20 U.S.C. § 7906a — Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control
submitted 11 years ago by Pub. L. 89-10 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 239 words · no verdicts yet
Federal officers and employees may not use chapter grants or agreements to control State or school instructional content, standards, curricula, or instruction, including by pressuring adoption of Common Core or similar standards. They also may not condition funding, preferences, or waivers on such adoption.
(a) Federal officers and employees may not, through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, mandate, direct, or control a State’s, local educational agency’s, or school’s instructional content, academic standards or assessments, curriculum, or instructional program developed to meet this chapter. This includes requiring or directing Common Core State Standards, other standards common to many States, or aligned assessments, content, or curricula. This chapter does not authorize that control.
(b) They may not condition or encourage receipt of a grant, contract, agreement, related priority or preference, or a section 7861 waiver on adopting or implementing those specified content, standards, assessments, curricula, or programs, including Common Core or aligned materials.
No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school’s specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction developed and implemented to meet the requirements of this chapter (including any requirement, direction, or mandate to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards), nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to authorize such officer or employee to do so.
No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall condition or incentivize the receipt of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, the receipt of any priority or preference under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, or the receipt of a waiver under section 7861 of this title upon a State, local educational agency, or school’s adoption or implementation of specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction developed and implemented to meet the requirements of this chapter (including any condition, priority, or preference to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8526A, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8023, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2113.)
- 2015Enacted · Pub. L. 89-10 · 129 Stat. 2113
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