20 U.S.C. § 1656 : US Code - Section 1656: Prohibition against official or court orders to achieve racial balance or insure compliance with constitutional standards applicable to entire United States

Search 20 U.S.C. § 1656 : US Code - Section 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.