§ 1656. — Prohibition against official or court orders to achieve racial balance or insure compliance with constitutional standards applicable to entire United States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC1656]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 37--ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS
Sec. 1656. Prohibition against official or court orders to
achieve racial balance or insure compliance with constitutional
standards applicable to entire United States
The proviso of section 407(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42
U.S.C. 2000c-6(a)] providing in substance that no court or official of
the United States shall be empowered to issue any order seeking to
achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation
of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district
to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge
the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional
standards shall apply to all public school pupils and to every public
school system, public school and public school board, as defined by
title IV [42 U.S.C. 2000c et seq.], under all circumstances and
conditions and at all times in every State, district, territory,
Commonwealth, or possession of the United States regardless of whether
the residence of such public school pupils or the principal offices of
such public school system, public school or public school board is
situated in the northern, eastern, western, or southern part of the
United States.
(Pub. L. 92-318, title VIII, Sec. 806, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 373.)
References in Text
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88-
352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241, as amended. Title IV of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 is classified generally to subchapter IV (Sec. 2000c
et seq.) of chapter 21 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 2000a of Title 42 and Tables.
