---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 381.1"
title: "34"
number: "381.1"
heading: "What is the Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/381.1"
---

# §381.1. What is the Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights program?


This program is designed to support a system in each State to protect the legal and human rights of eligible individuals with disabilities.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 509 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 794e, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 55611, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.