STATE CONTROL OVER STANDARDS.

SEC. 8036. STATE CONTROL OVER STANDARDS. Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII, as amended and redesignated by section 8001 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: “SEC. 8544. [20 U.S.C. 7924] STATE CONTROL OVER STANDARDS “(a) In general.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State from withdrawing from the Common Core State Standards or from otherwise revising their standards. “(b) Prohibition.—No officer or employee of the Federal Government shall, directly or indirectly, through grants, contracts or other cooperative agreements, through waiver granted under section 8401 or through any other authority, take any action against a State that exercises its rights under subsection (a).” .