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 115 STAT. 1984 PUBLIC LAW 107-llO^JAN. 8, 2002 to service in the Armed Forces if the objection is verifiable through the corporate or other organizational documents or materials of that school. "(d) SPECIAL RULE. —^A local educational agency prohibited by Connecticut State law (either explicitly by statute or through statutory interpretation by the State Supreme Court or State Attorney General) from providing military recruiters with information or access as required by this section shall have until May 31, 2002, to comply with that requirement. 20 USC 7909. "SEC. 9529. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING. "(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION. —Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law and except as provided in subsection (b), no funds provided under this Act to the Secretary or to the recipient of any award may be used to develop, pilot test, field test, implement, administer, or distribute any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and explicitly authorized by law. "(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to international comparative assessments developed under the authority of section 404(a)(6) of the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 and administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations. 20 USC 7910. "SEC. 9530. LIMITATIONS ON NATIONAL TESTING OR CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS. "(a) MANDATORY NATIONAL TESTING OR CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS. — Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other provision of law, no funds available to the Department or otherwise available under this Act may be used for any purpose relating to a mandatory nationwide test or certification of teachers or education paraprofessionals, including any planning, development, implementation, or administration of such test or certification. "(b) PROHIBITION ON WITHHOLDING FUNDS.— The Secretary is prohibited from withholding funds from any State educational agency or local educational agency if the State educational agency or local educational agency fails to adopt a specific method of teacher or paraprofessional certification. 20 USC 7911. "SEC. 9531. PROHIBITION ON NATIONWIDE DATABASE. "Nothing in this Act (other than section 1308(b)) shall be construed to authorize the development of a nationwide database of personally identifiable information on individuals involved in studies or other collections of data under this Act. 20 USC 7912. "SEC. 9532. UNSAFE SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION. "(a) UNSAFE SCHOOL CHOICE POLICY. —Each State receiving funds under this Act shall establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that a student attending a persistently dangerous public elementary school or secondary school, as determined by the State in consultation with a representative sample of local educational agencies, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense, as determined by State law, while in or on the grounds of a public elementary school or secondary school that the student attends, be allowed to attend a safe public elementary school or secondary school within the local educational agency, including a public charter school.

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