20 U.S.C. § 1652 : US Code - Section 1652: Prohibition against busing

Search 20 U.S.C. § 1652 : US Code - Section 1652: Prohibition against busing

(a) Use of appropriated funds for busing
No funds appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any
applicable program may be used for the transportation of students
or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such
transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school
or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order
to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school
system, except on the express written voluntary request of
appropriate local school officials. No such funds shall be made
available for transportation when the time or distance of travel is
so great as to risk the health of the children or significantly
impinge on the educational process of such children, or where the
educational opportunities available at the school to which it is
proposed that any such student be transported will be substantially
inferior to those opportunities offered at the school to which such
student would otherwise be assigned under a nondiscriminatory
system of school assignments based on geographic zones established
without discrimination on account of race, religion, color, or
national origin.
(b) Rules, regulations, orders, etc., for busing
No officer, agent, or employee of the Department of Education,
the Department of Justice, or any other Federal agency shall, by
rule, regulation, order, guideline, or otherwise (1) urge,
persuade, induce, or require any local education agency, or any
private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization to use any
funds derived from any State or local sources for any purpose,
unless constitutionally required, for which Federal funds
appropriated to carry out any applicable program may not be used,
as provided in this section, or (2) condition the receipt of
Federal funds under any Federal program upon any action by any
State or local public officer or employee which would be prohibited
by clause (1) on the part of a Federal officer or employee. No
officer, agent, or employee of the Department of Education or any
other Federal agency shall urge, persuade, induce, or require any
local education agency to undertake transportation of any student
where the time or distance of travel is so great as to risk the
health of the child or significantly impinge on his or her
educational process; or where the educational opportunities
available at the school to which it is proposed that such student
be transported will be substantially inferior to those offered at
the school to which such student would otherwise be assigned under
a nondiscriminatory system of school assignments based on
geographic zones established without discrimination on account of
race, religion, color, or national origin.
(c) "Applicable program" defined
An applicable program means a program to which the General
Education Provisions Act [20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.] applies.