HEARING ON THE FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF
EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY LAWS

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, NOVEMBER 28, 1989

Serial No. 101-73

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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman

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1989

Hearing held in Washington, DC, November 28, 1989

Statement of:

Chavkin, David, Senior Program Analyst, National Center for Clinical

Infant Programs; Pamela Monroe Young, Legislative Counsel, NAACP,

Washington Bureau; Ellen J. Vargyas, Esquire, National Women's Law

Center; Norman Cantu, Director of Elementary and Secondary Pro-

grams, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; Susan

Liss, Citizens' Commission for Civil Rights; accompanied by: Elliot

Mincberg, Legal Director, People for the American Way and James J.

Lyons, National Association for Bilingual Education

McClure, Phyllis, Director, Division of Policy and Information, NAACP

Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; Elliott Lichtman, Esq.,

Lichtman, Trister, Singer & Ross; Dr. Ethel Simon-McWilliams, Deseg-

regation Assistance Center, Northwest Regional Educational Laborato-

ry; and Dr. Gary Orfield, Director, Metropolitan Opportunity Project,

University of Chicago..

Smith, Hon. William L., Acting Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil

Rights, U.S. Department of Education; Hon. James P. Turner, Acting

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of

Justice; accompanied by: Roger Clegg, Deputy Assistant Attorney Gen-

eral, Department of Justice; Nathanial Douglas, Equal Education Op-

portunity Laws, Department of Justice; James Littlejohn, Director, Re-

gional and Headquarters Management Review Team, Office for Civil

Rights, U.S. Department of Education; Kenneth Mines, Regional Direc-

tor, Chicago, Department of Education; and William Bostic, Deputy

Assistant Undersecretary for Operations, Office for Civil Rights, U.S.

Department of Education, and Cathy H. Lewis, Acting Director, Policy

and Enforcement Service, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of

Education.

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera:

Der, Henry, Executive Director, Chinese for Affirmative Action, prepared

statement on behalf of the Asian American Task Force on University

Admissions.....

Lichtman, Elliott, Esq., Lichtman, Trister, Singer & Ross, prepared state-

ment of

Lowey, Hon. Nita M., a Representative in Congress from the State of
New York, prepared statement of........

McClure, Phyllis, Director, Division of Policy and Information, NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., prepared statement of........

Mincberg, Elliot, Legal Director, People for the American Way, prepared

statement of.....

Orfield, Dr. Gary, University of Chicago, Director, Metropolitan Opportu-

nity Project, prepared statement of..

Rohrabacher, Hon. Dana, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California, prepared statement of.

Simon-McWilliams, Dr. Ethel, Director, Desegregation Assistance Center,
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, prepared statement of..

Smith, Hon. William L., Acting Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil

Rights, U.S. Department of Education:

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Letter dated January 16, 1990 to Hon. Augustus F. Hawkins enclos-

ing additional response for the record...

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Prepared statement of.

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Turner, Hon. James P., Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights

Division, U.S. Department of Justice, prepared statement of.

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