{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s7906a","title":20,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7906a.","heading":"Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control","text":"\u00a7\u202f7906a.\nProhibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control\n(a)\nIn general\nNo officer or employee of the Federal Government shall, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school\u2019s specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction developed and implemented to meet the requirements of this chapter (including any requirement, direction, or mandate to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards), nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to authorize such officer or employee to do so.\n(b)\nFinancial support\nNo officer or employee of the Federal Government shall condition or incentivize the receipt of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, the receipt of any priority or preference under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, or the receipt of a waiver under\nsection 7861 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t20/s7906a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s7906a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7906a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s7906a/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school\u2019s specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction developed and implemented to meet the requirements of this chapter (including any requirement, direction, or mandate to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards), nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to authorize such officer or employee to do so.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s7906a/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Financial support"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall condition or incentivize the receipt of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, the receipt of any priority or preference under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, or the receipt of a waiver under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7861 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t20/s7861","tail":" upon a State, local educational agency, or school\u2019s adoption or implementation of specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction developed and implemented to meet the requirements of this chapter (including any condition, priority, or preference to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards)."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}