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HJ 184 Study; implementation of Fordice on higher education.

Introduced by: Jerrauld C. Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Study; Implementation of Fordice. Establishes the Commission on the Impact of Certain Federal Court Decisions on the Commonwealth's Institutions of Higher Education to assess the policy implications of recent federal court decisions on Virginia, particularly the directives in U. S. v. Fordice, 112 S. Ct. 2727 (1992), which requires states which previously operated dual segregated systems of higher education to remove all vestiges of past discrimination "to the extent practicable and consistent with sound educational practices." The Commission is requested, among other things, to (i) review and consider the findings and recommendations of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Status of and Need for Academic Preparation, Financial Assistance, and Incentive Programs to Encourage Minorities to Pursue Postsecondary Education and Training, HJR 199 (1994), and the Southern Education Foundation; (ii) evaluate the status of the Virginia Plan for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education relative to certain agreements between the U. S. Office for Civil Rights and the Commonwealth, and recent federal court decisions; and (iii) recommend revisions in the statewide Plan to expand educational opportunities for all Virginians, giving particular attention to the need to increase the numbers of African-American and other minority students, faculty, and administrators at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and in the professional schools.

This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Status of and Need for Academic Preparation, Financial Assistance, and Incentive Programs to Encourage Minorities to Pursue Postsecondary Education and Training.


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