Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§6065 Assessments
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 68— - NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - MISCELLANEOUS › Part Part A— - Miscellaneous Provisions › § 6065
Summary
Subchapter II funds must not pay for tests that decide graduation, promotion, or retention for 5 years after March 31, 1994; subchapter III funds may do this only if students were taught tested material.
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Title 20, §6065
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(a)No funds provided under subchapter II of this chapter shall be used to develop or undertake assessments that will be used to make decisions regarding the graduation, grade promotion, or retention of students for 5 years after March 31, 1994.
(b)Assessments developed with funds under subchapter III 1 of this chapter may be used for decisions regarding graduation, grade promotion, or retention of students only on the condition that students have been prepared in the content for which the students are being assessed.
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Subchapters II and III of this chapter, referred to in text, were in the original references to titles II and III, respectively, of Pub. L. 103–227, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 133, 157. Title II enacted subchapter II of this chapter and section 3425 of this title, amended section 5093 of this title and section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 5093 of this title. Title III was classified generally to subchapter III (§ 5881 et seq.) of this chapter and was repealed by Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(4) [title III, § 310(i)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–265.
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20 U.S.C. § 6065
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73