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Title 20 — Education

Part C · Chapter 33 — Education of Individuals with Disabilities

§ 1470. Purposes

Statutory text

The purposes of this part are to ensure that—

(1)

children with disabilities and their parents receive training and information designed to assist the children in meeting developmental and functional goals and challenging academic achievement goals, and in preparing to lead productive independent adult lives;

(2)

children with disabilities and their parents receive training and information on their rights, responsibilities, and protections under this chapter, in order to develop the skills necessary to cooperatively and effectively participate in planning and decision making relating to early intervention, educational, and transitional services;

(3)

parents, teachers, administrators, early intervention personnel, related services personnel, and transition personnel receive coordinated and accessible technical assistance and information to assist such personnel in improving early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families; and

(4)

appropriate technology and media are researched, developed, and demonstrated, to improve and implement early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families.

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. Pub. L. 91–230 title VI § 670 · 84 Stat. 121

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1470

    (Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 670, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2788.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 670, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2788.)

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Credits

(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 670, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, , 118 Stat. 2788.)

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