Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110
§1221–2 National Policy with Respect to Museums as Educational Institutions
Title 20 › CHAPTER 31 — GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION › § 1221–2
Summary
Congress says museums must be treated as educational institutions. Museums help schools, colleges, and other education groups teach children and offer many learning services, and Congress says the groups that use those services should more often pay the costs.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §1221–2
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The Congress, recognizing—
(1)that museums serve as sources for schools in providing education for children,
(2)that museums provide educational services of various kinds for educational agencies and institutions and institutions of higher education, and
(3)that the expense of the educational services provided by museums is seldom borne by the educational agencies and institutions taking advantage of the museums’ resources,
declares that it is the sense of the Congress that museums be considered educational institutions and that the cost of their educational services be more frequently borne by educational agencies and institutions benefiting from those services.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of Education
Amendments
of 1974, and not as part of General Education Provisions Act which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on and after sixtieth day after Aug. 21, 1974, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380, set out as a note under section 1221–1 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 1221–2
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110