**(a) Rights of local governments and educational institutions** It is the intention of the Congress in the establishment of the Department to protect the rights of State and local governments and public and private educational institutions in the areas of educational policies and administration of programs and to strengthen and improve the control of such governments and institutions over their own educational programs and policies. The establishment of the Department of Education shall not increase the authority of the Federal Government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States.
**(b) Curriculum, administration, and personnel; library resources** No provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, over any accrediting agency or association, or over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, except to the extent authorized by law.
**(c) Funding under pre-existing programs** The Secretary shall not, during the period within eight months after May 4, 1980, take any action to withhold, suspend, or terminate funds under any program transferred by this chapter by reason of the failure of any State to comply with any applicable law requiring the administration of such a program through a single organizational unit.
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**(a) Rights of local governments and educational institutions** It is the intention of the Congress in the establishment of the Department to protect the rights of State and local governments and public and private educational institutions in the areas of educational policies and administration of programs and to strengthen and improve the control of such governments and institutions over their own educational programs and policies. The establishment of the Department of Education shall not increase the authority of the Federal Government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States.
**(b) Curriculum, administration, and personnel; library resources** No provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, over any accrediting agency or association, or over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, except to the extent authorized by law.
**(c) Funding under pre-existing programs** The Secretary shall not, during the period within eight months after May 4, 1980, take any action to withhold, suspend, or terminate funds under any program transferred by this chapter by reason of the failure of any State to comply with any applicable law requiring the administration of such a program through a single organizational unit.
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§ 3403. Relationship with States
(a) Rights of local governments and educational
institutions
It is the intention of the Congress in the es-
tablishment of the Department to protect the
rights of State and local governments and public
and private educational institutions in the areas
of educational policies and administration of
programs and to strengthen and improve the
control of such governments and institutions
over their own educational programs and poli-
cies. The establishment of the Department of
Education shall not increase the authority of
the Federal Government over education or di-
minish the responsibility for education which is
reserved to the States and the local school sys-
tems and other instrumentalities of the States.
(b) Curriculum, administration, and personnel;
library resources
No provision of a program administered by the
Secretary or by any other officer of the Depart-
ment shall be construed to authorize the Sec-
retary or any such officer to exercise any direc-
tion, supervision, or control over the cur-
riculum, program of instruction, administra-
tion, or personnel of any educational institu-
tion, school, or school system, over any accred-
iting agency or association, or over the selec-
tion or content of library resources, textbooks,
or other instructional materials by any edu-
cational institution or school system, except to
the extent authorized by law.
(c) Funding under pre-existing programs
The Secretary shall not, during the period
within eight months after May 4, 1980, take any
action to withhold, suspend, or terminate funds
under any program transferred by this chapter
by reason of the failure of any State to comply
with any applicable law requiring the adminis-
tration of such a program through a single or