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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. § 1706"
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description: "Civil actions by individuals denied equal educational opportunities or by Attorney General"
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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: "1706"
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citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1706"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 1706 - Civil actions by individuals denied equal educational opportunities or by Attorney General
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## Text
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An individual denied an equal educational opportunity, as defined by this subchapter may institute a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against such parties, and for such relief, as may be appropriate. The Attorney General of the United States (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Attorney General”), for or in the name of the United States, may also institute such a civil action on behalf of such an individual.
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(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 207, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)
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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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