 
         CHAPTER 33--EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1402. Office of Special Education Programs


(a) Establishment

    There shall be, within the Office of Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education, an Office of 
Special Education Programs, which shall be the principal agency in such 
Department for administering and carrying out this chapter and other 
programs and activities concerning the education of children with 
disabilities.

(b) Director

    The Office established under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
headed by a Director who shall be selected by the Secretary and shall 
report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services.

(c) Voluntary and uncompensated services

    Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary is 
authorized to accept voluntary and uncompensated services in furtherance 
of the purposes of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 91-230, title VI, Sec. 603, as added Pub. L. 105-17, title I, 
Sec. 101, June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 46.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1402, Pub. L. 91-230, title VI, Sec. 603, Apr. 13, 
1970, 84 Stat. 177; Pub. L. 93-380, title VI, Sec. 612(a), Aug. 21, 
1974, 88 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 98-199, Sec. 3(a), Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 
1357; Pub. L. 101-476, title IX, Sec. 901(b)(21), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 
Stat. 1143; Pub. L. 102-119, Sec. 25(b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 607, 
related to the Office of Special Education Programs, prior to the 
general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 105-
17.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 29 section 772.
