2011 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 48 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 3401 - 3510)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 3401 - 3404)
Section 3403 - Relationship with States
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 48 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 3403 - Relationship with States |
Contains | section 3403 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-88, title I, §103, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 670. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 93 Stat. 670 |
Public Law References | Public Law 96-88 |
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It is the intention of the Congress in the establishment of the Department to protect the rights of State and local governments and public and private educational institutions in the areas of educational policies and administration of programs and to strengthen and improve the control of such governments and institutions over their own educational programs and policies. The establishment of the Department of Education shall not increase the authority of the Federal Government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States.
(b) Curriculum, administration, and personnel; library resourcesNo provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, over any accrediting agency or association, or over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, except to the extent authorized by law.
(c) Funding under pre-existing programsThe Secretary shall not, during the period within eight months after May 4, 1980, take any action to withhold, suspend, or terminate funds under any program transferred by this chapter by reason of the failure of any State to comply with any applicable law requiring the administration of such a program through a single organizational unit.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title I, §103, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 670.)
CodificationIn subsec. (c), “May 4, 1980” substituted for “the effective date of this chapter” pursuant to section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3401 of this title.
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