42 USC § 9858k - Limitations on use of financial assistance for certain purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s9858k"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 9858k - Limitations on use of financial assistance for certain purposes"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9858k"
section_name: "Limitations on use of financial assistance for certain purposes"
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II–B"
subchapter_name: "CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 658M, as added Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–244; amended Pub. L. 102–401, § 3(a), Oct. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036.)"
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# § 9858k. Limitations on use of financial assistance for certain purposes

**(a)** **Sectarian purposes and activities** section 9858c(c)(2)(A)(i)(I) of this title

No financial assistance provided under this subchapter, pursuant to the choice of a parent under  or through any other grant or contract under the State plan, shall be expended for any sectarian purpose or activity, including sectarian worship or instruction.

**(b)** **Tuition** With regard to services provided to students enrolled in grades 1 through 12, no financial assistance provided under this subchapter shall be expended for—

**(1)** any services provided to such students during the regular school day;

**(2)** any services for which such students receive academic credit toward graduation; or

**(3)** any instructional services which supplant or duplicate the academic program of any public or private school.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 658M, as added Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–244; amended Pub. L. 102–401, § 3(a), Oct. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992— and  made identical technical corrections to directory language of , which added this section.