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Removing Inability To Communicate in English as an Education Category

SSA · ssa-disability · Published 2020-02-25 · Effective 2020-04-27 · 85 FR 10586

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Document number
2020-03199
Federal Register citation
85 FR 10586
CFR reference
20 CFR 404
Type
Rule
Action
Final rules.
Category
ssa-disability
Agency
US Social Security Administration
Publication date
2020-02-25
Effective date
2020-04-27
Docket
Docket No. SSA-2017-0046

Abstract

We are finalizing our proposed regulations to eliminate the education category "inability to communicate in English" when we evaluate disability claims for adults under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act). This education category is no longer a useful indicator of an individual's educational attainment or of the vocational impact of an individual's education because of changes in the national workforce since we adopted the current rule more than 40 years ago. We expect that these revisions will help us better assess the vocational impact of education in the disability determination process.

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