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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "20 U.S.C. § 1701"
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description: "Congressional declaration of policy"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 20
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title_name: "EDUCATION"
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chapter_number: "39"
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chapter_name: "EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS"
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section: "1701"
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citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1701"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 1701 - Congressional declaration of policy
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## Text
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(a) Entitlement to equal educational opportunity; neighborhood as appropriate basis The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States that—
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(1) all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and
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(2) the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments.
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(b) 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.
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(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 202, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 514.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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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.
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Short TitlePub. L. 93–380, title II, § 201, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 514, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter and section 1228 of this title and amending section 1608 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974’.”
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