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title: "20 U.S.C. § 7912"
description: "Unsafe school choice option"
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title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
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chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 7912 - Unsafe school choice option
## Text
(a) Unsafe school choice policy 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) Certification 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.
(Pub. L. 8910, title VIII, § 8532, formerly title IX, § 9532, as added Pub. L. 107110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1984; renumbered title VIII, § 8532, Pub. L. 11495, title VIII, § 8001(a)(6), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 7912, Pub. L. 8910, title IX, § 9212, as added Pub. L. 103382, 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. 107110.