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whose economic atatus might force them to leave high

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school before graduation to find a job.

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I submit this is an accurate report. This is

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exactly the basis upon which this language was adopted

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by the Committee, and while favoring the principle, the

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Minority does not feel especially in view of the fact that

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no testimony was elicited from witnesses on this point,

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to rush headlong into such a commitment; and I must take

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exception with Delegate Wheatley when he says the Com-

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mittee rejected this interpretation.

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We agree with the Majority that any language

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about antidiscrimination in education is repetitive and

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unnecessary in this Constitution. By means of Amendment

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3 to R and P 1, we have adopted overwhelmingly a proposal

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that no one in the State shall be subjected to discrim-

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ination by the State.

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This certainly would apply to education, and

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we feel that any repetition of this point would be unneces-

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sary.

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Now, this language, equal educational oppor-

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tunities, presents many problems. I will not go into the