PUBLIC LAW 99-371—AUG. 4, 1986
100 STAT. 781
Public Law 99-371 99th Congress An Act To authorize quality educational programs for deaf individuals, to foster improved educational programs for deaf individuals throughout the United States, to reenact and codify certain provisions of law relating to the education of the deaf, and for other purposes.
Aug. 4, 1986 [S. 1874]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may Education of the Deaf Act of 1986. be cited as the "Education of the Deaf Act of 1986". TITLE I—GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
20 USC 4301 note.
PART A—GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY GENERAL AUTHORITY SEC.
101. CONTINUATION OF GALLAUDET COLLEGE AS GALLAUDET 20 USC 4301. UNIVERSITY.
(a) GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY.—The Gallaudet College created by an Act entitled "An Act to amend the charter of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, change its name, define its corporate powers, and provide for its organization and administration, and for other purposes", approved June 18, 1954, is continued as a body corporate 20 USC 691. under the name of Gallaudet University. Hereafter Gallaudet College shall be known as Gallaudet University and have perpetual succession and shall have the powers and be subject to the limitations contained in this Act. (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of Gallaudet University shall be to provide education and training to deaf individuals and otherwise to further the education of the deaf. SEC. 102. PROPERTY RIGHTS.
20 USC 4302.
(a) PROPERTY RIGHTS DESCRIBED.—Gallaudet University is vested with all the property and the rights of property, and shall have and be entitled to use all authority, privileges, and possessions and all legal rights which it has, or which it had or exercised under any former name, including the right to sue and be sued and to own, acquire, sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of property it may own now or hereafter acquire. Gallaudet University shall also be subject to all liabilities and obligations now outstanding against the corporation under any former name. (b) DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY.—(1) With the approval of the Secretary of Education, the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University may convey fee simple title by deed, convey by quitclaim deed, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any or all real property title to which is vested in Gallaudet University, Gallaudet College, the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, or any predecessor corporation. (2) The proceeds of any such disposition shall be considered a part Securities. of the capital structure of the corporation, and may be used solely for the acquisition of real estate for the use of the corporation, for the construction, equipment, or improvement of buildings for such
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