{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s1402","title_num":"20","num":"§ 1402.","heading":"Office of Special Education Programs","status":null,"guid":"idd0fab5d2-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2659.)","seq_in_title":895,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch33/schI","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch33","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 33—","heading":"EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch33/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"GENERAL PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id6c63f71d-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1402\"><num value=\"1402\">§ 1402.</num><heading> Office of Special Education Programs</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id6c63f71e-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1402/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Establishment</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id6c641e2f-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1402/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Director</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id6c641e30-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1402/c\"><num value=\"c\" class=\"bold\">(c)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Voluntary and uncompensated services</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Notwithstanding <ref href=\"/us/usc/t31/s1342\">section 1342 of title 31</ref>, the Secretary is authorized to accept voluntary and uncompensated services in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id6c641e31-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/91/230/tVI/s603\">Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 603</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/108/446/tI/s101\">Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101</ref>, <date date=\"2004-12-03\">Dec. 3, 2004</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/118/2659\">118 Stat. 2659</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id6c641e32-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id6c641e33-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A prior section 1402, <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/230/tVI/s603\">Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 603</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/17/tI/s101\">Pub. L. 105–17, title I, § 101</ref>, <date date=\"1997-06-04\">June 4, 1997</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/111/46\">111 Stat. 46</ref>, related to the Office of Special Education Programs, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by <ref href=\"/us/pl/108/446\">Pub. L. 108–446</ref>.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Another prior section 1402, <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/230/tVI/s603\">Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 603</ref>, <date date=\"1970-04-13\">Apr. 13, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/177\">84 Stat. 177</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/93/380/tVI/s612/a\">Pub. L. 93–380, title VI, § 612(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1974-08-21\">Aug. 21, 1974</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/88/579\">88 Stat. 579</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/199/s3/a\">Pub. L. 98–199, § 3(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1983-12-02\">Dec. 2, 1983</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/97/1357\">97 Stat. 1357</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/476/tIX/s901/b/21\">Pub. L. 101–476, title IX, § 901(b)(21)</ref>, <date date=\"1990-10-30\">Oct. 30, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/1143\">104 Stat. 1143</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/119/s25/b\">Pub. L. 102–119, § 25(b)</ref>, <date date=\"1991-10-07\">Oct. 7, 1991</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/105/607\">105 Stat. 607</ref>, related to the Office of Special Education Programs, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/17\">Pub. L. 105–17</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-56","currency_date":"2019-08-23","congress":116,"law_num":56,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":182,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","11","13","15","20","28","38","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}