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Education Department Office of Civil Rights
1991-05-17T13:01:43-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTU2XC8xOTkxMDUxNzEzMDQzMTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The committee, chaired by Senator Paul Simon (D-Illinois), heard testimony on the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, an agency designed to enforce civil rights legislation in U.S. schools. The committee specifically wanted to investigate minorities' status in educational “tracking,” the process through which fast learners are distinguished from slow learners, as well as minorities' status in special education programs and minority scholarships. In December 1990, the Department of Education announced a curtailment of scholarships based on minority status, but the policy was put on hold after public criticism of the policy. Mr. Williams defended the Office of Civil Rights' work as an investigator of public complaints of civil rights violations. He stated the high priority issues of the Office of Civil Rights for 1992 as being: special education for minorities, sexual harassment cases, desegregation, age discrimination by graduate schools, discrimination in student discipli
The committee, chaired by Senator Paul Simon (D-Illinois), heard testimony on the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, an agenc… read more
The committee, chaired by Senator Paul Simon (D-Illinois), heard testimony on the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, an agency designed to enforce civil rights legislation in U.S. schools. The committee specifically wanted to investigate minorities' status in educational “tracking,” the process through which fast learners are distinguished from slow learners, as well as minorities' status in special education programs and minority scholarships. In December 1990, the Department of Education announced a curtailment of scholarships based on minority status, but the policy was put on hold after public criticism of the policy. Mr. Williams defended the Office of Civil Rights' work as an investigator of public complaints of civil rights violations. He stated the high priority issues of the Office of Civil Rights for 1992 as being: special education for minorities, sexual harassment cases, desegregation, age discrimination by graduate schools, discrimination in student discipli close
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