Pub. L. 91-230, pt. A, sec. 604 (as amended)
ABROGATION OF STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.
SEC. 604. [20 U.S.C. 1403] ABROGATION OF STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.
(a) In General.—A State shall not be immune under the 11th amendment to the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of this title.
(b) Remedies.—In a suit against a State for a violation of this title, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for such a violation to the same extent as those remedies are available for such a violation in the suit against any public entity other than a State.
(c) Effective Date.—Subsections (a) and (b) apply with respect to violations that occur in whole or part after the date of enactment of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1990.
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 20 U.S.C. 1403