---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1710"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1710"
heading: "Civil actions by Attorney General; notice of violations; certification respecting undertaking appropriate remedial action"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1710"
units:
  - "Chapter 39 — Equal Educational Opportunities and Transportation of Students"
  - "Subchapter I — Equal Educational Opportunities"
  - "Part 3 — Enforcement"
---

# §1710. Civil actions by Attorney General; notice of violations; certification respecting undertaking appropriate remedial action


The Attorney General shall not institute a civil action under [section 1706 of this title](/usc/20/1706.md) before he—

- (a) gives to the appropriate educational agency notice of the condition or conditions which, in his judgment, constitute a violation of part 2 of this subchapter; and
- (b) certifies to the appropriate district court of the United States that he is satisfied that such educational agency has not, within a reasonable time after such notice, undertaken appropriate remedial action.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 211, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 516.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on and after sixtieth day after Aug. 21, 1974, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380, set out as a note under section 1221–1 of this title.