---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1407"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1407"
heading: "State administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1407"
units:
  - "Chapter 33 — Education of Individuals with Disabilities"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §1407. State administration

- (a) **Rulemaking—** Each [State](/usc/20/1401.md?p=31) that receives funds under this chapter shall—
  - (1) ensure that any [State](/usc/20/1401.md?p=31) rules, regulations, and policies relating to this chapter conform to the purposes of this chapter;
  - (2) identify in writing to [local educational agencies](/usc/20/1401.md?p=19-A) located in the [State](/usc/20/1401.md?p=31) and the [Secretary](/usc/20/1401.md?p=28) any such rule, regulation, or policy as a [State](/usc/20/1401.md?p=31)-imposed requirement that is not required by this chapter and Federal regulations; and
  - (3) minimize the number of rules, regulations, and policies to which the [local educational agencies](/usc/20/1401.md?p=19-A) and schools located in the [State](/usc/20/1401.md?p=31) are subject under this chapter.
- (b) **Support and facilitation—** [State](/usc/20/1401.md?p=31) rules, regulations, and policies under this chapter shall support and facilitate [local educational agency](/usc/20/1401.md?p=19-A) and school-level system improvement designed to enable children with disabilities to meet the challenging [State](/usc/20/1401.md?p=31) student academic achievement standards.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2661.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1407, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 98–199, § 6, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1359; amended Pub. L. 100–630, title I, § 101(d), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3290; Pub. L. 101–476, title IX, § 901(b)(24), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1143; Pub. L. 102–119, § 25(b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 607, related to regulation requirements, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–17.