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20 USC § 1402 - Office of Special Education Programs 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1402"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1402 - Office of Special Education Programs"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1402"
section_name: "Office of Special Education Programs"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2659.)"
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# § 1402. Office of Special Education Programs

**(a)** **Establishment** There shall be, within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education, an Office of Special Education Programs, which shall be the principal agency in the Department for administering and carrying out this chapter and other programs and activities concerning the education of children with disabilities.

**(b)** **Director** The Office established under subsection (a) shall be headed by a Director who shall be selected by the Secretary and shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

**(c)** **Voluntary and uncompensated services** section 1342 of title 31

Notwithstanding , the Secretary is authorized to accept voluntary and uncompensated services in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2659.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

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