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Title 20 — Education

Part 6 · Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students

§ 1721. Separability

Statutory text

If any provision of this subchapter or of any amendment made by this subchapter, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this subchapter and of the amendments made by this subchapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

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 § 223 · [88 Stat. 484]

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1721

    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 223, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 519.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 223, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 519.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 223. separability of provisions If any provision of this part or of any amendment made 20 USC 1721. by this part, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this part and of the amendments made by this part and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this part”, meaning part A of title II of Pub. L. 93–380, , 88 Stat. 519, which is classified generally to this subchapter.

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, § 223, , 88 Stat. 519.)

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