[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR270.3]

[Page 568-569]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 270_DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 270.3  What definitions apply to these programs?

    In addition to the definitions in 34 CFR 77.1, the following 
definitions apply to the regulations in this part:
    Desegregation assistance means the provision of technical assistance 
(including training) in the areas of race, sex, and national origin 
desegregation of public elementary and secondary schools.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c-2000c-2, 2000c-5)

    Desegregation assistance areas means the areas of race, sex, and 
national origin desegregation.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c-2000c-2, 2000c-5)

    Desegregation Assistance Center means a regional desegregation 
technical assistance and training center funded under 34 CFR part 272.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c-2000c-2, 2000c-5)


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    Limited English proficiency has the same meaning under this part as 
the same term defined in 34 CFR 500.4 of the General Provisions 
regulations for the Bilingual Education Program.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 3223(a)(1))

    National origin desegregation means the assignment of students to 
public schools and within those schools without regard to their national 
origin, including providing students of limited English proficiency with 
a full opportunity for participation in all educational programs.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c(b))

    Public school means any elementary or secondary educational 
institution operated by a State, subdivision of a State, or governmental 
agency within a State, or operated wholly or predemoninantly from or 
through the use of governmental funds or property, or funds or property 
derived from governmental sources.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c(c))

    Public school personnel means school board members and persons who 
are employed by or who work in the schools of a responsible governmental 
agency, as that term is defined in this section.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c(c); 2000c-2000c-2, 2000c-5)

    Race desegregation means the assignment of students to public 
schools and within those schools without regard to their race including 
providing students with a full opportunity for participation in all 
educational programs regardless of their race. ``Race desegregation'' 
does not mean the assignment of students to public schools to correct 
conditions of racial separation that are not the result of State or 
local law or official action.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c(b))

    Responsible governmental agency means any school board, State, 
municipality, school district, or other governmental unit legally 
responsible for operating a public school or schools.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c-2)

    School board means any agency or agencies that administer a system 
of one or more public schools and any other agency that is responsible 
for the assignment of students to or within that system.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c(d))

    Sex desegregation means the assignment of students to public schools 
and within those schools without regard to their sex including providing 
students with a full opportunity for participation in all educational 
programs regardless of their sex.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c(b))