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Title 20 — Education

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

§ 7924. State control over standards

Statutory text

(a)

In general

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a State from withdrawing from the Common Core State Standards or from otherwise revising their standards.

(b)

Prohibition

No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall, directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts or other cooperative agreements, through waiver granted under section 7861 of this title or through any other authority, take any action against a State that exercises its rights under subsection (a).

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 § 8544 · 79 Stat. 27

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 7924

    (Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8544, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8036, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2119.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8544, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8036, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2119.)

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

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , 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.

Credits

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8544, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8036, , 129 Stat. 2119.)

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