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Title 20 — Education

Part F · Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools

§ 7885. Prohibition against funds for religious worship or instruction

Statutory text

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the making of any payment under this chapter for religious worship or instruction.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–10 title VIII § 8505 · 79 Stat. 27

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 7885

    Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8505, formerly title IX, § 9505, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1979

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8505, formerly title IX, § 9505, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1979

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

2002–2015 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8505, formerly title IX, § 9505, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, , 115 Stat. 1979
  2. 2015renumbered title VIII, § 8505, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(5), , 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.
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(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8505, formerly title IX, § 9505, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, , 115 Stat. 1979; renumbered title VIII, § 8505, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(5), , 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)

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