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 108 STAT. 3906 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 20 USC 8900. " SEC. 14510. SCHOOL PRAYER. "Any State or local educational agency that is adjudged by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction to have willfully violated a Federal court order mandating that such local educational agency remedy a violation of the constitutional right of any student with respect to prayer in public schools, in addition to any other judicial remedies, shall be ineligible to receive Federal funds under this Act until such time as the local educational agency complies with such order. Funds that are withheld under this section shall not be reimbursed for the period during which the local educational agency was in willful noncompliance. 20 USC 8901. "SEC. 14511. GENERAL PROHIBITIONS. "(a) PROHIBITION. —None of the funds authorized under this Act shall be used— "(1) to develop or distribute materials, or operate programs or courses of instruction directed at youth that are designed to promote or encourage, sexual activity, whether homosexual or heterosexual; "(2) to distribute or to aid in the distribution by any organization of legally obscene materials to minors on school grounds; "(3) to provide sex education or HIV prevention education in schools unless such instruction is age appropriate and includes the health benefits of abstinence; or "(4) to operate a program of condom distribution in schools. "(b) LOCAL CONTROL.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to— "(1) authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, review, or control a State, local educational agency, or schools' instructional content, curriculum, and related activities; "(2) limit the application of the General Education Provisions Act; "(3) require the distribution of scientifically or medically false or inaccurate materials or to prohibit the distribution of scientifically or medically true or accurate materials; or "(4) create any legally enforceable right. 20 USC 8902. " SEC. 14512. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL MANDATES, DIRECTION, AND CONTROL. "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school's curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State or local resources, or mandate a State or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this Act. 20 USC 89o:i "SEC. 14513. REPORT. "The Secretary shall report to the Congress not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 regarding how the Secretary shall ensure that audits conducted by Department employees of activities assisted under this Act comply with changes to this Act made by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, particularly with respect to permitting children with similar educational needs to be served in the same educational settings, where appropriate.

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