S.Amdt. 3259

1. Inserts new text wherever appropriate

   Inserts

   Inserted: protecting state control over academic content standards, academic achievement standards, and assessments

   Inserted: Sec. ___.

   Inserted: None of the funds made available under this Act or any other Act shall be used by the Department of Education or any other Federal agency--

   Inserted: (1) to mandate, direct, control, or exercise any direction or supervision over the academic content standards or academic achievement standards adopted or implemented by a State;

   Inserted: (2) to establish any criterion that specifies, defines, or prescribes the standards or measures that States or local educational agencies use to establish, implement, or improve State academic content standards, State academic achievement standards, or State assessments;

   Inserted: (3) to establish any direct or indirect requirements that States or local educational agencies adopt any particular academic standards or assessments, including any academic standards or assessments developed by a partnership of States; or

   Inserted: (4) to require or incentivize a State to enter into a partnership with another State or States to develop or implement academic content standards, academic achievement standards, or assessments, including--

   Inserted: (A) as a condition of approval of a State plan submitted under section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.);

   Inserted: (B) as a condition of an award of Federal funds under any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement;

   Inserted: (C) by awarding any additional points or providing any preference in competitive grant programs; or

   Inserted: (D) as a condition of approval of any request for waivers of requirements under any provision of Federal law.

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   Original wording

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