34 CFR § 110.16 - Special benefits for children and the elderly.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s110.16"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 110.16 - Special benefits for children and the elderly."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "110.16"
section_name: "Special benefits for children and the elderly."
chapter_name: "OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "110"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6101 unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 40197, July 27, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "110"
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# 110.16 Special benefits for children and the elderly.
If a recipient operating a program or activity provides special benefits to the elderly or to children, the use of age distinctions is presumed to be necessary to the normal operation of the program or activity, notwithstanding the provisions of § 110.12.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6103)
[58 FR 40197, July 27, 1993, as amended at 65 FR 68057, Nov. 13, 2000]