THE ADMINISTRATION BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION OF THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 HAS BEEN REORGANIZED. UNDER NEW GUIDELINES GREATER STRESS HAS BEEN PUT ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE UNDER TITLE IV OF THE ACT. BUDGET AND STAFF HAVE BEEN INCREASED, AND A NEW DIRECTOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED WHO ALSO ACTS AS LIAISON WITH…

Discusses the history, legal standards, and enforcement procedures of Title IV and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the role those statutes have played in the federal enforcement of the equal protection clause. (82 references) (MLF)

This document reports and analyzes direct technical assistance to school districts for the calendar year 1969. More than 6,400 requests for technical assistance were serviced from 1,300 school districts; approximately three-fourths of these requests were from Southern and border states. A major service was assisting school systems with the…

An Institute funded under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was held during 1968-69 in order to concentrate on the attitudes of the administrative leadership of the schools involved in a busing program. The purpose of the Institute was to initiate and evaluate action programs to facilitate the implementation of the School System's…

The Program for Educational Opportunity, an institute based at the University of Michigan and established by the Office of Education pursuant to Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, is designed to assist school districts in the process of desegregation. The Program annually conducts a series of conferences. The Conference on Developments in…

The program authorized under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to provide help with problems incident to school desegregation, operated under an appropriation of $10,750,000 in fiscal year 1969. During this period, the Division of Equal Educational Opportunities (DEEO) supported five distinct program activities: direct technical assistance…