20 U.S.C. § 1713 — Priority of remedies

When creating a remedy for denying equal educational opportunity or equal protection of the laws, a United States court, department, or agency must consider and make specific findings about how well each of these remedies would correct the denial. It must require the first remedy listed below, or the first combination of them, that would correct the denial: (a) assign students to the closest schools to their homes that offer the right grade and type of education, considering school capacity and natural physical barriers; (b) make the same assignments while considering only school capacity; (c) allow students to transfer from a school where most students are of their race, color, or national origin to a school where fewer students are of their race, color, or national origin; (d) create or revise attendance zones or grade structures without requiring transportation beyond that described in section 1714; (e) build new schools or close inferior schools; (f) build or establish magnet schools; or (g) develop and carry out another educationally sound and administratively feasible plan, subject to sections 1714 and 1715.