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# 20 U.S.C. § 1751 - Prohibition against assignment or transportation of students to overcome racial imbalance

## Text

No provision of this Act shall be construed to require the assignment or transportation of students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance.

(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 251, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 519.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–380, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 484, known as the Education Amendments of 1974. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1974 Amendment note set out under section 6301 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection 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.