Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§1721 Separability
Title 20 › CHAPTER 39 — EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › SUBCHAPTER I — EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES › Part 6 — Miscellaneous Provisions › § 1721
Summary
If part of this subchapter or a change it makes is found invalid for someone or some situation, the rest stays in force for others.
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Title 20, §1721
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If any provision of this subchapter or of any amendment made by this subchapter, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this subchapter and of the amendments made by this subchapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
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References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this part”, meaning part A of title II of Pub. L. 93–380, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 519, which is classified generally to this subchapter.
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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. § 1721
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102