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Title 20 — Education

Part D · Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools

§ 7231a. Definition

Statutory text

For the purpose of this part, the term “magnet school” means a public elementary school, public secondary school, public elementary education center, or public secondary education center that offers a special curriculum capable of attracting substantial numbers of students of different racial backgrounds.

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. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–10 title IV § 4402 · 79 Stat. 27

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 7231a

    Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4402, formerly title V, § 5302, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1807

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4402, formerly title V, § 5302, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1807

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4402 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 3122 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.

Credits

2002–2015 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4402, formerly title V, § 5302, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, , 115 Stat. 1807
  2. 2015renumbered title IV, § 4402, Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4001(b)(3)(A), (B), (D)(i), , 129 Stat. 1967.
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(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4402, formerly title V, § 5302, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, , 115 Stat. 1807; renumbered title IV, § 4402, Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4001(b)(3)(A), (B), (D)(i), , 129 Stat. 1967.)

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