---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7924"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7924"
heading: "State control over standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7924"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VIII — General Provisions"
  - "Part F — Uniform Provisions"
  - "Subpart 2 — other provisions"
---

# §7924. State control over standards

- (a) **In general—** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6) from withdrawing from the Common Core [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6) Standards or from otherwise revising their standards.
- (b) **Prohibition—** 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](/usc/20/7861.md) or through any other authority, take any action against a [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6) that exercises its rights under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8544, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8036, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2119.)

## 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.