Federal

Title 20 — Education

2,029 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 7703 — Payments for eligible federally connected children
• § 7703a — Impact aid for children with severe disabilities
• § 7703b — Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees
• § 7703c — Plan and authority to assist local educational agencies experiencing growth in enrollment due to force structure changes, relocation of military units, or base closures and realignments
• § 7703d — Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces with enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations
• § 7704 — Policies and procedures relating to children residing on Indian lands
• § 7705 — Application for payments under sections 7702 and 7703 of this title
• § 7707 — Construction
• § 7708 — Facilities
• § 7709 — State consideration of payments in providing State aid
• § 7710 — Federal administration
• § 7711 — Administrative hearings and judicial review
• § 7712 — Forgiveness of overpayments
• § 7713 — Definitions
• § 7713a — School facilities for children of Government employees and other residents in Indian reservations, national parks, and national monuments
• § 7714 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 77a — Functions of museum
• § 77b — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–509 , pt. I, § 5, July 19, 1966 , 80 Stat. 310
• § 77c — Museum board
• § 77d — Transfer or loan of aeronautical or space flight equipment to museum
• § 78 — Cooperation of Smithsonian Institution with State institutions for continuing paleontological investigations
• § 7801 — Definitions
• § 7802 — Applicability of subchapter
• § 7803 — Applicability to Bureau of Indian Education operated schools
• § 781 to 788 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–346, § 5(d)(3)(B) , July 20, 1970 , 84 Stat. 445
• § 7821 — Consolidation of State administrative funds for elementary and secondary education programs
• § 7822 — Single local educational agency States
• § 7823 — Consolidation of funds for local administration
• § 7824 — Consolidated set-aside for Department of the Interior funds
• § 7825 — Department staff
• § 7841 — Purposes
• § 7842 — Optional consolidated State plans or applications
• § 7843 — Consolidated reporting
• § 7844 — General applicability of State educational agency assurances
• § 7845 — Consolidated local plans or applications
• § 7846 — Other general assurances
• § 7861 — Waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements
• § 7871 — Approval and disapproval of State plans
• § 7872 — Approval and disapproval of local educational agency applications
• § 7881 — Participation by private school children and teachers
• § 7882 — Standards for by-pass
• § 7883 — Complaint process for participation of private school children
• § 7884 — By-pass determination process
• § 7885 — Prohibition against funds for religious worship or instruction
• § 7886 — Private, religious, and home schools
• § 789 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–209, § 6(d)(5) , Sept. 29, 1965 , 79 Stat. 850
• § 78a — Authorization of appropriations; availability of funds; limit on use of funds during fiscal year; supervision; rules and regulations
• § 79 — Barro Colorado Island in Gatun Lake to be set aside
• § 790 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–346, § 5(d)(3)(B) , July 20, 1970 , 84 Stat. 445
• § 7901 — Maintenance of effort
• § 7902 — Prohibition regarding State aid
• § 7903 — Privacy of assessment results
• § 7904 — School prayer
• § 7905 — Equal access to public school facilities
• § 7906 — Prohibited uses of funds
• § 7906a — Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control
• § 7907 — Prohibitions on Federal Government and use of Federal funds
• § 7908 — Armed Forces recruiter access to students and student recruiting information
• § 7908a — Military recruiter access to secondary school campuses
• § 7909 — Prohibition on federally sponsored testing
• § 7910 — Limitations on national testing or certification for teachers, principals, or other school leaders
• § 7910a — Prohibition on requiring State participation
• § 7911 — Prohibition on nationwide database
• § 7912 — Unsafe school choice option
• § 7913 — Prohibition on discrimination
• § 7914 — Civil rights
• § 7915 — Rulemaking
• § 7916 — Severability
• § 7917 — Transfer of school disciplinary records
• § 7918 — Consultation with Indian tribes and tribal organizations
• § 7919 — Outreach and technical assistance for rural local educational agencies
• § 7920 — Consultation with the Governor
• § 7921 — Local governance
• § 7922 — Rule of construction regarding travel to and from school
• § 7923 — Limitations on school-based health centers
• § 7924 — State control over standards
• § 7925 — Sense of Congress on protecting student privacy
• § 7926 — Prohibition on aiding and abetting sexual abuse
• § 7927 — Sense of Congress on restoration of State sovereignty over public education
• § 7928 — Privacy
• § 7929 — Analysis and periodic review of departmental guidance
• § 7930 — Sense of Congress
• § 7931 — Sense of Congress on early learning and child care
• § 7932 — Technical assistance
• § 7933 — Preventing improper use of taxpayer funds
• § 7934 — Accountability to taxpayers through monitoring and oversight
• § 7941 — Short title
• § 7942 — Purpose
• § 7943 — Definitions
• § 7944 — Applicability
• § 7945 — Preemption and election of State nonapplicability
• § 7946 — Limitation on liability for teachers
• § 7947 — Allocation of responsibility for noneconomic loss
• § 7948 — Effective date
• § 7961 — Gun-free requirements
• § 7971 — Short title
• § 7972 — Definitions
• § 7973 — Nonsmoking policy for children’s services
• § 7974 — Preemption
• § 7981 — Evaluations
• § 79a — Preservation of natural features for scientific observation and investigation
• § 79b — Functions of Smithsonian Institution
• § 79c — Resident manager; powers and duties; compensation
• § 79d — Deposit of receipts into Treasury; disbursements
• § 79e — Authorization of appropriations
• § 80 — National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board
• § 8001 to 8007 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 801 — Congressional findings and purpose
• § 802 — Fellowships for city planning, management, housing specialists, and persons with general capacity in urban affairs and problems
• § 803 — Matching grants to States
• § 8031 to 8037 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 803a — Project grants and contracts
• § 804 — Limitation on grants to any one State
• § 805 — Technical assistance, studies, and publication of information
• § 806 — Authorization of appropriations; availability of funds
• § 8061 to 8067 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 807 — Definitions; authorization of appropriations for administrative and other expenses
• § 8071 to 8071j — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8091 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 80a — Display of contributions of Armed Forces
• § 80b — Selection of site
• § 80c — Transfer or loan of objects, equipment and rec­ords to Smithsonian Institution
• § 80d — Authorization of appropriations
• § 80e — Congressional declaration of policy
• § 80f — Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Board of Trustees of the Center
• § 80g — Powers and duties of Board
• § 80g–1 — Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought
• § 80h — Administration; quorum
• § 80i — Authorization of appropriations; limitations
• § 80j — Audit of accounts
• § 80k — Donation and transfer of lands and improvements, works of art, and other assets and property of Museum of African Art to Smithsonian Institution
• § 80l — Establishment of Museum of African Art; functions
• § 80m — Powers of Board
• § 80n — Commission for the Museum of African Art
• § 80o — Director, officers, and employees; appointment, compensation, and duties
• § 80p — Funding
• § 80q — Findings
• § 80q–1 — National Museum of the American Indian
• § 80q–10 — Special committee to review inventory, identification, and return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects
• § 80q–11 — Inventory, identification, and return of Native Hawaiian human remains and Native Hawaiian funerary objects in possession of Smithsonian Institution
• § 80q–12 — Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian tribes with respect to agreements for return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects
• § 80q–13 — Grants by Secretary of the Interior to assist Indian organizations with respect to renovation and repair of museum facilities and exhibit facilities
• § 80q–14 — Definitions
• § 80q–15 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 80q–2 — Authority of Board of Regents to enter into agreement providing for transfer of Heye Foundation assets to Smithsonian Institution
• § 80q–3 — Board of Trustees of National Museum of the American Indian
• § 80q–4 — Director and staff of National Museum
• § 80q–5 — Museum facilities
• § 80q–6 — Custom House office space and auditorium
• § 80q–7 — Audubon Terrace
• § 80q–8 — Board of Regents functions with respect to certain agreements and programs
• § 80q–9 — Inventory, identification, and return of Indian human remains and Indian funerary objects in possession of Smithsonian Institution
• § 80q–9a — Summary and repatriation of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and cultural patrimony
• § 80r — Findings
• § 80r–1 — Definitions
• § 80r–2 — Establishment of Museum
• § 80r–3 — Council
• § 80r–4 — Director and staff of the Museum
• § 80r–5 — Educational and liaison programs
• § 80r–6 — Building for the National Museum of African American History and Culture
• § 80r–7 — Congressional Budget Act compliance
• § 80r–8 — Consideration of recommendations of Presidential Commission
• § 80r–9 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 80s — Findings; purpose
• § 80s–1 — Establishment of joint project at Library of Congress and National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of histories of participants in American Civil Rights movement
• § 80s–2 — Private support for civil rights history project
• § 80s–3 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 80t — Findings
• § 80t–1 — Establishment of Museum
• § 80t–2 — Council
• § 80t–3 — Director and staff of the Museum
• § 80t–4 — Educational and liaison programs
• § 80t–5 — Building
• § 80t–6 — Definitions
• § 80t–7 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 80u — National Museum of the American Latino
• § 81 — Administration by Regents of Smithsonian Institution
• § 8101 to 8105 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8131 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8141 to 8143 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8161 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8171, 8172 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8181, 8182 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8191, 8192 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 82 — Aid in acquisition of collections
• § 8201, 8202 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 821 to 827 — Omitted
• § 8221 to 8224 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 301(c)(2)] , Oct. 21, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2681–337 , 2681–410
• § 8241 to 8247 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8271, 8272 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8281 to 8284 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8291 to 8297 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 83 — Omitted
• § 8311, 8312 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8331, 8332 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8351 to 8361 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 8371 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 301(c)(4)] , Oct. 21, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2681–337 , 2681–410
• § 84 — Plans for buildings and bridges
• § 8401 to 8407 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1011(5)(A) , Jan. 8, 2002 , 115 Stat. 1986
• § 841 — Omitted