HR 4116 · 93th Congress · Education

Equal Educational Opportunities Act

Introduced 1973-02-07· Sponsored by Rep. Teague, Olin E. [D-TX-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.(1973-02-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Equal Education Opportunities Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that: (1) all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, or national origin; and (2) the neighborhood is an appropriate basis for determining public school assignments. Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide Federal financial assistance for educationally deprived students and to specify appropriate remedies for the orderly removal of the vestiges of the dual school system. Title I: Assistance - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education, in administering title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and any program designed to assist local educational agencies in achieving desegregation or preventing, reducing, or eliminating isolation based on race, color, or national origin in the public schools, shall take such action consistent with the provisions of this title to provide assistance under such programs in such a manner as to concentrate the funds available for carrying out such programs for the provision of basic instructional services and basic supp…

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