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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students

§ 1758. Reasonable time for developing voluntary school desegregation plans following detailed notice of violations

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other law or provision of law, no court or officer of the United States shall enter, as a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of equal protection of the laws, any order for enforcement of a plan of desegregation or modification of a court-approved plan, until such time as the local educational agency to be affected by such order has been provided notice of the details of the violation and given a reasonable opportunity to develop a voluntary remedial plan. Such time shall permit the local educational agency sufficient opportunity for community participation in the development of a remedial plan.

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 § 259 · [88 Stat. 484]

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1758

    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 259, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 521.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 259, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 521.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 259. reasonable time for developing voluntary plan for desegregating schools Notwithstanding any other law or provision of law, no 20 USC 1758. court or officer of the United States shall enter, as a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of equal protection of the laws, any order for enforcement of a plan of desegregation or modification of a court-approved plan, until such time as the local educational agency to be affected by such order has been provided notice of the details of the violation and given a reasonable opportunity to develop a voluntary remedial plan. Such time shall permit the local educational agency sufficient opportunity for community participation in the development of a remedial plan.

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, § 259, , 88 Stat. 521.)

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