Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60

§7912 Unsafe School Choice Option

Title 20 › Chapter 70— STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › Subchapter VIII— GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part F— Uniform Provisions › Subpart 2— other provisions › § 7912

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require States that get these federal education funds to have a statewide rule letting any student who attends a school the State calls "persistently dangerous" or who is the victim of a violent crime at their school transfer to a safe public school in the same district, including public charter schools. States must give the Secretary a written certification that they are following this rule.

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Title 20, §7912

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(a)Each State receiving funds under this chapter shall establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that a student attending a persistently dangerous public elementary school or secondary school, as determined by the State in consultation with a representative sample of local educational agencies, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense, as determined by State law, while in or on the grounds of a public elementary school or secondary school that the student attends, be allowed to attend a safe public elementary school or secondary school within the local educational agency, including a public charter school.

(b)As a condition of receiving funds under this chapter, a State shall certify in writing to the Secretary that the State is in compliance with this section.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 7912, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9212, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3805, defined terms, prior to the general amendment of former subchapter IX of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

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20 U.S.C. § 7912

Title 20 — Education

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60