### Question
How is the "segregation" defined?


### Answer
The term **segregation** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 1720* as follows -

> 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**

