federal control prohibited

federal control prohibited Sec. 312. (a) Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system, or over the selection of library resources, textbooks, or other printed or published instructional materials by any educational institution or school system. (b) The National Advisory Committee on Adult Basic Education is authorized to encourage the establishment of State and local adult education advisory committees in order to improve reporting of State and local administration of programs under this title. Such local and State advisory committees may be existing groups or especially estab-80 Stat. 1222lished by State and local administrators of the programs to assure that the local program is meeting the needs of the community.