Education Amendments of 1980

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Higher Education Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend through fiscal year 1985 the authorizations of appropriations for: community services and continuing education programs; college library assistance in library training and research; strengthening developing institutions; student assistance; Teacher Corps and teacher training programs; financial assistance for the improvement in undergraduate instruction; construction, reconstruction, and renovation of academic facilities; cooperative education; graduate programs; community college establishment and expansion; and comprehensive statewide planning. Extends the period during which specified student loans are made which are eligible for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs through fiscal year 1985 for first loans and through fiscal year 1989 for subsequent loans to enable a student to continue in an educational program. Includes the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of "State" for purposes of the construction, reconstruction and renovation of academic facilities provisions of such Act, as well as generally throughout such Act. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to exte…