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 104 STAT. 2216 PUBLIC LAW 101-517—NOV. 5, 1990 Magnet schools. Religious discrimination. desegregated; or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending any elementary or secondary school so desegregated to or from a particular school over the protest of his or her parents or parent. SEC. 303. (a) No part of the funds contained in this title shall be used to force any school or school district which is desegregated as that term is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, to take any action to force the busing of students; to require the abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force on account of race, creed or color the transfer of students to or from a particular school so desegregated as a condition precedent to obtaining Federal funds otherwise available to any State, school district or school. (h) No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system. SEC. 304. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. SEC. 305. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. IMPACT AID SEC. 306. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in carrying out the provisions of section 7 of Public Law 81-874 (20 U.S.C. 241-1) (as amended) and section 16 of Public Law 81-815 (20 U.S.C. 646) (as amended), the Secretary of Education shall reduce or waive the administrative guideline of a 25 percent non-Federal share upon a showing of— (1) financial hardship by the State or political subdivision thereof in the provision of; or (2) a good faith effort by the State or political subdivision thereof to provide; the non-Federal share for purposes related to the disaster for which Federal assistance is sought. This title may be cited as the "Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1991".

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