20 U.S.C. § 9572 — Prohibitions
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-279 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 279 words · no verdicts yet
This section bars a nationwide database of individually identifiable study information, Federal control of education decisions, Institute endorsement of school curricula, and unauthorized federally sponsored national tests.
(a) National database. Nothing here authorizes a nationwide database of individually identifiable information about people in studies or other data collections under this subchapter.
(b) Federal Government and Federal funds. Nothing here authorizes a Federal officer or employee to mandate, direct, or control a State's or school's curriculum, instruction program, or State* or local resource allocation, or to require a State or subdivision to spend money or incur costs not provided for here.
(c) Endorsement of curriculum. Despite other Federal law, Institute* funds may not be used to endorse, approve, or sanction a curriculum for an elementary or secondary school*.
(d) Federally sponsored testing. (1) Unless a law specifically and expressly authorizes it, funds may not be used to develop, pilot-test, field-test, implement, administer, or distribute a federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or another subject. (2) The subsection (a) exception in the supplied text does not apply to international comparative assessments authorized by section 9543(a)(6) or former section 9003(a)(6), when given only to representative samples of pupils in the United States and foreign nations.
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to authorize the establishment of a nationwide database of individually identifiable information on individuals involved in studies or other collections of data under this subchapter.
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control the curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State* or local resources of a State, local educational agency*, or school, or to mandate a State, or any subdivision thereof, to spend any funds or incur any costs not provided for under this subchapter.
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, no funds provided under this subchapter to the Institute*, including any office, board*, committee, or center of the Institute, may be used by the Institute to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an elementary school* or secondary school*.
Subject to paragraph (2), no funds provided under this subchapter to the Secretary* or to the recipient of any award may be used to develop, pilot test, field test, implement, administer, or distribute any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and explicitly authorized by law.
Subsection (a) shall not apply to international comparative assessments developed under the authority of section 9543(a)(6) of this title or section 9003(a)(6) of this title (as such section was in effect on the day before November 5, 2002) and administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 182, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1971.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-279 · 116 Stat. 1971
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-279 on 2002-11-05.
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