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title: "20 U.S.C. § 1433"
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title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
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chapter_name: "EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 1433 - General authority

## Text

The Secretary shall, in accordance with this subchapter, make grants to States (from their allotments under section 1443 of this title) to assist each State to maintain and implement a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system to provide early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.

(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 633, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2746.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 1433, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 633, as added Pub. L. 105–17, title I, § 101, June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 108, related to the general authority of the Secretary, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 108–446. Another prior section 1433, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 633, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 184; Pub. L. 98–199, §§ 3(b), 11, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1358, 1371; Pub. L. 99–457, title III, § 310, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1168; Pub. L. 100–630, title I, § 104(e), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3299; Pub. L. 101–476, title IV, § 403, title IX, § 901(b)(144), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1133, 1149; Pub. L. 102–119, § 25(b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 607, related to establishment of national clearinghouses, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–17.