34 CFR § 104.54 - Education of institutionalized persons.

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title: "34 CFR § 104.54 - Education of institutionalized persons."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "104.54"
section_name: "Education of institutionalized persons."
chapter_name: "OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "104"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1405; 29 U.S.C. 794; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 30936, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "104"
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# 104.54 Education of institutionalized persons.

A recipient to which this subpart applies and that operates or supervises a program or activity that provides aid, benefits or services for persons who are institutionalized because of handicap shall ensure that each qualified handicapped person, as defined in § 104.3(k)(2), in its program or activity is provided an appropriate education, as defined in § 104.33(b). Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as altering in any way the obligations of recipients under subpart D.

[45 FR 30936, May 9, 1980, as amended at 65 FR 68055, Nov. 13, 2000]