20 USC § 3921 - Prohibition against the Federal control of education

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3921"
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title: "20 USC § 3921 - Prohibition against the Federal control of education"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3921"
section_name: "Prohibition against the Federal control of education"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 99–159, title II, § 201, Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 897.)"
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# 1 Prohibition against the Federal control of education

See References in Text note below.

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The provisions of section 1232a  of this title, relating to prohibition against Federal control of education, shall apply to each program and award authorized by this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 99–159, title II, § 201, Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 897.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to section 432 of the General Education Provisions Act. Sections 425 and 432 of that Act were renumbered as sections 432 and 438, respectively, by , , , and are classified to sections 1231b–2 and 1232a, respectively, of this title.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3921, , , , related to programs authorized for mathematics and science education development, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by . See .