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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 73 (Introduced in Senate) — To prohibit the Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the Common Core State S... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. General ESEA prohibition

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Section 9527 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7907 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: An officer or employee of the Federal Government shall not directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements under this Act (including waivers under section 9401)— mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school's specific instructional content or any specific academic standard, assessment, curriculum, or program of instruction, including through any requirement, direction, condition, or mandate to adopt— the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a number of States, or any specific statewide or nationally recognized content standards; or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to, or based on, specific academic standards, including any of the standards described in subparagraph (A); incentivize a State, local educational agency, or school to adopt any specific instructional content, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, commonality of standards or assessments, or program of instruction described in paragraph (1), which shall include providing any priority, preference, or special consideration during the application process based on any specific content, standard, assessment, curriculum, commonality, or program; or make financial support available in a manner that is conditioned upon a State, local educational agency, or school's adoption of any specific instructional content, academic standard, assessment, curriculum, commonality of standards or assessments, or program of instruction described in paragraph (1), even if such requirements are specified in section 14006 or 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–5 ; 123 Stat. 281) or any other Act. .
Section 9527(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7907(a) ) is amended by striking curriculum, program of instruction, or .
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