20 USC § 1140a - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1140a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1140a - Purpose"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1140a"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Programs To Provide Students With Disabilities With a Quality Higher Education"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 761, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3362.)"
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# § 1140a. Purpose

It is the purpose of this subpart to support model demonstration projects to provide technical assistance or professional development for postsecondary faculty, staff, and administrators in institutions of higher education to enable such faculty, staff, and administrators to provide students with disabilities with a quality postsecondary education.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 761, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3362.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

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