Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§3509 Coordination of programs for handicapped
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 48— - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - TRANSITIONAL, SAVINGS, AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS › § 3509
Summary
The Secretary of Health and Human Services must find and remove conflicts, overlap, and inconsistencies in HHS programs that significantly affect people with disabilities, and make those programs run more efficiently. The Secretary must also, as much as possible, coordinate those programs with Department of Education programs that significantly affect people with disabilities.
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Title 20, §3509
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall identify, assess, coordinate, and eliminate conflict, duplication, and inconsistencies among programs significantly affecting handicapped individuals carried out by or under the Department of Health and Human Services, shall promote efficiency among such programs, and shall seek to coordinate, to the maximum extent feasible, such programs with programs significantly affecting handicapped individuals carried out by or under the Department of Education.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 3509
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73