E.D. Urged To Delay Rules On Race-Based Scholarships
WASHINGTON--The chairmen of eight Congressional committees last week asked Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander to refrain from issuing final regulations on race-exclusive scholarships until after he has reviewed a General Accounting Office study on the matter that is now under way.
In a letter dated April 21, the eight Democrats said the department does not have enough information about race-exclusive scholarships to make an informed decision. They also said the department should consider how its policy determination would affect other laws.
The letter said that although three higher-education organizations provided data to the department during a 90-day open-comment period that closed March 9, they did not define "race exclusive'' or "minority'' scholarships uniformly. The organizations also did not take into account scholarships for ethnic minorities...
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