Higher Education Amendments of 1986

Higher Education Amendments of 1985 - Revises and reauthorizes through FY 1991 specified programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).

Title I: Student Assistance - Part A: Grants to Students - Subpart I: Pell Grants - Extends the Pell Grant program. Revises program eligibility requirements. Revises maximum grant limits and cost of attendance formulas and rules. Sets forth a separate new family contribution schedule for Pell Grants. Sets forth a procedure with respect to award errors and overpayments.

Subpart 2: Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants - Authorizes appropriations for the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program. Revises program provisions relating to: (1) the maximum amount of such grants; (2) priority for needy students; and (3) apportionment.

Subpart 3: State Student Incentive Grants - Authorizes appropriations for the State Student Incentive Grants Program. Sets forth a Federal share limitation under such program.

Subpart 4: Student Support Service Programs - Authorizes appropriations for Student Support Service Programs. Revises program provisions, including provisions for veterans and for outreach and staff development.

Subpart 5: Special Programs for Students Whose Families are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork - Authorizes appropriations for the program referred to under this subpart.

Part B: Guaranteed Loans - Extends and revises the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (including the Federally-Insured Student Loan Program).

Part C: Work Study Programs - Extends and revises work study programs (including work study for community service learning on behalf of low-income individuals and families).

Part D: Direct Loans - Extends and revises the Direct Student Loan Program (including loan priority for needy students and interest rates on loans made after July 1, 1986).

Part E: General Student Aid Provisions - Revises various provisions relating to HEA title IV (Student Assistance) programs generally.

Title II: Institutional and Program Assistance - Part A: Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning - Repeals title I (Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning) under HEA.

Provides for a National Advisory Council on Continuing Education.

Part B: Libraries - Reauthorizes HEA provisions relating to libraries.

Revises provisions relating to college library resources. Authorizes a study of the effectiveness of the needs criteria for the College Library Resource Program.

Strengthens research library resources.

Repeals specified provisions relating to libraries.

Part C: Institutional Aid - Reauthorizes provisions relating to institutional aid.

Part D: Teacher Training and Development - Subpart I: Teacher Training Programs for Higher Educational Personnel - Repeals part B (Teacher Training Programs) of Title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of HEA.

Subpart 2: Training for School Teachers To Teach Handicapped Children - Repeals part C (Training for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers to Teach Handicapped Children in Areas with a shortage) of title V of HEA.

Subpart 3: Coordination - Repeals part D (Coordination of Education Professional Development) of title V of HEA.

Subpart 4: Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program - Authorizes specified appropriations for the Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Subpart 5: National Talented Teacher Fellowship Program - Authorizes specified appropriations for the National Talented Teacher Program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part E: International Education - Reauthorizes provisions related to international and foreign language study (including provisions on language and area centers, foreign language resource centers, summer institutes, and research).

Authorizes specified appropriations for the provision of international education for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part F: Construction and Renovation - (Reserved.)

Part G: Cooperative Education - Authorizes specified appropriations for cooperative education for FY 1987 through 1991.

Authorizes grants (and contracts for demonstration projects) for cooperative education programs.

Part H: Graduate and Professional Programs - Subpart I: Grants to Institutions of Higher Education - Repeals part A (Grants to Institutions of Higher Education) of title IX (Graduate Programs) of HEA.

Subpart 2: Fellowships for Graduate and Professional Study - Increases the maximum institutional and individual grant amounts for graduate and professional study under HEA for institutions and individuals. Establishes a minimum institutional payment.

Authorizes specified appropriations for fellowships for graduate and professional study for FY 1987 through 1991.

Subpart 3: National Graduate Fellows Program - Extends and limits the authorization of appropriations for the National Graduate Fellows Program through FY 1991. Requires that awardees under such program be known as Jacob J. Javits Fellows.

Subpart 4: Training in the Legal Profession - Authorizes specified appropriations for HEA legal training programs for FY 1987 through 1991.

Subpart 5: Law School Clinical Experience Programs - Authorizes specified appropriations for Law School Clinical Experience Programs under HEA for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part I: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - Authorizes specified appropriations for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education for FY 1987 through 1991.

Establishes a program of grants to and contract with higher education institutions and other agencies and organizations for innovative projects for community services and student financial independence. Authorizes specified appropriations for such program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Establishes a Community College Unit in the Office of Postsecondary Education.

Authorizes specified appropriations for the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program for FY 1987 through 1991.

Part J: Urban University Program - Repeals title XI (Urban Grant University Program) of HEA.

Title III: Regional Education Laboratories and Research and Development Centers - Amends a specified provision of the General Education Provisions Act to reauthorize appropriations for regional educational laboratories and research and development centers through 1991.