Reading Room Document

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act: School Lunch Program in Private Schools.

The document discusses the issue of whether the school lunch program should be continued in segregated private schools. It highlights the lack of specific regulations addressing school segregation under the program and the implications of not requiring integration for public schools participating in the program. The conclusion reached is that there is no commitment against requiring integration in private schools, and the Department of Agriculture is inclined to do so unless there is dissent. The questions presented for review include whether integration should be required in private schools participating in the school lunch program and the implications of using alternative means, such as Title IV, to achieve desegregation.

February 15, 1965