Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§1716 Voluntary Adoption of Remedies
Title 20 › CHAPTER 39 — EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › SUBCHAPTER I — EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES › Part 4 — Remedies › § 1716
Summary
Schools may choose and carry out lawful desegregation plans that differ from these rules. Federal courts or agencies can approve plans that go beyond the rules if the school voluntarily proposed them.
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Title 20, §1716
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Nothing in this subchapter prohibits an educational agency from proposing, adopting, requiring, or implementing any plan of desegregation, otherwise lawful, that is at variance with the standards set out in this subchapter nor shall any court, department, or agency of the United States be prohibited from approving implementation of a plan which goes beyond what can be required under this subchapter, if such plan is voluntarily proposed by the appropriate educational agency.
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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. § 1716
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102