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EWP 1.4.2 Yr 1955 Gray Comn 1002
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Virginia
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Identifier
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1000482
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1000482_EWP_Gray_Comn_1955_Dec_11002.jpg
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Uncategorized
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Date Created
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2024-01-07
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Jpeg Image
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79ac7920d3fdd13471ecd3a5c1e89cf9fbeb9156585f51301c483f95bbfe7dba
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1000482_EWP_Gray_Comn_1955_Dec_11002.jpg
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Publisher
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Digitized by Edwin Washingon Project
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Rights
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Loudoun County Public Schools
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English
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/1 Civil Rights/integration_folder/Constitutional_Convention/EWP_Gray_Comn_1955_Dec_11002.jpg
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be assigned to a different school named in the application. If the re-
qgest is denied, an immediate review is available in the courts,
May a child be required to attend'an.integrated school?
No. TIf a child is assigned to an integrated school and the parent objects
to such an assignment, the child may be assigned to a segregated school,
or if this is not done the parent will be given an educational grant for
the child. This gives the parent the final decision as to whether the
child should be forced to attend a non-segregated school.
What assistance is given to such a child?
The Report recommends that an educational grant be given to the child!s
parents in an amount not to exceed the total cost of operation per pupil
in average daily attendance in public schools for the locality making
such grant. \
Does the grant given by the State take money from any other locality?
No. It is the same amount of money that the State contributes to that
locality, based on average daily attendance. It will not, therefore,
cost any other community any additional money.
Is a premium givéh to a locality for maintaining a public school system?
Yes. Scholarship grants given in such localities may be so few that no
appreciable saving in operation cost occurs. If there should be any ad-
ditional cost to the local school system because of this, the locality
would be entitled to reimbursement by the State of one-half the coste.
This would not apply where no public school system is in operation.
How would this Plan function in an area such as Northern Virginia?®
In addition to preventing enforced integration, it would provide an or-
derly assignment of pupils with the least impact on the races. Tt would
provide an opportunity for voluntary separation of the races with integra-
tion possible where members of both races desire it.
Is there any provision or suggestion in the Gray Report that public schools
be abolished in any locality?
No. No schools would be abolished except where integration is forced on a
community and local sentiment is so strong against integration that the
citizens refuse to appropriate funds for public education. There is no
power which can force such a locality to make appropriations,
The Gray Commission hopes that, under the assignment plan, this will
not occur. However, faced with resolutions from 52 governing bodies that
they were opposed to integration and formal notices from a number of coun-
ties that are operating schools on a month-to-month basis, that they would
close their schools if integration is forced on them, the Commission felt
that some provision should be made for white and colored children if this
occurred. They, therefore, recormended that the same amount of money ap-
propriated by the State to each child in the community be made available
for scholarships to assist a child of either race in obtaining an educa-
tion in a non-sectarian school.
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be assigned to a different school named in the application. If the re-
qgest is denied, an immediate review is available in the courts,
May a child be required to attend'an.integrated school?
No. TIf a child is assigned to an integrated school and the parent objects
to such an assignment, the child may be assigned to a segregated school,
or if this is not done the parent will be given an educational grant for
the child. This gives the parent the final decision as to whether the
child should be forced to attend a non-segregated school.
What assistance is given to such a child?
The Report recommends that an educational grant be given to the child!s
parents in an amount not to exceed the total cost of operation per pupil
in average daily attendance in public schools for the locality making
such grant. \
Does the grant given by the State take money from any other locality?
No. It is the same amount of money that the State contributes to that
locality, based on average daily attendance. It will not, therefore,
cost any other community any additional money.
Is a premium givéh to a locality for maintaining a public school system?
Yes. Scholarship grants given in such localities may be so few that no
appreciable saving in operation cost occurs. If there should be any ad-
ditional cost to the local school system because of this, the locality
would be entitled to reimbursement by the State of one-half the coste.
This would not apply where no public school system is in operation.
How would this Plan function in an area such as Northern Virginia?®
In addition to preventing enforced integration, it would provide an or-
derly assignment of pupils with the least impact on the races. Tt would
provide an opportunity for voluntary separation of the races with integra-
tion possible where members of both races desire it.
Is there any provision or suggestion in the Gray Report that public schools
be abolished in any locality?
No. No schools would be abolished except where integration is forced on a
community and local sentiment is so strong against integration that the
citizens refuse to appropriate funds for public education. There is no
power which can force such a locality to make appropriations,
The Gray Commission hopes that, under the assignment plan, this will
not occur. However, faced with resolutions from 52 governing bodies that
they were opposed to integration and formal notices from a number of coun-
ties that are operating schools on a month-to-month basis, that they would
close their schools if integration is forced on them, the Commission felt
that some provision should be made for white and colored children if this
occurred. They, therefore, recormended that the same amount of money ap-
propriated by the State to each child in the community be made available
for scholarships to assist a child of either race in obtaining an educa-
tion in a non-sectarian school.
