---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7944"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7944"
heading: "Applicability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7944"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VIII — General Provisions"
  - "Part F — Uniform Provisions"
  - "Subpart 3 — teacher liability protection"
---

# §7944. Applicability


This subpart shall only apply to [States](/usc/20/7943.md?p=5) that receive funds under this chapter, and shall apply to such a [State](/usc/20/7943.md?p=5) as a condition of receiving such funds.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8554, formerly title II, § 2364, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1668; renumbered title IX, § 9544, renumbered title VIII, § 8554, Pub. L. 114–95, title II, § 2001(a)(3)(A), (B), (D), title VIII, § 8001(a)(7), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1913, 2088, 2089.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 6734 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 114–95.