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Knox, Holly – 1982
The existence of Federal laws and policies supportive of educational equity for women was challenged with the election of President Reagan in 1980. The Reagan Administration's philosophy of providing block grants to States threatened to eliminate the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) and Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, both designed…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Community Influence, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report reassesses for the Department of Education (ED) the enforcement effort of Title IX by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and offers recommendations. OCR is criticized for being very slow to issue important guidelines, process complaints, conduct compliance reviews, and enforce the law. Also OCR is charged with showing little commitment…
Descriptors: Athletics, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Databases
