Educational Freedom Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly mandating, directing, incentivizing, or controlling, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction.
Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so.
Prohibits any federal officer or employee from directly or indirectly conditioning, through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, the availability of financial support on a state's, LEA's, or school's adoption of any specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction, even if such conditions are specified under any other Act.
Prohibits any provision of the ESEA from being construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so.
Includes, within these prohibitions, requirements and incentives to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other academic standards common to a significant number of states.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4008 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4008
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit
Federal mandates, direction, or control of specific instructional
content, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2014
Mr. Gingrey of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit
Federal mandates, direction, or control of specific instructional
content, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Educational Freedom Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL MANDATES, DIRECTION, OR CONTROL.
Subpart 2 of part E of title IX of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 9534, 9535, and 9536 (20
U.S.C. 7914, 7915, and 7916), as sections 9535, 9536, and 9537,
respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 9533 (20 U.S.C. 7913) the
following:
``SEC. 9534. PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL MANDATES, DIRECTION, OR
CONTROL.
``(a) In General.--No officer or employee of the Federal Government
shall, directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts, or other
cooperative agreements, mandate, direct, incentivize, or control a
State's, local educational agency's, or school's specific instructional
content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of
instruction (including through any requirement, direction, incentive,
or mandate to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the
Common Core State Standards Initiative or any other academic standards
common to a significant number of States) nor shall any provision of
this Act be construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do
so.
``(b) Financial Support.--No officer or employee of the Federal
Government shall, directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts, or
other cooperative agreements, make financial support available in a
manner that is conditioned upon a State's, local educational agency's,
or school's adoption of specific instructional content, academic
standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction
(including any requirement, direction, or mandate to adopt the Common
Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards
Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number
of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum
aligned to such standards) even if such requirements are specified in
an Act other than this Act, nor shall any provision of this Act be
construed to authorize such an officer or employee to do so.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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