20 USC § 7231b - Program authorized

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7231b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7231b - Program authorized"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7231b"
section_name: "Program authorized"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Magnet Schools Assistance"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4403, formerly title V, § 5303, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1807; renumbered title IV, § 4403, Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4001(b)(3)(A), (B), (D)(i), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1967.)"
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# § 7231b. Program authorized

The Secretary, in accordance with this part, is authorized to award grants to eligible local educational agencies, and consortia of such agencies where appropriate, to carry out the purpose of this part for magnet schools that are—

**(1)** part of an approved desegregation plan; and

**(2)** designed to bring students from different social, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds together.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4403, formerly title V, § 5303, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1807; renumbered title IV, § 4403, Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4001(b)(3)(A), (B), (D)(i), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1967.)

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