Hearing on Schools and Religions

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19704-19705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10403]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Hearing on Schools and Religions

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil 
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, section 3, Public Law 103-
419, 108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR 702.3, that a public 
hearing before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on 
Wednesday, May 20, 1998, beginning at 9:30 a.m., in the YWCA Building, 
Conference Room 540, located at 624 Ninth Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20425.
    The purpose of the hearing is to collect information within the 
jurisdiction of the Commission, under 45 CFR 702.2, to examine the 
operation of the Equal Access Act and similar

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laws and the adherence by the public schools to these laws and the 
Constitution in regard to religious freedom. The Commission is 
authorized to hold hearings and to issue subpoenas for the production 
of documents and the attendance of witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR 
701.2(c). The Commission is an independent bipartisan, factfinding 
agency authorized to study, collect, and disseminate information, and 
to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government, and to 
study and collect information with respect to discrimination or denials 
of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, 
color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the 
administration of justice.
    Hearing impaired persons who will attend the hearing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter, should contact Betty 
Edmiston, Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division at (202) 
376-8105 (TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before 
the scheduled date of the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Brooks, Press and Communications (202) 367-8312.

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
Stephanie Y. Moore,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-10403 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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