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Title 20 — Education

Part D · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance

§ 1140d. Rule of construction

Statutory text

Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to impose any additional duty, obligation, or responsibility on an institution of higher education or on the institution’s faculty, administrators, or staff than is required under section 794 of title 29 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Higher Education Act of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–329 title VII § 764 · 79 Stat. 1219

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1140d

    (Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 764, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3365.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 764, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3365.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–336, , 104 Stat. 327, which is classified principally to chapter 126 (§ 12101 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 12101 of Title 42 and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1140d, Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 765, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, , 112 Stat. 1803, authorized appropriations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), , 122 Stat. 3361.

A prior section 764 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1140c of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–315.

Another prior section 764 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1132g–3 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–325.

Another prior section 764 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1132d–3 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.

Credits

(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 764, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), , 122 Stat. 3365.)

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