20 USC § 3608 - Employee protection

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3608"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 3608 - Employee protection"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3608"
section_name: "Employee protection"
chapter_number: 49
chapter_name: "ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD DETECTION AND CONTROL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–270, § 9, June 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 496.)"
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# § 3608. Employee protection

No State or local educational agency receiving assistance under this chapter may discharge any employee or otherwise discriminate against any employee with respect to the employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the employee has brought to the attention of the public information concerning any asbestos problem in the school buildings within the jurisdiction of such agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–270, § 9, June 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 496.)