---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7910a"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7910a"
heading: "Prohibition on requiring State participation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7910a"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VIII — General Provisions"
  - "Part F — Uniform Provisions"
  - "Subpart 2 — other provisions"
---

# §7910a. Prohibition on requiring State participation


Any [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6) that opts out of receiving funds, or that has not been awarded funds, under one or more programs under this chapter shall not be required to carry out any of the requirements of such program or programs, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6) to participate in any program under this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8530A, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8028, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2116.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section 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 an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.