[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR270.3]



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                           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)



    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



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with a full opportunity for participation in all educational programs 

regardless of their sex.



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