20 USC § 1434 - Eligibility

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1434"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1434 - Eligibility"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1434"
section_name: "Eligibility"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES"
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, § 634, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2746.)"
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# § 1434. Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a grant under section 1433 of this title, a State shall provide assurances to the Secretary that the State—

**(1)** has adopted a policy that appropriate early intervention services are available to all infants and toddlers with disabilities in the State and their families, including Indian infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families residing on a reservation geographically located in the State, infants and toddlers with disabilities who are homeless children and their families, and infants and toddlers with disabilities who are wards of the State; and

**(2)** has in effect a statewide system that meets the requirements of section 1435 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 634, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2746.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1434, , as added , , , related to grant eligibility, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by .

Another prior section 1434, , , ; , §§ 3(b), 11, , , 1372; , , ; , , , related to reports to Secretary by recipients of grants and contracts, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by .