Title 20 — Education
Part 3 · Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students
§ 1706. Civil actions by individuals denied equal educational opportunities or by Attorney General
Statutory text
An individual denied an equal educational opportunity, as defined by this subchapter may institute a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against such parties, and for such relief, as may be appropriate. The Attorney General of the United States (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Attorney General”), for or in the name of the United States, may also institute such a civil action on behalf of such an individual.
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 § 207 · [88 Stat. 484]
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1706
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 207, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 207, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 207. civil actions An individual denied an equal educational opportunity, as defined by this part may institute a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against such parties, and for such relief, as may be appropriate. The Attorney General of the United States (hereinafter in this title referred to as the “Attorney General”), for or in the name of the United States, may also institute such a civil action on behalf of such an individual.
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.