20 U.S.C. § 4304
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective
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- 20 U.S.C. § 4304, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/453093
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The elementary and secondary education programs described in subparagraph (A) shall include—
The Model Secondary School for the Deaf may provide residential facilities for students enrolled in the school—
The Clerc Center shall—
To the extent possible, the Clerc Center shall provide the services required under paragraph (1)(B) in an equitable manner, based on the national distribution of students who are deaf or hard of hearing in educational environments as determined by the Secretary for purposes of section 618(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [20 U.S.C. 1418(a)(1)]. Such educational environments shall include—
If the parents or guardian places a child in one of the elementary or secondary education programs, the University shall—
provide the child a free appropriate public education in accordance with part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.] and procedural safeguards in accordance with the following provisions of section 615 of such Act [20 U.S.C. 1415]:
Subsection (j)—
The University, for purposes of the elementary and secondary education programs carried out at the Clerc Center, shall—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Education of the Deaf Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1993House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Higher Education Amendments of 1998
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
- Higher Education Opportunity Act
- Every Student Succeeds Act