---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000c–8"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000c–8"
heading: "Personal suits for relief against discrimination in public education"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000c-8"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Civil Rights"
  - "Subchapter IV — Public Education"
---

# §2000c–8. Personal suits for relief against discrimination in public education


Nothing in this subchapter shall affect adversely the right of any person to sue for or obtain relief in any court against discrimination in public education.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–352, title IV, § 409, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 249.)