---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 766"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "766"
heading: "Definition of covered school"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/766"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services"
  - "Subchapter II — Research and Training"
---

# §766. Definition of covered school


In this subchapter, the term “covered school” means an elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are defined in [section 7801 of title 20](/usc/20/7801.md)) or an [institution of higher education](/usc/29/705.md?p=23).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–112, title II, § 206, as added Pub. L. 113–128, title IV, § 437, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1671; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(mmm)(2), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2188.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 770, Pub. L. 93–112, title III, § 301, formerly § 300, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 95–602, title I, § 122(c)(1), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2987; Pub. L. 99–506, title I, § 103(d)(2)(C), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1810; Pub. L. 100–630, title II, § 204(a), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3308; renumbered § 301 and amended Pub. L. 102–569, title I, § 102(p)(15), title III, § 301(a), (b)(3), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4358, 4410, 4411, contained congressional declaration of purpose, prior to the general amendment of subchapter III of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–220.

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–95 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7801 of title 20.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.