### Question
What is the definition of segregation?


### Answer
The definition of **segregation** is as follows in *20 U.S.C. § 1720*:

> the operation of a school system in which students are wholly or substantially separated among the schools of an educational agency on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin or within a school on the basis of race, color, or national origin

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1720*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 39-EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS > SUBCHAPTER I-EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES > Part 5-Definitions**

