# Equity Assistance Centers (Formerly Desegregation Assistance Centers (DAC))
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2016-07-18 · Effective 2016-08-17 · 81 FR 46808
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-16811
- **Category:** education-k12
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 46808
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 270
- **Publication date:** 2016-07-18
- **Effective date:** 2016-08-17
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2016-OESE-0006
## Abstract

The Secretary amends the regulations that govern the Equity Assistance Centers (EAC) program, authorized under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title IV), and removes the regulations that govern the State Educational Agency Desegregation (SEA Desegregation) program, authorized under Title IV. These regulations govern the application process for new EAC grant awards. These regulations update the definitions applicable to this program; remove the existing selection criteria; and provide the Secretary with flexibility to determine the number and composition of geographic regions for the EAC program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/18/2016-16811/equity-assistance-centers-formerly-desegregation-assistance-centers-dac)
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