Title 20 — Education
Part 4 · Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students
§ 1715. District lines
Statutory text
In the formulation of remedies under section 1712 or 1713 of this title the lines drawn by a State, subdividing its territory into separate school districts, shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose, and had the effect, of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin.
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 § 216 · [88 Stat. 484]
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1715
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 216, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 518.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 216, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 518.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 216. district lines In the formulation of remedies under section 213 or 214 of this part the lines drawn by a State, subdividing its territory into separate school districts, shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose, and had the effect, of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin.
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.