Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 20 : Section 1701


   


U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1701. Congressional declaration of policy

    (a) Entitlement to equal educational opportunity; neighborhood as
      appropriate basis
      The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States
    that - 
        (1) all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to
      equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex,
      or national origin; and
        (2) the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining
      public school assignments.
    (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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