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1964-09-15 Minutes - Executive Council of the Governor;s Commission on Human Rights Page 2

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I. Of 463 school districts, 444 have responded.

II. 97 of 99 county school boards have responded.

III. 76 of the 444 school districts who responded have public policies with regard to non-discrimination in hiring and placement of teachers.

IV. 147 of the 444 school districts who responded have taken no formal action. (For various reasons the districts felt that it was not necessary for them to issue policy statements - it is assumed that they have non-discriminatory policies.)

V. 32 negroes are employed as teachers in the 444 districts that responded.

VI. 4433 negro pupils are attending school in the 444 districts that responded.

The final detailed report will be given at the full Commission meeting.

   At a later date, all state departments and agencies will be asked to issue statements of policy or amend rules and regulations dealing with non-discrimination in employment and services, particularly those state agencies responsible to the Governor.

     There was much discussion on the efforts of Marshalltown citizens to have established by the City Council a statutory municipal Human Relations Agency. The agency would not have staff or enforcement powers. Mr. Gilmour represented the Commission as advisor to Marshalltown citizens as a substitute for Chairman Boles, who was out of the state. Mrs. McLain was designated as a representative of the Governor's Commission to ascertain the present status of the proposed Marshalltown ordinance. Mrs. McLain will report the status of the situation at the next meeting of the full Commission.

     Reference was made to the Iowa City fair housing ordinance. It is the most comprehensive ordinance in the state. The ordinance does have enforcement provisions.

     Consensus of the Executive Committee was that in those instances where the state Commission receives a complaint, where the complaint also comes under the jurisdiction of a statutory municipal agency having enforcement, the Arbitration Committee of the governor's Commission will inform the local Commission of the complaint and seek the local agency's cooperation in investigation and conciliation of said complaint.

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- 2 - I. Of 463 school districts, 444 have responded. II. 97 of 99 county school boards have responded. III. 76 of the 444 school districts who responded have public policies with regard to non-discrimination in hiring and placement of teachers. IV. 147 of the 444 school districts who responded have taken no formal action. (For various reasons the districts felt that it was not necessary for them to issue policy statements - it is assumed that they have non-discriminatory policies.) V. 32 negroes are employed as teachers in the 444 districts that responded. VI. 4433 negro pupils are attending school in the 444 districts that responded. The final detailed report will be given at the full Commission meeting. At a later date, all state departments and agencies will be asked to issue statements of policy or amend rules and regulations dealing with non-discrimination in employment and services, particularly those state agencies responsible to the Governor. There was much discussion on the efforts of Marshalltown citizens to have established by the City Council a statutory municipal Human Relations Agency. The agency would not have staff or enforcement powers. Mr. Gilmour represented the Commission as advisor to Marshalltown citizens as a substitute for Chairman Boles, who was out of the state. Mrs. McLain was designated as a representative of the Governor's Commission to ascertain the present status of the proposed Marshalltown ordinance. Mrs. McLain will report the status of the situation at the next meeting of the full Commission. Reference was made to the Iowa City fair housing ordinance. It is the most comprehensive ordinance in the state. The ordinance does have enforcement provisions. Consensus of the Executive Committee was that in those instances where the state Commission receives a complaint, where the complaint also comes under the jurisdiction of a statutory municipal agency having enforcement, the Arbitration Committee of the governor's Commission will inform the local Commission of the complaint and seek the local agency's cooperation in investigation and conciliation of said complaint.