Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§1705 Assignment on Neighborhood Basis Not a Denial of Equal Educational Opportunity
Title 20 › CHAPTER 39 — EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › SUBCHAPTER I — EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES › Part 2 — Unlawful Practices › § 1705
Summary
If other rules allow, putting a student in the nearest school that serves their grade is not unequal treatment. It becomes unequal only if the assignment or the school's location was meant to separate by race, color, sex, or national origin.
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Title 20, §1705
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Subject to the other provisions of this subchapter, the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student is not a denial of equal educational opportunity or of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or the school to which such student is assigned was located on its site for the purpose of segregating students on such basis.
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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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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 1705
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102