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20 U.S.C. § 7885 — Prohibition against funds for religious worship or instruction
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the making of any payment under this chapter for religious worship or instruction.
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the making of any payment under this chapter for religious worship or instruction.
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Request for waiver by State or Indian tribe** — A State educational agency or Indian tribe that receives funds under a program authorized under this chapter may submit a request to the Secretary to waive any statutory or regulatory requirement of this chapter.
(2) **Local educational agency and school requests submitted through the State**
(A) *Request for waiver by local educational agency* — A local educational agency that receives funds under a program authorized under this chapter and desires a waiver of any statutory or regulatory requirement of this chapter shall submit a request containing the information described in subsection (b)(1) to the appropriate State educational agency. The State educational agency may then submit the request to the Secretary if the State educational agency determines the waiver appropriate.
(B) *Request for waiver by school* — An elementary school or secondary school that desires a waiver of any statutory or regulatory requirement of this chapter shall submit a request containing the information described in subsection (b)(1) to the local educational agency serving the school. The local educational agency may then submit the request to the State educational agency in accordance with subparagraph (A) if the local educational agency determines the waiver appropriate.
(3) **Receipt of waiver** — Except as provided in subsection (b)(4) or (c), the Secretary may waive any statutory or regulatory requirement of this chapter for which a waiver request is submitted to the Secretary pursuant to this subsection.
**(b) Request for waiver**
(1) **In general** — A State educational agency, acting on its own behalf or on behalf of a local educational agency in accordance with subsection (a)(2), or Indian tribe tha
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 7885
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘of’’.
2 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
(B) Judgment
The judgment of the court shall be subject
to review by the Supreme Court of the
United States upon certiorari or certifi-
cation as provided in section 1254 of title 28.
(b) Determination
Any determination by the Secretary under
this section shall continue in effect until the
Secretary determines, in consultation with that
agency, consortium, or entity and representa-
tives of the affected private school children,
teachers, or other educational personnel, that
there will no longer be any failure or inability
on the part of the agency, consortium, or entity
to meet the applicable requirements of section
7881 of this title or any other provision of this
chapter.
(c) Payment from State allotment
When the Secretary arranges for services pur-
suant to this section, the Secretary shall, after
consultation with the appropriate public and
private school officials, pay the cost of those
services, including the administrative costs of
arranging for those services, from the appro-
priate allocation or allocations under this chap-
ter.
(d) Prior determination
Any by-pass determination by the Secretary
under this chapter as in effect on the day pre-
ceding January 8, 2002, shall remain in effect to
the extent the Secretary determines that that
determination is consistent with the purpose of
this section.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8504, formerly title IX,
§ 9504, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901,
Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1978; renumbered title VIII,
§ 8504, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII,
§§ 8001(a)(5), (b)(4), 8018, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat.
2088, 2089, 2112.)
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