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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§7920 Consultation with the Governor

Title 20 › CHAPTER 70 — STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › SUBCHAPTER VIII — GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part F — Uniform Provisions › subpart 2 — other provisions › § 7920

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

State educational agencies must talk with the Governor or people in the Governor’s office while they make State plans under subchapters I and II and section 7842. These talks must be real consultations and include meetings during plan writing and again before the plan is sent to the Secretary. After the agency gives the plan to the Governor, the Governor has 30 days to sign it. If the Governor does not sign within 30 days, the agency must send the plan to the Secretary without the Governor’s signature.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §7920

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(a)In general
A State educational agency shall consult in a timely and meaningful manner with the Governor, or appropriate officials from the Governor’s office, in the development of State plans under subchapters I and II and section 7842 of this title.
(b)Timing
The consultation described in subsection (a) shall include meetings of officials from the State educational agency and the Governor’s office and shall occur—
(1)during the development of such plan; and
(2)prior to submission of the plan to the Secretary.
(c)Joint signature authority
A Governor shall have 30 days prior to the State educational agency submitting the State plan under subchapter I or II or section 7842 of this title to the Secretary to sign such plan. If the Governor has not signed the plan within 30 days of delivery by the State educational agency to the Governor, the State educational agency shall submit the plan to the Secretary without such signature.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 7920

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110