,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjad,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia          
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  
prohibit ,federal mandates1 direction1  
or control of specific instructional    
content1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,educational ,freedom ,act of #bjad4
  #b4 ,prohibition against ,federal     
mandates1 direction1 or control ,subpart
 #b of part ,e of title ,,ix of the     
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gija et   
seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating
 sections #iecd1 #iece1 and #iecf 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #giad1 #giae1 and #giaf71 as  
sections #iece1 #iecf1 and #iecg1       
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after section #iecc 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4      

#giac7 the following3  #iecd4           
,prohibition against ,federal mandates1 
direction1 or control  7a7 ,in general  
,no officer or employee of the ,federal 
,government shall1 directly or          
indirectly1 through grants1 contracts1  
or other cooperative agreements1        
mandate1 direct1 incentivize1 or control
 a ,state's1 local educational agency's1
 or school's specific instructional     
content1 academic standards and         
assessments1 curricula1 or program of   
instruction 7including through any      
requirement1 direction1 incentive1 or   
mandate to adopt the ,common ,core      
,state ,standards developed under the   
,common ,core ,state ,standards         
,initiative or any other academic       
standards common to a significant number
 of ,states7 nor shall any provision of 
this ,act be construed to authorize such
 an officer or employee to do so4  7b7  
,financial support ,no officer or       
employee of the ,federal ,government    
shall1 directly or indirectly1 through  

grants1 contracts1 or other cooperative 
agreements1 make financial support      
available in a manner that is           
conditioned upon a ,state's1 local      
educational agency's1 or school's       
adoption of specific instructional      
content1 academic standards and         
assessments1 curriculum1 or program of  
instruction 7including any requirement1 
direction1 or mandate to adopt the      
,common ,core ,state ,standards         
developed under the ,common ,core ,state
 ,standards ,initiative1 any other      
academic standards common to a          
significant number of ,states1 or any   
assessment1 instructional content1 or   
curriculum aligned to such standards7   
even if such requirements are specified 
in an ,act other than this ,act1 nor    
shall any provision of this ,act be     
construed to authorize such an officer  
or employee to do so4  4