20 USC § 1651 - Prohibition against assignment or transportation of students to overcome racial imbalance
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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1651"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1651 - Prohibition against assignment or transportation of students to overcome racial imbalance"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1651"
section_name: "Prohibition against assignment or transportation of students to overcome racial imbalance"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–318, title VIII, § 801, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 371.)"
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# § 1651. Prohibition against assignment or transportation of students to overcome racial imbalance
No provision of this Act shall be construed to require the assignment or transportation of students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–318, title VIII, § 801, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 371.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is , , , known as the Education Amendments of 1972. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.