---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 6849"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "6849"
heading: "Prohibition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/6849"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter III — Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students"
  - "Part A — English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act"
  - "Subpart 2 — accountability and administration"
---

# §6849. Prohibition


In carrying out this part, the [Secretary](/usc/20/7801.md?p=46) shall neither mandate nor preclude the use of a particular curricular or pedagogical approach to educating [English learners](/usc/20/7801.md?p=20).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title III, § 3128, formerly § 3129, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title III, § 301, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1706; renumbered § 3128 and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title III, §§ 3001(2)(B), 3003(l), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1953, 1964.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3128 of Pub. L. 89–10 was renumbered section 3127 and is classified to section 6848 of this title.

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–95, § 3003(l), substituted “English learners” for “limited English proficient children”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.