Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§1869b Issuance of Instructions to Grantees of Pre-college Curriculum Projects

Title 42 › CHAPTER 16 — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1869b

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The National Science Foundation must give people or groups who get grants rules for protecting pre‑college students and for involving them in research, testing, evaluation, or changes to experimental school curricula. Those grant recipients must get written approval from the school board or a similar school authority before any students take part.

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Title 42, §1869b

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The National Science Foundation is directed to issue instructions to grantees for pre-college curriculum projects covering the protection of pre-college students and procedures for involving such students in pre-college education research and development, pilot-testing, evaluation, and revision of experimental and innovative pre-college curriculum projects funded by the Foundation. These instructions shall require such grantees to obtain written approval of the school board or comparable authority responsible for the schools prior to the involvement of such students.

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Codification Section was not enacted as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 1869b

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102