EWP 1.4.2 Yr 1955 Gray Comn 002
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EWP 1.4.2 Yr 1955 Gray Comn 002
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Place
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Virginia
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Identifier
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1000489
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1000489_EWP_Informatory_Statement_002.jpg
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Uncategorized
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Date Created
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2024-01-07
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c8033df214306b6ee19820837ee91b9207509e5cdafa28536aba305351b5d96d
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1000489_EWP_Informatory_Statement_002.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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Language
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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_Informatory_Statement_002.jpg
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LEGISLATION FROPOSED BY GRAY COMMISSION
l. That school boards be authorised to assign pupils to particular
schools and to provide for appeals in certain instancese.
2. That no child be required to attend an integrated school.
3s That the sections of the Code relating to the powers and duties
of school boards relative to transportation of pupils be amended so as to
provice that school boards may furnish t ransportation for pupilse
ks That changes be made in the law relating to the assignment of
teacherss
5> That localities be authorized to raise sums of money by a tax on
property, subject to local taxation, to be expended by local school authorities
for cducational purposes including cost of transportation and to receive
and expend State aid for the same purposess
6, That school budgets be required to include amounts sufficient for
the payment of tuition grants andt ransportation costs under certain cir-
cumstances; that local governing bodies be authorized to raise money for
such purposes; that provision be made for the expenditure of such funds;
and that the State Board of Education be empowered to waive certain
conditions in the distribution of State funds.
7o That provision be made for the reimbursement by the State of
. one=half of any additional costs which may be incurred by certain localities
in payment of tuition grants required by lawe
8+ That local school boards be authorized to expend funds designed
for public school purposes for such tuition grants as may be permitted by
law without first obtaining authority therefor from the tax levying bodys
9+ That the employment of counsel by local school boards be au-
thorized to defend the actions of their members and that the payment of
costs, expenses and liabilities levied against them be made by the local
governing bodies out of the county or city treasury as the case may bees
10 That the Virginia Supplemental Retirement Act be broadened to
provide for the retirement of certain private school teachers.
1l. That the office of the Attorney General should be authorized to
render certain services to local school boardse
12, That those sections of the Code relating to the minimum school
term, appeals from actions of school boards, State funds whichare paid
for public schools in counties, school levies and use thereof, cash appro-
priations in lieu of school levies, and unexpended school funds, be amendedj
and that certain obsolete sections of the Code be repealeds
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LEGISLATION FROPOSED BY GRAY COMMISSION
l. That school boards be authorised to assign pupils to particular
schools and to provide for appeals in certain instancese.
2. That no child be required to attend an integrated school.
3s That the sections of the Code relating to the powers and duties
of school boards relative to transportation of pupils be amended so as to
provice that school boards may furnish t ransportation for pupilse
ks That changes be made in the law relating to the assignment of
teacherss
5> That localities be authorized to raise sums of money by a tax on
property, subject to local taxation, to be expended by local school authorities
for cducational purposes including cost of transportation and to receive
and expend State aid for the same purposess
6, That school budgets be required to include amounts sufficient for
the payment of tuition grants andt ransportation costs under certain cir-
cumstances; that local governing bodies be authorized to raise money for
such purposes; that provision be made for the expenditure of such funds;
and that the State Board of Education be empowered to waive certain
conditions in the distribution of State funds.
7o That provision be made for the reimbursement by the State of
. one=half of any additional costs which may be incurred by certain localities
in payment of tuition grants required by lawe
8+ That local school boards be authorized to expend funds designed
for public school purposes for such tuition grants as may be permitted by
law without first obtaining authority therefor from the tax levying bodys
9+ That the employment of counsel by local school boards be au-
thorized to defend the actions of their members and that the payment of
costs, expenses and liabilities levied against them be made by the local
governing bodies out of the county or city treasury as the case may bees
10 That the Virginia Supplemental Retirement Act be broadened to
provide for the retirement of certain private school teachers.
1l. That the office of the Attorney General should be authorized to
render certain services to local school boardse
12, That those sections of the Code relating to the minimum school
term, appeals from actions of school boards, State funds whichare paid
for public schools in counties, school levies and use thereof, cash appro-
priations in lieu of school levies, and unexpended school funds, be amendedj
and that certain obsolete sections of the Code be repealeds
