Date: December 4, 1967
Subject: Weaken Anti-Busing Language
Description: Griffin (R-MI) amendment to the Dirksen (R-IL) amendment, stipulating that federal funds could not be used to transport students to achieve racial balance unless this busing policy were "freely" made by the state or local education authority. The Dirksen amendment flatly prohibited such use of federal funds.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 38-38
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