{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s1701","title_num":"20","num":"§ 1701.","heading":"Congressional declaration of policy","status":null,"guid":"id7965c884-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 202, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 514.)","seq_in_title":962,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39/schI/pt1","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 39—","heading":"EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39/schI/pt1","level":"part","num":"Part 1—","heading":"Policy and Purpose","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id7965c884-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701\"><num value=\"1701\">§ 1701.</num><heading> Congressional declaration of policy</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id7965c885-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Entitlement to equal educational opportunity; neighborhood as appropriate basis</heading><chapeau>The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States that—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7965c886-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/a/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7965c887-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/a/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id7965c888-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Purpose</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id7965c889-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/93/380/tII\">Pub. L. 93–380, title II</ref>, § 202, <date date=\"1974-08-21\">Aug. 21, 1974</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/88/514\">88 Stat. 514</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id7965c88a-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id7965c88b-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective on and after sixtieth day after <date date=\"1974-08-21\">Aug. 21, 1974</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/93/380/s2/c\">section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1221–1\">section 1221–1 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"shortTitle\" id=\"id7965c88c-aa92-11e7-95b8-dd598ee907f7\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Short Title</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/93/380/tII\">Pub. L. 93–380, title II</ref>, § 201, <date date=\"1974-08-21\">Aug. 21, 1974</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/88/514\">88 Stat. 514</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/93/380/tII\">“This title [enacting this chapter and <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1228\">section 1228 of this title</ref> and amending <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1608\">section 1608 of this title</ref>] may be cited as the ‘Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974’.”</quotedContent>\n</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"115-64","currency_date":"2017-09-29","congress":115,"law_num":64,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":114,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["10","20","26","38","42","46","47","49","52"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"115-64","currency_date":"2017-09-29","congress":115,"law_num":64,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":114,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["10","20","26","38","42","46","47","49","52"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"115-64","currency_date":"2017-09-29","congress":115,"law_num":64,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":114,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["10","20","26","38","42","46","47","49","52"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}