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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students

§ 1756. Remedies with respect to school district lines

Statutory text

In the formulation of remedies under this chapter 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, or maintained or crossed for the purpose, and had the effect of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or where it is established that, as a result of discriminatory actions within the school districts, the lines have 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.

  1. Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–380 title II § 257 · [88 Stat. 484]

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1756

    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 257, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 520.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 257, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 520.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 257. remedies with respect to school district lines In the formulation of remedies under 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, or maintained or crossed for the purpose, and had the effect of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or where it is established that, as a result of discriminatory actions within the school districts, the lines have 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.

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 257, , 88 Stat. 520.)

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