Education Amendments of 1977

Education Amendments - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend (1) payments to State educational agencies by the United States Commissioner of Education; (2) minimum payments for State operated programs; (3) the existence of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children; (4) appropriations authorized for grants for school library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials in public and private elementary and secondary schools; (5) payment by the Commissioner of the costs involved in provisioning a State with such library resource materials in a State which has no agency to provide such materials; (6) appropriations authorized for supplementary educational centers and services, model programs, guidance, testing, and counseling; (7) partial approval of State plans in substantial compliance with such Act; (8) the existence of the National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and services; (9) appropriations authorized for additional funds to States for library resources and supplementary educational centers and services; (10) appropriations authorized for programs to strengthen State departments of education and local educational agencies; (11) appropriations authorized for State and local programs of educational planning; (12) appropriations authorized for dropout prevention programs; (13) appropriations authorized for grants to local education agencies for projects to improve school nutritional and health services for children from low-income families; and (14) appropriations authorized for consumer education programs.

Amends such Act to continue the existence of the National Council on Quality in Education until October 1, 1979, and authorizes to be appropriated necessary funds for such Council.

Amends the Adult Education Act to extend (1) appropriations authorized for programs for elderly persons with limited knowledge of English; (2) the existence of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education; (3) appropriations authorized for such Act; and (4) appropriations authorized for educational programs for adult Indians.

Amends the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to extend for one year appropriations authorized for grants and loans to States under the terms of such Act.

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to extend for one year the availability of unused funds from one fiscal year to the succeeding fiscal year.