20 U.S.C. § 7930: Sense of Congress

Summary

Federal officials may not tell states, school districts, or schools what to teach, how to run programs, or how to spend state and local money. They also may not require states or schools to pay costs that this law does not cover. The federal government may not pay to create, test, run, or share a national test in subjects like reading or math unless a law clearly allows it. Congress thinks states and local school systems should choose their own curriculum, instruction, and tests.

Title 20, §7930

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(a)Findings

The Congress finds as follows:

(1)This chapter prohibits the Federal Government from mandating, directing, or controlling a State, local educational agency, or school’s curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State and local resources, and from mandating a State or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this chapter.

(2)This chapter prohibits the Federal Government from funding the development, pilot testing, field testing, implementation, administration, or distribution of any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and explicitly authorized by law.

(b)Sense of Congress

It is the sense of the Congress that States and local educational agencies retain the rights and responsibilities of determining educational curriculum, programs of instruction, and assessments for elementary and secondary education.

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.

§7930 Sense of Congress

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Title 20, §7930

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