§ 2000c. Definitions

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. 1964

   Civil Rights Act of 1964

   Pub. L. 88–352 title IV § 401 · 78 Stat. 241

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2000c

   Pub. L. 88–352, title IV, § 401, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 246

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 88–352, title IV, § 401, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 246

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 401. definitions As used in this title— (a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Education. (b) “Desegregation” means the assignment of students to public schools and within such schools without regard to their race, color, religion, or national origin, but “desegregation” shall not mean the assignment of students to public schools in order to overcome racial imbalance. (c) “Public school” means any elementary or secondary educational “Public school.” institution, and “public college” means any institution of higher education or any technical or vocational school above the secondary school level, provided that such public school or public college is operated by a State, subdivision of a State, or governmental agency within a State, or operated wholly or predominantly from or through the use of governmental funds or property, or funds or property derived from a governmental source. (d) “School board” means any agency or agencies which administer “School board.” a system of one or more public schools and any other agency which is responsible for the assignment of students to or within such system.

2. 1972

   Education Amendments of 1972

   Pub. L. 92–318 title IX § 906(a) · 86 Stat. 235

   Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2000c(b)

   Pub. L. 92–318 inserted “sex” after “religion,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–318 inserted “sex” after “religion,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Sections 401(b), 407(a)(2), 410, and 902 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000c (b), 2000c–6(a)(2), 2000c–9, and 2000h–2) are each amended by inserting the word “sex” after the word 78 Stat. 246, 266. “religion”.

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