20 USC § 6849 - Prohibition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s6849"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 6849 - Prohibition"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "6849"
section_name: "Prohibition"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title III, § 3128, formerly § 3129, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title III, § 301, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1706; renumbered § 3128 and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title III, §§ 3001(2)(B), 3003(l), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1953, 1964.)"
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# § 6849. Prohibition

In carrying out this part, the Secretary shall neither mandate nor preclude the use of a particular curricular or pedagogical approach to educating English learners.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title III, § 3128, formerly § 3129, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title III, § 301, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1706; renumbered § 3128 and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title III, §§ 3001(2)(B), 3003(*l*), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1953, 1964.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 3127 and is classified to .

### Amendments

2015—(), substituted “English learners” for “limited English proficient children”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as a note under .