§1703 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

Stops States and their school systems from denying anyone equal schooling because of race, color, sex, or national origin. It says schools must not treat students unfairly for those reasons. That means schools may not deliberately separate students by race, color, or national origin. They must work to fix remaining effects of past segregation. They cannot assign a student to a farther school if that makes segregation worse than sending the student to the nearest appropriate school. Schools may not hire or assign staff in a way that discriminates by race, color, or national origin. They may not move students to increase segregation. They must help students with language barriers so they can take part in classes.

Title 20, §1703

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No State shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, by—

(a)the deliberate segregation by an educational agency of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among or within schools;

(b)the failure of an educational agency which has formerly practiced such deliberate segregation to take affirmative steps, consistent with part 4 of this subchapter, to remove the vestiges of a dual school system;

(c)the assignment by an educational agency of a student to a school, other than the one closest to his or her place of residence within the school district in which he or she resides, if the assignment results in a greater degree of segregation of students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin among the schools of such agency than would result if such student were assigned to the school closest to his or her place of residence within the school district of such agency providing the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student;

(d)discrimination by an educational agency on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the employment, employment conditions, or assignment to schools of its faculty or staff, except to fulfill the purposes of subsection (f) below;

(e)the transfer by an educational agency, whether voluntary or otherwise, of a student from one school to another if the purpose and effect of such transfer is to increase segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among the schools of such agency; or

(f)the failure by an educational agency to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by its students in its instructional programs.

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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.

§1703 Denial of Equal Educational Opportunity Prohibited

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Title 20, §1703

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