 
   CHAPTER 39--EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF 
                                STUDENTS
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
 
                           Part 5--Definitions
 
Sec. 1720. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter--
    (a) The term ``educational agency'' means a local educational agency 
or a ``State educational agency'' as defined by section 801(k) \1\ of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
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    (b) The term ``local educational agency'' means a local educational 
agency as defined by section 801(f) \1\ of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.
    (c) The term ``segregation'' means the operation of a school system 
in which students are wholly or substantially separated among the 
schools of an educational agency on the basis of race, color, sex, or 
national origin or within a school on the basis of race, color, or 
national origin.
    (d) The term ``desegregation'' means desegregation as defined by 
section 2000c(b) of title 42.
    (e) An educational agency shall be deemed to transport a student if 
any part of the cost of such student's transportation is paid by such 
agency.

(Pub. L. 93-380, title II, Sec. 221, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 518.)

                       References in Text

    Section 801 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is section 801, title VIII, of Pub. 
L. 89-10, which was formerly classified to section 881 of this title. 
Section 801 of that Act was renumbered section 1001 of title X by Pub. 
L. 95-561, title VIII, Sec. 801(1), (2), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2284, 
and was reclassified to section 3381 of this title. Section 1001 was 
subsequently renumbered section 8001 and amended generally by Pub. L. 
100-297, title I, Sec. 1002, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 293, and, as so 
amended, did not contain subsections nor specific definitions. Section 
8001 was subsequently omitted in the general amendment of Pub. L. 89-10 
by Pub. L. 103-382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3519. 
For definitions, see section 8801 of this title.
