113 HR 4366 EH: Strengthening Education through Research Act
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Education through Research Act
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Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM
Sec. 101. References.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Part A—The Institute of Education Sciences
Sec. 111. Establishment.
Sec. 112. Functions.
Sec. 113. Delegation.
Sec. 114. Office of the Director.
Sec. 115. Priorities.
Sec. 116. National Board for Education Sciences.
Sec. 117. Commissioners of the National Education Centers.
Sec. 118. Transparency.
Sec. 119. Competitive awards.
Part B—National Center for Education Research
Sec. 131. Establishment.
Sec. 132. Duties.
Sec. 133. Standards for conduct and evaluation of research.
Part C—National Center for Education Statistics
Sec. 151. Establishment.
Sec. 152. Duties.
Sec. 153. Performance of duties.
Sec. 154. Reports.
Sec. 155. Dissemination.
Sec. 156. Cooperative education statistics systems.
Part D—National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Sec. 171. Establishment.
Sec. 172. Commissioner for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
Sec. 173. Evaluations.
Sec. 174. Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and evaluation.
Part E—National Center for Special Education Research
Sec. 175. Establishment.
Sec. 176. Commissioner for Special Education Research.
Sec. 177. Duties.
Part F—General provisions
Sec. 182. Prohibitions.
Sec. 183. Confidentiality.
Sec. 184. Availability of data.
Sec. 185. Performance management.
Sec. 186. Authority to publish.
Sec. 187. Repeals.
Sec. 188. Fellowships.
Sec. 189. Authorization of appropriations.
Title II—EDUCATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Sec. 201. References.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Comprehensive centers.
Sec. 204. Evaluations.
Sec. 205. Existing technical assistance providers.
Sec. 206. Regional advisory committees.
Sec. 207. Priorities.
Sec. 208. Grant program for statewide longitudinal data systems.
Sec. 209. Authorization of appropriations.
Title III—NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS
Sec. 301. References.
Sec. 302. National assessment governing board.
Sec. 303. National assessment of educational progress.
Sec. 304. Definitions.
Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations.
Title IV—EVALUATION PLAN
Sec. 401. Research and evaluation.
<enum>I</enum><header>EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM</header>
<section id="HBC759C3DD5E64241B111DEF8C9C3C4AF"><enum>101.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9501">20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></section>
<section id="H60A631053DB444878434901836F32E92"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9501">20 U.S.C. 9501</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H125ED2373D214B599D6702C32BFE3606"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Education</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16B2EEFDAFA8425DAF6AD4C8F611283F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E5159F9336F46FF9FE0D5AA71EB9CC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or other information, in a timely manner and</quote> after <quote>evaluations,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE085DEF8BDB249B18235535925F211C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>school leaders,</quote> after <quote>teachers,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00B0A7EB953A4D9FA92BBC5AD023EBD8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by inserting <quote>, school leaders,</quote> after <quote>teachers</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA448F987BABE49A1B6028B82A923146A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (13);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H167EF13AFB3D4482B3385D6DF42BFEE6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (14) and (15) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA394A8CC7CB4527A2C689940C539674"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (14), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HBC48B29745B94FC59940A51784F5254B"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Minority-serving institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>minority-serving institution</term> means an institution of higher education described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067q">20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H246369B63EB24CE5886E759671900FA4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (18) to read as follows: </text>
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<paragraph id="H58FD6CECBF314BF084FB45C1FE96DF4F"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Principles of scientific research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>principles of scientific research</term> means principles of research that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1BF33BABED94D71A2B04B58EA76D4B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">apply rigorous, systematic, and objective methodology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to education activities and programs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1D794B1CFFF4CCBA1E694924E22418C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>present findings and make claims that are appropriate to, and supported by, the methods that have been employed; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BF872EAE4064ECCBEB5BC969E5424A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include, appropriate to the research being conducted—</text>
<clause id="H592594DE02ED4EE3ACA634898765BAA5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>use of systematic, empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment;</text></clause>
<clause id="H81654E690B5B4AB29B9EF2744FC3002E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>use of data analyses that are adequate to support the general findings;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF0E0C9DA55684F499E33AA9D287C991D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reliance on measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and generalizable findings;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5F3585B7D3254C83B258D5BA494E33C5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>strong claims of causal relationships, only with research designs that eliminate plausible competing explanations for observed results, such as, but not limited to, random-assignment experiments;</text></clause>
<clause id="H745BDFA0BC924BF28010E4B3A62E2707"><enum>(v)</enum><text>presentation of studies and methods in sufficient detail and clarity to allow for replication or, at a minimum, to offer the opportunity to build systematically on the findings of the research;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4716EAF8FC0A4ECC8E7D7408A24889FD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal or critique by a panel of independent experts through a comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H0F6D7C30CA534FB49A9F224EAABDF437"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>consistency of findings across multiple studies or sites to support the generality of results and conclusions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE54B634DB1104A768ED5FB7B54CD13D6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in paragraph (20), by striking <quote>scientifically based research standards</quote> and inserting <quote>the principles of scientific research</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB119B40BF846447B897E5E879687074E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1260EEAC53164E03942A1FEB550D3E9C"><enum>(24)</enum><header>School leader</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>school leader</quote> means a principal, assistant principal, or other individual who is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB7E403962A844018A34A99C224F7CC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an employee or officer of—</text>
<clause id="H74F473B366BA431D90A06577E19634B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an elementary school or secondary school;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFA0CD2BC2B9948A79BCDCA51778C7CF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a local educational agency serving an elementary school or secondary school; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HDCAE8B8BA68E46FF91190120D11C4EE5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>another entity operating the elementary school or secondary school; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6492092566664DA8BF81C892B733573B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>responsible for the daily instructional leadership and managerial operations of the elementary school or secondary school.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<part id="H7678D982929742EDA12F3BF2F2F5F11B"><enum>A</enum><header>The Institute of Education Sciences</header>
<section id="H40E3A362BD0742148038A4EC8AFE5D2A"><enum>111.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9511">20 U.S.C. 9511</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6037AEFEE081442C8042F67E698840D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59DA2B3DBDF04EE996130D2B38B9D135"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H8060EF26A6DC45D2989293B7C22E0B7F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and wide dissemination activities</quote> and inserting <quote>and, consistent with section 114(j), wide dissemination and utilization activities</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE7B3556ECF1E41C3B83A365146B9EE9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(including in technology areas)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA104E98CC6B465083E45FA1170CD3BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>disability,</quote> after <quote>gender,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H5434FA9809064B0EA7AB162ACF310564"><enum>112.</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 112 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9512">20 U.S.C. 9512</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C06EB945D624C398FBBD0C16D87C016"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H340AAA11B6C14917891AE9CEBE8E6C9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including evaluations of impact and implementation)</quote> after <quote>education evaluation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H57016A01D0BC4F668350F97FD340A318"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before the semicolon the following <quote>and utilization</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H994F7D769083418CAC14B1A8183E600C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5838F0B729524CE1AD84B4E29641F789"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, consistent with section 114(j),</quote> after <quote>disseminate</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H947DD90198804CEEB430BA4EA0C71490"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding before the semicolon the following: <quote>and scientifically valid education evaluations carried out under this title</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HBEB8D9D91E0248638AB7C9ED730951EE"><enum>113.</enum><header>Delegation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 113 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9513">20 U.S.C. 9513</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H17BAF4163A904205B9E60558428A4F50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5EF2A22440464AF498635F438B387DC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FE0637FD1464138ACDDB19AB1775FA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7EB064178D1F47B881910322F8799511"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC16AE429FC49438592972FE6A16C641F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>Secretary may assign the Institute responsibility for administering</quote> and inserting <quote>Director may accept requests from the Secretary for the Institute to administer</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AEF9913AA6C46988FB535DEFA370E4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H1B4C0E81413C488782D379CDF2E5E9AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contract acquisition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any contract entered into under this title, the Director shall be consulted—</text>
<paragraph id="HCC666FFC447246CB8090B2F08F6F5DBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>during the procurement process; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC80051AA3FAF4670975E982DAB2A90BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the management of such contract’s performance, which shall be consistent with the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H27E8DE0DE2164267A2D624C6379465FF"><enum>114.</enum><header>Office of the Director</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 114 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9514">20 U.S.C. 9514</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C7436FB67404CF9AD805C8895C989FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E3A6C102AB843C2864112C2789979EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H858EAA3DE2F8422F99861168C6AC2086"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, except that if a successor to the Director has not been appointed as of the date of expiration of the Director’s term, the Director may serve for an additional 1-year period, beginning on the day after the date of expiration of the Director’s term, or until a successor has been appointed under subsection (a), whichever occurs first</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H226DA47A197944AFB93DC6D16668D087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H3ECC9608CE5542FF8F1AA6E9144636FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Director may be reappointed under subsection (a) for one additional term. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B5680C05A8043B096F2FAEDC245EB10"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HAAD42AC2B88F45DBAFAAF1B33B47248C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Subsequent directors</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Recommendations</header-in-text></quote>; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HD9AB4759ACCE4EDCBA90CEA0DEEEDB1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, other than a Director appointed under paragraph (2)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2A2A542711D40578BD5B8B01CAFB228"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H987BF0D7353E4CB7B7A7BF2B79AF744A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, and, as appropriate, with such research and activities carried out by public and private entities, to avoid duplicative or overlapping efforts</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H751352F7BEC94C29910D5146C4C7A20A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>, and the use of evidence</quote> after <quote>statistics activities</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58A5FBD776BC4B978B20D7E576D6E8AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="H4A4C487BF7E54BD08D6016476C41A738"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and maintain</quote> after <quote>establish</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAEB91D75C573407E8B527A550A69E0BC" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and subsection (h)</quote> after <quote>section 116(b)(3)</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF9879FC8195410ABA0A9B304155DEF7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by inserting <quote>disability,</quote> after <quote>gender,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD2A1651E98E24F1E850696AF106B2746"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>historically Black colleges or universities</quote> and inserting <quote>minority-serving institutions</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H241A021A2BE7491EA6AC368E35D48CC6"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HDC72880575FD4800B6446A1F3785769E"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To coordinate with the Secretary to ensure that the results of the Institute’s work are coordinated with, and utilized by, the Department’s technical assistance providers and dissemination networks. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8F6D8F92FF843729A41FE0FE0C95C69"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (10) and (11);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8CD832F822F44ABE8B04611DBC2E2332"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (10);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90ED4469F69141C59265B1A56DAD1003"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C90DB5E036F49149F269C86318A5F91"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g), the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H73D305D41FD04EDE80F50CE2D01F013B"><enum>(h) </enum><header>Peer-review system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall establish and maintain a peer-review system involving highly-qualified individuals, including practitioners, as appropriate, with an in-depth knowledge of the subject to be investigated, for—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1836611D79347369DBEF86DB492FE2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reviewing and evaluating each application for a grant or cooperative agreement under this title that exceeds $100,000; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF506F0613686419A94CF5B7BC2DC2E7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluating and assessing all reports and other products that exceed $100,000 to be published and publicly released by the Institute.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04E39F16982F4D139E858687275BAE4B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (i), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4EE608E806F842C5A2439D31507AD557"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the products and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDBCBAD2508854A01A218EB37E5149CCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>certify that evidence-based claims about those products and</quote> and inserting <quote>determine whether evidence-based claims in those</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8ADF967CDFF34221A570B92D29C132D3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<subsection id="HB0FEE4F593664D7D914ABB5116B2DD1A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Relevance, dissemination, and utilization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure all activities authorized under this title are rigorous, relevant, and useful for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and the public, the Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4F9CC4634BC4E02AA4083DF4B769CC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure such activities address significant challenges faced by practitioners, and increase knowledge in the field of education;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DCD4F65D1F64D2DB36122A651B5A90A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the information, products, and publications of the Institute are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3981985086A242038DECAA1631204DA3" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prepared and widely disseminated—</text>
<clause id="H681C1FE7706C487DA9B776FAF9ECB6D7" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a timely fashion; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3901C496C6784ADAB7E3CCD8803130B3" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in forms that are understandable, easily accessible, and usable, or adaptable for use in, the improvement of educational practice; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB13602DEA4B14EAC91620D4F8068E8BC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">widely disseminated through electronic transfer, and other means, such as posting to the Institute’s website or other relevant place; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE352912336224D1A8169D85348514B82"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the utilization of the information, products, and publications of the Institute, including through the use of dissemination networks and technical assistance providers, within the Institute and the Department; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7873A5DE581247B9A3A63F4D5F539CE4" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor and manage the performance of all activities authorized under this title in accordance with section 185. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H5631171F9F7E48838743367D5C379F56"><enum>115.</enum><header>Priorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 115 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9515">20 U.S.C. 9515</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H233AB106280A4076BC4D947844ED8E78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02760E509F1040FC8378CFFEF2A95C28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HF6173C30830C48A3816CF85F52995CBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(taking into consideration long-term research and development on core issues conducted through the national research and development centers)</quote> and inserting <quote>at least once every 6 years</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H9D639E2AC48C49D181F0980BAD81A1BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such as</quote> and inserting <quote>including</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBECEE91C9234D3EB81B6BFEFADCD069"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HCD7FB89F97E346DA81D038B7FFF86857"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>ensuring that all children have the ability to obtain a high-quality education, particularly</quote> before <quote>closing</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="HDA85FF0E1FCC4957927BA2BEB56D259C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>especially achievement gaps between</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF69B953FD73A465FB084D415EB774868"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>nonminority children</quote> and inserting <quote>nonminority children, disabled and nondisabled children,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H600AF8FAD59744C68A0D29438446CF15"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and between disadvantaged</quote> and inserting <quote>and disadvantaged</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="HB4201DD458504D3092C08A946470A56C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5692670E4EB14BCE96D6467DC2EBF2B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE070F1BD6A0C466CBFB100ECFF41A065"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCEC5F5C31DAF4FD3B18A082BA3535D36"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving the quality of early childhood education;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84A4112A672C4C2AB0EE73742ECA264C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving education in elementary and secondary schools, particularly among low-performing students and schools; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4898078BC2424BA1B7C3838193C2A3BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>improving access to, opportunities for, and completion of postsecondary education.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38F11B3A31D54614A9F16BD68FF8B08C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>by means of the Internet</quote> and inserting <quote>by electronic means such as posting in an easily accessible manner on the Institute’s website</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H0F1E5041D572420FBF5461939DCFC3AC"><enum>116.</enum><header>National Board for Education Sciences</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 116 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9516">20 U.S.C. 9516</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE2FD352DF7F43BBA1E4512CA94116DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02F5BF806BB34764B8ECA825BD81D6E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>to guide the work of the Institute</quote> and inserting <quote>, and to advise, and provide input to, the Director on the activities of the Institute on an ongoing basis</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76C2F0F5ADC144EE90BFCBF2C9A3B8CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>under section 114(h)</quote> after <quote>procedures</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B949DB0309E4B71B4E0AD8EEF90FA32"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by inserting <quote>disability,</quote> after <quote>gender,</quote></text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C79A52CA1D74AEA99A02DEB88DDE025" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<clause id="H6363A4A102AD4E83807523F79E80055B" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>To solicit</quote> and inserting <quote>To ensure all activities of the Institute are relevant to education policy and practice by soliciting, on an ongoing basis,</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8A494BE76BB44562A9811ACEA1BA5F59" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>consistent with</quote> and inserting <quote>consistent with section 114(j) and</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AF01FD2C7E84E0A8A63AF7BFF1E19F2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)—</text>
<clause id="H92EF9D3EA5E84A5BB60D3B466326B0E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the Institute’s</quote> after <quote>enhance</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H10CD5B04E27F467EB3B40FF5F445C74A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>among other Federal and State research agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>with public and private entities to improve the work of the Institute</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DE1D683DDB544DB94B36F4FCDA95D79"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H15561A4805804F0A8507F76837FDEEE6"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To conduct the evaluations required under subsection (d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB21881B965084708AC55376AAC4DF501"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H756DB65BC0B94E008986090FBF9F93EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HE5F20573E222448A9C7A1E89E4F02F58"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Board,</quote> before <quote>National Academy</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H88C518A4A5104B228179A94412B79F63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and the National Science Advisor</quote> and inserting <quote>the National Science Advisor, and other entities and organizations that have knowledge of individuals who are highly-qualified to appraise education research, statistics, evaluations, or development</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47E03E51236841EF9BBA6D231BE05781"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="H4DCEDB761C5342E7B6F64659CEB7C10B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HA508EEDADA0048F284C54CFF1449F82B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>, which may include those researchers recommended by the National Academy of Sciences</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCA8546A1F5C4411CBBD4E358C072CAB3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8024C95B58124F40AED573B2DFECB9CF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i), the following:</text>
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<clause id="H42C1175A30294E4E8095A0695215565E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not fewer than 2 practitioners who are knowledgeable about the education needs of the United States, who may include school based professional educators, teachers, school leaders, local educational agency superintendents, and members of local boards of education or Bureau-funded school boards.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause>
<subclause id="H1FC23B8B18C1443587A615E25E6ADD02"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (iii), as so redesignated—</text>
<item id="H18BB9345913A49B080E8BDF98F2FB30C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>school-based professional educators,</quote>;</text></item>
<item id="H03003979AA47452181AD5EF869BBDEC7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>local educational agency superintendents,</quote>;</text></item>
<item id="H9B1D496DD04E4DF1893BC3D8EBD085D3"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking <quote>principals,</quote>;</text></item>
<item id="HB3DF496122974A8EA80B98FAA879459B"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or local</quote>; and</text></item>
<item id="H76A70D78B05541D3B8AE399F5E7F4FB6"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or Bureau-funded school boards</quote>; and</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H97186667DEB4407889729401E870C03C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H3125A04B2B68425E8D352AD3D512B8D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>beginning on the date of appointment of the member,</quote> after <quote>4 years,</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB59AF926A055422EB272A7AE8F8D27F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clause (i);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H7378EE8BF5DE41749A1A89C28A67E8A8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (i);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2AAB899695D447F2B6C345EA3ED47F06"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (i), as so redesignated, by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA77BD825B71744CC9B65E5BC586560AF"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7E58DD64C7B047E8A7B17997B6A76994" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="HDB2965C711CD4DD39CFF196844B184C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a case in which a successor to a member has not been appointed as of the date of expiration of the member’s term, the member may serve for an additional 1-year period, beginning on the day after the date of expiration of the member’s term, or until a successor has been appointed under paragraph (1), whichever occurs first. </text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H56876A5427CE4ED6B3F124F7FA284312"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1748ADA295814256B25958795FF2BA6E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1CAEEF2B42547C493D44713CB9A9005"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text>
<clause id="H75E8CE9BC25F4FCD9A9C6C1BDD77CB0D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5DAD7457B3B84609B7DADF7DDD616D11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE43A50D19FB74E3AA8FEA6DC83B7607A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the exercise of its duties under section 116(b) and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Board shall be independent of the Director and the other offices and officers of the Institute.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HF8AD8C4F5AB84A6CBC75DF2299F7CEBA" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>for a term of not more than 6 years, and who may be reappointed by the Board for 1 additional term of not more than 6 years</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5FA399FD9BA64E31B3D3DC2675B3EF53"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA9251D3B69024FF094194761AA3EE629" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="HEAD9887C68EF4103AB96EE157A58D9BD"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board may establish standing or temporary subcommittees to make recommendations to the Board for carrying out activities authorized under this title.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EA29C1A793C4E5F94640D95FCFA081D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD2F7B5D72BF4491A91C512B2C4C0C7B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD528D767F1FD41EFB8BEC2748E30AF4E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H733AF1EC75684902B16B6716B9590EAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Annual</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Evaluation</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCE1B118E5604C88BFBAEF4913E36802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Board</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBF8BA587680C45C49B98A45DF1EF3455" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H0E678F885B4F44059661C8E6326B90B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB90B822C18F14B1983713740A2C5E71C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not later than July 1 of each year, a</quote> and inserting <quote>and make widely available to the public (including by electronic means such as posting in an easily accessible manner on the Institute’s website), a triennial</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B4A6BBEC36D4C98B1D0C71B748921AF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H7772AB8042C94023B80CFDFFB759CBBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation report described in paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4148B108D91E436B8FE25A4A5149D2A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (3), an evaluation of the activities authorized for each of the National Education Centers, which—</text>
<clause id="H4979D54D2853469DBEBE6EA6E5F6766B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>uses the performance management system described in section 185; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBF23EE7EC6264F19BB84D13C2064C6CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is conducted by an independent entity;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63F633043643499996D1FA08EC0E496F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a review of the Institute to ensure its work, consistent with the requirements of section 114(j), is timely, rigorous, and relevant;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3500ECCDB9D4298BEB86468AB0B8683"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any recommendations regarding actions that may be taken to enhance the ability of the Institute and the National Education Centers to carry out their priorities and missions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75840FB7795842EBA0015134FB3963D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a summary of the major research findings of the Institute and the activities carried out under section 113(b) during the 3 preceding fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E444A2B2BEB4B8F9323BAD1929307DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, an evaluation report described in paragraph (1) shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph id="H768CEE5CE560457EA78104AD9117D322"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation described in paragraph (2)(A) of the activities authorized for such Center, except for the regional educational laboratories established under section 174; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF3A47C7A12649FFA33777B0BD9ADA76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a summative or interim evaluation, whichever is most recent, for each such laboratory conducted under section 174(i) on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title> or, in a case in which such an evaluation is not available for a laboratory, the most recent evaluation for the laboratory conducted prior to the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FC8ADB1744A4CA2A066B1C93C468D7C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HE33148824DD34FB6B182FF0A7FA4E4F6"><enum>117.</enum><header>Commissioners of the National Education Centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 117 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9517">20 U.S.C. 9517</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E69B9BE044A4B76AE31EF1277BEB9CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE1894ED8C1A4BAD8C449CBA0810532B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b), each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BCD4B4B44954E0297A14D5C1947FE39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HA35CE8943D364DDE85039A0316ACC701"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b), each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBA1029F414E647508EEC6968F862F0CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, statistics,</quote> after <quote>research</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B8D1A3C8CAA4C1D8433A9B803839F70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b), each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31EB4C9391434E83BD1E8786619C38BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE3D321AD3AD459CA7012A45154E26C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBF5AC701E1246C3801B3277C73CC253"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>, except the Commissioner for Education Statistics,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H260EB67893FF4EAF8317A93FABE1F89C" commented="no"><enum>118.</enum><header>Transparency</header>
<subsection id="H4D5AB1891CEE49A5B4C1F281BB0DF199"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 119 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9519">20 U.S.C. 9519</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H8ED86C3A016E4ECE8F3149F72AEEB66D" commented="no"><enum>119.</enum><header>Transparency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after awarding a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this title in excess of $100,000, the Director shall make publicly available (including through electronic means such as posting in an easily accessible manner on the Institute’s website) a description of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, including, at a minimum, the amount, duration, recipient, and the purpose of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. </text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HBA647461F55F49BABD691F65A0411D96" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/279">Public Law 107–279</external-xref>; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended by striking the item relating to section 119 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 119. Transparency.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H6E9B70650087476389745BEBEACDA72B"><enum>119.</enum><header>Competitive awards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9520">20 U.S.C. 9520</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>when practicable</quote> and inserting <quote>consistent with section 114(h)</quote>. </text></section></part>
<part id="H6C0556404CF14191B122996D4507A1E3"><enum>B</enum><header>National Center for Education Research</header>
<section id="HC8A3D5D1BD914D72AABAB417EE634396"><enum>131.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 131(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9531">20 U.S.C. 9531(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC6D638543A149CB8356D5EF4320541A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9EF9D9BE673F4AB38BFF333B1BF7AA81"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to sponsor sustained research that will lead to the accumulation of knowledge and understanding of education, consistent with the priorities described in section 115; </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71BDADF65FD048458B56C73CDC9B1E95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H561429513765462195E1273C2850EB4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16EDC13D1C194452AE11527437FFE480"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCEF94B86089B4C639BAE619F60887CF2" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H75D6F048F7A247BF9E4914C5472DC5B9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent with section 114(j), to widely disseminate and promote utilization of the work of the Research Center.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H246CED5C2CE14B16B26C5325D33BFDDE"><enum>132.</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9533">20 U.S.C. 9533</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA89F03E95FA6499AA57443E7F5896B44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1C83DE15181340A781A8DA3DAAE3F36D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>peer-review standards and</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF4E6FFDB12C4C03B83CBDEF78976275"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE3117B999FE4251832BD0FA47B53A02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C0303B42FAA4983BF712D039CA8FFDF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF26ED68837F54BDDA334059173E716DC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AA8D0674C8347FDA520211B41252932"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>in the implementation of programs carried out by the Department and other agencies</quote> before <quote>within the Federal Government</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C24806FDE924A10BCE99CEF5430505A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>disseminate, through the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance,</quote> and inserting <quote>widely disseminate, consistent with section 114(j),</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0D2E3B2E8CF497994A2A8A61AD9CA72"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="H2EDF7B89941A4ECE88AEE9D204E69B1E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Board</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H822967A5771D4099A523290F99ED1B90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of a biennial report, as described in section 119</quote> and inserting <quote>and dissemination of each evaluation report under section 116(d)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB33F45E1231147479E0FB179CA6703C2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>and which may include research on social and emotional learning,</quote> after <quote>gap,</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD69A2E116ED34CCF82F6927FFB2AD7F2"><enum>(J)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (7), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5ABF2413761B49C9B34043BF1B0A318E" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H5B531ECA276943DDACA9E8617C1B0D72"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent time and resources allow, when findings from previous research under this part provoke relevant follow up questions, carry out research initiatives on such follow up questions;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B3EA89B7B334E5282F4AABE91EDADC1"><enum>(K)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H836551C01A10449995D0097BE16BE12F"><enum>(L)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (9), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5C7B17F842BF431EA89B44080867C69E" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HC6FF3C4CCECD49F5B9E8CE66CC756EF5"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out research initiatives, including rigorous, peer-reviewed, large-scale, long-term, and broadly applicable empirical research, regarding the impact of technology on education, including online education and hybrid learning;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0960211E9E714972904EFF5EEB7123E2"><enum>(M)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), as so redesignated, by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBE78D347BD64E708FB24FE3103580F7"><enum>(N)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAD3477760AFC43F6B852FDABD814830E" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H45D05FFEE9104FF481D81D2EE009A33C"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent feasible, carry out research on the quality of implementation of practices and strategies determined to be effective through scientifically valid research. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15967B24DDEC457893541AB7B9F9006F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HC4CBC11855C24C70A84661EB51D45582" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Research Commissioner shall propose to the Director and, subject to the approval of the Director, implement a research plan for the activities of the Research Center that—</text>
<paragraph id="H55BE56155F3B427984C27AED76AD2DCE" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is consistent with the priorities and mission of the Institute and the mission of the Research Center described in section 131(b), and includes the activities described in subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF51AA957FCCA4827AE99D4E83E42DFAA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is carried out and, as appropriate, updated and modified, including through the use of the results of the Research Center’s most recent evaluation report under section 116(d);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0FEEE5F9DB14B559F663CE10159A5AE" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes how the Research Center will use the performance management system described in section 185 to assess and improve the activities of the Center;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90B95A55AE5A48698854B808BD3BC148" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the procedures for peer review established and maintained by the Director under section 114(f)(5) and the standards of research described in section 134; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7E8EC4A83C843F6A7E54395AD4429E9" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes both basic research and applied research, which shall include research conducted through field-initiated research and ongoing research initiatives.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17621058818B48B7B58CF04533D415A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE22121BEFE074EF99CC77CF57F235CF2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b), as so amended, the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H860F0B2129C1486993DC1589EFF8F6CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements</header>
<paragraph id="H2C755335D9AA42C389186ECC788BCC2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Research Commissioner may award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements, with eligible applicants to carry out research under subsection (a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB90E2FD06C0F4F06A9C86CE9AB8B1DC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>eligible applicant</term> means an applicant that has the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8B70CE9A25F4BFBA8801F53AB4627CE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="H39A5612925A14FB4B09A76618083C0BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible applicant that wishes to receive a grant, or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement, under this section shall submit an application to the Research Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Research Commissioner may require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8B43C450BFD4513A33DC0D1E667DFAB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content</header><text>An application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall describe how the eligible applicant will address and demonstrate progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185, with respect to the activities that will be carried out under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0243E03EE0C4FC4BE340D93137170B3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB50253D60D04420D95D3B9122D0EAAC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HBA9CFC0FB8124DE1AC62701570D70BD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out activities under subsection (a)(2), the Research Commissioner shall support national research and development centers that address topics of importance and relevance in the field of education across the country and are consistent with the Institute’s priorities under section 115.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB286CA8344914421988551C2AECAEC66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (5);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2301A3CBD73A4437B9A1FD9AFCBC1C7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (6), and (7) as paragraph (2), (3), and (4), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC563FA52119C4D94B77EA57B82CE75C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HFFFB3C28FB2A448AAC2FD73F741A1C59"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>5 additional</quote> and inserting <quote>2 additional</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6C1C9EEC9C1643E1AEC44814126EF9A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA6021C92683B4223A30B3E5C9879A477"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H93ED1BBD35FC42A2BE6C6AB4A8D60CD6" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H3D9D22ED671F460E95E1538276FE0B1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrates progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB3066D9195FA4768A10C1FA45D47BC89"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>paragraphs (4) and (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EC0432EC25848A8B13EC6FF232A4260"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (4), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9C2699DF8E5146BF9A3C606878C81384" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Disaggregation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent feasible and when relevant to the research being conducted, research conducted under this subsection shall be disaggregated and cross-tabulated by age, race, gender, disability status, English learner status, and socioeconomic background.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HC5EB978AE444439C8F115BCFF529621B"><enum>133.</enum><header>Standards for conduct and evaluation of research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 134 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9534">20 U.S.C. 9534</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE023D9FF54AC4A129DE709D76EA2CA17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H557002396A7B42F787A1F888083CD643"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>based</quote> and inserting <quote>valid</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB76FB0831AF498B9841F67708418329" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and wide dissemination activities</quote> and inserting <quote>and, consistent with section 114(j), wide dissemination and utilization activities</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E3D5A06E386451281DD4D8CF0FBCE93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA239D88EACC54105963AD46442ADD2A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text></paragraph></section></part>
<part id="H23A62F5D10D1456399BA7B2F0223366B"><enum>C</enum><header>National Center for Education Statistics</header>
<section id="HA521D32803F94011B60B636E656B3CDB"><enum>151.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 151(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9541">20 U.S.C. 9541(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA4C724369103465289A4959A0A56D533"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and consistent with the privacy protections under section 183</quote> after <quote>manner</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H843D6B468D2548EA98E5E03861271A3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5613402B582448FDB434F5817AE700ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>disability,</quote> after <quote>cultural,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H609FC558C3F242FE9A1B6C22E3FBFA7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H743774B7ED70424BBB66F7DF30B6996C" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="HE112883FB7204DC9A3673D8291DC6E60"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent with section 114(j), is relevant, timely, and widely disseminated.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HF44008DDE4D2445DA25EBC6FF81DB8A5"><enum>152.</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 153 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9543">20 U.S.C. 9543</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H157BACB63E4041049987F2678AC109EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H202A87FCB79247038D450557C14A1816"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, consistent with the privacy protections under section 183,</quote> after <quote>Center shall</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A8B2E34A3404E2886E2F1D46BCAA0BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HDCE0731E316D4AA6900D74D68FF3BD46" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEABF0CDAEB214D6594EF93BB73AFE119" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H017C0348861946CF9F0F396A40E98708" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secondary school graduation and completion rates, including the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/34/200.19">section 200.19(b)(1)(i)(A)</external-xref> of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as such section was in effect on November 28, 2008) and the extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/34/200.19">section 200.19(b)(1)(v)(A)</external-xref> of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as such section was in effect on November 28, 2008), and school dropout rates, and adult literacy;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HD9B2E9FAAFA243188ED6958F6AEED662" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and opportunity for,</quote> and inserting <quote>opportunity for, and completion of</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB2F0FECAB48D4021A46C7122B3AF2E35"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (F) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H9163AB7D3B8D41729FF4612D455D569C" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teaching, including information on pre-service preparation, professional development, teacher distribution, and teacher and school leader evaluation;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H0858A08EB24B4E63BEB59CE62F7EC485"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by inserting <quote>and school leaders</quote> before the semicolon;</text></clause>
<clause id="H26ED6CEB8C4648ADB793A249480CA429" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by inserting <quote>, climate, and in- and out-of-school suspensions and expulsions</quote> before <quote>, including information regarding</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="H34A8130B2DFE47619880304DE300B5FE"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (K) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H518DFC8D1C16455A9B9EAFEE023AB920" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="HFC5D4C1E24DE497987EA22469978FBEB"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the access to, and use of, technology to improve elementary schools and secondary schools;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H9E8A7905DC9F422B9B6283E84820264E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (L), by striking <quote>and opportunity for,</quote> and inserting <quote>opportunity for, and quality of</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H173EDA4C118248E99850438C785883B1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (M), by striking <quote>such programs during school recesses</quote> and inserting <quote>summer school</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE1549745F824691A85A5BC6C550B37D"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>in subparagraph (N), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H446FA7295E7A489589A14CAC5B6D4126"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>when such disaggregated information will facilitate educational and policy decisionmaking</quote> and inserting <quote>so long as any reported information does not reveal individually identifiable information</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE3865CDC29249F9972FC99B25EF17FF" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and the implementation (with the assistance of the Department and other Federal officials who have statutory authority to provide assistance on applicable privacy laws, regulations, and policies) of appropriate privacy protections</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9265FD59B1C24786AD31CF462FC82219"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>promote linkages across States,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01D3A1998E284E6B943A21976515AF5D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="H8014464F5DD64DD1A9E20CC9C24CBCF7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Third</quote> and inserting <quote>Trends in</quote>; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H03EEFC68B97E4E8F87BE6614D1405205"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and the Program for International Student Assessment</quote> after <quote>Science Study</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97E69B8FE88C443EBE4C21E93230F11F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, ensuring such collections protect student privacy consistent with section 183</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A611A3A930A4A64AE07F85BA3344ACD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H859253261DDF4222992105FE50E28392"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting the Board in the preparation and dissemination of each evaluation report under section 116(d); and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C141CA5D1E64576BDC624E37FB18853"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (9);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25CE09893EF943A39BAEA70ACAF2AAA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB438A3E99B2D466ABE89D5F79FF60C55"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HF07A93817C7A4F44A42FB85C0C2F243D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Statistics Commissioner shall propose to the Director and, subject to the approval of the Director, implement a plan for activities of the Statistics Center that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AA2B94935C348F4A0D0ABC7EA8A21B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is consistent with the priorities and mission of the Institute and the mission of the Statistics Center described in section 151(b); </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H695255414D7E4FEF85E1D4EF51B635E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is carried out and, as appropriate, updated and modified, including through the use of the results of the Statistic Center’s most recent evaluation report under section 116(d); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D3CDD0C1F9E4557ADB0E59921D338D9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes how the Statistics Center will use the performance management system described in section 185 to assess and improve the activities of the Center.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9F0E131C1A3F45ABADDA8B7E1D5DB319"><enum>153.</enum><header>Performance of duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 154 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9544">20 U.S.C. 9544</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A9CD2036A4E4C79869BE4B3BDD4B14B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB829C97304143218AA539B5D3569127"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In carrying</quote> and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1EE79F0EF52F49D78059B7BEC80D53BE" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H58FADEAA89E24399AAB818C1CDC9E18E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB2EFED959431454FBA8A71D1FB92F0E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6ED846732C514AA4BF12DC9964BD5DB6" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HFB62151A892F423A8FB3ACA64E844CA7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <quote>eligible applicant</quote> means an applicant that has the ability and capacity to carry out activities under this part.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14468372F887417F8125934FDCD04F5A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="HE03FDF6E75EC47F789D54C9A0CAE1FE3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible applicant that wishes to receive a grant, or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement, under this section shall submit an application to the Statistics Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Statistics Commissioner may require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H084CAE354BC1422A9C56EC97C4D802E7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall describe how the eligible applicant will address and demonstrate progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185, with respect to the activities that will be carried out under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D1788F2C8E04327A92254075E2E765C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking <quote>vocational and</quote> and inserting <quote>career and technical education programs,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4125CD733DB34B7DB0FB67F2A7CC8286" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>5 years</quote> the second place it appears and inserting <quote>2 years if the recipient demonstrates progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185, with respect to the activities carried out under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement received under this section</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HEC76441637CC4548A613E73ED74A4942"><enum>154.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 155 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9545">20 U.S.C. 9545</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D4DE140EF684FD289BE3186FFB34B2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(consistent with section 114(h))</quote> after <quote>review</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H875268616295410EBC25808113DD74E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>2003</quote> and inserting <quote>2015</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H189D9FABEA064150872A2368B2E07BE9"><enum>155.</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 156 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9546">20 U.S.C. 9546</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC9E027E147D346BBA8FA343822791185"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Such projects shall adhere to student privacy requirements under section 183.</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09B86EAAD3FF435AAE8226D3DD9EB618" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9459FC2F491845ACB80EE050F54DBA81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Before receiving access to educational data under this paragraph, a Federal agency shall describe to the Statistics Center the specific research intent for use of the data, how access to the data may meet such research intent, and how the Federal agency will protect the confidentiality of the data consistent with the requirements of section 183.</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE7FF6B225D745EDA241545AB6F57F92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HEC63AC5A2D0E431FAFB64E389DDEDFF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and consistent with section 183</quote> after <quote>may prescribe</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H630157AEEF3A455E92364211894521F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>Before receiving access to data under this paragraph, an interested party shall describe to the Statistics Center the specific research intent for use of the data, how access to the data may meet such research intent, and how the party will protect the confidentiality of the data consistent with the requirements of section 183.</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7917781D1C7492EB06EAE000D5798E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H963086C5ADE943DC944434EB99313DF6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Denial authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Statistics Center shall have the authority to deny any requests for access to data under paragraph (1) or (2) for any scientific deficiencies in the proposed research design or research intent for use of the data, or if the request would introduce risk of a privacy violation or misuse of data.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H6FB274E06158464FAE5D3E26233C5817" commented="no"><enum>156.</enum><header>Cooperative education statistics systems</header>
<subsection id="H870A18CB629E4668A5E2BDF34BAB40AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 157 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9547">20 U.S.C. 9547</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8EABEE0227D84181933E93C8E34AF972"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">systems</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">partnerships</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7187062CAD88443CA1D88778587762A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>national cooperative education statistics systems</quote> and inserting <quote>cooperative education statistics partnerships</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB417CE7EBC5742798E5A1E6D5AD91A65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>producing and maintaining, with the cooperation</quote> and inserting <quote>reviewing and improving, with the voluntary participation</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H488EC31ADDEB419A99D30BA2ACC96793"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>comparable and uniform</quote> and inserting <quote>data quality standards, which may include establishing voluntary guidelines to standardize</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD26DA40FE8414104A2B3098DCD6ECC97"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>adult education, and libraries,</quote> and inserting <quote>and adult education</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02EFAEB0460D4B62818148C6CF6724DB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: <quote>No student data shall be collected by the partnerships established under this section, nor shall such partnerships establish a national student data system.</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE296064162264E619B49EDE529B76A82" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/279">Public Law 107–279</external-xref>; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended by striking the item relating to section 157 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 157. Cooperative education statistics partnerships.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></part>
<part id="H2AC27FAD25CA4EE4A2D0872AD00AC13E"><enum>D</enum><header>National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance</header>
<section id="H248F892DC56D428E9453548AD6D28E92"><enum>171.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 171 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9561">20 U.S.C. 9561</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H60298BE5A46644C183922ACC0AACB54C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8BD19025D80441F29026E0331C0DD2A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB23CFB27A0A1458B843B5326F1D7FB65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B30DFFF7EF848FEBE260D595A5821A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>of such programs</quote> and all that follows through <quote>science)</quote> and inserting <quote>and to evaluate the implementation of such programs</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77C7B64EFB654EDCBB4D414A0E5B2D35"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and wide dissemination of results of</quote> and inserting <quote>and, consistent with section 114(j), the wide dissemination and utilization of results of all</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DAC9D24F4DE48A3AFD5302D7FD092F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H10395F8BF7F24134BA8D2A021C264024"><enum>172.</enum><header>Commissioner for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 172 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9562">20 U.S.C. 9562</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C9AB7D258EF4A1F88AD678F1EB7AC95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBBAAACC271B147B38E17F36F384B500D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC29DD083E4EC4344AD11F53295827271"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">widely disseminate, consistent with section 114(j), all information on scientifically valid research and statistics supported by the Institute and all scientifically valid education evaluations supported by the Institute, particularly to State educational agencies and local educational agencies, to institutions of higher education, to the public, the media, voluntary organizations, professional associations, and other constituencies, especially with respect to the priorities described in section 115; </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45EBBC3EE2694592BDC936037CD4D9F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>, consistent with section 114(j)</quote> after <quote>timely, and efficient manner</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8EA467E9B7AA4E66939DA9D2DD567ABC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="H478C40F393A54782B759744A95032676"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>development and dissemination</quote> and inserting <quote>development, dissemination, and utilization</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4539182DC5294A7ABB3DECC450096FF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the provision of technical assistance,</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H028E1E4CA256431D93A1D6EDCFC266F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81C75BAC24CE4CEAAD72435515E12780"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="H891D1AD051E24148916B79C53D08AE6D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Board</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA79190EE7DE941DAAF2CDCC25F74A665"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>preparation of a biennial report</quote> and inserting <quote>preparation and dissemination of each evaluation report</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1EA260A818DB4CDBBDF8B029D7CA0912"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>119; and</quote> and inserting <quote>116(d).</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB212C7B3C8054658A5B8382A369C4B5B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (7);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA88DB100F5D54D6FB77D53C2FF17A527"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE95C2D9A5C7141009F8B1A7469EA6B94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>all</quote> before <quote>information disseminated</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H547E590A527A44FC928FE60C2BE0355C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, which may include</quote> and all that follows through <quote>of this Act)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC82E0AEF3A764DD990504BC658195C13"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42C110E3BBC54638893A55DE98F443C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H345057DE2DB047DDBC10865FB5A71F9C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall propose to the Director and, subject to the approval of the Director, implement a plan for the activities of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance that—</text>
<paragraph id="H88B523BB953F437BA64EF8D8947B3C35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is consistent with the priorities and mission of the Institute and the mission of the Center described in section 171(b);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9F4D19610644613BAD0C25C47B7F8BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is carried out and, as appropriate, updated and modified, including through the use of the results of the Center’s most recent evaluation report under section 116(d); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC77F641EB226439B87FA8A485AA4C458"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes how the Center will use the performance management system described in section 185 to assess and improve the activities of the Center.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDB858A3690064E53B08C1E3E62EC2FA0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements</header>
<paragraph id="H59C9F865CB1446BB80CC0F71097DDE44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the duties under this part, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49CFE8EC345941B7A434AFA239E75CDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible applicants to carry out the activities under this part; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7FC25891E7F486CAEB79B06214F2201"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide technical assistance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B227AA1FA464783926103CC7FE9C7E4" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>eligible applicant</quote> means an applicant that has the ability and capacity to carry out activities under this part.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94FFE4B860B74313B6387D212752E011"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Entities to conduct evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under paragraph (1) to carry out activities under section 173, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall make such awards to eligible applicants with the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid education evaluations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EEFBEC178EE4F198274BCCC8C8F93B7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="HB6ED3B2243C94A5CA986A2AFF95F0BCC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible applicant that wishes to receive a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under paragraph (1) shall submit an application to the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Commissioner may require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82B3A0CBFEDC4060A4D80767F1A4E0B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall describe how the eligible applicant will address and demonstrate progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185, with respect to the activities carried out under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AC9689F397F4199BA24320322E6F5D8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under paragraph (1) may be awarded, on a competitive basis, for a period of not more than 5 years, and may be renewed at the discretion of the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner for an additional period of not more than 2 years if the recipient demonstrates progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185, with respect to the activities carried out under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H691F9D4F3B7F4466BD95B7A3F28ECF1C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H24F0DFDA295A436C9B0843DFB4AD980A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>There is established</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Regional Assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner may establish</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B0DB43BCA0A467CBC5097DA8773F547"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>all</quote> before <quote>products</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4C07D491A364282A5E4CA43B345478D" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>2002.</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HCC124687AD0B4D8A99F7656377B44803"><enum>173.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 173 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9563">20 U.S.C. 9563</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1722D4217AA54E94B4C9D98EBC38037C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98D365ACA23C4EA2A6E09D6F6C9B781E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H5F7C301FE981441680A5121AA1FCFB2B" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7151F1EAE33142B6930827470B97EF3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>evaluations</quote> and inserting <quote>high-quality evaluations, including impact evaluations that use rigorous methodologies that permit the strongest possible causal inferences,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H09029F4172BA439B8366B9754296DED0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, including programs under part A of such title (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="H75642C2790234EB784AD1466CFB012AD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);</text></clause>
<clause id="H6E51B4AE2AF749BA8E0F9676C33B7075"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (E) and (G), and redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (D);</text></clause>
<clause id="HBA8CEEDB766743CD90A03B05E131182E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H82BFFF47A0654B79AF8C01426155245C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H71354A7A8B1E43408BA9B4D4824FE200"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide evaluation findings in an understandable, easily accessible, and usable format to support program improvement;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H892E8650F996454EBA84657CA4E508E7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support the evaluation activities described in section 401 of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title> that are carried about by the Director; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD69B1C3AEC0449C38B640C4BEF65B183"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to the extent feasible—</text>
<clause id="HD4AE9514EF7947948D94E83DB6ADA645"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine evaluations conducted or supported by others to determine the quality and relevance of the evidence of effectiveness generated by those evaluations, with the approval of the Director; </text></clause>
<clause id="H8F383762C510450BA464F3DE478F99D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and supplement Federal education program evaluations, particularly such evaluations by the Department, to determine or enhance the quality and relevance of the evidence generated by those evaluations;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9FAA41DABB544B78A29BC3A5EC5D5856"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> conduct implementation evaluations that promote continuous improvement and inform policymaking; </text></clause>
<clause id="H4EA2C3A936C042AFA0191AE475E290C2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>evaluate the short- and long-term effects and cost efficiencies across programs assisted or authorized under Federal law and administrated by the Department; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HDC7FB6B9D1134F9A8992D2F8B4AA7BF6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>synthesize the results of evaluation studies for and across Federal education programs, policies, and practices.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0A21237886448568D560BEB2BF3D2EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H665A48371DB44668B3D1DDEEC4A0337A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="H00ACFB30FECD45D9809166CE72B4DD15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>under section 114(h); and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD4125150157B4C94910571871B23B539"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HD28C953A6D164A8C9FD71D56BA3AB01C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be widely disseminated, consistent with section 114(j).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEECB22E42DD14855B86B984B32794380"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>contracts</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements</quote>. </text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HB1DDD8AD98F744CEB4B8A88A6610E2E6"><enum>174.</enum><header>Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="HC8A6E1614981405B814BD8E6D724D41C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 174 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9564">20 U.S.C. 9564</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E4F5205D105427FA1BFAEF0BC81ED05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">technical assistance</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">evaluation</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA123657B6B644459B3A4CCB2972802F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F8DDA96F6544EE8B5DBA34FEA8212A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CA2297D8B0244F19FA69AF372C18F7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>contracts</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA275EA1A750942E082E45CAE8A13A9A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>not more than</quote> before <quote>10 regional</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H757B232D63A0405CBC7072B9D62D7979"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3BAE598F7674ABEA634E5F4E0F1EB66" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Director</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H31E74A7261BD4A608460294B5B1D593A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADB5DC4171234FFFA4372A2C8ACE89C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>contracts under this section with research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education,</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section with public or private, nonprofit or for-profit research organizations, other organizations, or institutions of higher education,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62BB3E122A8B4FF383B5C36550E9C6DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or individuals,</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C53CF8774554DCE9DF5414C53AA5698"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, including regional entities</quote> and all that follows through <quote>107–110))</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H240A82FF0D964682A573908DD2133EF3" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC825AA27BD4F43D1900C7EFE1CE71FB9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>eligible applicant</term> means an entity described in paragraph (1). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F2F960478724B42B8B7605DE51CCC2A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d) through (j) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H4DFF768E24354BF0A974E879ED67BA25"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H8CF7754EC37E48F7BA2F90F13F18CE21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header>
<subparagraph id="H5DFD93F871434B94968ACC72DCA75A5C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible applicant desiring a contract grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner may reasonably require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48CA1848142642898E37C4D43EBDB54F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Input</header><text>To ensure that applications submitted under this paragraph are reflective of the needs of the regions to be served, each eligible applicant submitting such an application shall seek input from State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region that the award will serve, and other individuals with knowledge of the region’s needs. Such individuals may include members of the regional advisory committee for the region under section 206(a). </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H266A983714A447709C2B84C981F33FC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<subparagraph id="HAC483BB0F84F48CDB02F532AEBCD9A48"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain a plan for the activities of the regional educational laboratory to be established under this section, which shall be updated, modified, and improved, as appropriate, on an ongoing basis, including by using the results of the laboratory’s interim evaluation under subsection (i)(3).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H70C9B39D321A4D1E9EAEFC268A3A6C5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A plan described in subparagraph (A) shall address—</text>
<clause id="H0A733490A7104CBE92D60AD79FBD6461"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the priorities for applied research, development, evaluations, and wide dissemination established under section 207;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1B269BC81AE646CE8A3ED80083F59DB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, on an ongoing basis, using available State and local data, including the relevant results of the region’s assessment under section 206(e); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H533017E3FBCD42D9A7DC816630A23999"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if available, demonstrated support from State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region, such as letters of support or signed memoranda of understanding.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AE85C37F396401083310EBF29FEB6C0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-Federal support</header><text>In conducting a competition for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under subsection (a), the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall give priority to eligible applicants that will provide a portion of non-Federal funds to maximize support for activities of the regional educational laboratories to be established under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D11E4F22551406391C9925BA62C10C7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements</header>
<paragraph id="HA41F91DA4C99461F83291C3C5AABFF93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assurances</header><text>In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42D7672D5FB745C2ADE3BC71CCEA2A37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make such an award for not more than a 5-year period;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE02C6EECB55F416286A95F5B31194347"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that regional educational laboratories established under this section have strong and effective governance, organization, management, and administration, and employ qualified staff; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50F139C3CF0C4BCD9FDE2C2151C6CFAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that each such laboratory has the flexibility to respond in a timely fashion to the needs of the laboratory’s region, including—</text>
<clause id="H0E7C03EF32A9496DAE30FDA1060A837A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>through using the results of the laboratory’s interim evaluation under subsection (i)(3) to improve and modify the activities of the laboratory before the end of the award period; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4B40A2C713B747978F2CC0D44CC521CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>through sharing preliminary results of the laboratory’s research, as appropriate, to increase the relevance and usefulness of the research.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51BFEFA08B664E43BEC5AD5B371610CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>To ensure coordination and prevent unnecessary duplication of activities among the regions, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C0C50B01B41498598A31BC717A4B2FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>share information about the activities of each regional educational laboratory with each other regional educational laboratory, the Department, the Director, and the National Board for Education Sciences;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H73576BC407274D50A4D4B4978A854B46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure, where appropriate, that the activities of each regional educational laboratory established under this section also serve national interests; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H043634086328468BBB3A6FFF0F46DDF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure each such regional educational laboratory establishes strong partnerships among practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and others, so that such partnerships are continued in the absence of Federal support; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B9D34D2DD12468F947BEDC872A16BC9" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enable, where appropriate, for such a laboratory to work in a region being served by another laboratory or to carry out a project that extends beyond the region served by the laboratory.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H314218B7CC644234947DDB0FE8A94631"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collaboration with technical assistance providers</header><text>Each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall, on an ongoing basis, coordinate its activities, collaborate, and regularly exchange information with the comprehensive centers (established in section 203) in the region in which the center is located, and with comprehensive centers located outside of its region, as appropriate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H182A28D896F143A883B1D674D104BD84"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Outreach</header>
<subparagraph id="HB578947A6F234BCEB673EAE13C1625E6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In conducting competitions for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<clause id="H3848DB61EE7946F9AABB1FDD08155853"><enum>(i)</enum><text> by making information and technical assistance relating to the competition widely available, actively encourage eligible applicants to compete for such an award; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H527929359ADD4C1C906A1DDF5190CDA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>seek input from the chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers, educators, parents, superintendents, and other individuals with knowledge of the needs of the regions to be served by the awards, regarding—</text>
<subclause id="HBD54F6E0418A4DA29B774F82D26AC04F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the needs in the regions for applied research, evaluation, development, and wide-dissemination activities authorized by this title; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H262D789B383D46EBAB61278E7DCF1BC4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how such needs may be addressed most effectively.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF678D0DCC2CA44B3BC2C42A0D7AAA636"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regional advisory committees</header><text>The individuals described in subparagraph (A)(ii) may include members of the regional advisory committees established under section 206(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAA785BB58844FBEAAB618A9692854D4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Performance management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner awards a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section, the Director shall establish measurable performance indicators for assessing the ongoing progress and performance of the regional educational laboratories established with such awards that address—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BE9032A320F444FB360E67D19C6D009"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD07D299C1E6849F19452272C71CD835E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD69117F9D4B84CEA8FB3BA0216D6CF1F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall adhere to the Institute’s system for technical and peer review under section 114(h) in reviewing the applied research activities and research-based reports of the regional educational laboratories.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD866D6F13AFD4E97A190DA08046A6EE6" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Required consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether to award a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section to an eligible applicant that previously established a regional educational laboratory under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall consider the results of such laboratory’s summative evaluation under subsection (i)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC7B32D4618BE49C0AD2A54AAB461BD68" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>Each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F0C410EB9D1455399B659953F2979D8" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct applied research, development, and evaluation activities with State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and, as appropriate, schools funded by the Bureau;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E9B147A71AD4499914175AFE6AAB26F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>widely disseminate such work, consistent with section 114(j); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8ECFE9EE26F94EDCBADFBFBA0CA56403" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop the capacity of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and, as appropriate, schools funded by the Bureau to carry out the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6F97EE224E78431D9635BDF9CB2C3BC9" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>To carry out the mission described in subsection (f), each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall carry out the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HB32103AC036C43A891611D4DD5CECD9D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Conduct, widely disseminate, and promote utilization of applied research, development activities, evaluations, and other scientifically valid research.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36F2D6B24F624CCAA510FAB773660533" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Develop and improve the plan for the laboratory under subsection (d)(2) for serving the region of the laboratory, and as appropriate, national needs, on an ongoing basis, which shall include seeking input and incorporating feedback from the representatives of State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region, and other individuals with knowledge of the region’s needs. Such representatives and other individuals may include members of the regional advisory committee for the region established under section 206(a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD82F1572EA444B0B32D55A99900CA31" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensure research and related products are relevant and responsive to the needs of the region, including by using the relevant results of the region’s assessment under section 206(e).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H909A659F72E64E33B96B1A8ECED14CC9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Governing board</header>
<paragraph id="H228E6B24E7E14A4F9C1C561066CC1390"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each regional educational laboratory established under this section may establish a governing board to improve the management of activities that the laboratory carries out under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC67C50F4B5484F4F8C5892CFC4ACD049"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Board duties</header><text>A Board established under paragraph (1) shall coordinate and align its work with the work of the regional advisory committee for the region established under section 206.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD8030F9811574F84A9FC71679F78216F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Evaluations</header>
<paragraph id="H173A1538BC2441789D813D120E274B3F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F27220503234DC68DE11852C68EEC60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide for ongoing summative and interim evaluations described in paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of each of the regional educational laboratories established under this section in carrying out the full range of duties described in this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C755D3C56D34AEB8CCA0CB4E4A4DC17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transmit the results of such evaluations, through appropriate means, to the appropriate congressional committees, the Director, and the public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B44746D3CE14A40A67F44B934162A1D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Summative evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall ensure each regional educational laboratory established under this section is evaluated by an independent entity at the end of the period of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that established such laboratory, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H622E37E09D5140F785304A105E7E6DA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be completed in a timely fashion;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0ADBD9BEF774540A68B77B212374E49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess how well the laboratory is meeting the measurable performance indicators established under <internal-xref idref="HBAA785BB58844FBEAAB618A9692854D4" legis-path="(e)(5)">subsection (e)(5)</internal-xref>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49AAF9F6949447B683687B35059F0AB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consider the extent to which the laboratory ensures that the activities of such laboratory are relevant and useful to the work of State and local practitioners and policymakers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D3FBF580A6E482F9FB25551EB4110F1" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interim evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall ensure each regional educational laboratory established under this section is evaluated at the midpoint of the period of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that established such laboratory, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H808F92157E894DA88AC28E09DE13D4C6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assess how well such laboratory is meeting the performance indicators described in <internal-xref idref="HBAA785BB58844FBEAAB618A9692854D4" legis-path="(e)(5)">subsection (e)(5)</internal-xref>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D3CFCE78AB64A70968A68B99FE54153" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be used to improve the effectiveness of such laboratory in carrying out its plan under subsection (d)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H243F29C1498B41E3AF2D151D34F43A30" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Continuation of awards; Recompetition</header>
<paragraph id="H363E7EC9D9224367B51AD1285AF98C28" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Continuation of awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall continue awards made to each eligible applicant for the support of regional educational laboratories established under this section prior to the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title>, as such awards were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title>, for the duration of those awards, in accordance with the terms and agreements of such awards. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1046B0E24494DD3AA0878750E9CBE8A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recompetition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the end of the period of the awards described in paragraph (1), the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF3A1E1ED79748E38337CF2BA094001F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hold a competition to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section to eligible applicants, which may include eligible applicants that held awards described in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3D1F2FE83024BB6A99BCD0B9687687A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in determining whether to select an eligible applicant that held an award described in paragraph (1) for an award under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, consider the results of the summative evaluation under subsection (i)(2) of the laboratory established with the eligible applicant’s award described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H366D923AD9D54B3585215A707B48BB17"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsection (l);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H312A97B9008243698BCF94426EC355C3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (m), (n), and (o) as subsections (l), (m), and (n), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B6997FC68AA40F68DB777D1367A4D59"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>and local</quote> after <quote>achieve State</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B8F890C89974C3E9928E990A929B9F7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by amending subsection (m), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H975F63DADEFA461193A2749EDDB01503"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall submit to the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner an annual report containing such information as the Commissioner may require, but which shall include, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H1E39125C03804C958CE82198836F66A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A summary of the laboratory’s activities and products developed during the previous year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4B4FD1CA6C543A1A6333A7E1E1FCD8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A listing of the State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools the laboratory assisted during the previous year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF52F428BB584CD0B5D421E2752A4D90"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Using the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (e)(5), a description of how well the laboratory is meeting educational needs of the region served by the laboratory.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2708BCF7DE7B4019903263EC4204B2D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any changes to the laboratory’s plan under subsection (d)(2) to improve its activities in the remaining years of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF71508967A449BFABA82B49F1E78C50"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H69A0D3DAC69141199886CCB0CDDCB5BD"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Appropriations reservation</header><text>Of the amounts appropriated under section 194(a), the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall reserve 16.13 percent of such funds to carry out this section, of which the Commissioner shall use not less than 25 percent to serve rural areas (including schools funded by the Bureau which are located in rural areas).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4DD43DE528074B069D4769E6659CEE34" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/279">Public Law 107–279</external-xref>; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended by striking the item relating to section 174 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 174. Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and evaluation.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></part>
<part id="H964E47FA83C24AEB823B4EA528A5EBEC"><enum>E</enum><header>National Center for Special Education Research</header>
<section id="H6CCAF9B2894C413089E2D704E18A732E"><enum>175.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 175(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9567">20 U.S.C. 9567(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3A20EFA45C0486A9BB52D71C28A915A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and children</quote> and inserting <quote>children, and youth</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA4B9D1519F14C3494AC10C4DE4C6D12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0878C8EDCFC4454188D59215BA6E2E8A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2571C19466FA4CBE9C7E58A0867D3BA3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF5BFBD072BAE49499CAA21D322669A18"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote quality and integrity through the use of accepted practices of scientific inquiry to obtain knowledge and understanding of the validity of education theories, practices, or conditions with respect to special education research and evaluation described in paragraphs (1) through (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB3F1F420880460382F8E969278DA4A8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote scientifically valid research findings in special education that may provide the basis for improving academic instruction and lifelong learning.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H3B7942709D30463E8F55DF4971D3CD42"><enum>176.</enum><header>Commissioner for Special Education Research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 176 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9567a">20 U.S.C. 9567a</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and youth</quote> after <quote>children</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H07EFE7DA60E34A1AB6B9F41D4F8C8270"><enum>177.</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 177 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9567b">20 U.S.C. 9567b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D2B319D4E9740CD91C056A584B147B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H363D04EDD54647C6A6501C230DAA584E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>and youth</quote> after <quote>children</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78FFADF6E4724802ACD8C291FDDFB94D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>scientifically based educational practices</quote> and inserting <quote>educational practices, including the use of technology based on scientifically valid research,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47DF84BDAE84485CA1D156F967A664D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>based</quote> and inserting <quote>valid</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64A2CA8152EF4F01A73C908230866872"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, including how secondary school credentials are related to postsecondary and employment outcomes</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0D9E447763541FAB7FBE2722D87CAA7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (15) and paragraphs (16) and (17) as paragraphs (12) through (16), respectively, and paragraphs (18) and (19), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC1665D41D7541E5BA32C7172D6C08AE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (10), the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD928BD004644482299BD8ADD63031080"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the participation and outcomes of students with disabilities in secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs; </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DA323E82AEC49E2B313B76865B02E75"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>and professional development</quote> after <quote>preparation</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BDFA63E6E984E808D9622A703BCA69C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (16), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>help parents</quote> and inserting <quote>examine the methods by which parents may</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06081548CFFB41F0A25BB250B21E8F92"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (16), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA1698EC2936F484AB427A5EDEFB483D4"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist the Board in the preparation and dissemination of each evaluation report under section 116(d);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD5C5D94B834426ABF3926704C30EAD4"><enum>(J)</enum><text>in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8FBC99D9EC834B5E99EBDD62A65134AD"><enum>(K)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (19), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H17747C641AC44E13BBAE36D522B2D968"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the needs of children with disabilities who are English learners, gifted and talented, or who have other unique learning needs; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E44B94BA0BF44589F5947B7DBF7FB8D"><enum>(L)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1AF53A88FAB04304B170CF53D711631A"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine innovations in the field of special education, such as multi-tiered systems of support.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0AE9743DD6C487799E17073C988C096"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D60D2B6A27E42E0971C4E1A5F0B6982"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HD7E62F36AB2644E9BAC80B494262DCFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for the activities of the Special Education Research Center</quote> after <quote>research plan</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD2CFECAD68634952A5C13A931CE46AFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and, subject to the approval of the Director, implement such plan</quote> after <quote>Services</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H016CDA77CAF34946BB179FFBB812A480"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>described in section 175(b)</quote> after <quote>Center</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6FA61006BBA4415E8E788C2CB0BAB2AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H328545264A6D4598AD45D4DD8E815A04" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H4CE260CD19A2467FB76EE09A3D8D26A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is carried out, and, as appropriate, updated and modified, including by using the results of the Special Education Research Center’s most recent evaluation report under section 116(d);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE505DBB786B4954930D971952658642"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H57F6EB78714247FE879338624F992899"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (6) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (7), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA0AA70EC3BA473C8FA3AD62E0FC7F04"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2), as so amended, the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE9F7E3EE8CA447A78ABB8FE956EAB0A7" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H04B1E14B6A1B462D91BA68A6FDBECEE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for research that addresses significant questions of practice where such research is lacking;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02AB2356FC10481BABDBE1FB9B759E06"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and types of children with</quote> and inserting <quote>, student subgroups, and types of</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BC7E332BD7448F597C274B31D0B6F28"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5), as so redesignated and amended, the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8AA3392C5F7E481E81222744AC3272FE" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HE304A08BBC2B475BBF8B1A9DA11B8845"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes how the Special Education Research Center will use the performance management system described in section 185 to assess and improve the activities of the Center; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H013671039D29497DA252A7CDBCA6BD7A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B55EEF6B5994CCDA29451CDFFDF603A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Special Education Research Commissioner</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H651C81C1DCD545FA9520FD4AEB86D000"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAD4EBAD224894BB18821EC841533CB40" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HCD72BE93B9734908A9BC9116B66B28C0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="HCA2848BA4BCD4DF1B5F76051627F4968"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible applicant that wishes to receive a grant, or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement, under this section shall submit an application to the Special Education Research Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Special Education Research Commissioner may require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC252C095B8D74DF5B1E222DE27B743AB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall describe how the eligible applicant will address and demonstrate progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185, with respect to the activities that will be carried out under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D6819C6124F40EEBC4C0C993D9842D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8CE636EBF5B34D728D3E29055A35711A" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HEAF2EB9989FD48C89B98E9632D607B07"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under this section may be awarded, on a competitive basis, for a period of not more than 5 years, and may be renewed at the discretion of the Special Education Research Commissioner for an additional period of not more than 2 years if the recipient demonstrates progress on the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185, with respect to the activities carried out under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement received under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE7DC298142A4C0AB6471574C915EC42"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1ACAC01F377240D5A951DC00EE3333C7" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H32304FF4FDE64B0B8292B9CE4952D519"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Special Education Research Center shall synthesize and, consistent with section 114(j), widely disseminate and promote utilization of the findings and results of special education research conducted or supported by the Special Education Research Center.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0683D10ED2FC424BB341DF978FA56F7C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>part such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010.</quote> and inserting </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H21ED6B6225E543E5B93AFC71A7E15374" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">part—</text>
<paragraph id="HD44BDD44D6824C24A180EFE655FA44E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2015, $54,000,000;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0F34363B05749EAA1F720183BC4BCEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2016, $54,108,000;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C62186DA16C46FF9BF56568AF8602B8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2017, $55,298,376;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3877FDB7AB6349A6B17706FAD3F2B264"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2018, $56,625,537;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H356B779A8B81440A8198A5A88A273FE1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019, $58,154,426; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDA814772D4D412EBE6E9DC8383BDA0C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, $65,645,169.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></part>
<part id="H1D69326A595241F6860B4C607C6E1D57"><enum>F</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section id="H449BDB8A3D3B4DA688704C138D8FFA4A"><enum>182.</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 182 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9572">20 U.S.C. 9572</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD1CA5FFE67EE45ACADC099CDA0E47B02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3E72DEB63BD452CB856052AD39700B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or control</quote> and inserting <quote>control, or coerce</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A42C6BB10034218A9C86CDB8B6F7475"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>specific academic standards or assessments,</quote> after <quote>the curriculum,</quote></text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B2089B271FE457DA5861143B1BD5201"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5904825E4A1B4DB6845BF317DB94705E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>coerce,</quote> after <quote>approve,</quote> and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95A1C1AA22684706B40F207A306B6F5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an elementary school or secondary school</quote> and inserting <quote>early education, or in an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HA0D49E8388FB485E804BF12FA8599D3F"><enum>183.</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 183 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9573">20 U.S.C. 9573</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAEE327B033E04332982E87760DB596BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H04750011EF434CF08F9B0A56DDAA00BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>their families, and information with respect to individual schools,</quote> and inserting <quote>and their families</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H030977EED5BC41D8A0C87A5B68FB935B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and that any disclosed information with respect to individual schools not reveal such individually identifiable information</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17ABA26C536045259CB01CC59E5F0EF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), by inserting <quote>, including voluntary and uncompensated services under section 190</quote> after <quote>providing services</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04A89ACFDEE649C7894C913AC099C62F" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and Director</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HBEEBE1F07129497EADFAB999D00F801E"><enum>184.</enum><header>Availability of data</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 184 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9574">20 U.S.C. 9574</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>use of the Internet</quote> and inserting <quote>electronic means, such as posting to the Institute’s website in an easily accessible manner</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HE9709BB75FAC4EE587E69D07D4AC11D1"><enum>185.</enum><header>Performance management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 185 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9575">20 U.S.C. 9575</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H96E30F7843024C7184ABFBA070716290" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="H51781FE78C97467A92C06BF0BE843BAF"><enum>185.</enum><header>Performance management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director shall establish a system for managing the performance of all activities authorized under this title to promote continuous improvement of the activities and to ensure the effective use of Federal funds by—</text>
<paragraph id="H8EE5F816C0E7438F8D5F2E1AEC4D0934"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing and using measurable performance indicators, including timelines, to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the activities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FCDADD9E55944E3848246687E2CC4B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using the performance indicators described in paragraph (1) to inform funding decisions, including the awarding and continuation of all grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under this title;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H106085CA18E44BC5937446E64D0729BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing and improving formal feedback mechanisms to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H122957A5D9F54FC88A883864F7A6990F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>anticipate and meet stakeholder needs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H974FE09AF9904CC7A7672F7B97B95AFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incorporate, on an ongoing basis, the feedback of such stakeholders into the activities authorized under this title; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2057B782A50445E78472E6DF496B814F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting the wide dissemination and utilization, consistent with section 114(j), of all information, products, and publications of the Institute. </text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HCB1DF2D33E044233A038996669A29694"><enum>186.</enum><header>Authority to publish</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 186(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9576">20 U.S.C. 9576</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>any information to be published under this section before publication</quote> and inserting <quote>publications under this section before the public release of such publications</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HFAF493992B7E49E0A11DC51E9EADE87A"><enum>187.</enum><header>Repeals</header>
<subsection id="H2AF8605181304E4F9A62EFD94E41B649"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 187 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9577">20 U.S.C. 9577</external-xref>) and 193 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9583">20 U.S.C. 9583</external-xref>) are repealed.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1EADB8654ADB4052B541922B7EEBE295"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/279">Public Law 107–279</external-xref>; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended by striking the items relating to sections 187 and 193.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0AF8F287B7874B2086675D93AA8C7615"><enum>188.</enum><header>Fellowships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 189 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9579">20 U.S.C. 9579</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF456B75E27EC489BA9B05DF264C2E00D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and the mission of each National Education Center authorized under this title</quote> after <quote>related to education</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73929A7D34A94CD7B0A0396C1CEEF280"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>historically Black colleges and universities</quote> and inserting <quote>minority-serving institutions</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HA7ED60EAEEF840F9877E30891FD7FE9C" commented="no"><enum>189.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 194 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9584">20 U.S.C. 9584</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA76F5BF933EE484EA7708F901A57FE45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7345442CF1554276906C7891793C7D69" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H75F7EDA568AD4C4D8BF0AE1BFBD891F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to administer and carry out this title (except part E)—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA7F0626912A44E49097A52664972C5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2015, $337,343,000;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC11899A51C4F426898E53A93BED976AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2016, $338,017,686;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA753D1608FEB4D1B8FA8F190BE02B8D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2017, $345,454,075;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B34C0A687DF4651BED50D6CF48BDF94"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2018, $353,744,974;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3A68F2B0D4B46568E729CAE757F575B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019, $363,296,087; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83B735DE075D42AB8D10B33AFFF4F7EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, $368,745,528.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0255A32544174C2393D36BC21A6CC7CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HADBC5D1E84894325AEB60AFFD4FC407C" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H823992C242B940B5B9282BC74F367B4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9C1D78F14DA4134935A26148172206C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than the amount provided to the National Center for Education Statistics (as such Center was in existence on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title>) for fiscal year 2014 shall be provided to the National Center for Education Statistics, as authorized under part C; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9C3DE6A51294C55A3185FF1CA772232"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than the lesser of 2 percent of such funds or $2,000,000 shall be made available to carry out section 116 (relating to the National Board for Education Sciences).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></part>
<enum>II</enum><header>EDUCATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE</header>
<section id="HF4D2A66BB776430092D4CB43CF793874"><enum>201.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9601">20 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></section>
<section id="H366945E07E174F41BECD02B68E8860C8"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9601">20 U.S.C. 9601</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H66BFD35457A3417EBFCB10BFA4221B64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE6B4752013B40F784B0926514A14372"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1), the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H22E9432C923945F9807F9090937F9316" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H8B3E287F15174946A8857E4C9FA87404"><enum>(2)</enum><header>School leader</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>school leader</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H79FFFC96B3224D329D111B40244CABFF"><enum>203.</enum><header>Comprehensive centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9602">20 U.S.C. 9602</external-xref>)—</text>
<paragraph id="H62D75F5B8A7A4C7B8007E6FD38FAD396"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2CC91883EE99423685EEB9C535FF57CC" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HDAF791D4A28C48A89B23F7C860911DD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<paragraph id="H031C5021951C44628B1512BDE94B9E8E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary is authorized to award not more than 17 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible applicants to establish comprehensive centers.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD456B8B21C794D68982B2BBF11C95770"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The mission of the comprehensive centers is to provide State educational agencies and local educational agencies technical assistance, analysis, and training to build their capacity in implementing the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>) and other Federal education laws, and research-based practices.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF608BF9AC68A463297DA86BBADEB16EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regions</header><text>In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H67494043684C4A2AA18506D4EEEA7809"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall establish at least one comprehensive center for each of the 10 geographic regions served by the regional educational laboratories established under section 941(h) of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such provision existed on the day before the date of enactment of this Act); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE46454D8F4B44141B8F81E7F2197F090"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may establish additional comprehensive centers—</text>
<clause id="H18B3D30063164887A3D0040E00A565E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for one or more of the regions described in subparagraph (A); or</text></clause>
<clause id="HE1B656E81267494484F5853AA5D30464"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to serve the Nation as a whole by providing technical assistance on a particular content area of importance to the Nation, as determined by the Secretary with the advice of the regional advisory committees established under section 206(a).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2290A8D1B4BA4AF6B142FEA8559DC39A" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Nation</header><text>In the case of a comprehensive center established to serve the Nation as described in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), the Nation shall be considered to be a region served by such Center.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64EE7143EA0248D4865033F71022798E" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Award period</header><text>A grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section may be awarded, on a competitive basis, for a period of not more than 5 years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2EAF63FC7684C509CDEDDE8966BB483"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Responsiveness</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that each comprehensive center established under this section has the ability to respond in a timely fashion to the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, including through using the results of the center’s interim evaluation under section 204(c), to improve and modify the activities of the center before the end of the award period.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8147ED658034C6AA8C80463D405799C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8BC8F90CF7D04218BC681DC044F48BB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HACA44437BFE34F45BFE41C52D91A59EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, contracts, or cooperative agreements</quote> after <quote>Grants</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFA9B99A37B084AC0ACC657A2C48C5EE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education,</quote> and inserting <quote>public or private, nonprofit or for-profit research organizations, other organizations, or institutions of higher education,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0D35A826BD974D8DA88F4D1F0F80FB46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, or individuals,</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="HE659484A043C4E79B904F358E1C10EB8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)</quote>; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HA193E9F283C34407B9DCEF23C3991A45"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, including regional</quote> and all that follows through <quote>107–110))</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19B24F756DAE4C8F8F85EE8D63FC9D0E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H343185D04EAB4992977C9527B25715A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Outreach</header>
<subparagraph id="HD9B77D6D166A4BB1ADB039966C31F8FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In conducting competitions for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H5480367A7F9242EA9313CC63547202CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by making widely available information and technical assistance relating to the competition, actively encourage eligible applicants to compete for such awards; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H6F33DFD0CE4C483B8580EF1A5D5B1726"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>seek input from chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers, educators, parents, superintendents, and other individuals with knowledge of the needs of the regions to be served by the awards, regarding—</text>
<subclause id="H1914E203BE2D46DCB323CF5B63689A6B" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the needs in the regions for technical assistance authorized under this title; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H571F0B8D04A344DA868DACA069CF8B1A" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how such needs may be addressed most effectively.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA22A8321D154400BB871C28BD0467066"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regional advisory committees</header><text>The individuals described in subparagraph (A)(ii) may include members of the regional advisory committees established under section 206(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H892EBC6E5B8B4637AE3CE56CEC1DF687"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Performance management</header><text>Before awarding a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section, the Secretary shall establish measurable performance indicators to be used to assess the ongoing progress and performance of the comprehensive centers to be established under this title that address—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0E7B0236F5B4B36B4AAC5139D421F1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>paragraphs (1) through (3) of the performance management system described in section 185; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8211B27DA25442D594DCA82E3C19D448"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EECB662C2F3457791847B4DA040498F" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Required consideration</header><text>In determining whether to award a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section to an eligible applicant that previously established a comprehensive center under this section, the Secretary shall consider the results of such center’s summative evaluation under section 204(b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69C387B26CA547D8A8102B3F9D4C5E06"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Continuation of awards</header>
<subparagraph id="HF06D2A46E3A44A048EBD19C02446C740"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Continuation of awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall continue awards made to each eligible applicant for the support of comprehensive centers established under this section prior to the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title>, as such awards were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title>, for the duration of those awards, in accordance with the terms and agreements of such awards.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD14C219D4405452882B4655CB2A757CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Recompetition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the end of the period of the awards described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H5CD15C132A7A4AA5844C7CC0FFC3B496"><enum>(i)</enum><text>hold a competition to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section to eligible applicants, which may include eligible applicants that held awards described in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFDF18DDBD75C4352A4046229AEC84DF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in determining whether to select an eligible applicant that held an award described in subparagraph (A) for an award under clause (i) of this subparagraph, consider the results of the summative evaluation under section 204(b) of the center established with the eligible applicant’s award described in subparagraph (A).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98EDBF7EE04F449DA0E5A49755AC5AD3" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Eligible applicant defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>eligible applicant</term> means an entity described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04EAF21109E749599DB1C4B7A07F69FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H7876FD863A6E46A19783765F6E94847C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H4A8AC3B240E44B9BAF837472E1770847"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header>
<subparagraph id="H55BC7C154BBA4AA59FA739AC24330C7E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible applicant seeking a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such additional information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63610517C43640BC90D82F6542E4286B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Input</header><text>To ensure that applications submitted under this paragraph are reflective of the needs of the regions to be served, each eligible applicant submitting such an application shall seek input from State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region that the award will serve, and other individuals with knowledge of the region’s needs. Such individuals may include members of the regional advisory committee for the region under section 206(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC96C6D6996CA43AF8886477152A2DE88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<subparagraph id="H30228883C486406588F29D764A9EA034"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain a plan for the comprehensive center to be established under this section, which shall be updated, modified, and improved, as appropriate, on an ongoing basis, including by using the results of the center’s interim evaluation under section 204(c). </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD7D455CFD494F0AA5209593F84D1F0C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A plan described in subparagraph (A) shall address—</text>
<clause id="H454A58DEF46B480BBF6DF17BF0F2175C" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the priorities for technical assistance established under section 207;</text></clause>
<clause id="H54D51E276BDD4C8D9DE8B07596528585"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, on an ongoing basis, using available State and local data, including the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC67E7720AAE94EBEAA829C804D2ADC02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if available, demonstrated support from State educational agencies and local educational agencies, such as letters of support or signed memoranda of understanding.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H570BB32FDCAC496B81A044377434DE3A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-Federal Support</header><text>In conducting a competition for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible applicants that will provide a portion of non-Federal funds to maximize support for activities of the comprehensive centers to be established under this section. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34EF058899E64B99AD10345E14DDA4A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by inserting <quote>the number of low-performing schools in the region,</quote> after <quote>economically disadvantaged students,</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF99EC08F89534BC886AEF9E07D348562"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6362BEC9CA644D4CB3AEB495179930B7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7808C4B769F44055A96BC2E407DC5048"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H19D4D064413045AD9AC4B3ECC794F265"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>support dissemination and technical assistance activities by</quote> and inserting <quote>support State educational agencies and local educational agencies, including by</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H26FFFED413CE4886B7F42A28A8CD74BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting <quote>and other Federal education laws</quote> before the semicolon;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB1166159F25A4C1F977F4AC46DB55CE3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text>
<subclause id="HACF6812255404662BC399063EB9A1CB9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>and assessment tools</quote> and inserting <quote>, assessment tools, and other educational strategies</quote>; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1ACD2DAC03A24EC7A98B3D58475FFFEA" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>mathematics, science,</quote> and inserting <quote>mathematics and science, which may include computer science or engineering,</quote>; and </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H167A5522C69748B8A54CB8935EF60A32"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by inserting <quote>, including innovative tools and methods</quote> before the semicolon;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H593FD00E6749455AA9E861B6DB99C30F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A)(iii) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="H69E2AA0E797A4D79B7C11C2631AEE2DB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the replication and adaptation of exemplary practices and innovative methods that have an evidence base of effectiveness; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H89B79916FB97424A8FA561EB731DA52E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H94A54ACF05164FF3AD7049E061610B53"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, consistent with section 114(j),</quote> after <quote>disseminating</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H7AAFC81FBA014449BB42992E4FC2F3B7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(as described</quote> and all that follows through <quote>is located</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HA38678B0E0164EEFB1168B32A437D7CF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H4A312C9F0ACD4A3CBEC66C88D669DB9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring activities carried out under this section are relevant and responsive to the needs of the region being served, including by using the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BAD3ED5B84F4976A14E9C195A81D617"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H1384BC0639BE446CB43AAB954D62B9D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, on an ongoing basis,</quote> after <quote>this section shall</quote>; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HB6861FAFB1B84C068C147138D0B3185F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or other regional educational laboratories or comprehensive centers, as appropriate,</quote> after <quote>center is located,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB434688F00244D75B8FBA1DFCCD84936"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by amending subsections (f) and (g), as each so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H2E8C421D86754E659022D4C8E511F4BB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Comprehensive Center Advisory Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A comprehensive center established under this section may establish an advisory board to support and monitor the priorities and activities of such center. An advisory board established under this subsection shall coordinate and align its work with the work of the regional advisory committee of the region served by such center established under section 206.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCF813274BB1D40BEBC0D81D2A415B718"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report to the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each comprehensive center established under this section shall submit to the Secretary an annual report, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, which shall include the following: </text>
<paragraph id="HBE867EF80617405BB641ABF0ABA47C13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A summary of the center’s activities and products developed during the previous year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EB0003BE89F47F7B8284AA57347F026"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A listing of the State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools the center assisted during the previous year. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BB1394B8DA44F639E8C2451164C840D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Using the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (b)(3), a description of how well the center is meeting educational needs of the region served by the center.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01A0C2A95A094F0CB6113964F4062650"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any changes to the center’s plan under subsection (c)(2) to improve its activities in the remaining years of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H5795D077B1484104A99753C8D807347F"><enum>204.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9603">20 U.S.C. 9603</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HF92728A8390E424A941B37843DF23FAC"><enum>204.</enum><header>Evaluations</header>
<subsection id="H98476864846D462A91BEDD856AD819DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H43BC10B45C594929A9BBD619CE80A3F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for ongoing summative and interim evaluations described in subsections (b) and (c), respectively, of each of the comprehensive centers established under this title in carrying out the full range of duties of the center under this title; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FCF8E9E81414773B54B8A4466193159"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transmit the results of such evaluations, through appropriate means, to the appropriate congressional committees, the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, and the public.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE7A36A1EFD144A1C8AC17B758664CFE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Summative evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure each comprehensive center established under this title is evaluated by an independent entity at the end of the period of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that established such center, which shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8EF6CFDB9C84653A22E538201977AD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be completed in a timely fashion;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EE4B8032C1347CA8DBB9BE10908C834"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess how well the center is meeting the measurable performance indicators established under section 203(b)(3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB55687F5C1A4CA08CE6ED61868759F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the extent to which the center ensures that the technical assistance of such center is relevant and useful to the work of State and local practitioners and policymakers.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H26D53490D6EC4AC7AA4B51A7B908598E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interim evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that each comprehensive center established under this title is evaluated at the midpoint of the period of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that established such center, which shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC5E104C356BB448D8C1D0169B4E42F03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess how well such center is meeting the measurable performance indicators established under section 203(b)(3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H526E0DD34421465780EA9FCF0419177A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be used to improve the effectiveness of such center in carrying out its plan under section 203(c)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HF9CA42CFB99E4ADFBA46FA383976CBEF"><enum>205.</enum><header>Existing technical assistance providers</header>
<subsection id="HAB9C3E081CE94DDAA8E13C9ADDE795C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9604">20 U.S.C. 9604</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC9DE5076C874469A9D57429B1A89DB89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/279">Public Law 107–279</external-xref>; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended by striking the item relating to section 205.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H4883F35570884AA39347D3B43BE03E77"><enum>206.</enum><header>Regional advisory committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 206 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9605">20 U.S.C. 9605</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H592D73258710488682C44586F47BC9C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20FDFE5FBEE5463896B6A10D7DD0275E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Beginning in 2004, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9D0AE65B6B64E2889EB54CA86E77916"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2FBD140B15A4F378779C0775C5D4389"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (b) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H092FA64E44574C3F92208F4F95F640BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting the following after subsection (a):</text>
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<subsection id="HF232C7210B834574948418DD3712DDD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The mission of each regional advisory committee established under subsection (a) shall be to—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA96FB9E3FEF4FAE884E5951566B11D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support, strengthen, and, as appropriate, align the work of the regional educational laboratories established under section 174 and the comprehensive centers established under this title; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5766AC7238E4372A5FE4F39994E6039"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the regional educational laboratories and comprehensive centers are meeting the needs of their regions.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H927644420CDD4032BA3DC1B97B4C2C8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Each advisory committee established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA685604C23C5422E9E786C7716504496"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct, on at least a biennial basis, a needs assessments of the region served by the committee, as described in subsection (e);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EBA93EDAB1F437BB21583B5EA71257A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure the activities of the regional educational laboratory and comprehensive centers serving the region of the committee are responsive to the needs of such region, provide ongoing input to the laboratory and centers on planning and carrying out their activities under section 174 and this title, respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C379ACFC1BA43E88D3E52DC3F34FBE1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>maintain a high standard of quality in the performance of the activities of the laboratory and centers, respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D011A36099C4AB9B3C3DD351A2DEBE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support the continuous improvement of the laboratory and centers in the region served by the committee, especially in meeting the measurable performance indicators established under sections 174(e)(4) and 203(b)(3), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBAE156EE5374CDC86A4D4874D716AFC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending subsection (d), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HE2225738215948EC865BAD2464DA2459"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HDC924EC628EC4DDCA1A3F4B921472936"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The membership of each regional advisory committee shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB37B62D7609D484B8FD70FE9E31B99F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not exceed 25 members;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4E7DA9FDDF04D12BCA06EC9BC77DF97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the chief State school officer, or such officer’s designee, or other State official, of States within the region of the committee who have primary responsibility under State law for elementary and secondary education in the State;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3171C00A9ED64DC9AD29EDFD2EF5908E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include representatives of local educational agencies, including rural and urban local educational agencies, that represent the geographic diversity of the region; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E7270A0A2754FC49067D1DC2E86972F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include researchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56041E619050448CB503166800CC0AD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>The membership of each regional advisory committee may include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5F59B1BFAB441F19D0320914DBAD438"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Representatives of institutions of higher education.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCB1C54D690F4796855AAC67502BF101"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Parents.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA022B235BB140D4BC6C7B3FE15EE810"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Practicing educators, including classroom teachers, school leaders, administrators, school board members, and other local school officials.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8FB03A8CD5754226BB95D8AB113D19CB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Representatives of business.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDFE2DA91D4E2466783681B2F3E048C5D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Policymakers.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H027F77FB0D4746B386DE49765BF2D38E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Representatives from the regional educational laboratory and comprehensive centers in the region.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB98951FC3B7A474091F2B59B28404C96"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In choosing individuals for membership on a regional advisory committee, the Secretary shall consult with, and solicit recommendations from, the chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers, local educational agencies, and other education stakeholders within the applicable region.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC18898FEC8A348309CBA3FEA11810E5D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>The total number of members on each committee who are selected under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), in the aggregate, shall exceed the total number of members who are selected under paragraph (2), collectively.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC967EB2165F4FCB972D6FC3686DC859"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C4B00942F3C44EB9C3E242B93CC1F70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HA800EC5D38C744ACAD3276D76E6E0576"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, at least on a biennial basis,</quote> after <quote>assess</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1695D08E95BF4CC6AB3DB072B724CF5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, strengths, and weaknesses</quote> after <quote>educational needs</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C4C66520EC44CBA9AA849C3689DAB5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HEEA2592FC108486BAA68CE634A7D053D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>State school officers,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>within the region)</quote> and inserting <quote>State school officers, local educational agencies, representatives of public charter schools, educators, parents, and others within the region</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB44DBCC6A4C748D29969458FB4794560" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and section 203 of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>and section 203</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H84F7D28E3E764F2783729CBD2D166836"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCA8299A63304381966B47234A103734"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4257F1EEF21B44769912F4A55BE52047"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H13590284E06C4E58B2945D54E5CE26D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use available State and local data, consistent with privacy protections under section 183, to determine regional educational needs; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H158914075CBD4A71A0D7F214F3C5C191"><enum>207.</enum><header>Priorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9606">20 U.S.C. 9606</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB39643FC64644959897E92DAD3432BF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Director and</quote> before <quote>Secretary shall establish</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E9686E45CCF45D3A9358A02E8B22636" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4441F05296E846099CAB6D41C21BDE9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of this title</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0D0E738C7034D5CB77D8AE54532C09C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to address, taking onto account</quote> and inserting <quote>, respectively, using the results of</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2CD2B59F74D4DA08E776FCF16BAAF58"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>relevant regional</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Secretary deems appropriate</quote> and inserting <quote>relevant regional and national surveys of educational needs</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HA95D6375E20446CEB30CF2D0E657D0AF"><enum>208.</enum><header>Grant program for statewide longitudinal data systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9607">20 U.S.C. 9607</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HED696B47526E4B4DB1C44427ADBB911B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D191340FE50467FBBC16053B80F2905"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</external-xref>), and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1400">20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B75F5BAA3A140EDAE92788E38CAE15F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: <quote>State educational agencies receiving a grant under this section may provide subgrants to local educational agencies to improve the capacity of local educational agencies to carry out the activities authorized under this section.</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BA39F72300947A1925A1ADEE0A59EC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (g), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35C1BFC3B82E4728A18811A0C47AED90"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b), the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HEDCB64A58C9242F0A8D054B321068C1A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Performance management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before awarding a grant under this section, the Secretary shall establish measurable performance indicators—</text>
<paragraph id="HFDF085EC11E6456690F0C170500F6679"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to be used to assess the ongoing progress and performance of State educational agencies receiving a grant under this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CA711F4726E439E99B5C7E1FFD64F2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that address paragraphs (1) through (3) of the performance management system described in section 185.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F055F7657614FA8B8F4AD7A4EFABBB8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H69B14D32F1E94C3F91824D348A9A9C52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>, promotes linkages across States,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F1F8B7C28E347C4842E0B88CA80ED4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H5E37270982B6414587BD338E0277BF65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>supports school improvement and</quote> after <quote>data that</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDECB5309514745078B58C395C57F5C20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and other reporting requirements and close achievement gaps; and</quote> and inserting <quote>, other reporting requirements, close achievement gaps, and improve teaching;</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD7DE7D52AF42461A89A249996A68D662"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and close achievement gaps</quote> and by inserting <quote>, close achievement gaps, and improve teaching</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEFCB0CD688EC40C18A5A9FC59C77D74A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H314DD67C8F0447AC9F735688C9377B76" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to align statewide longitudinal data systems from early education through postsecondary education (including pre-service preparation programs), and the workforce, consistent with privacy protections under section 183; </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46287FEEC0E54D56B67DDE78B7B97019"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8677BE097FA049FAADDCA8AC3C88DA21" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HA1D73DAB75CD42DBAA63A80C5DEBBC7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensures the protection of student privacy, and includes a review of how State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and others that will have access to the statewide data systems under this section will adhere to Federal privacy laws and protections, consistent with section 183, in the building, maintenance, and use of such data systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A9412DB0E2944E288093E72B5D5DC69"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures State educational agencies receiving a grant under this section support professional development that builds the capacity of teachers and school leaders to use data effectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC4D759DF8B34D008D128AA9BFD26EC3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>gives priority to State educational agencies that leverage the use of longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement and growth, including such State educational agencies that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1EF548EC15A4CB1A1DADE775E144526"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meet the voluntary standards and guidelines described in section 153(a)(5);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H883C3E387B2F4C24AADF7C4A8482F1CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>define the roles of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and others in providing timely access to data under the statewide data systems, consistent with privacy protections in section 183; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H622F13B9027B433FBD3FF8BA8FA8A108" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate the capacity to share teacher and school leader performance data, including student achievement and growth data, with local educational agencies and teacher and school leader preparation programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB93B320A49054BD3B8D3BD27AA2CEF8E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF18F032565534373955CB2154DFDC9F8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HFB1F284E4FEC47098922D276A4866F2A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Renewal of awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may renew a grant awarded to a State educational agency under this section for a period not to exceed 3 years, if the State educational agency has demonstrated progress on the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (c).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF22CADDB3DEE4E4CA61D76DD8349C18B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by amending subsection (g), as so redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H1525DF3DA1994322B23525431A12D70E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HAC81F5F151E9404299C5E8EFA0AF2D0C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>First report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening Education through Research Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall prepare and make publicly available a report on the implementation and effectiveness of the activities carried out by State educational agencies receiving a grant under this section, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC4BCBF1CF15046EEB89DA5BEB7D2C0A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on progress in the development and use of statewide longitudinal data systems described in this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H476DB281939F4785847C451BC08C4AD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on best practices and areas for improvement in such development and use; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F141D8291BB41318EBDBF56F751C2F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the State educational agencies are adhering to Federal privacy laws and protections in the building, maintenance, and use of such data systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23C5D084531B4D7091A64B91430D5EF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Succeeding reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every succeeding 3 years after the report is made publicly available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prepare and make publicly available a report on the implementation and effectiveness of the activities carried out by State educational agencies receiving a grant under this section, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H089902DBA63F4E8593C30A4C56CCA5AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA34A83D6DDA74B03A42ED3E8F80C9D90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the progress, in the aggregate, State educational agencies are making on the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HB34A087690E64F35B9767ECB09D223BB" commented="no"><enum>209.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9608">20 U.S.C. 9608</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H5633B9A446654203BC462B026AC205CD"><enum>209.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title—</text>
<paragraph id="HEDA0C79C078E491FB8C0D7773599C25C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2015, $82,984,000;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58D6BCE21524424FBAB36DDD9F55416D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2016, $83,149,968;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB69A10E0CC8F4901AD5AB8A9B2C18BDF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2017, $84,979,268;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5C9B755D1CD48BB8370A862487A4A57"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2018, $87,018,769;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1ABEDFD47D6E44FE8BE598B46FE3E40F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019, $89,368,277; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7211CB3D20647D98BD1CB2A5BB4E938"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, $90,708,801.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS</header>
<section id="HFD49A4B4DE734912A8FF953218016986"><enum>301.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9621">20 U.S.C. 9621 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></section>
<section id="H698D99CF6A9744BD86B9949ADBC895B5"><enum>302.</enum><header>National assessment governing board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9621">20 U.S.C. 9621</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFDA185A276C24D0EAA1BBA2759AFDD07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>shall formulate policy guidelines</quote> and inserting <quote>shall oversee and set policies, in a manner consistent with subsection (e) and accepted professional standards,</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64A8E86465B74872AE09CEE00DDD5ED3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)(L)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAE72616A4E94AEEB1786ADC03D5D3B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>principals</quote> and inserting <quote>leaders</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD12A58CDDEEC4530ACC21D8BE62A991C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>principal</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>leader</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDD246AF32EB49EC8688B50B493A2E96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12634199211842B0B810D2C29AD1325E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA85CCA5ACDBE4A6D9F27712E24F15475"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H4C75508E6E0F48C78275F6F1874AF442"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>the Assessment Board after consultation with</quote> before <quote>organizations</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H28949D63B2314CA2BECD53C6B6D8142D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="HBBDC0D3B5D9A41A08765B08B646384A2" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Each organization submitting nominations to the Secretary with</quote> and inserting <quote>With</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD4EB99AE385A46AE8E3CB12E1EB75BEC" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, the Assessment Board</quote> after <quote>particular vacancy</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CE25454A98F4D59A4706436DA5CB5DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HA3833AF2A79E487F9C7036B46D9B461A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that each organization described in paragraph (1)(A) submit additional nominations</quote> and inserting <quote>additional nominations from the Assessment Board or each organization described in paragraph (1)(A)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3AAFB79B7325496B8B9B4655F675CF20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such organization</quote> and inserting <quote>the Assessment Board</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04F31A2A48D34E6D81B9BEB7B26E9720"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6CC63E573CC94A22B8B8D3BE0E6F6A4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HFA31D01E42304BCCB1461F46093CF8CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>in consultation with the Commissioner for Education Statistics,</quote> before <quote>select</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="H1176C0DA579147B9987BE576ED9815C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and grades or ages</quote> before <quote>to be</quote>; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HA248A9ABF0264740A2DD0E1E17C21782"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and determine the year in which such assessments will be conducted</quote> after <quote>assessed</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF289884160AF4D5D94DFF7F5C69FAAB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>school leaders,</quote> after <quote>teachers,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFD39864993344DDA8CE19F8738ADA62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>design</quote> and inserting <quote>provide input on</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B413F2E503E4739BB6F28BDB119E4F6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (I); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95948AFE6EE7405EB405B81F7F8B0A6A"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC66C9D5FAEB9407D8847B3483242BF9E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (I), the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H44FD847EFF0046B4BA7C53270BED27FA" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H1ABC0BEFB4944E1D8159B8E1E3FA5C23"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide input to the Director on annual budget requests for the National Assessment of Educational Progress; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29EDAA3CB4024F4D86A9019BA740306C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in subparagraph (K), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HEDACCD6596A940CCBFD02545D20C7F5D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>plan and execute the initial public release of</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H48367FADBD6E4FE3904A0D16362C955E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>release the initial</quote> before <quote>National</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H42F3513CA6A040EA854B091E5CF5B706"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in the matter following subparagraph (K), as so amended and redesignated, by striking <quote>subparagraph (J)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (K)</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9BF4AD477C7A489398F31378F0B12246"><enum>303.</enum><header>National assessment of educational progress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9622">20 U.S.C. 9622</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5CA765DAF5914107A3B7783AEF6736F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>with the advice of the Assessment Board established under section 302</quote> and inserting <quote>in a manner consistent with accepted professional standards and the policies set forth by the Assessment Board under section 302(a)</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DE5DE43CBBD4F5088E9745D45BEDEF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC55BFBDC224744DC8EE44E00EBED0405"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>and consistent with section 302(e)(1)(A)</quote> after <quote>resources allow</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HECE89E99A2DA4C17AFE36106F6B587E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (G);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1B97E7E4EEE47A9B2958052A651F796"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (H); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41D3B8246ABB4D8B92F7685DB194CF2F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H935BDED7AA834A91BFA91D990CB8C602" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H079E9E81BE3D4FBCAE546440AFB718A4" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine, after taking into account section 302(e)(1)(I), the content of initial and subsequent reports of all assessments authorized under this section and ensure that such reports are valid and reliable.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54248850C263448C854C28DA81376519"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2369B22F78A4DB6BF3D002290AE033A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>of Education</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97A7F9D3457F4B7E8247D69098F30983"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="H956CF111D7254B78A7FADA7F22477862"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Chairman of the House</quote> before <quote>Committee on Education</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE96CEDFA55F84B4BA0940607CACDFE22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>of the House of Representatives</quote> after <quote>Workforce</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAA58A878CB0644D5B277C237516BE2F2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Chairman of the Senate</quote> before <quote>Committee on Health</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H245F0EEBD23A4576A5A6D8AC37B8EC60"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>of the Senate</quote> after <quote>Pensions</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07877C632E264371AE389CA72CDAFC1C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1), by inserting before the period, the following: <quote>, except as required under section 1112(b)(1)(F) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6312">20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)(F)</external-xref>)</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87CE2A58E3F249D2835AC2D8AD94C82F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H675B1302987E4BA8B76BD88078DCA441"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>or age</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H272E05BDAAE44BB9B81EAF735123135F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HB866B7E248774C02B0D0F9771CAEB123"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H41A3E38FBFB44ED48F210135DD8E5435"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall</quote> and all that follows through <quote>be</quote> and insert <quote>shall be</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2E15B29F7D3F468F86C3DA7A0CCAC0DD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and by moving the margins 2 ems to the left); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC014ED84A71B488FB4E0C2DBFD314C13"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>, or the age of the students, as the case may be</quote>;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HD28AC1A676BC46C89FA33F6E7FFDAF99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="HD721A4A81D25405BAEED919955F59112"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>After the determinations described in subparagraph (A), devising</quote> and inserting <quote>The Assessment Board shall, in making the determination described in subparagraph (A), use</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H40503309A60B4C018CA24262282D74D0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after <quote>approach</quote> the following: <quote>, providing for the active participation of teachers, school leaders, curriculum specialists, local school administrators, parents, and concerned members of the general public</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HC530AE66726F430DBF418ADB48CA193E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>Assessment</quote> before <quote>Board</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95490568051C45F9A74CA210F7BA03AE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCEF7379ACDF74DDCAFC92CE6AB1CCAC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">affairs</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">education</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31255DF9870E4EBC8810D9415834F634"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Education</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HD859D80ECDAF455297573D690CB4F724"><enum>304.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9623">20 U.S.C. 9623</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3471F4936B6E4C02AABF028078C3E906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Director.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3845564F144D41ABA9DEE8A9F240E6DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">State.—</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9BCC38B2A4B14A7E938C64EB8BADF846"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) (as so amended) as paragraphs (2) and (5), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD3DBBB9390E4CED801B8DC703FA8DD0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4FA7ED42CDED47B8B05A09635C73C172" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H5F67E84E548D4A3593BD7A45A57F736B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>elementary school</term>, <term>local educational agency</term>, and <term>secondary school</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF1D874EFB844F2B867FC843F70A1D8D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H30A238D967A249FE8242D2D20F602FFE" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HAACA088CA2EA4534AA867491ADFECECF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>School leader</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>school leader</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA364A98DA0C448D7ACF4928E7DBA3B90"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HC4B603ACB735413CB0F75811A467C22A"><enum>305.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9624">20 U.S.C. 9624(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF912B46BFB704484A3F080617D52B5C9" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HDE480D45802F4713A044324674D36141"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="H842730E81CBF42DABB3854E1DB6737F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2015—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD709141CDC441AA8ACC0A3DD9F83EA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,235,000 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD9F16373013400DB098D0DFFCAC5473"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$132,000,000 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9F81CFD3ABC46B1800AEEA323C505F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2016—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA0E7B8911CF4946B6A80E068EEDC077"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,251,470 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H04951BB3A8464BB994CCB118A6183DD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$132,264,000 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DEB8B944CEC4F718BB52666E4812EF4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2017—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A42E5147F9945768DD8431D362EB7F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,433,002 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD50D03C7FAC41BD944B63F8FA40EEFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$135,173,808 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBE81EB6A8F4470EAB35D022F3085DCC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2018—</text>
<subparagraph id="H558A8EF5A7EF4AAD9793F10034F734B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,635,395 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93CF51E520A843F7A599684515F956BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$138,417,979 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C3D2A341113457181FBB954130CF6FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF81F8BE9F0304766BE6750530A3C19F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,868,550 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H110ADCF492744B1BB17C15C148F8894C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$142,155,266 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9EA28FE88ED493A929F0719E3628231"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC3470FFBAA7E4EE7A50DD45E90E79949"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$9,001,578 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA87A66405DC848EB840A12F9253CC74E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$144,287,595 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>EVALUATION PLAN</header>
<section id="H00136A23EF9F4D64B3D8BBBB4F7F3852" commented="no"><enum>401.</enum><header>Research and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="H3F6FF88429BB4A139B7381C263E27210"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Institute of Education Sciences shall be the primary entity for conducting research on and evaluations of Federal education programs within the Department of Education to ensure the rigor and independence of such research and evaluation.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5F3AF03DD0BE45358D28B0C6801BF0D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Flexible authority</header>
<paragraph id="H05ECBFC409BA4CC5BA223F23518622FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. et seq. 6301 et seq.) related to evaluation, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC82D2293C61549FFA0F939B49739DBF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may, for purposes of carrying out the activities described in paragraph (2)(B)—</text>
<clause id="H95AC1780366C457786282104B291DA85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reserve not more than 0.5 percent of the total amount of funds appropriated for each program authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>), other than part A of title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) and section 1501 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6491">20 U.S.C. 6491</external-xref>); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF83624D5E01A4205A3A58502A25F1CC2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reserve, in the manner described in subparagraph (B), an amount equal to not more than 0.1 percent of the total amount of funds appropriated for—</text>
<subclause id="H810F1AEC660B4F2E8141DE0054C8B2A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9A6DF1AD32C44E1EA4F2A2D2B8E2FF04"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 1501 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6491">20 U.S.C. 6491</external-xref>); and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64BC3B97C0464D9BB93CB24FD0D92770"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in reserving the amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text>
<clause id="H149A433108F34A3C876B72800E73B2EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall reserve up to the total amount of funds appropriated for section 1501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6491">20 U.S.C. 6491</external-xref>); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE9228354F5EB4AEBBEC38C749F0292E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may, in a case in which the total amount of funds appropriated for such section 1501 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6491">20 U.S.C. 6491</external-xref>) is less than the amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii), reserve the amount of funds appropriated for part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) that is needed for the sum of the total amount of funds appropriated for such section 1501 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6491">20 U.S.C. 6491</external-xref>) and such amount of funds appropriated for such part A of title I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) to equal the amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9036A0B16E264EE3AEDBE64A979E7A5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If funds are reserved under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF771BB43AB34991B1BD06CC5C70B45F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">neither the Secretary of Education nor the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences shall—</text>
<clause id="H0805DC4A04614893B3006F6D8BD93EC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>carry out evaluations under section 1501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6491">20 U.S.C. 6491</external-xref>); or</text></clause>
<clause id="HD210401ECE1F4A15A6D5C64AC263DD96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reserve funds for evaluation activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6821">20 U.S.C. 6821</external-xref>); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B597F6192B3488494F16A4A04DF72FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences—</text>
<clause id="H69704F0D083541EDA26BE871C1AE5DE1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall use the funds reserved under paragraph (1) to carry out high-quality evaluations (consistent with the requirements of section 173(a) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9563">20 U.S.C. 9563(a)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, and the evaluation plan described in subsection (c) of this section) of programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H144C20F9426847128F0D8D0739369682"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use the funds reserved under paragraph (1) to—</text>
<subclause id="H47713D297FC146359AC4DE6A853CC9CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the usefulness of the evaluations conducted under clause (i) to promote continuous improvement of programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H786C5A15E31F496783AC1FF560F3E788"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist grantees of such programs in collecting and analyzing data and other activities related to conducting high-quality evaluations under clause (i).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H145E3723232C47EB80B277EE4011BC80"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education or the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences shall disseminate evaluation findings, consistent with section 114(j) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9514">20 U.S.C. 9514(j)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, of evaluations carried out under paragraph (2)(B)(i).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93FD65DCC1DC4B9F84853D0033ECDD2C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consolidation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7104B1995AA14CADAC9BAB2450B08AC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may consolidate the funds reserved under paragraph (1) for purposes of carrying out the activities under paragraph (2)(B); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1CB6393372A47319E5739A7BB8DDD78"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be required to evaluate under paragraph (2)(B)(i) each program authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>) each year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB6609F20FD154EBB96DD76B8BC9B566F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Evaluation plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall, on a biennial basis, develop, submit to Congress, and make publicly available an evaluation plan, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H45DB8A9B6D194878AD2D41D09DD094D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the specific activities that will be carried out under subsection (b)(2)(B) for the 2-year period applicable to the plan, and the timelines of such activities; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF477D80CFA494C43A3EE7095E8957496"><enum>(2)</enum><text>contains the results of the activities carried out under subsection (b)(2)(B) for the most recent 2-year period; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB99FF5B6768B4F8D914EB791C3A3D1E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes how programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.</external-xref>) will be regularly evaluated.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3309DD0FE3934401AFD558DCAC05C598"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect section 173(b) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9563">20 U.S.C. 9563(b)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act.</text></subsection></section>
Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk.