---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12645f"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12645f"
heading: "Restrictions on Federal Government and use of Federal funds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12645f"
units:
  - "Chapter 129 — National and Community Service"
  - "Subchapter I — National and Community Service State Grant Program"
  - "Division F — Administrative Provisions"
---

# §12645f. Restrictions on Federal Government and use of Federal funds

- (a) **General prohibition—** Nothing in the national service laws shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1), local educational [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), or school’s curriculum, [program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8) of instruction, or [allocation](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=2) of [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) or local resources, or mandate a [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this chapter.
- (b) **Prohibition on endorsement of curriculum—** Notwithstanding any other prohibition of Federal law, no funds provided to the [Corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2) under this chapter may be used by the [Corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2) to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an elementary school or secondary school.
- (c) **Prohibition on requiring Federal approval or certification standards—** Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, not[^1] [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) shall be required to have academic content or student academic achievement standards approved or certified by the Federal Government, in order to receive assistance under this chapter.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “no”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 189C, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1612, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1540.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 101–610, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3127, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 12501 of this title and Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.