Entitlement to equal educational opportunity; neighborhood as appropriate basis
The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States that—
all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and
the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments.
Purpose
In order to carry out this policy, it is the purpose of this subchapter to specify appropriate remedies for the orderly removal of the vestiges of the dual school system.
Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 20288 Stat. 514(, , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380section 1221–1 of this titleSection effective on and after sixtieth day after , see , set out as a note under .
Short Title
Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 20188 Stat. 514
section 1228 of this titlesection 1608 of this title“This title [enacting this chapter and and amending ] may be cited as the ‘Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974’.”
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