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20 U.S.C. § 3403 — Relationship with States
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**(a) Rights of local governments and educational institutions** 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 resources** No 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 programs** The 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.
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**(a) Rights of local governments and educational institutions** 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 resources** No 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 programs** The 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.
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The Congress finds that—
(1) education is fundamental to the development of individual citizens and the progress of the Nation;
(2) there is a continuing need to ensure equal access for all Americans to educational opportunities of a high quality, and such educational opportunities should not be denied because of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex;
(3) parents have the primary responsibility for the education of their children, and States, localities, and private institutions have the primary responsibility for supporting that parental role;
(4) in our Federal system, the primary public responsibility for education is reserved respectively to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States;
(5) the American people benefit from a diversity of educational settings, including public and private schools, libraries, museums and other institutions, the workplace, the community, and the home;
(6) the importance of education is increasing as new technologies and alternative approaches to traditional education are considered, as society becomes more complex, and as equal opportunities in education and employment are promoted;
(7) there is a need for improvement in the management and coordination of Federal education programs to support more effectively State, local, and private institutions, students, and parents in carrying out their educational responsibilities;
(8) the dispersion of education programs across a large number of Federal agencies has led to fragmented, duplicative, and often inconsistent Federal policies relating to education;
(9) Presidential and public consideration of issues relating to Federal education programs is hindered by the present organizational position of education programs in the executive branch
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No provision of any applicable program shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, or over the selection of library resources, textbooks, or other printed or published instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, or to require the assignment or transportation of students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance.
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 3404
(2) to supplement and complement the ef-
forts of States, the local school systems and
other instrumentalities of the States, the pri-
vate sector, public and private educational in-
stitutions, public and private nonprofit edu-
cational research institutions, community-
based organizations, parents, and students to
improve the quality of education;
(3) to encourage the increased involvement
of the public, parents, and students in Federal
education programs;
(4) to promote improvements in the quality
and usefulness of education through federally
supported research, evaluation, and sharing of
information;
(5) to improve the coordination of Federal
education programs;
(6) to improve the management and effi-
ciency of Federal education activities, espe-
cially with respect to the process, procedures,
and administrative structures for the dispersal
of Federal funds, as well as the reduction of
unnecessary and duplicative burdens and con-
straints, including unnecessary paperwork, on
the recipients of Federal funds; and
(7) to increase the accountability of Federal
education programs to the President, the Con-
gress, and the public.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title I, § 102, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat.
670.)
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 96–88, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat.
668, known as the Department of Education Organiza-
tion Act, which enacted this chapter, amended sections
928, former 929, 1102, 2390, 2711, and 3012 of this title, sec-
tion 19 of Title 3, The President, sections 101, 5312, and
5314 to 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees, sections 2, 9, and 11 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, formerly set out in th
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