HR 1620 · 93th Congress · Education

A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by adding a new title, which restores to local school boards their constitutional power to administer the public schools committed to their charge, confers on parents the right to choose the public schools their children attend, secures to children the right to attend the public schools chosen by their parents, and makes effective the right of public school administrators and teachers to serve in the schools in which they contract to serve.

Introduced 1973-01-09· Sponsored by Rep. Rarick, John R. [D-LA-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1973-01-09)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Forbids the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to: (1) withhold, or threaten to withhold, Federal financial assistance from any public school operating under a freedom of choice plan on account of the racial composition of its student body; (2) withhold, or threaten to withhold, Federal financial assistance from any public school to coerce or induce the school board operating the public school to transport students from such public school for the purpose of altering in any way the racial composition of the student body at such public school or any other public school; (3) withhold or threaten to withhold, Federal financial assistance from any school board operating any public schools to coerce or induce the school board to close any public school and transfer the students from such public school to any other public school or schools for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body at any public school; and (4) withold, or threaten to withhold, Federal financial assistance from any school board operating any public school to coerce or induce the school board to transfer any member of any faculty from the public school in which the member of the facult…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only