Uniform Criteria Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Uniform Criteria Act - Title I: Assignment Provisions - Stipulates that assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest such student's place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education is not a denial of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is made to segregate students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Stipulates that the failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, or socioeconomic status, of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal protection of the laws. Title II: Remedies - Limits Federal courts, departments, and agencies, in formulating a remedy for a denial of equal protection of the laws, to such remedies as are essential for correction. Restricts Federal courts, departments, and agencies, when formulating remedies involving student transportation, to specified remedies. Prohibits Federal courts, departments, and agencies from ordering the implementation of a plan that would require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school closest or next closest to the student's residence.…