20 USC § 1140k - Definition of student with a print disability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1140k"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1140k - Definition of student with a print disability"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1140k"
section_name: "Definition of student with a print disability"
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, § 771, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3367.)"
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# § 1140k. Definition of student with a print disability

section 121(d)(2) of title 17

In this subpart, the term “student with a print disability” means a student with a disability who experiences barriers to accessing instructional material in nonspecialized formats, including an individual described in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 771, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3367.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was amended by , , , and no longer defines blind or other persons with disabilities. However, , as amended, does define “eligible person” to include blind persons, persons with visual impairment or perceptual or reading disability, and persons with other physical disabilities that inhibit reading skills.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 781, and is classified to .

Another prior  was classified to , prior to repeal by .

Another prior  was classified to , prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .