Title 20 — Education
Part 2 · Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students
§ 1705. Assignment on neighborhood basis not a denial of equal educational opportunity
Statutory text
Subject to the other provisions of this subchapter, the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student is not a denial of equal educational opportunity or of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or the school to which such student is assigned was located on its site for the purpose of segregating students on such basis.
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 § 206 · [88 Stat. 484]
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1705
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 206, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 515.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 206, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 515.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 206. assignment on neighborhood basis not a dental of equal educational opportunity Subject to the other provisions of this part, the assignment 20 USC 1705. by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student is not a denial of equal educational opportunity or of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or the school to which such student is assigned was located on its site for the purpose of segregating students on such basis.
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.