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Code · U.S. Code · Title 20 - EDUCATION · CHAPTER 31— GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION · SUBCHAPTER III— GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS CONCERNING OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS: GENERAL AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY · § 1232j

§ 1232j. Prohibition on federally sponsored testing

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(a)General prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law and except as provided in subsection (b), no funds provided to the Department of Education or to an applicable program, may be used to pilot test, field test, implement, administer or distribute in any way any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject that is not specifically and explicitly provided for in authorizing legislation enacted into law.
(b)Exceptions Subsection
(a)shall not apply to the Third International Mathematics and Science Study or other international comparative assessments developed under the authority of section 9543(a)(6) of this title and administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations.
(Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 447, as added Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title III, § 305(a)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–374; amended Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1062(4), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2088; Pub. L. 107–279, title IV, § 404(c), Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1985.)
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  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 447
  • Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title III, § 305(a)]
  • 112 Stat. 2681–337
  • Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1062(4)
  • 115 Stat. 2088
  • Pub. L. 107–279, title IV, § 404(c)
  • 116 Stat. 1985
  • section 447 of Pub. L. 90–247
  • section 1233f of this title
  • Pub. L. 103–382
  • Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 212(a)(2)
  • 108 Stat. 3913
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 441
  • Pub. L. 91–230, title IV, § 401(a)(10)
  • 84 Stat. 170
  • Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(a)(1)
  • 86 Stat. 326
  • Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1)
  • 93 Stat. 677
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 442
  • 84 Stat. 171
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 443
  • Pub. L. 93–380, title V, § 516(a)
  • 88 Stat. 575
  • Pub. L. 94–482, title IV, § 411
  • 90 Stat. 2234
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 444
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 445
  • Pub. L. 93–380, title V, § 517(a)
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 446
  • 84 Stat. 172
  • Pub. L. 93–380, title V, § 517(b)
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 448
  • Pub. L. 95–43, § 1(d)
  • 91 Stat. 219
  • Pub. L. 103–437, § 7(a)(1)
  • 108 Stat. 4587
  • Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 449
  • Pub. L. 93–380, title V, § 518(a)
  • Pub. L. 107–279
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§ 1232j
Prohibition on federally sponsored testing
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, § 447
Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title III, § 305(a)]
Stat.112 Stat. 2681–337
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1062(4)
Stat.115 Stat. 2088
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