{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s1417","title":20,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1417.","heading":"Administration","text":"\u00a7\u202f1417.\nAdministration\n(a)\nResponsibilities of Secretary\nThe Secretary shall\u2014\n(1) cooperate with, and (directly or by grant or contract) furnish technical assistance necessary to, a State in matters relating to\u2014\n(A) the education of children with disabilities; and\n(B) carrying out this subchapter; and\n(2) provide short-term training programs and institutes.\n(b)\nProhibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school\u2019s specific instructional content, academic achievement standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction.\n(c)\nConfidentiality\nThe Secretary shall take appropriate action, in accordance with\nsection 1232g of this title\n(d)\nPersonnel\nThe Secretary is authorized to hire qualified personnel necessary to carry out the Secretary\u2019s duties under subsection (a), under\nsection 1418 of this title\n(e)\nModel forms\nNot later than the date that the Secretary publishes final regulations under this chapter, to implement amendments made by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, the Secretary shall publish and disseminate widely to States, local educational agencies, and parent and community training and information centers\u2014\n(1) a model IEP form;\n(2) a model individualized family service plan (IFSP) form;\n(3) a model form of the notice of procedural safeguards described in\nsection 1415(d) of this title\n(4) a model form of the prior written notice described in subsections (b)(3) and (c)(1) of\nsection 1415 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t20/s1417.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1417","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1417."},{"t":"heading","text":"Administration"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1417/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Responsibilities of Secretary"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1417/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" cooperate with, and (directly or by grant or contract) furnish technical assistance necessary to, a State in matters relating to\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1417/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the education of children with disabilities; 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and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1417/e/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" a model form of the prior written notice described in subsections (b)(3) and (c)(1) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1415 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t20/s1415","tail":" that is consistent with the requirements of this subchapter and is sufficient to meet such requirements."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}