Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§7948 Effective date
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Summary
The rules start 90 days after January 8, 2002. They apply to any claim about harm caused by a teacher’s action or failure to act if the claim is filed on or after the effective date of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It does not matter if the harm or the teacher’s conduct happened before that date.
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Title 20, §7948
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(a)This subpart shall take effect 90 days after January 8, 2002.
(b)This subpart applies to any claim for harm caused by an act or omission of a teacher if that claim is filed on or after the effective date of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 without regard to whether the harm that is the subject of the claim or the conduct that caused the harm occurred before such effective date.
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For the
Effective Date
of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, referred to in subsec. (b), see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 6301 of this title. Codification Section was classified to section 6738 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 114–95.
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20 U.S.C. § 7948
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73