SAT., DECEMBERS, 1929
THE CAROLINA TIMES 3
Civil Qr;!iffst Commission
WASHINGTON, D.CA
j The Federal effort; to :
combat sex discrimination
inReducation is inade-
quate according to the
U.S. Commission on Civil
kights, . ; '.vVr-'Y
The v Commission's
assessment is contained in
a 78-page report released
this week, "Enforcing Ti-j
tie IX,-' which evaluates!
HEW enforcement " of
Title IX from 1977 to May
1980. ,. :
Title IX of the Educa
tion Amendments of 1972;
prohibits sex discrimina-i
tion in any education pro-!
gram or activity that:,
receives Federal financial'
assistance. Approximately
20,000 school districts and
institutions of higher
education receive such
funds. The Department of
Health, Education and :
Welfare (HEW) was'
responsible for ensuring
that they compiled with!
this important civil rights ;
law. In May 1980, this
responsibility, together .
with the basic enforce
ment processes used in
HEW, passed to the new
hr Department of Education
(ED).
Although the study
shows that HEW's Office
of Civil Rights (OCR) im
proved its management
systems and productivity
during the last three years,
it concluded that Title IX
enforcement is "still un
duly slow." It shows that
HEW failed to comply
with a major court order
because it took too long to
resolve policy questions
and that compliance
reviews planned for fiscal
1980 were "irretrievably"
behind schedule, well
before the end of the year.
According to the report,
reviews to resolve com
plaints of sex discrimina
tion in intercollegiate
athletics, one such com
plaint dating back to 1972,
began only six weeks
before the date they were
originally to have been
completed.
The Commission
recommends that ED
reassess OCR's staff
resources in light of falling
productivity figures since
fiscal 1979 and that it stop;
scheduling more com
pliance reviews than can
be completed within the
fiscal year.
The report finds that
schools have not received
enough guidance on -how
to comply with Title IX
and that OCR has not
kept its commitment to in
form the public of Title DC
enforcement
developments.
The commission recom
mends that a comprehen
sive "civjl rights policy
reporter" be published in .
fiscal 1981 and updated
quarterly. The Commis
sion notes that, in order to
meet the public's need for
information, such a com
pilation should include
and cross-reference all
documents relevant to en
forcement policy under
Title IX, as well as Title
VI of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act and Section S04 of the
Rehabilitiation Act of
1973.
The report points out
that although data
management has been im
proved, OCR still cannot
fully evaluate the status of
Title IX compliance or its
own . effectiveness unles
staff reads through each
case file. In particular, the
report cites OCR's inabili
ty to identify all the viola
tions of Title DC it has
found or the remedies it
has required schools to
undertake.
The Commission
recommends several steps
to improve data manage
ment, such as collecting
more date from colleges
and universities. Data now
collected do not indicate
possible sex, race, or han
dicap discriminnation in
such areas as financial aid,
student employment,
nondegree-granting pro
grams, and student ser
vices. Another major finding
in the report is that HEW
has referred few Title IX
cases to the Department of
Justice (DOJ) and that
DOJ has refused to take
any of them to court.
The Commission
recommends that ED and
DQJ agree upon the types
of cases to be referred and
take other steps to im
prove communication and
cooperation.
The Commission says
that a thorough review of
the Title IX enforcement
program should be one of
ED's top priorities. It em
phasizes that its recom
mendations could
strengthen enforcement
not only of Title IX but of
other civil rights laws.
The Commission on
Civil Rights is an indepen
dent, bipartisan, fact
finding agency concerned
with discrimination or
denial of equal protection
of the laws becasue of
race, color, religion, sex,
age, handicap or national
origin.
Members of the Com
mission are Chairman Ar
thur S. Flemming;' Vice
Chair Mary Frances
Berry, professor of history
and law and seniro fellow
int he Institute for the
Study of Educational
Policy at Howard univer
sity, Washingotn, D.C.;
Stephen Horn, presidnet
of California State
University, Long Beach:
Blandina Cardenas
Ramirez, director of
development at the Inter
Cultural Development
Research Association, San
Antonio; Jill S.
Ruckelshaus, former
special assistant to the
President for Woman's
affiars, Washington,
D.C.; and Murray
Sal I zm an, Rabbi,
Baltimore Hebrew Con
gregation, Baltimore.
Louis Nunez is staff
director.
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MARCH OF DIMES National Poster Child, Missy lablonski, is an
enthusiastic gymnast. Doing splits, jumping on the trampoline
and exercising at the ballet barre, all favorite exercises for Missy,
are also remarkable achievements fur a child born with an open
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COME TO THE
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT HEARINGS!
WHEN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1980
WHERE: CITY COONCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
TIME: 7:30 P.M.
The Durham City Council will hold a public hearing to receive-comments on a propos
ed St. Theresa Redevelopment Plan. The St. Theresa Project Area is outlined in the
nap below.
Activities in the Project Area include housing rehabilitation, acquisition of land,
demolition and removal of structures, relocation of displaced families and individuals,
reconstruction of streets and sidewalks and other improvements to make the land
available for development.
Any person or organization interested in the revitilization and preservation of the St.
Theresa neighborhood will be afforded opportunities to comment on the Redevelop
ment Plan.
For more information call the Community Development Department at 683-4160.
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