Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964; Lead Agency Status for Elementary and Secondary Schools and Institutions
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Announcement of Title VI Lead
Agency Status for Elementary and Secondary Schools and Institutions of Higher
Education.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that by
operation of law, under the Department of Education Organization Act, Pub. L.
96-88, Section 509, all Federal interagency agreements in force on May 4, 1980,
the effective date of the Act, which delegated to the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare (HEW) certain compliance responsibilities under Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with regard to elementary and secondary
schools and institutions of higher education, apply to the Department of
Education (ED). Under these agreements and the Department of Education
Organization Act, ED is now the lead agency for Title VI compliance rather than
HEW.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The
agencies and subject areas for which HEW was the lead agency under Title VI
delegations of authority and for which ED became the lead agency on May 4, 1980
are as follows:
Agency
Subject area
Effective
date of delegation*
Agriculture.............................
Higher Education..................
Feb.
7, 1967.
Atomic Energy Commission (Dept. of Energy).
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
22, 1966.
Apr.
22, 1966.
ACTION.................................
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
Mar.
22, 1966.
Mar.
22, 1966.
Agency for International Development.
Higher Education..................
Mar.
30, 1966..
Department of Commerce.
Higher Education..................
Nov.
5, 1966.
Department of Defense.
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
2, 1966.
Apr.
14, 1966.
General Services Administration.
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
22, 1966.
June
13, 1966.
Department of Housing and urban Development.
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
22, 1966.
May
26, 1966.
Department of the Interior.
Elementary
and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
22, 1966.
June
13, 1966.
National Endowment for the Arts/National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Elementary
and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
8, 1976.
June
8, 1976.
National Science Foundation.
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
22, 1966.
Apr.
26, 1966.
Office of Economic Opportunity (Community Services
Administration).
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
July
23, 1966.
Apr.
22, 1966.
Office of Emergency Planning.
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
June
22, 1966.
Mar.
30, 1966.
Department of State.
Higher Education..................
July
23, 1966.
Department of Transportation.
Higher Education..................
Aug.
3, 1966.
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Higher Education..................
Apr.
22, 1966.
Veterans Administration.
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Higher Education..................
Jan.
17, 1969.
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
Higher Education..................
Sept.
24, 1970.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Higher Education..................
Mar.
15, 1966.
Small Business Administration.
Elementary and Secondary Schools.
June
22, 1966.
*With the exception of the General Services
Administration agreement, which provided for a retroactive effective date, the
effective date is the date the delegation was accepted by HEW.