,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #bj1 
#bjac,mr4 ,cochran introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to ensure that decisions by the
 ,secretary of ,education to award      
grants or other assistance to ,states or
 local educational agencies are not     
contingent upon the adoption of specific
 educational curricula4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preserving ,education ,access and      
,autonomy ,act of #bjac4  #b4           
,prohibition on requiring the adoption  
of specific curricula  7a7 ,definition  
of education grant or assistance ,in    
this section1 the term education grant  
or assistance-- 7#a7 means any grant1   
contract1 cooperative agreement1 or     
other assistance provided through a     
program administered by the ,secretary  
of ,education2 and  7#b7 includes any   

waiver of a statutory or regulatory     
requirement of the ,elementary and      
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fcja et seq47 granted by the
 ,secretary of ,education under the     
authority provided under section #idja  
of such ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghfa74  7b7
 ,no requirement for specific curricula 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of ,education shall 
not require1 as a condition of any      
education grant or assistance1 that a   
,state or local educational agency adopt
 a specific elementary school or        
secondary school curriculum4  7c7 ,no   
priority for specific curricula         
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of ,education shall 
select recipients for any education     
grant or assistance without providing   
any priority1 preference1 or special    
consideration to a ,state or local      
educational agency based on the adoption
 by the ,state or local educational     
agency of a specific elementary school  

or secondary school curriculum4