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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 · Sec. 221

Sec. 221. **[**[20 U.S.C. 1720](/us/usc/t20/s1720)**]**

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## Sec. 221 **[**[20 U.S.C. 1720](/us/usc/t20/s1720)**]** For the purposes of this part— ###
(a)The term “**educational agency**” means a local educational agency or a “State educational agency” as defined by section 801(k) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. ###
(b)The term “**local educational agency**” means a local educational agency as defined by section 801(f) 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 401(b) of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964. ###
(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. #### Subpart 6 Miscellaneous Provisions
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