Children in U.S. military families may transfer schools nine times, on average, before they graduate from high school. These moves may be especially challenging for children with disabilities and their families, as special education services provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act--the primary federal special education…

Approximately 650,000 military dependent children in the U.S. face various challenges that may affect their schooling, according to Department of Defense (DOD). The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine the schooling options available to school-age dependents of active-duty servicemembers. This report describes: (1) available…

The Department of Defense (DOD) spends hundreds of billions of dollars annually acquiring products and services. Since 1990, Congress and DOD have taken numerous steps to address issues related to the quality of DOD's acquisition workforce, which consists of contracting officers, cost estimators, and personnel in several other career fields. But…

In today's interconnected world, many career fields--such as diplomacy, national security, and business--need individuals with knowledge about world languages and cultures. To address these areas of needed expertise--both at the federal level as well as in the education, business, and nonprofit sectors--the Higher Education Act of 1965, as…

The "Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2021" contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, and summary tables. This year's Budget includes $4.4 trillion in savings--bringing deficits down each year, and putting the Federal Government on a path to a balanced budget in 15 years.…

The text of a bill to provide a statutory charter for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and to establish a personnel system for civilian faculty, and the text of hearings on that legislation, are presented. The statements of the following individuals are included: Nicholas Mavroules, chairman of the Investigations Subcommittee…

The Supreme Court decision upholding colleges' and universities' denial of financial aid to students who fail to sign up for the draft is reported and examined in the context of the Reagan administration's policy, and the likelihood of lobbyists approaching Congress for legislative changes is discussed. Excerpts from the decision are provided.…

The joint efforts of the U.S. Department of Education and the Selective Service System to implement the 1982 amendment to the Military Selective Service Act are reported. This amendment, which was part of the Fiscal Year 1983 Defense Authorization Act, provides that, beginning with the 1983-1984 award year, any student who must register with the…

This document reports the testimony and written statements given at a congressional hearing concerning the Montgomery GI Bill and proposed changes to it. Testimony and prepared statements were given by members of Congress and by representatives of the various branches of the Armed Services, active and retired service personnel, and veterans'…

A report on a bill to delay the effective date for the denial of federal aid to students who have failed to comply with draft registration requirements is presented. The bill also directs the Comptroller General to conduct an ongoing study of the effectiveness of the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1983 (Solomon/Hayakawa amendment) in…

Hearings on the Solomon amendment regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education are presented. The Solomon amendment requires that any student be registered under the military's Selective Service Act in order to receive Title IV federal student assistance. H.R. 1286 and H.R. 1567 would repeal the provision of the Military Selective…

Presented is the transcript of the hearings into the Department of Defense's February 1977 decision to terminate the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. It was felt that the physician needs of the military could be more efficiently met by direct recruitment, and that the fiscal year 1978 budget could be reduced by $14 million in…

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the present exclusion of females from the minimum number of 100 students necessary to maintain a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit. Current law requires that only male students be counted. This bill would permit females to be counted, a change wholly consistent with military services policy of full…

A hearing was held to consider the Act for Better Child Care Services of 1989, also known as the ABC Bill. Testimony was received from parents, project directors, program Managers, academics, research directors, corporate officers, the Governors of Vermont and Maryland, the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and the U.S. Senators of Maryland.…

The report of the subcommittee favoring continuation of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences consists of four parts: (1) the history of the university, the reasons for its establishment; (2) the findings and conclusions of the subcommittee on the discontinuation of institutional funds; (3) the subcommittee's recommendations for…