20 USC § 7912 - Unsafe school choice option

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7912"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7912 - Unsafe school choice option"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7912"
section_name: "Unsafe school choice option"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Uniform Provisions"
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 VIII, § 8532, formerly title IX, § 9532, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1984; renumbered title VIII, § 8532, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(6), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)"
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# § 7912. Unsafe school choice option

**(a)** **Unsafe school choice policy** Each State receiving funds under this chapter shall establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that a student attending a persistently dangerous public elementary school or secondary school, as determined by the State in consultation with a representative sample of local educational agencies, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense, as determined by State law, while in or on the grounds of a public elementary school or secondary school that the student attends, be allowed to attend a safe public elementary school or secondary school within the local educational agency, including a public charter school.

**(b)** **Certification** As a condition of receiving funds under this chapter, a State shall certify in writing to the Secretary that the State is in compliance with this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8532, formerly title IX, § 9532, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1984; renumbered title VIII, § 8532, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(6), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7912, , as added , , , defined terms, prior to the general amendment of former subchapter IX of this chapter by .