20 U.S.C. § 1402 — Office of Special Education Programs
submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 91-230 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 118 words · no verdicts yet
This section establishes the Office of Special Education Programs within the Department of Education. It assigns the Office a director and lets the Secretary accept unpaid voluntary help for the chapter’s purposes.
(a) Establishment. The Department of Education’s Office of Special Education* and Rehabilitative Services must contain an Office of Special Education Programs. That Office is the Department’s main agency for administering and carrying out this chapter and other programs and activities about educating children with disabilities.
(b) Director. A Director selected by the Secretary* must head the Office. The Director must report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
(c) Voluntary and uncompensated services. Despite section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary may accept voluntary services for which no compensation is paid when they further this chapter’s purposes.
There shall be, within the Office of Special Education* and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education, an Office of Special Education Programs, which shall be the principal agency in the Department for administering and carrying out this chapter and other programs and activities concerning the education of children with disabilities.
The Office established under subsection (a) shall be headed by a Director who shall be selected by the Secretary* and shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary is authorized to accept voluntary and uncompensated services in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2659.)
- 2004Enacted · Pub. L. 91-230 · 118 Stat. 2659
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-230 on 2004-12-03.
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