submit these assessments to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation prior to the presidential budget submission for FY 1984. Establishes a Federal program for university research facilities and science and technical manpower improvement to upgrade academic research for the physical and biological sciences. Authorizes specified Federal agencies to make grants. Directs the Foundatio… | 2025-08-29T19:50:05Z | |
| 97-s-2809 | 97 | s | 2809 | National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-08-04 | 1982-08-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Schmitt, Harrison H. [R-NM] | NM | R | S000132 | 0 | National Science and Technology Improvement Act of 1982 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a presidential program for the improvement of science and technology, to be administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Office). Directs the Office to assess particular problems of science and engineering manpower, including teacher shortages, and retraining of workers. Requires the Office to submit these assessments to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation before the presidential budget submission for FY 1984. Establishes a Federal program for university research facilities and science and technical manpower improvement to upgrade academic research for the physical and biological sciences. Authorizes specified Federal agencies to make grants. Directs the Office to establish guidelines for agency participation. Requires the Director to submit such guidelines to the aforementioned committees before such budget submission. Requires the Director to report at least annually to such committees. Terminates such program after five years. Establishes within the Executive Office the presidential science and engineering young investigators awards program to encourage young scientists at the university level to pursue careers in academic research. Requires that the program be administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Requires the Director of the Office to select recipients from among untenured faculty members in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, or engineering at universities with established doctoral research programs. States that such an award shall consist of a base research support grant of $25,000 per year for five years. Permits the Director to make an additional award for five years which requires the matching of the Federal share on a two for one basis, up to a $75,000 annual total. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987. Establishes within the Executive Office a presiden… | 2025-08-29T19:51:46Z | |
| 97-s-2804 | 97 | s | 2804 | Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act | Education | 1982-08-03 | 1982-08-09 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB; GAO. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 1 | Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide financial assistance to the States to carry out educational programs for criminal offenders in juvenile and adult correctional institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 to enable the Secretary of Education to make grants to States under this Act, with such appropriations to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies and grants for programs of national significance. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for purposes inconsistent with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Sets forth permissible uses of grants made to States under this Act, including: (1) academic programs for basic education, special education, bilingual or bicultural study, secondary school credit, postsecondary study, fine arts, recreation and health, and curriculum development; (2) vocational training; (3) library development and services; (4) teacher training; (5) educational release programs; (6) guidance; (7) supportive services; and (8) job training. Sets forth requirements for State applications for assistance under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make, from specified reserved funds, grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, State correctional agencies, and other public and nonprofit organizations and institutions to meet the costs of programs of national significance which the Secretary determines give promise of improving the education of criminal offenders. Sets forth provisions for payment and withholding of funds under this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:47Z | |
| 97-hconres-388 | 97 | hconres | 388 | A concurrent resolution disapproving certain regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. | Education | 1982-07-29 | 1982-08-10 | Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 2 | Disapproves regulations submitted to the Congress on July 29, 1982, by the Secretary of Education which revised certain parts of the Code of Federal Regulations with respect to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-6775 | 97 | hr | 6775 | Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act | Education | 1982-07-15 | 1982-09-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] | OK | D | M000398 | 10 | Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science,and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for sych payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreement which require commitments to teach or repay such loans). Provides for cancellaton of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled. | 2025-08-29T19:50:01Z | |
| 97-s-2737 | 97 | s | 2737 | Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act | Education | 1982-07-15 | 1982-08-09 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 6 | Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for such payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreements which require commitments to teach or commitments to repay such loans). Provides for cancellation of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled. | 2025-08-29T19:51:47Z | |
| 97-s-2743 | 97 | s | 2743 | National Teacher Retraining Demonstration Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-07-15 | 1982-07-19 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 0 | National Teacher Retraining Demonstration Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to, and contracts with, teacher retraining demonstration centers established in accordance with specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to make such grants and contracts for the establishment of two such centers emphasizing elementary school and two emphasizing secondary school. Sets forth requirements for such grants and contracts, including the appointment of panels to review proposals for such centers. Makes the General Education Provisions Act applicable to the program authorized under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987. | 2025-08-29T19:51:47Z | |
| 97-hr-6703 | 97 | hr | 6703 | A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide that claims of governmental units arising from dischargeable educational loans shall have priority and that educational loans which are not dischargeable under chapter 7 of such title shall not be dischargeable under chapter 13 of such title, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the collection of defaulted Federal student loans from income tax refunds. | Education | 1982-06-24 | 1982-06-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Hopkins, Larry J. [R-KY-6] | KY | R | H000776 | 0 | Amends the bankruptcy law to include among priority claims allowed, unsecured claims of governmental units for an educational loan made, insured, or guaranteed by such unit. Excludes such loans from discharge after completion of the court confirmed plan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an offset against overpayment of taxes for defaulted amounts on Federal student loans owed by an individual. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of Education monthly as to the amounts recovered and to transfer such amounts as necessary to the governmental unit or fund to be repaid. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6674 | 97 | hr | 6674 | American Defense Education Act | Education | 1982-06-23 | 1982-09-30 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 7 | American Defense Education Act - Authorizes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve: (1) instruction in math, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and technology; and (2) guidance and counseling. Requires local education agencies which desire to participate in such national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement. Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating local educational agencies to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to two percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Entitles agencies which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an incentive payment equal to an additional two percent of the established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Sets forth a formula for establishing such payment rate. Sets forth requirements for payment applications for submission to the Secretary of Education. Sets forth provisions for participation in such program of children enrolled in private schools. Directs the Secretary to administer the program and to pay each local educational agency with an approved application the amount to which it is entitled for each fiscal year. Provides for a joint survey and report to Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Education, for each year from 1983 through 1987, on the academic achievement levels of U.S. 18-year-olds and the personnel training and educational needs of the armed forces. | 2025-08-29T19:49:57Z | |
| 97-s-2663 | 97 | s | 2663 | American Defense Education Act | Education | 1982-06-23 | 1982-07-19 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; Defense Department; GAO; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 2 | American Defense Education Act - Establishes a national program to provide incentives to local educational agencies to improve instruction in mathematics, science, communication skills, foreign languages, and new technology. Requires local education agencies which desire to participate in the national program to develop and carry out a program of improvement of instruction and student achievement. Sets forth requirements for such programs. Entitles participating local educational agencies to receive basic payments for each fiscal year equal to two percent of an established payment rate multiplied by the average daily attendance. Entitles agencies which show substantial evidence of meeting program goals to an additional incentive payment equal to two percent of the established payment rate. Sets forth a formula for establishing such payment rate. Sets forth requirements for payment applications for submission to the Secretary of Education. Directs the Secretary to administer the program and to pay each local educational agency with an approved application the amount to which it is entitled for each fiscal year. Provides for a joint survey and report to Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Education, for each year from 1983 through 1987, on the academic achievement levels of 18-year-old persons in the United States and the personnel training and educational needs of the Armed Forces. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989 to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:41Z | |
| 97-hr-6656 | 97 | hr | 6656 | National Science and Technology Revitalization Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-06-22 | 1982-09-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3] | KS | R | W000636 | 1 | National Science and Technology Revitalization Act of 1982 - Establishes a program of five-year presidential teaching and research fellowships to be awarded to untenured university faculty in mathematics, engineering, and the physical and biological sciences. Directs the National Science Foundation to select the fellows and administer the program. Establishes a presidential precollege science and mathematics inservice teaching program to assist States in improving the skills of secondary school science and mathematics teachers. Directs the Intergovernmental Science, Engineering, and Technology Panel of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to coordinate this program and develop a plan and guidelines. Directs the National Science Foundation to administer this program as well. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987 for the fellowships program and for FY 1983-1986 for the inservice teaching program. | 2025-08-29T19:49:58Z | |
| 97-s-2655 | 97 | s | 2655 | Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982 | Education | 1982-06-22 | 1982-09-30 | Subcommittee on Education. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 13 | Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide increased maximum student loans for certain students who lost benefits under the Social Security Act as a result of amendments made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Conditions any students' eligibility for such additional maximum loan amount on the receipt by the lender of a statement from the student's institution verifying the student's need for such amount. | 2025-08-29T19:51:41Z | |
| 97-s-2648 | 97 | s | 2648 | National Diffusion Network Act | Education | 1982-06-17 | 1982-06-28 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 12 | National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the spread of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide for evaluation, information, materials, training, and technical assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1983 through FY 1986. | 2025-08-29T19:51:41Z | |
| 97-hr-6610 | 97 | hr | 6610 | A bill to make permanent certain provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 waiving priority of the United States over the indebtedness of the Student Loan Marketing Association. | Education | 1982-06-16 | 1982-07-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-14] | IL | R | E000204 | 3 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make permanent the waiver of priority of the United States over the indebtedness of the Student Loan Marketing Association. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-sres-410 | 97 | sres | 410 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Education use the 1980 census data in determining the amount of grants under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | Education | 1982-06-14 | 1982-06-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Education should use the 1980 census data in determining the amount of basic grants to local educational agencies under title I (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Children) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-hr-6574 | 97 | hr | 6574 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the inmates of penal institutions from receiving student financial assistance under that Act. | Education | 1982-06-10 | 1982-06-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | M000458 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit inmates of penal institutions from receiving student financial assistance under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-6519 | 97 | hr | 6519 | An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow student interns of the Internal Revenue Service to have access to certain information required by such students in the performance of their official duties. | Education | 1982-05-27 | 1983-01-08 | Became Public Law No: 97-437. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Declares that students performing voluntary service for the Internal Revenue Service shall be considered to be Federal employees for purposes of specified provisions relating to: (1) the confidentiality and disclosure of tax returns, return information, and agency records; and (2) repayment by the Secretary of the Treasury for damages and costs recovered in a suit brought against an employee for anything done in the performance of his or her official duty. Permits such a student to have access to tax returns and return information only to the extent required to perform his or her duties. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 97-sconres-103 | 97 | sconres | 103 | A concurrent resolution to reaffirm the policy of the United States that public education is the cornerstone of our democratic system and its belief that continuing support for our public schools is essential to the realization of the social and economic goals upon which the future of our country depends. | Education | 1982-05-27 | 1982-06-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 1 | Reaffirms the policy of the United States with respect to continuing support for public schools. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-s-2582 | 97 | s | 2582 | An original bill to amend the Act to establish a Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-05-26 | 1982-09-24 | Became Public Law No: 97-264. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Amends the Federal law which established an Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise Fund in the Treasury to revise provisions for determining amounts appropriated to the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to invest moneys in the Fund in accordance with specifications prescribed by the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. Authorizes the Committee to receive royalties or other income which becomes payable to the Fund. | 2025-01-14T17:21:40Z | |
| 97-hr-6479 | 97 | hr | 6479 | Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1983 | Education | 1982-05-25 | 1982-05-25 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 7 | Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to include in the definition of "contribution" donations made to draft clearly identified individuals to become candidates for Federal office. Exempts from the definition of contributions any donations to political parties or committees designated to defray establishment, administration, or solicitation costs of the Committee. Requires that these donations be reported on a semiannual basis. Extends to the national committee of a political party certain exemptions that are given to State committees. Requires that reports filed under this Act be filed only with the Federal Election Commission (Commission). States that a principal campaign committee terminates automatically three years after the date of the last election (except in the case of a presidential candidate eligible for payments from tax deductible contributions to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund). Eliminates the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate as ex-officio members of the Commission. Allows a political committee of a party to utilize the expedited procedure for advisory opinion requests during the 60-day period before an election. Requires the Commission to establish time limits for investigations. Revises the investigatory procedures of the Commission. Deletes the requirement that the Court of Appeals sit en banc when hearing cases involving the constitutionality of the Act. Requires the Commission to make available to the public reports and statements filed with it, following regularly scheduled elections. Requires committees other than authorized committees to file in the State in which they are headquartered. Increases the contribution limitations for certain offices. Permits a separate segregated fund to solicit contributions from another separate segregated fund. Amends the definition for "stockholder" for purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Permits political committees of political parties to engage in bona fid… | 2025-08-29T19:49:52Z | |
| 97-hjres-486 | 97 | hjres | 486 | A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from October 3, 1982, through October 9, 1982, as "National Schoolbus Safety Week of 1982". | Education | 1982-05-13 | 1982-10-05 | Became Public Law No: 97-284. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 76 | Requests the President to designate October 3 through October 9, 1982, as National Schoolbus Safety Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6371 | 97 | hr | 6371 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make certain alterations in Federal, State, and private programs of low-interest insured loans for students in institutions of higher education. | Education | 1982-05-13 | 1982-05-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-15] | IL | R | C000773 | 1 | Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to take necessary actions, including direct payments to eligible institutions, to insure that the proceeds of any loan under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program are used for educational expenses. Requires, as a condition for a loan under the GSL program, the endorsement of: (1) an individual who claims the student as a dependent for Federal income tax purposes for the taxable year during which the loan is made; or (2) any individual at least 21 years of age, if the student is not claimed as such a dependent. Shortens from six months to three months the deferral period before repayment of such loans must begin. Provides for a late charge for GSL installment payments not paid within ten days after due date. Revises provisions for Federal interest subsidy payments under the GSL program to require student borrowers to pay the holder of a GSL loan an amount equal to nine percent of the unpaid principal amount of the loan. Requires that such interest assessment be paid in four equal installments at three-month intervals during the 12 months beginning on the date the proceeds of such loan are received by the student. Permits the holder to keep the amount of one of such payments, unless the Secretary determines that this violates State law. Directs the holder to deduct the amount of any other such payments from the amount of the principal and interest of the loan. Directs the holder to notify the Secretary of any such payment which is not made during a required three-month installment period. Directs the Secretary to determine with respect to each eligible institution under the GSL program the outstanding amount of all loans which: (1) are either insured under a student loan insurance program for which Federal interest subsidy payments are provided or covered by Federal loan insurance; (2) were mad… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-6375 | 97 | hr | 6375 | A bill to provide additional funding from the Department of Defense for allocation under the impact aid for education program, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-05-13 | 1982-05-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | H000449 | 7 | Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to direct the Secretary of Defense to identify funds from Department of Defense appropriations to be transferred by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Department of Education for allocation under the impact aid for education program in FY 1983 and 1984 if a specified amount is not directly appropriated for such program. Permits any local educational agency aggrieved by any action or failure to act in violation of this Act to bring an action for damages or equitable relief in an appropriate district court of the United States. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-2523 | 97 | s | 2523 | Guaranteed Student Loan Reform Act | Education | 1982-05-13 | 1982-06-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 3 | Guaranteed Student Loan Reform Act - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require student borrowers to make in-school interest payments under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program. Revises income limitations for the GSL program. Limits to borrowing only according to financial need those students from families whose adjusted gross income is over $25,000 (currently, $30,000). Prohibits borrowing by students from families with adjusted gross incomes over $40,000, with adjustments for family size. Replaces GSL program provisions for Federal interest subsidy payments with provisions for student borrower in-school interest payments and revises accordingly the terms of agreements with States and nonprofit private institutions. Adds the amount of the in-school interest payment to the amount of the maximum Federal loan insurance limitations for undergraduate students and for graduate or professional students under the GSL program. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Provides that the amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1,1982. Directs the Secretary of Education to pay the required interest subsidies to holders of loans made prior to such effective date under the GSL program and authorizes appropriations necessary for such payments. | 2025-08-29T19:51:42Z | |
| 97-hr-6276 | 97 | hr | 6276 | A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to allow the issuance of revenue bonds to finance college and university programs which provide student educational loans. | Education | 1982-05-05 | 1982-10-15 | Became Public Law No: 97-328. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 4 | Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to authorize the District of Columbia Council to issue revenue bonds to finance college and university programs that provide student educational loans. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 97-s-2459 | 97 | s | 2459 | Resources for Handicapped Individuals Act | Education | 1982-04-29 | 1982-05-13 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV] | WV | D | R000046 | 16 | Resources for Handicapped Individuals Act - Title I: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids, and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for Center operation and maintenance in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Defines "Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults" to mean that facility and its affiliated network established pursuant to an agreement approved in 1969 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and continued pursuant to specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (Repeals such provisions of such Act in title IV of this Act.) Provides that nothing in this Act shall in any way cause to affect or modify any existing or future agreement between any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality and the Industrial Home for the Blind, Inc., or its successors or assignees, with respect to the Helen Keller National Center for the Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title II: Instructional Media for the Handicapped - Directs the Librarian of Congress to establish a loan service of capitioned films and educational media for handicapped individuals, their parents, and others directly involved in activities for the advancement of the handicapped. Authorizes the Librarian to: (1) acquire such films, educational media, and equipment; (2) provide, by grant or contract, for film c… | 2025-08-29T19:51:36Z | |
| 97-hconres-316 | 97 | hconres | 316 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning higher education assistance programs. | Education | 1982-04-22 | 1982-05-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14] | PA | D | C000846 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the student loan and financial assistance programs be retained at FY 1982 levels. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-2421 | 97 | s | 2421 | National Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-04-22 | 1982-05-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Government Processes. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 2 | National Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Act of 1982 - Requires the President to coordinate the activities of all executive agencies in implementing a national policy to maintain a competent employment force of technical, engineering, and scientific personnel and an adequate supply of educators in science and mathematics. Directs each executive agency, in cooperation with State and local governments and private organizations, to establish technical, engineering, and scientific training and education programs and activities which shall be reviewed by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and coordinated by the National Coordinating Council on Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education. Establishes in the National Science Foundation a National Coordinating Council on Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education which shall: (1) monitor and assess the need for trained technical, engineering, and scientific personnel, including educators, for industry, academia, the military, and the Government; (2) coordinate Federal efforts in technical, engineering, and scientific manpower and education with State, municipal, and private sector efforts; (3) cooperate with executive agencies in reviewing all Federal programs in technical, engineering, and scientific manpower and education; (4) encourage high quality scientific and mathematical education and promote careers in such areas; (5) encourage access into the technical, engineering, and scientific fields for minorities and women; (6) help with long range technical manpower assessments and policy recommendations; and (7) prepare annually a national technical manpower and education plan which the Council shall use in carrying out its responsibilities. Requires the Council to report directly to the National Science Board. Establishes a Technical, Engineering, and Scientific Manpower and Education Fund which shall be available: (1) in the first year after enactment of this Act to pay for … | 2025-08-29T19:51:41Z | |
| 97-s-2412 | 97 | s | 2412 | Bilingual Education Improvements Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-04-21 | 1982-04-27 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; GAO; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] | CA | R | H000384 | 0 | Bilingual Education Improvements Act of 1982 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act to redefine "program of bilingual education" to mean a special program of instruction for elementary and secondary school children of limited English proficiency in which instruction for the acquisition of English language skills, given with appreciation of the cultural heritage of such children, is designed to: (1) meet the educational needs of such children; and (2) provide such children equal opportunity in all required courses or subjects of study. Provides that nothing in such definition or in such Act shall be construed to require a recipient of funds to use any particular method or approach for providing education to children of limited English proficiency. Requires that bilingual education program assistance applications be accompanied by evidence that the applicant has selected methods of instruction designed to meet the special needs and characteristics of the children in the target population to be served. Revises personnel requirements for Federal aid to bilingual education programs to include only those teachers who are proficient in English and, to the extent possible, in any other language used to provide instruction. Requires that persons other than teachers involved in instruction in such bilingual education projects and activities be, to the extent possible, proficient in English and any other language used to provide instruction. Directs the Commissioner of Education to give priority to bilingual education assistance applications from local educational agencies which propose to assist children of limited English proficiency whose usual language is not English (in addition to current criteria for such priority). Directs the Commissioner, through grants to and contracts with eligible applicants, to provide for the establishment, operation, or improvement of vocational training programs designed to: (1) enable persons with limited English proficiency to participate in job training programs; (2) train instructors a… | 2025-08-29T19:51:35Z | |
| 97-hr-6098 | 97 | hr | 6098 | Helen Keller National Center Act | Education | 1982-04-06 | 1982-04-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. LeBoutillier, John [R-NY-6] | NY | R | L000547 | 24 | Helen Keller National Center Act - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for Center operation and maintenance, for use in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Defines "Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults" to mean that facility and its affiliated network established pursuant to an agreement approved in 1969 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and continued pursuant to specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Repeals such provisions of such Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall in any way cause to affect or modify any existing or future agreement between any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality and the Industrial Home for the Blind, Inc., or its successors or assignees, with respect to the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. | 2025-08-29T19:49:44Z | |
| 97-hres-429 | 97 | hres | 429 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal program of impact aid with respect to the children of military personnel should be transferred to the Secretary of Defense. | Education | 1982-04-06 | 1982-04-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2] | NE | R | D000065 | 7 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should, as soon as practicable, take such actions as may be necessary to transfer to the Secretary of Defense the responsibility for compensating local school districts for the education of the children of military personnel. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-6061 | 97 | hr | 6061 | Access to Postsecondary Education Act | Education | 1982-04-01 | 1982-04-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Smith, Albert L., Jr. [R-AL-6] | AL | R | S000514 | 6 | Access to Postsecondary Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to raise the interest rates on student loans made, insured, or guaranteed under such Act. Sets the interest rate for such loans to cover the cost of instruction for any period beginning on or after August 1, 1982, at: (1) 10.75 percent per year on the unpaid principal balance of the loan to undergraduates; and (2) 12 percent per year for any other borrower. Provides that, for specified periods during which the average bond equivalent rate of auctioned Treasury bills differs from 12 percent per year by more than one percent, the applicable interest rate of such loans shall be adjusted according to specified formulas to reflect the Federal cost of borrowing. Requires the eligible institution to provide the lender a determination of need for a loan and the amount of such loan in order for a student to qualify for a portion of interest payment under provisions for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs. Repeals provisions for separate needs assessment for student loans. Revises provisions for need analysis to provide for adjustments to reflect any Federal financial assistance received by the family with respect to other dependents in postsecondary education programs. Repeals a provision which excludes all equity in a single principal place of residence from the computation of assets for purposes of determining the expected family contribution. Eliminates grace periods before repayment of specified student loans after academic failure. Increases the minimum repayment amounts of specified student loans. Increases the interest rate on defaulted student loans. Raises to ten percent of the principal the amount which an eligible lender may charge as an origination fee for specified student loans. Extends to August 1, 1984, the period during which the disclosure of such fee need not meet certain Federal and State disclosure requirements. | 2025-08-29T19:49:44Z | |
| 97-hr-6010 | 97 | hr | 6010 | A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to allow the issuance of revenue bonds to finance college and university programs which provide student educational loans. | Education | 1982-03-31 | 1982-05-26 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 2 | Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to authorize the District of Columbia Council to issue revenue bonds to finance college and university programs that provide student educational loans. | 2023-05-11T13:10:18Z | |
| 97-hres-422 | 97 | hres | 422 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans and that funds for Pell grants and campus-based student assistance should not be further reduced. | Education | 1982-03-31 | 1982-05-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 176 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (2) Congress should provide Pell grant assistance for academic year 1982 through 1983 that fully funds the need analysis criteria of January 6, 1982, in order to provide assistance to 2,600,000 needy students; and (3) Congress should not further reduce the amount of funds available for campus-based student assistance programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 below the levels established by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-2323 | 97 | s | 2323 | A bill to require any educational agency receiving Federal funds to allow parental review of textbooks. | Education | 1982-03-31 | 1982-04-12 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; GAO; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA] | IA | R | J000101 | 0 | Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require any educational agency receiving Federal funds to allow parental review of text books. Sets forth provisions governing civil actions for damages or equitable relief brought by persons aggrieved by a violation of such requirement. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-s-2324 | 97 | s | 2324 | A bill to clarify Federal involvement in released time for parenthood education. | Education | 1982-03-31 | 1982-04-12 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA] | IA | R | J000101 | 0 | Declares that nothing contained in any provision of Federal law shall be construed to prohibit released time for parenthood education to be conducted by churches or parents. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-s-2325 | 97 | s | 2325 | Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act of 1982 | Education | 1982-03-31 | 1982-07-01 | Subcommittee on Education. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act of 1982 - Title I: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in an amount which, when added to the amount appropriated for the fiscal year by the first section of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917), equals $500,000,000 for FY 1983 and such sums as necessary for FY 1984 through FY 1987. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to ten percent of such appropriations for national programs under title III of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder of such appropriations to States and insular areas according to a formula based on: (1) relative amounts of unemployed persons aged 15 through 19, 20 through 44, and 45 through 64; and (2) relative per capita income. Provides for minimum allotments and for reallotment under specified circumstances. Requires States to submit annual proposed use reports to the Secretary, after making such reports available for public comment, in order to receive funds under title II of this Act. Requires States to provide for fiscal and compliance audits of programs supported with title II funds. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational and adult education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational and Adult Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make necessary sums available to the Council from specified funds available under the General Education Provisions Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions covering programs under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and the Adult Education Act (other than provisions for grants for improvement of educational opportunities for adult Indians). Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1982 or FY 1983 under such Acts that are… | 2025-08-29T19:51:35Z | |
| 97-hr-5993 | 97 | hr | 5993 | A bill to prohibit prisoners from being eligible for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG), to establish a system of grants to State governments for programs of postsecondary education for prisoners, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-03-30 | 1982-04-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 7 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit prisoners from being eligible for basic educational opportunity grants ("Pell grants"). Establishes a system of grants to States for programs of postsecondary education for prisoners. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve up to $6,000,000 of any amount appropriated for the Pell grant program to provide assistance to State prisoner education programs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hres-407 | 97 | hres | 407 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Members of the House of Representatives that such Members do not endorse the Administration's fiscal year 1983 Budget as it affects student assistance programs. | Education | 1982-03-23 | 1982-04-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. DeNardis, Lawrence J. [R-CT-3] | CT | R | D000231 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Members of the House of Representatives that they: (1) do not endorse the administration's proposed FY 1983 budget changes in the guaranteed student loan, Pell grant, and other student assistance programs; and (2) resolve that no substantial changes be made that would result in reducing access of students for the 1982-1983 academic year. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-sconres-75 | 97 | sconres | 75 | A concurrent resolution to preserve FY 1980 impact funding levels, with adjustments for inflation. | Education | 1982-03-22 | 1982-04-12 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that FY 1983 funding for impact aid to school districts will be at levels equal to those authorized for FY 1980, as adjusted for inflation. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-hres-392 | 97 | hres | 392 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should take all possible actions to insure adequate funding for the work-study, college student, financial assistance program based on campus. | Education | 1982-03-16 | 1982-04-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Emery, David F. [R-ME-1] | ME | R | E000175 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should take all possible actions to insure adequate funding for the work-study, college student, financial assistance program based on campus. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-5818 | 97 | hr | 5818 | National Diffusion Network Act | Education | 1982-03-11 | 1982-06-09 | Executive Comment Requested from Education. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 40 | National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the spread of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide information, materials, training, technical assistance, and evaluations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1983 through FY 1986. | 2025-08-29T19:49:40Z | |
| 97-hr-5820 | 97 | hr | 5820 | Electronic and Computer Technician Vocational Education Incentive Grants Act | Education | 1982-03-11 | 1982-06-30 | Executive Comment Received From Education. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 27 | Electronic and Computer Technician Vocational Education Incentive Grants Act - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to establish a program of incentive grants to States for electronic and computer technician training. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants solely for vocational education programs for such training. Prohibits use of any such grant for job placement or for training or employment stipends. Requires States participating in such grants program to commit specified percentages of their basic grants under such Act to such programs. Directs States to consider specified factors in evaluating training program proposals of eligible recipients. Limits Federal funds made available to an eligible recipient for such programs to 25 percent of such recipient's proposed budget for such training. Requires such recipient to: (1) use such funds only for job-related training for a specific electronic or computer technical occupation; (2) obtain at least 25 percent of its projected training budget through financial support of the electronics or computer industry; and (3) obtain at least another 25 percent through non- Federal public vocational education funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and each succeeding fiscal year to carry out such grants program. | 2025-08-29T19:49:40Z | |
| 97-hr-5792 | 97 | hr | 5792 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants to offset reductions in other forms of student financial assistance, and for other purposes. | Education | 1982-03-10 | 1982-03-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 18 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education, during FY 1983 through FY 1986, to increase the amount of a Pell grant to offset any reduction or elimination of child's insurance benefit payments to a postsecondary student under the Social Security Act as a consequence of specified provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Commissioner of Social Security in prescribing regulations to determine the amount of the increase on the basis of such reductions. Prohibits increasing any Pell grant to an amount exceeding the difference between expected family contribution and cost of attendance. Permits increasing the Pell grant to an amount exceeding the maximum dollar amount and the maximum percentage of cost of attendance established under such Act. Requires that funds for such increases be appropriated separately from other Pell grant funds. Provides for a ratable reduction in the amount of each increase if the funds so appropriated are not sufficient. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hres-384 | 97 | hres | 384 | A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to funding of Pell grants. | Education | 1982-03-10 | 1982-03-24 | Executive Comment Requested from Education. | House | Rep. Dunn, Jim [R-MI-6] | MI | R | D000548 | 7 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should provide Pell grant assistance for academic year 1982 through 1983 that fully funds the Department of Education's Pell grant need analysis criteria of January 6, 1982, in order to provide such assistance to 2,600,000 needy students. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hjres-429 | 97 | hjres | 429 | A joint resolution to establish State Commissions on Teacher Excellence. | Education | 1982-03-09 | 1982-12-13 | Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 225 - 153 (Record Vote No: 436). | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 97-735) Declares that States should establish commissions on teacher excellence to make recommendations on local, State, and Federal policies relating to teacher recruitment, selection, and training. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-5742 | 97 | hr | 5742 | National Commission on Science, Engineering, and Technology Education | Education | 1982-03-04 | 1982-09-30 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] | MO | D | S000465 | 7 | National Commission on Science, Engineering, and Technology Education - Directs the President in conjunction with the majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to establish a National Commission on Science, Engineering and Technology Education to: (1) identify problems in science, engineering, and technology education in the United States; (2) evaluate the impact of such problems on national defense, industry, research, academia, and military manpower; and (3) formulate remedial actions for such problems. Requires the Commission to transmit to the President and to each House of the Congress a preliminary report within 18 months and a final report within 30 months of the date the Commission is duly organized. Terminates the Commission six months after the submission of the final report. | 2025-08-29T19:49:39Z | |
| 97-hjres-421 | 97 | hjres | 421 | A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, for the Department of Education. | Education | 1982-03-03 | 1982-03-03 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | Y000013 | 0 | Makes a supplemental appropriation for FY 1982 for the Department of Education for student loan insurance under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 97-s-2165 | 97 | s | 2165 | A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act, to provide for the serving of nutritionally superior lunches under such Act. | Education | 1982-03-03 | 1982-03-05 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Amends the National School Lunch Act to require schools participating in the school lunch program to provide a nutritionally superior lunch to their students. Lists the food in such lunches and bans the sale of sweets on school premises. Provides that such schools should establish a nutrition council to oversee, and recommend ways to improve, such program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, within one year of enactment of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, to prescribe regulations necessary to administer provisions of this Act. Allows the substitution of foods to accommodate the medical and special dietary needs of individual students. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 97-hres-373 | 97 | hres | 373 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House concerning guaranteed student loans for graduate and professional students. | Education | 1982-02-24 | 1982-03-24 | Executive Comment Requested from Education. | House | Rep. Hopkins, Larry J. [R-KY-6] | KY | R | H000776 | 38 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hres-375 | 97 | hres | 375 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for certain guaranteed student loans. | Education | 1982-02-24 | 1982-03-24 | Executive Comment Requested from Education. | House | Rep. Moffett, Toby [D-CT-6] | CT | D | M000839 | 70 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-sres-318 | 97 | sres | 318 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning guaranteed student loans for graduate and professional students. | Education | 1982-02-10 | 1982-03-16 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 27 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Loans in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-hjres-379 | 97 | hjres | 379 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the week of January 17, 1982, through January 23, 1982, as "National Jaycee Week". | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1981-12-29 | See S.J.Res.117. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Requests the President to designate the week of January 17 through January 23, 1982, as "National Jaycee Week". | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hr-5254 | 97 | hr | 5254 | National Engineering and Science Manpower Act of 1982 | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1982-09-16 | Clean Bill H.R.7130 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 19 | National Engineering and Science Manpower Act of 1982 - Authorizes each Federal agency and department to establish programs for training technical and engineering personnel and to cooperate with State and local governments on such programs. Creates a special Coordinating Council on Engineering and Scientific Manpower within the National Science Foundation to coordinate Federal efforts in science and engineering education. Establishes for five years a special Engineering and Science Manpower Fund administered by the chairman of the Council to develop manpower resources. Directs the Council to report to Congress biennially on the expenditures of the Fund. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1983. | 2025-08-29T19:49:24Z | |
| 97-hr-5255 | 97 | hr | 5255 | A bill to amend the General Education Provisions Act to reduce the period for which records must be retained by recipients of funds under Federal education programs. | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1982-01-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2] | KS | R | J000074 | 18 | Amends the General Education Provisions Act to reduce the period for which records must be retained by recipients of funds under Federal education programs (from five years to three years). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-5256 | 97 | hr | 5256 | A bill to amend the General Education Provisions Act to reduce the period for which records must be retained by recipients of funds under programs administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1982-01-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2] | KS | R | J000074 | 17 | Amends the General Education Provisions Act to reduce the period for which records must be retained by recipients of funds under programs administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (from five years to three years). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-5269 | 97 | hr | 5269 | A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to eliminate as a condition of eligibility for receipt of free or reduced-price lunches that the social security account numbers of all adult members of a household be provided on the application for such assistance. | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1982-01-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-20] | NY | D | W000258 | 0 | Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate the requirement that households furnish social security numbers of all adult members as a condition of eligibility for free or reduced-price lunches. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 97-hr-5270 | 97 | hr | 5270 | A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide that income used for certain special hardship conditions shall not be included as income for purposes of determining eligibility for free or reduced-price lunches. | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1982-01-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-20] | NY | D | W000258 | 0 | Amends the National School Lunch Act to exclude as income in determining eligibility for the school lunch program, income used for: (1) unusually high medical expenses; (2) shelter costs in excess of thirty percent of income; (3) special education expenses; and (4) disaster or casualty losses. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-5273 | 97 | hr | 5273 | A bill to allow the George Washington University Higher Education Facilities Revenue Bond Act of 1981 of the District of Columbia to take effect immediately. | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1981-12-23 | Became Public Law No: 97-107. | House | Rep. Barnes, Michael D. [D-MD-8] | MD | D | B000160 | 0 | Allows the George Washington University Higher Education Facilities Revenue Bond Act of 1981 of the District of Columbia to take effect immediately. | 2023-05-11T13:09:13Z | |
| 97-s-2002 | 97 | s | 2002 | Bilingual Education Amendments of 1981 | Education | 1981-12-16 | 1982-04-26 | Subcommittee on Education. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] | KY | D | H000905 | 2 | Bilingual Education Amendments of 1981 - Amends title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Bilingual Education Programs, also known as the Bilingual Education Act) to revise bilingual education policy to no longer require that children of limited English proficiency use their native language while receiving instruction to achieve competence in English. Revises an element of the definition of "limited English proficiency" to refer to "individuals who have difficulty speaking and understanding instruction in the English language." Redefines "program of bilingual instruction" to require inclusion of "an intensive course of study in English." Revises grant provisions to require that bilingual education programs limit participation by any child to one year. Permits an additional year of participation only if an individual evaluation establishes the need for continued services and is approved by the appropriate local education agency official. Prohibits enrollment of any non-handicapped child for more than three years. Sets forth requirements for such individual evaluations. Directs the Secretary of Education to withhold application approval or grant payments whenever a bilingual education program is unable or unwilling to comply with such limitations on individual participation and with such individual evaluation requirements. | 2025-08-29T19:51:23Z | |
| 97-hr-5191 | 97 | hr | 5191 | Helen Keller National Center Act | Education | 1981-12-11 | 1981-12-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. LeBoutillier, John [R-NY-6] | NY | R | L000547 | 0 | Helen Keller National Center Act - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids, and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for Center operation and maintenance for use in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Defines "Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults" to mean that facility and its affiliated network established pursuant to an agreement approved in 1969 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and continued pursuant to specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Repeals such provisions of such Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:25Z | |
| 97-sres-256 | 97 | sres | 256 | A resolution to disapprove the submission of the needs analysis for student assistance transmitted to the Congress on October 13, 1981, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the family contribution schedule. | Education | 1981-12-10 | 1981-12-10 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 1 | Disapproves the proposed needs analysis formula transmitted to the Congress on October 13, 1981, for specified forms of student aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Expresses the sense of the Senate that, in addition to conditions applied to Pell Grants pursuant to a specified joint resolution, the family contribution schedule for 1981-1982 be retained for the 1982-1983 academic year, with specified exceptions. | 2023-05-11T13:12:53Z | |
| 97-hr-5111 | 97 | hr | 5111 | A bill to require improved collection of defaulted NDSL loans by institutions of higher education and by the Department of Education, and for other purposes. | Education | 1981-12-03 | 1981-12-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to reduce the amount of Federal capital contributions for direct student loans (under the national defense student loan program, "NDSL") to any institution of higher education with a default rate for such loans of more than ten percent for any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1982. Directs the Secretary to exclude from applications unjustified increases requested in anticipation of such reductions. Allows institutions of higher education to provide information concerning student borrowers who have defaulted on direct loans to the Secretary and to collection agencies, in accordance with regulations. Revises provisions relating to student default under the Federal loan insurance program to replace authority to contract with "private business concerns" with authority to contract with "nonprofit private organizations and agencies" for loan recovery purposes. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hconres-216 | 97 | hconres | 216 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning regulations pertaining to meal pattern requirements and nutritional requirements for meals served in programs under the National School Lunch Act. | Education | 1981-11-10 | 1982-07-13 | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 91 | (Measure passed House, amended) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the school lunch program under the National School Lunch Act will retain the goal of providing one-third of the recommended dietary allowances of nutrients for children as established by the National Academy of Sciences. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-s-1827 | 97 | s | 1827 | A bill to amend part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit meritorious exceptions to the payment of minimum wage rates under the college work study program, and for other purposes. | Education | 1981-11-09 | 1981-11-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit exceptions to the payment of minimum wage rates under the college work-study program. Allows a lower than minimum wage rate, pursuant to criteria established by the Secretary of Education, if the lower rate is: (1) warranted by unusual circumstances; (2) consistent with the purposes of the college work-study program; and (3) at least 85 percent of the minimum wage. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-s-1821 | 97 | s | 1821 | Education Assistance Agency Act | Education | 1981-11-06 | 1982-01-11 | Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 0 | Education Assistance Agency Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to: (1) terminate the Department of Education; (2) define Federal responsibility in education as assistance and support through the establishment of the Education Assistance Agency; and (3) recognize the primary responsibility of parents, States, localities, and educational institutions in determining educational policy. Prohibits, except to the extent specifically authorized by law, construing provisions for Agency programs to authorize any Federal control over educational curricula, administration, personnel, or instructional materials. Title II: Establishment of the Agency - Establishes the Education Assistance Agency in the executive branch, to be administered by a Director. Limits the Agency to two Divisions. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to assist the Director in coordinating policies, procedures, and programs of the Agency and other Federal departments and agencies administering educational programs. Title III: Transfers of Agencies and Functions - Transfers specified functions of the Department of Education to the: (1) Department of Health and Human Services; (2) Department of Commerce; (3) Department of Defense; (4) Department of the Treasury; (5) Department of State; (6) National Science Foundation; (7) National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; (8) Veterans Administration; (9) Department of Housing and Urban Development; (10) General Services Administration; (11) Office of Management and the Budget; and (12) Education Assistance Agency. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to the Agency's officers and employees, experts and consultants, and personnel reductions. Sets forth provisions relating to the Agency's general authority, delegation, reallocation of functions, regulations, and contracts. Provides that the General Education Provisions Act shall apply, except where inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, to functions… | 2025-08-29T19:51:23Z | |
| 97-s-1817 | 97 | s | 1817 | A bill to further the national security of the United States and the Nation's economy by providing grants for foreign language programs to improve foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students and to provide for per capita grants to reimburse institutions of higher education for part of the costs of providing foreign language instruction. | Education | 1981-11-05 | 1981-11-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Education. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 5 | Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to fund model programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, for the improvement and expansion of foreign language study for children aged five through 17 residing within their school districts. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of such grants based on State population. Sets forth provisions relating to the availability of such funds. Sets forth grant application requirements for State educational agencies, including provisions for periodic student proficiency evaluation and for teacher training. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State agencies to fund model foreign language programs designed and operated at community and junior colleges. Bases the amount of such grants on State population. Sets forth grant application requirements, including periodic student proficiency evaluation and teacher training. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to cover part of the costs of foreign language instruction for their students. Sets forth formulas to determine whether an institution is eligible for such grants, based on the percentage of its student body enrolled in qualified postsecondary language courses. Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards, including reporting requirements, for programs assisted by such grants. Sets formulas for determining the amounts of such grants, based on number of students enrolled in such courses. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to each institution of higher education which requires at least two years of postsecondary credits in foreign language (or a competency equivalent thereof) for each graduating student. Sets forth formulas for determining the amounts of such grants, based on the number of students enrolled in the institution. Requires ratable reduction of su… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z |
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