Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education

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Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education is a section of U.S. civil rights law that authorizes federal action to assist and enforce the desegregation of public schools.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
title of federal statute
appliesTo public elementary schools
public institutions of higher education
public secondary schools
authorizes civil actions by the Attorney General to enforce desegregation
federal court suits to protect equal educational opportunities
federal grants and contracts to support desegregation
federal technical assistance to school districts
authorizesActionBy United States Attorney General
surface form: Attorney General of the United States
codifiedIn United States Code
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enactedBy 88th United States Congress
focusesOn desegregation of public education
elimination of racial discrimination in public schools
historicalContext post–Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation
historicalEra American civil rights movement
surface form: Civil Rights Movement
implementedBy United States Department of Education
surface form: U.S. Department of Education

United States Department of Justice
surface form: U.S. Department of Justice
influencedBy Supreme Court desegregation decisions
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction over public education desegregation issues
language English
legalBasisFor federal desegregation litigation against school districts
federal intervention in state and local school desegregation cases
legalDomain civil rights law
education law
legalStatus in force
mechanism federal grants and contracts for desegregation activities
federal lawsuits in federal district courts
federal technical assistance to school boards and agencies
partOf Civil Rights Act of 1964
policyArea public education policy
prohibits assignment of students to schools on a racially discriminatory basis
denial of equal educational opportunity on the basis of race
discriminatory use of testing or other criteria for school assignment
protectsRight equal educational opportunity regardless of race
purpose to assist in the desegregation of public schools
to authorize federal enforcement of public school desegregation
to provide technical and financial assistance for desegregation
relatedTo Brown v. Board of Education
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
scope nationwide application to public educational institutions
signedIntoLawBy Lyndon B. Johnson
supports implementation of court-ordered school desegregation plans
targetsProblem racial segregation in public schools
state and local resistance to school desegregation
typeOfRemedy equitable relief in federal court
yearEnacted 1964

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Civil Rights Act of 1964 title Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education