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Title 20 — Education

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

§ 7942. Purpose

Statutory text

The purpose of this subpart is to provide teachers, principals, and other school professionals the tools they need to undertake reasonable actions to maintain order, discipline, and an appropriate educational environment.

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 VIII § 8552 · 79 Stat. 27

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 7942

    Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8552, formerly title II, § 2362, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1667

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8552, formerly title II, § 2362, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1667

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was classified to section 6732 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 114–95.

Credits

2002–2015 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8552, formerly title II, § 2362, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, , 115 Stat. 1667
  2. 2015renumbered title IX, § 9542, renumbered title VIII, § 8552, Pub. L. 114–95, title II, § 2001(a)(3)(A), (B), (D), title VIII, § 8001(a)(7), , 129 Stat. 1913, 2088, 2089.
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(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8552, formerly title II, § 2362, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, , 115 Stat. 1667; renumbered title IX, § 9542, renumbered title VIII, § 8552, Pub. L. 114–95, title II, § 2001(a)(3)(A), (B), (D), title VIII, § 8001(a)(7), , 129 Stat. 1913, 2088, 2089.)

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