20 U.S.C. § 1684 — Blindness or visual impairment; prohibition against discrimination

submitted 54 years ago by Pub. L. 92-318 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 63 words · no verdicts yet

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A recipient of Federal education assistance may not deny admission to a course of study because of blindness or severe visual impairment. The rule does not require the institution to provide special services for that reason.

In the United States, a person may not be denied admission to a course of study by a recipient of Federal education assistance because the person is blind or has severely impaired vision. This does not require the institution to provide special services because of the person’s blindness or visual impairment.

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No person in the United States shall, on the ground of blindness or severely impaired vision, be denied admission in any course of study by a recipient of Federal financial assistance for any education program or activity, but nothing herein shall be construed to require any such institution to provide any special services to such person because of his blindness or visual impairment.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–318, title IX, § 904, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 375.)

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1972Enacted · Pub. L. 92-318 · 86 Stat. 375

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