Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§1754 Provisions respecting transportation of pupils to achieve racial balance and judicial power to insure compliance with constitutional standards applicable to the entire United States
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › § 1754
Summary
No federal court or government official can order students to be moved from one school or school district to another just to create a certain racial mix, and courts cannot be given extra power to enforce the Constitution for that purpose. This rule covers every public school student, school, school system, and school board everywhere in the United States, at all times and in all situations.
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Title 20, §1754
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The proviso of section 407(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000c–6(a)] providing in substance that no court or official of the United States shall be empowered to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards shall apply to all public school pupils and to every public school system, public school and public school board, as defined by title IV [42 U.S.C. 2000c et seq.], under all circumstances and conditions and at all times in every State, district, territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States, regardless of whether the residence of such public school pupils or the principal offices of such public school system, public school or public school board is situated in the northern, eastern, western, or southern part of the United States.
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Effective Date
Section effective on and after sixtieth day after Aug. 21, 1974, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380, set out as a note under section 1221–1 of this title.
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20 U.S.C. § 1754
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73