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NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS ACT, 1974

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1974

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, 10:05 a.m., in room 4232, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Claiborne Pell, subcommittee chairman, presiding.

Present: Senators Pell, Beall, and Chiles.

Senator PELL. The hearing of the Subcommittee on Education will come to order.

Today we meet to discuss S. 503, which was introduced by the junior Senator from Florida, Mr. Chiles. This bill seeks to strengthen the so-called neighborhood school concept by providing a demonstration grant program through State educational agencies for grants to local schools which would be used in a manner that would enable local schools to upgrade the education offered in those local schools to such a degree that the educational deprivation, which many believe to be prevalent in our schools today, would no longer exist.

We will first hear from the sponsor of S. 503, Senator Lawton Chiles. At this point, I order that the bill be printed in the record.

[The bill referred to follows:]

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93D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 503

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 23, 1973

Mr. CHILES introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To protect the concept of neighborhood schools, to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies in each State in order to strengthen neighborhood schools and to increase the use of such schools as community, cultural, and educational centers, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 TITLE I-NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS PROGRAM 4 SEC. 101. That this title may be cited as the "Neighbor5 hood School Act of 1972".

6 SEC. 102. (a) It is the policy of the United States to 7 encourage the concept of the neighborhood school so that 8 students are assigned to a public elementary or secondary

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1 school solely on the basis of residence within the geographic 2 zone which that school serves.

3 (b) It is further the policy of the United States that no 4 student may be denied attendance at the neighborhood 5 school serving the geographic zone in which he resides on 6 the basis of race, creed, color, religion, or national origin. 7 SEC. 203. (a) It is also provided that any student has 8 the right to transfer and be provided transportation out of 9 the neighborhood public elementary or secondary school serv10 ing the geographic zone in which he resides if such a student 11 is a member of a minority group and that minority group 12 constitutes at least 50 per centum of the students enrolled in 13 that school.

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(b) For the purpose of this section

(1) "minority group" means any individuals who

are Negro, American Indian, Spanish-surnamed American, Portuguese, or Oriental, and, as determined by the Secretary pursuant to regulations, combinations of any such individuals;

(2) "Spanish-surnamed American" means an individual of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or Spanish

origin or ancestry.

SEC. 204. (a) Federal funds shall be made available

24 under the Elementary and-Secondary Education Act of 1965 25 or any other provision of law to pay the cost of the assign

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1 ment or transportation of students in accordance with the 2 provisions contained in section 3 (a) of the Act.

3 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law no 4 officer or employee of any department or agency of the Fed5 eral Government shall order or require the assignment of 6 transportation of students inconsistent with the policy set 7 forth in this title..

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TITLE II-PRIZE SCHOOLS PROGRAM

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Elementary

11 and Secondary Education Systems Act of 1972".

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

13 SEC. 202. It is the purpose of this title to strengthen the 14 concept of the neighborhood school through a program of 15 financial assistance for use in meeting the special needs of 16 educationally disadvantaged children in such schools and 17 for establishing such schools as educational and cultural cen18 ters for a better community.

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DURATION OF ASSISTANCE

SEC. 203. The Commissioner shall, in accordance with 21 the provisions of this title, make payments to State educa22 tional agencies for grants to local educational agencies for the 23 period beginning July 1, 1972, and ending June 30, 1976.

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