Equal Educational Opportunities Act , EEOA (Abkürzung)

The Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA) of 1974 is a federal law of the United States of America.

He set forth two specific proposals on this day: one to effectively eliminate busing entitled "The Student Transportation Moratorium Act" and another entitled the Equal Educational Opportunities Act.

The groundwork for the creation of the Equal Educational Opportunities Act first came about with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination and racial segregation against African Americans and women.

Although the Equal Educational Opportunities Act was not passed at that time, Nixon declared that "[t]his act would require that every State or locality grant equal educational opportunity to every person, regardless of race, color, or national origin".