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 PUBLIC LAW 98-139—OCT. 31, 1983 97 STAT. 895 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. 305. (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 obtain- ing Federal funds otherwise available to any State, school district or school. (b) No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the trans- portation 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 tx) carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system. SEC. 306. 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 reorga- nization 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. 307. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. SEC. 308. Section 402(c) of the Housing Act of 1950 is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (8); (2) by redesignating clause (9) as clause (10); and (3) by inserting after clause (8) the following: "(9) for the prepayment in full of a loan under this title, provide a discount in an amount determined by the Secretary to be in the best financial interests of the Government, taking into account the yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States having maturities comparable to the remaining term of such loan, if (A) the prepayment is made from non- federal sources, (B) the Secretary has received satisfactory as- surances that the housing or other educational facilities fi- nanced with the loan will continue to be used for purposes related to the educational institution for the original term of the loan, (C) the prepayment is made prior to October 1, 1984; and". SEC. 309. No funds appropriated in any Act to the Department of Education for fiscal years 1983 and 1984 shall be withheld from distribution to grantees because of the provisions of the order entered by the United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois on June 30, 1983: Provided, That the court's decree entered on September 24, 1980, shall remain in full force and effect. Busing, Federal funds. 42 USC 2000c. Student transportation to schools outside home area. 42 USC 2000d. Voluntary school prayer and meditation. 12 USC 1749a.

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