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Title 20 — Education

Part 4 · Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students

§ 1712. Formulating remedies; applicability

Statutory text

In formulating a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of the equal protection of the laws, a court, department, or agency of the United States shall seek or impose only such remedies as are essential to correct particular denials 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.

  1. Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–380 title II § 213 · [88 Stat. 484]

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1712

    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 213, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 213, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 213. formulating remedies; applicability In formulating a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of the equal protection of the laws, a court, department, or agency of the. United States shall seek or impose only such remedies as are essential to correct particular denials 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.

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 213, , 88 Stat. 516.)

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