42 U.S.C. § 2000c: Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this part. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education. "Desegregation" means placing students in schools or classes without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, but it does not mean moving students just to fix racial imbalance. "Public school" means elementary or secondary schools, and "public college" means higher education or technical schools, if they are run by a state or local government or are mainly funded with government money. "School board" means any agency that runs public schools or assigns students.

Title 42, §2000c

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As used in this subchapter—

(a)“Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.

(b)“Desegregation” means the assignment of students to public schools and within such schools without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin, but “desegregation” shall not mean the assignment of students to public schools in order to overcome racial imbalance.

(c)“Public school” means any elementary or secondary educational institution, and “public college” means any institution of higher education or any technical or vocational school above the secondary school level, provided that such public school or public college is operated by a State, subdivision of a State, or governmental agency within a State, or operated wholly or predominantly from or through the use of governmental funds or property, or funds or property derived from a governmental source.

(d)“School board” means any agency or agencies which administer a system of one or more public schools and any other agency which is responsible for the assignment of students to or within such system.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1972—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–318 inserted “sex” after “religion,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary means the Secretary of Education” substituted for “Commissioner means the Commissioner of Education” in subsec. (a) pursuant to section 301(a)(1) and 507 of Pub. L. 96–88, which are classified to section 3441(a)(1) and 3507 of Title 20, Education, and which transferred all functions of Commissioner of Education of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary of Education.

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