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§2000c–4 Grants for Inservice Training in Dealing with and for Employment of Specialists to Advise in Problems Incident to Desegregation; Factors for Consideration in Making Grants and Fixing Amounts, Terms, and Conditions

Title 42 › Chapter 21— CIVIL RIGHTS › Subchapter IV— PUBLIC EDUCATION › § 2000c–4

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give a school board a grant to pay for two things: training current teachers and staff to handle problems that come up during desegregation, and hiring experts to advise on those desegregation problems. When deciding whether to award a grant and how much, the Secretary must look at how much money is available, other pending requests, the school board’s finances and other resources, how big and serious its desegregation problems are, and any other relevant facts.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2000c–4

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(a)The Secretary is authorized, upon application of a school board, to make grants to such board to pay, in whole or in part, the cost of—

(1)giving to teachers and other school personnel inservice training in dealing with problems incident to desegregation, and

(2)employing specialists to advise in problems incident to desegregation.

(b)In determining whether to make a grant, and in fixing the amount thereof and the terms and conditions on which it will be made, the Secretary shall take into consideration the amount available for grants under this section and the other applications which are pending before him; the financial condition of the applicant and the other resources available to it; the nature, extent, and gravity of its problems incident to desegregation; and such other factors as he finds relevant.

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Transfer of Functions

“Secretary”, meaning the Secretary of Education, substituted in text for “Commissioner” 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 to Secretary of Education.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2000c–4

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60