; (2) by striking Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 each place it appears and inserting Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act ; and (3) by striking 1998 and inserting 2006 . 9. Prohibitions Section 8 ( 20 U.S.C. 2306a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking Federal Government to mandate, and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting Federal Government— (1) to condition or incentivize the receipt of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, or the receipt of any priority or preference under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, upon a State, local educational agency, eligible agency, eligible recipient, eligible entity, or school’s adoption or implementation of specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction (including any condition, priority, or preference to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards); (2) through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements, to mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, eligible agency, eligible recipient, eligible entity, or school’s specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program of instruction (including any requirement, direction, or mandate to adopt the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards common to a significant number of States, or any assessment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such standards); and (3) except as required under sections 112(b), 211(b), and 223— (A) to mandate, direct, or control the allocation of State or local resources