,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,culberson 7for himself and ,mr4       
,bishop of ,utah7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife to restore ,state         
sovereignty over public education and   
parental rights over the education of   
their children4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,restoration of
 ,parental ,rights and ,state           
,sovereignty ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,restoration of ,state sovereignty over 
public education and parental rights    
over the education of their children    
,part ,e of title ,,ix of the           
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghha et   
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  #c ,restoration of      
,state sovereignty over public education

 and parental rights over the education 
of their children  #ieda4 ,states to    
retain rights and authorities they do   
not expressly waive  7a7 ,retention of  
rights and authorities ,no officer1     
employee1 or other authority of the     
,secretary shall enforce against an     
authority of a ,state1 nor shall any    
authority of a ,state have any          
obligation to obey1 any requirement     
imposed as a condition of receiving     
assistance under a grant program        
established under this ,act1 nor shall  
such program operate within a ,state1   
unless the legislature of that ,state   
shall have by law expressly approved    
that program and1 in doing so1 have     
waived the ,state's rights and          
authorities to act inconsistently with  
any requirement that might be imposed by
 the ,secretary as a condition of       
receiving that assistance4  7b7         
,amendment of terms of receipt of       
,federal financial assistance ,an       
officer1 employee1 or other authority of

 the ,secretary may release assistance  
under a grant program established under 
this ,act to a ,state only after the    
legislature of the ,state has by law    
expressly approved the program 7as      
described in subsection 7a774 ,this     
approval may be accomplished by a vote  
to affirm a ,state budget that includes 
the use of such ,federal funds and any  
such ,state budget must expressly       
include any requirement imposed as a    
condition of receiving assistance under 
a grant program established under this  
,act so that by approving the budget1   
the ,state legislature is expressly     
approving the grant program and1 in     
doing so1 waiving the ,state's rights   
and authorities to act inconsistently   
with any requirement that might be      
imposed by the ,secretary as a condition
 of receiving that assistance4  7c7     
,special rule for ,states with biennial 
legislatures ,in the case of a ,state   
with a biennial legislature--  7#a7     
during a year in which the ,state       

legislature does not meet1 subsections  
7a7 and 7b7 shall not apply2 and  7#b7  
during a year in which the ,state       
legislature meets1 subsections 7a7 and  
7b7 shall apply1 and1 with respect to   
any grant program established under this
 ,act during the most recent year in    
which the ,state legislature did not    
meet1 the ,state may by law expressly   
disapprove the grant program1 and1 if   
such disapproval occurs1 an officer1    
employee1 or other authority of the     
,secretary may not release any          
additional assistance to the ,state     
under that grant program4  7d7          
,definition of state authority ,as used 
in this section1 the term authority of a
 ,state includes any administering      
agency of the ,state1 any officer or    
employee of the ,state1 and any local   
government authority of the ,state4  7e7
 ,effective date ,this section applies  
in each ,state beginning on the #ijth   
day after the end of the first regular  
session of the legislature of that      

,state that begins #e years after the   
date of the enactment of the ,student   
,success ,act and shall continue to     
apply in subsequent years until         
otherwise provided by law4  #iedb4      
,dedication of savings to deficit       
reduction ,notwithstanding any formula  
reallocations stipulated under the      
,student ,success ,act1 any funds under 
such ,act not allocated to a ,state     
because a ,state did not affirmatively  
agree to the receipt of such funds shall
 not be reallocated among the ,states4  
#iedc4 ,definition of ,state with       
biennial legislature ,in this ,act1 the 
term ,state with a biennial legislature 
means a ,state the legislature of which 
meets every other year4  #iedd4 ,intent 
of ,congress ,it is the intent of       
,congress that other than the terms and 
conditions expressly approved by ,state 
law under the terms of this subpart1    
control over public education and       
parental rights to control the education
 of their children are vested           

exclusively within the autonomous zone  
of independent authority reserved to the
 ,states and individual ,americans by   
the ,united ,states ,constitution1 other
 than the ,federal ,government's        
undiminishable obligation to enforce    
minimum ,federal standards of equal     
protection and due process4  4