{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s7930","title_num":"20","num":"§ 7930.","heading":"Sense of Congress","status":null,"guid":"idd32f9733-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8549A, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8041, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2121.)","seq_in_title":1805,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch70/schVIII/ptF/spt2","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch70","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 70—","heading":"STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch70/schVIII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER VIII—","heading":"GENERAL PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch70/schVIII/ptF","level":"part","num":"Part F—","heading":"Uniform Provisions","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch70/schVIII/ptF/spt2","level":"subpart","num":"subpart 2—","heading":"other provisions","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id837eadfb-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s7930\"><num value=\"7930\">§ 7930.</num><heading> Sense of Congress</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id837eadfc-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s7930/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Findings</heading><chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Congress finds as follows:</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id837eadfd-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s7930/a/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> This chapter 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 chapter.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id837eadfe-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s7930/a/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> This chapter 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.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id837eadff-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s7930/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Sense of Congress</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id837eae00-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/89/10/tVIII/s8549A\">Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8549A</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/114/95/tVIII/s8041\">Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8041</ref>, <date date=\"2015-12-10\">Dec. 10, 2015</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/129/2121\">129 Stat. 2121</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id837eae01-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id837eae02-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"2015-12-10\">Dec. 10, 2015</date>, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/114/95/s5\">section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95</ref>, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s6301\">section 6301 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}