As used in this subchapter—
**(a)** “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.
**(b)** “Desegregation” means the assignment of students to public schools and within such schools without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin, but “desegregation” shall not mean the assignment of students to public schools in order to overcome racial imbalance.
**(c)** “Public school” means any elementary or secondary educational institution, and “public college” means any institution of higher education or any technical or vocational school above the secondary school level, provided that such public school or public college is operated by a State, subdivision of a State, or governmental agency within a State, or operated wholly or predominantly from or through the use of governmental funds or property, or funds or property derived from a governmental source.
**(d)** “School board” means any agency or agencies which administer a system of one or more public schools and any other agency which is responsible for the assignment of students to or within such system.
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As used in this subchapter—
**(a)** “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.
**(b)** “Desegregation” means the assignment of students to public schools and within such schools without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin, but “desegregation” shall not mean the assignment of students to public schools in order to overcome racial imbalance.
**(c)** “Public school” means any elementary or secondary educational institution, and “public college” means any institution of higher education or any technical or vocational school above the secondary school level, provided that such public school or public college is operated by a State, subdivision of a State, or governmental agency within a State, or operated wholly or predominantly from or through the use of governmental funds or property, or funds or property derived from a governmental source.
**(d)** “School board” means any agency or agencies which administer a system of one or more public schools and any other agency which is responsible for the assignment of students to or within such system.
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§ 2000c. Definitions
As used in this subchapter—
(a) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Edu-
cation.
(b) ‘‘Desegregation’’ means the assignment
of students to public schools and within such
schools without regard to their race, color, re-
ligion, sex or national origin, but ‘‘desegrega-
tion’’ shall not mean the assignment of stu-
dents to public schools in order to overcome
racial imbalance.
(c) ‘‘Public school’’ means any elementary
or secondary educational institution, and
‘‘public college’’ means any institution of
higher education or any technical or voca-
tional school above the secondary school level,
provided that such public school or public col-
lege is operated by a State, subdivision of a
State, or governmental agency within a State,
or operated wholly or predominantly from or
through the use of governmental funds or
property, or funds or property derived from a
governmental source.
(d) ‘‘School board’’ means any agency or
agencies which administer a system of one or
more public schools and any other agency
which is responsible for the assignment of stu-
dents to or within such system.
(Pub. L. 88–352, title IV, § 401, July 2, 1964, 78
Stat. 246; Pub. L. 92–318, title IX, § 906(a), June
23, 1972, 86 Stat. 375; Pub. L. 96–88, title III,
§ 301(a)(1), title V, § 507, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677,
692.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1972—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–318 inserted ‘‘sex’’ after
‘‘religion,’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
‘‘Secretary means the Secretary of Education’’ sub-
stituted for ‘‘Commissioner means the Commissioner of
Education’’ in subsec. (a) pursuant to sections 301(a)(1)
and 507 of Pub. L. 96–88, which are classified to sections
3441(a)(1) and 3507 of Title 20, Education, and w