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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§12645f Restrictions on Federal Government and Use of Federal Funds

Title 42 › CHAPTER 129 — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12645f

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal officers and employees may not force a State, local school district, or school to change its curriculum, teaching programs, or how they use state or local money, and they cannot make them pay costs that this program does not cover. Money from this program cannot be used to approve or endorse any elementary or secondary school curriculum, and States do not have to get federal approval of their learning standards or student performance goals to receive help under the program.

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Title 42, §12645f

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(a)General prohibition
Nothing in the national service laws shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school’s curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State or local resources, or mandate a State or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this chapter.
(b)Prohibition on endorsement of curriculum
Notwithstanding any other prohibition of Federal law, no funds provided to the Corporation under this chapter may be used by the Corporation to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an elementary school or secondary school.
(c)Prohibition on requiring Federal approval or certification standards
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, not State shall be required to have academic content or student academic achievement standards approved or certified by the Federal Government, in order to receive assistance under this chapter.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 101–610, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3127, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 12501 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12645f

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110