§7231c — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

Grants under this part can go to a local educational agency or a group of such agencies if they meet one of two conditions. They are eligible if they are carrying out a final court or state order that requires ending segregation of minority students or faculty in their elementary and secondary schools. They are also eligible if, on their own, they have adopted and are carrying out—or will adopt if they get the grant—a plan the Secretary has approved as adequate under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to desegregate those schools.

Title 20, §7231c

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A local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies where appropriate, is eligible to receive a grant under this part to carry out the purpose of this part if such agency or consortium—

(1)is implementing a plan undertaken pursuant to a final order issued by a court of the United States, or a court of any State, or any other State agency or official of competent jurisdiction, that requires the desegregation of minority-group-segregated children or faculty in the elementary schools and secondary schools of such agency; or

(2)without having been required to do so, has adopted and is implementing, or will, if a grant is awarded to such local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, under this part, adopt and implement a plan that has been approved by the Secretary as adequate under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.] for the desegregation of minority-group-segregated children or faculty in such schools.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L. 88–352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241. Title VI of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2000d et seq.) of chapter 21 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2000a of Title 42 and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4404 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 3124 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.

§7231c Eligibility