§ 7909. Prohibition on federally sponsored testing

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. 2002

   Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

   Pub. L. 89–10 title VIII § 8529 · 79 Stat. 27

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 7909

   Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8529, formerly title IX, § 9529, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1984

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8529, formerly title IX, § 9529, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1984

2. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–279 title IV § 404(d)(9) · 116 Stat. 1940

   Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 7909(b)

   Pub. L. 107–279 substituted “section 9543(a)(5) of this title” for “section 9003(a)(6) of this title”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–279 substituted “section 9543(a)(5) of this title” for “section 9003(a)(6) of this title”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (9) Section 9529(b) is amended by striking “section 404(a)(6) of the National Education Statistics Act of 1994” and inserting “section 153(a)(5) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002”.

3. 2015

   Every Student Succeeds Act

   Pub. L. 114–95 § 8026 · 129 Stat. 1802

   Amended · 20 U.S.C. § 7909

   Pub. L. 114–95, § 8026, amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) and (b) relating to general prohibition on federally sponsored testing and exceptions, respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–95, § 8026, amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) and (b) relating to general prohibition on federally sponsored testing and exceptions, respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 8026. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING.   Section 8529, 20 USC 7909. as redesignated by section 8001 of this Act, is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 8529. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING. “(a) General Prohibition.— Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law and except as provided in subsection (b), no funds provided under this Act to the Secretary or to the recipient of any award may be used to develop, incentivize, pilot test, field test, implement, administer, or distribute any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and explicitly authorized by law, including any assessment or testing materials aligned to the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative or any other academic standards common to a significant number of States. “(b) Exceptions.— Subsection (a) shall not apply to international comparative assessments developed under the authority of section 153(a)(6) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9543(a)(6)) and administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations.” .

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 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 a note under section 6301 of this title.

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