§7861. Waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements — Inbound Citations

Citations to 20 U.S.C. § 7861 as a whole

• 20 U.S.C. § 6311(b)(2)(D)(ii)(IV)

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  (IV) This subparagraph shall be subject to the waiver authority under section 7861 of this title.
• 20 U.S.C. § 6311(e)(1)(B)

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  (B) as a condition of approval of the State plan, or revisions or amendments to, the State plan, or approval of a waiver request submitted under section 7861 of this title, to—

  (i) require a State to add any requirements that are inconsistent with or outside the scope of this part;

  (ii) require a State to add or delete one or more specific elements of the challenging State academic standards; or

  (iii) prescribe—

  (I) numeric long-term goals or measurements of interim progress that States establish for all students, for any subgroups of students, and for English learners with respect to English language proficiency, under this part, including—

  (aa) the length of terms set by States in designing such goals; or

  (bb) the progress expected from any subgroups of students in meeting such goals;

  (II) specific academic assessments or assessment items that States or local educational agencies use to meet the requirements of subsection (b)(2) or otherwise use to measure student academic achievement or student growth under this part;

  (III) indicators that States use within the State accountability system under this section, including any requirement to measure student growth, or, if a State chooses to measure student growth, the specific metrics used to measure such growth under this part;

  (IV) the weight of any measure or indicator used to identify or meaningfully differentiate schools, under this part;

  (V) the specific methodology used by States to meaningfully differentiate or identify schools under this part;

  (VI) any specific school support and improvement strategies or activities that State or local educational agencies establish and implement to intervene in, support, and improve schools and improve student outcomes under this part;

  (VII) exit criteria established by States under subsection (d)(3)(A)(i);

  (VIII) provided that the State meets the requirements in subsection (c)(3), a minimum number of students established by a State under such subsection;

  (IX) any aspect or parameter of a teacher, principal, or other school leader evaluation system within a State or local educational agency;

  (X) indicators or specific measures of teacher, principal, or other school leader effectiveness or quality; or

  (XI) the way in which the State factors the requirement under subsection (c)(4)(E)(i) into the statewide accountability system under this section; or
• 20 U.S.C. § 7906a(b)

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  (b) No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall condition or incentivize the receipt of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, the receipt of any priority or preference under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, or the receipt of a waiver under section 7861 of this title upon a State, local educational agency, or school’s adoption or implementation of specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction developed and implemented to meet the requirements of this chapter (including any condition, priority, or preference to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards).
• 20 U.S.C. § 7924(b)

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  (b) No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall, directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts or other cooperative agreements, through waiver granted under section 7861 of this title or through any other authority, take any action against a State that exercises its rights under subsection (a).