45 CFR § 605.54 - Education of institutionalized persons.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s605.54"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 605.54 - Education of institutionalized persons."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "605.54"
section_name: "Education of institutionalized persons."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "605"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 794."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 8573, Mar. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "605"
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# 605.54 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 § 605.3(k)(2), in its program or activity is provided an appropriate education, as defined in § 605.33(b). Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as altering in any way the obligations of recipients under subpart D.
[47 FR 8573, Mar. 1, 1982, as amended at 68 FR 51381, Aug. 26, 2003]