 
   CHAPTER 39--EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF 
                                STUDENTS
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
 
                       Part 1--Policy and Purpose
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 93-380, title II, Sec. 202, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 514.)


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective on and after sixtieth day after Aug. 21, 1974, see 
section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93-380, set out as a note under section 1221-1 
of this title.


                               Short Title

    Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 93-380 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this chapter and section 1228 of this title and amending 
section 1608 of this title] may be cited as the `Equal Educational 
Opportunities Act of 1974'.''
