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B-164031(1) 1 (1970-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkug0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the General - Accounting Office except on the basis of s Plocsfic approval by the Office of Legislative j.jaison, a reco4d of which is kept by the Distribution Section, PAublications Branch, OAS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TH4E UNITED STATES gI) WASHINGTON C 20548LE SE .....o~o o: .,,RELEASED /f-IXT°~7 B-164031(1) AVG 1 a 197 Dear Mr. Cramer: As requested in your letter of April 2 (encl. II), and as agreed to in our letter of June 8, 1970 (encl. III), we have investigated certain ac- tivities of the Florida School Desegregation Consulting Center (Center) related to the development of plans for the desegregation of student bodies m the public schools of selected Florida counties. The Florida School Desegregation Consulting Center is operated by the University of Miami under a cost-reimbursement contract with the Office of Education; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) The present contract was effective June 30, 1966, and is pres- ently funded through December 31, 1970. The estimated cosi f the contract is approximately $1,400,000. Reimbursements to t1l contrac- tor through June 30, 1970, were about $870,000. The contract was awarded pursuant to sections 403 and404 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000 c-2 and 2000 c-.3). Section 403 authorizes the Commissioner of Education, upon application of any gov- ernmnental unit legally responsible for operating public schools, to render technical assistance to such applicant ini the preparation, adoption, and implementation of plans for the desegregation of public schools. Tech- nical assistance is defined as including, among other things, making available to applicant agencies personnel of the Office of Education or other persons who are specially equipped to advise and assist in coping with special educational problems occasioned by desegregation. Sec- tion 404 authorizes the Commissioner of Education to arrange with in- stitutions of higher education for the operation of institutes for special training to improve the ability of elementary or secondary school per- sonnel to deal effectively with special educational problems occasioned by desegregation The contract provides that the Center carry out these activities. As agreed to during a discussion between you and members of our ii staff on May 20, 1970, and as outlined in our letter of June 8,,1970, we P reviewed certain matters related to the Center's involvement$rith de- segregation plans for public schools in Manatee, Pinellas, Volusia, cI1%io- IJ_3

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