HR 10991 · 93th Congress · Education
National Educational Opportunities Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.(1973-10-17)
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National Educational Opportunities Act - Title I: Local Rights and Responsibilities - Allows any public school student to transfer from a school in which his race is in a majority to one in which he is in a minority. Requires the local educational agency to provide transportation for such transfer. Requires local educational agencies to insure that where minority children are concentrated in schools that they are not denied equal educational opportunities. States that unequal educational opportunity include: overcrowding, fewer and less qualified teachers, and less adequate services and facilities. Prohibits the separation of children on the basis of race. Allows equitable relief for violations of this title. Title II: State Responsibilities - Requires each State to submit to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare a plan to carry out this Act. Directs that the Virginia and Maryland plans shall take account of the neighboring areas of the District of Columbia. Requires each such plan to provide for establishment of a State advisory council to advise on the development of and policy matters concerning such plan. Requires such plans to provide for similarly functioning local …
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