---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7885"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7885"
heading: "Prohibition against funds for religious worship or instruction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7885"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VIII — General Provisions"
  - "Part F — Uniform Provisions"
  - "Subpart 1 — private schools"
---

# §7885. Prohibition against funds for religious worship or instruction


Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the making of any payment under this chapter for religious worship or instruction.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8505, formerly title IX, § 9505, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1979; renumbered title VIII, § 8505, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(5), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)