Title 20 — Education
Part 3 · Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students
§ 1710. Civil actions by Attorney General; notice of violations; certification respecting undertaking appropriate remedial action
Statutory text
The Attorney General shall not institute a civil action under section 1706 of this title before he—
gives to the appropriate educational agency notice of the condition or conditions which, in his judgment, constitute a violation of part 2 of this subchapter; and
certifies to the appropriate district court of the United States that he is satisfied that such educational agency has not, within a reasonable time after such notice, undertaken appropriate remedial action.
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 § 211 · [88 Stat. 484]
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1710
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 211, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 211, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 211. suits by the attorney general The Attorney General shall not institute a civil action under section 207 before he— (a) gives to the appropriate educational agency notice of the condition or conditions which, in his judgment, constitute a violation of subpart 2 of this part; and (b) certifies to the appropriate district court of the United States that he is satisfied that such educational agency has not, within a reasonable time after such notice, undertaken appropriate remedial action.
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.