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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 · Sec. 8549A

Sec. 8549A. SENSE OF CONGRESS

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## SEC. 8549A SENSE OF CONGRESS **[**[20 U.S.C. 7930](/us/usc/t20/s7930)**]** ###
(a)Findings The Congress finds as follows: ####
(1)This Act prohibits the Federal Government from mandating, directing, or controlling a State, local educational agency, or school’s curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State and local resources, and from mandating a State or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this Act. ####
(2)This Act prohibits the Federal Government from funding the development, pilot testing, field testing, implementation, administration, or distribution of any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and explicitly authorized by law. ###
(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that States and local educational agencies retain the rights and responsibilities of determining educational curriculum, programs of instruction, and assessments for elementary and secondary education.
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