Title 20 — Education
Part 2 · Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students
§ 1704. Balance not required
Statutory text
The failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal educational opportunity, or equal protection of the laws.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93–380 title II § 205 · [88 Stat. 484]
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1704
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 205, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 515.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 205, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 515.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 205. balance not required The failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, 20 USC 1704. on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal educational opportunity, or equal protection of the laws.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on and after sixtieth day after , see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380, set out as a note under section 1221–1 of this title.