20 USC § 1405 - Employment of individuals with disabilities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1405"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1405 - Employment of individuals with disabilities"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1405"
section_name: "Employment of individuals with disabilities"
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, § 606, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2659.)"
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# § 1405. Employment of individuals with disabilities

The Secretary shall ensure that each recipient of assistance under this chapter makes positive efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities in programs assisted under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2659.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1405, , as added , , , related to employment of individuals with disabilities by recipients of assistance under this chapter, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by .

Another prior section 1405, , as added , , ; amended , (23), , ; , , , related to employment of individuals with disabilities by recipients of assistance under this chapter, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by .