20 USC § 4018 - Employee protection

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s4018"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 4018 - Employee protection"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "4018"
section_name: "Employee protection"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD ABATEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–377, title V, § 509, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1294; Pub. L. 101–637, § 14(a)(9), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4594.)"
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# § 4018. Employee protection

No State or local educational agency receiving assistance under this subchapter 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. 98–377, title V, § 509, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1294; Pub. L. 101–637, § 14(a)(9), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4594.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— inserted section catchline.