SPENDING PACKAGES NEARLY WRAPPED UP AS CONGRESS ADJOURNS FOR THE YEAR - Friday, December 20, 1985

Sep 21, 2026

Major U.S. spending packages tied to education were expected to be completed as Congress adjourned for the year. The House and Senate approved H.J.Res.465, a $369 billion measure funding agencies without fiscal 1986 appropriations, including higher education programs through Sept. 30, 1986. The document details expected presidential action on H.J.Res.465, the extension effect of H.J.Res.491, and how a Dec. 12 education spending bill maintains funding for other ED programs while putting higher education funding at risk. It also reports progress on H.R.3128, a three-year budget reconciliation plan cutting $806 million from Guaranteed Student Loans.

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SPENDING PACKAGES NEARLY WRAPPED UP AS CONGRESS ADJOURNS FOR THE YEAR

H.J.Res.465 spending measure and agency funding

Expected presidential signature and stopgap expiration

Education funding status and higher education risk

Budget reconciliation plan affecting student loans

Reauthorization and farm bill provisions

Vol.13,No。246 Friday,December 20,1985 # SPENDING PACKAGES NEARLY WRAPPED UP AS CONGRESS ADJOURNS FOR THE YEAR After two weeks of false starts,Congress was expected yesterday to adjourn forthe year with most major spending packages affecting education wrapped up. The House and Senate yesterday approved H.J。Res.465,a $369 billion spendingbill that would fund agencles lacking fiscal 1986 appropriations.House andSenate conferees late Wednesday ironed out their differences on the measure,which would fund seven agencies,including one that funds higher educationprograms,through Sept.30,1986. H.J.Res.465 would provide $290.4 million to the Cooperative State ResearchService and $344.6 million to the Agriculture Extension Service,both funded byUSDA。President Reagan was expected to sign the measure by midnight,when H.J.Res.491,a stopgap spending bill passed Tuesday,was scheduled to expire. Reagan's signature Dec.12 on an $18.4 billion education spending bill assuredother ED programs fiscal 1986 funding,although a balanced budget plan alsocleared last week has placed the fate of higher education funding in jeopardy. Reconciliation Agreement ReachedConferees late yesterday agreed upon andwere expected to vote on H.R。3128,a three-year budget reconciliation planwith a provision that would trim $806 million from the Guaranteed Student Loanprogram over the next three years(HED,Dec.13). Meanwhile,current agricultural research programs would be reauthorized for thenext five years and state land-grant colleges would be able to enter into cost-reimbursable agreements with the U.S.Department of Agriculture under theumbrella of a $52 million omnibus farm bill passed by Congress Wednesday. Reagan is expected to sign the five-year farm bill,H.R.2100,sometime nextweek.Among the bill's provisions for fiscal 1986 is a $370 million authori-zation for state cooperative extension educational programs.Also,the"1890Institutions,"a group of predominantly black schools,would receive $10 mil-lion a year for extension facilities. Under the bill,state land-grant colleges would be able to establish cost-re-imbursable agreements at noncompetitive rates with USDA for goods or servicesused for agricultural research,extension or teaching activities, Following passage of the bill,the Animal Welfare Act would fall under thejurisdiction of USDA,requiring the agriculture secretary to oversee theupgrading of research facilities and the treatment of laboratory test animals.--Deborah L.Gold,Kristina Brenneman December 20,1985 # NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANT PROGRAM ENCOURAGES MALE HOME ECONOMISTS After more than 10 years as a high school sociology and history teacher,WayneMurray is going back to school to earn his certification in home economics. When he finishes his course of study at New Hampshire's Keene State College inabout a year and a half,he will be the only male high school home economicsteacher in the state.Murray's decision to enter home economics educationstems from the changing roles in his own family,brought about when his wifewent back to work six years ago· Murray was accepted into Keene State's home ec pro-gram three years ago,but with two sons in collegeand a daughter in high school,it wasn't feasibleon"the salary of a public school teacher,"to re- enter school.But this year,Murray applied for and won a new grant that willpay his tuition and pay him a $100-a-month stipend to become a home ec teacher. Murray is one of four men to enter the home ec field at Keene State this yearunder its new program,Support Services for Men in Home Economics. Two of themen are majoring in nutrition and the fourth in early childhood education,according to Jeanne Eaves,home ec professor and project coordinator. Keene State's grant program for men in home economics is modeled after theschool's similar,five-year-old program for women in industrial arts.Untilthis year,the industrial arts program received $10,000 a year to pay tuitionand st

FAQs

What was Congress expected to do as the year ended?

Congress was expected to adjourn for the year with most major spending packages, especially those affecting education, wrapped up.

What does H.J.Res.465 provide and through what date are higher education programs funded?

H.J.Res.465 funds seven agencies, including higher education programs, through Sept. 30, 1986.

Which budget reconciliation plan was referenced, and what student-loan impact does it describe?

H.R.3128 is a three-year budget reconciliation plan that would trim $806 million from the Guaranteed Student Loan program over the next three years.

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