Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§1755 Additional priority of remedies after finding of de jure segregation
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › § 1755
Summary
After June 30, 1974 U.S. courts can't order transportation fixes (like busing) to remedy legal segregation unless they first find that all other remedies are inadequate.
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Title 20, §1755
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after June 30, 1974 no court of the United States shall order the implementation of any plan to remedy a finding of de jure segregation which involves the transportation of students, unless the court first finds that all alternative remedies are inadequate.
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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. § 1755
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73