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Article: Bush Opposes Proposed Technology Grant Program for Minority Colleges.

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By David Lerman, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 23--WASHINGTON--The Bush administration declared its opposition Tuesday to a bill pushed by Virginia lawmakers that would create a grant program for computer technology at historically black and other minority-serving colleges and universities.

Breaking months of official silence, the administration said such a program would duplicate current efforts and would raise "constitutional concerns" because of the use of race in determining a school's eligibility for grant money.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. George Allen, R-Va., and Rep. J. Randy Forbes, ...

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