114 S227 : Strengthening Education through Research Act
U.S. Senate
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1.This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Education through Research Act
. 2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Nonduplication.
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 partnerships.
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. 181. Prohibitions.
Sec. 182. Confidentiality.
Sec. 183. Availability of data.
Sec. 184. Performance management.
Sec. 185. Authority to publish.
Sec. 186. Repeals.
Sec. 187. Fellowships.
Sec. 188. Authorization of appropriations.
Part G—Technical and conforming amendments
Sec. 191. Technical and conforming amendments to other laws.
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.
3.
(a)The Act of November 5, 2002 (Public Law 107–279; 116 Stat. 1940), is amended by inserting after section 1 the following:
2.
In collecting information and data under this Act, including requiring the reporting of information and data, the Secretary of Education shall, to the extent appropriate, not duplicate other requirements and shall use information and data that are available from existing Federal, State, and local sources, in order to reduce burden and cost to the Department of Education, States, local educational agencies (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), and other entities..
(b)The table of contents in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (Public Law 107–279; 116 Stat. 1940), is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1 the following:
Sec. 2. Nonduplication..
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0d4c1f6-1dde-4041-b212-6c2bd3cf697a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id364f238f-69fb-4190-b0fb-3da6cf1d6ea0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4C256AF875F43CA9B46F8C201B1FBA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (13) and (18);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A0C574D3C134FDB86B7D7DD73777B63"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (11), (12), (14), (15), (16), (17), and (19) through (23), as paragraphs (3) through (12), (14), (15), (16), (18), (20), and (22) through (26), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCC86E3C809E4DBA8B26F3FD756E375A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0909FDD8C4EA44D4ABF1B3C0D53908EC" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E5E0E1A4C5D4025A3EA6B77CBF6D149"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adult education; adult education and literacy activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>adult education</term> and <term>adult education and literacy activities</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5add5eee-47eb-4af1-87e7-0ec6bcbb2ad5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Education</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id244956aa-7208-4544-ba41-50b9ff9a3153"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), as redesignated by paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d1d795e-449c-429b-b3a8-2df98610efd6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or other information, in a timely manner and</quote> after <quote>evaluations,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91a81eb7-239e-4c5a-9100-b0425901ea8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>school leaders,</quote> after <quote>teachers,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D75BAC32A5D4798A5AAB12E7291B9B5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (12), as redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0654511BAF30460B869CF7DDBC7AE173" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA395B6B50C14C9799CBDC39E34BDF55"><enum>(13)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">English learner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>English learner</term> means an individual who is limited English proficient, as defined 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>) or section 637 of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9832">42 U.S.C. 9832</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id539bb2b9-6695-454c-aa6d-cdfa540ed53d"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (14), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>, school leaders,</quote> after <quote>teachers</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a536dcd-4a66-4493-ae93-d952eb376118"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (16), as redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d12dc21-df6a-4d1d-bcc6-be00110dbeec" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id160d362d-6059-41fc-b2a9-029360681f14"><enum>(17)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF92555F1ACB541068B362219015ACE26"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (18), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking <quote>section 133(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 133(d)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e6f4c98-13d2-4f88-9abd-44cf3deab489"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (18), as redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfbdbaaa-84cd-42c8-aea0-3e2c3e977b3f"><enum>(19)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d4abbf6-5493-41fc-9274-4c59cc309279"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7de6c34-15a2-4db8-9b2a-4df242462e36"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">present findings and make claims that are appropriate to, and supported by, the methods that have been employed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c2ab000-74e5-44d0-a182-ea90245b4751"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, appropriate to the research being conducted—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id290c180a-642f-4b7c-9bdd-ae39c2f9890e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use of systematic, empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3874f593-29de-47e0-b3e4-fcceae81d925"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use of data analyses that are adequate to support the general findings;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cbef23a-94a0-4e8b-957d-6db880cb64a7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reliance on measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and generalizable findings;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ed38fd6-fda9-4116-b07e-e63d9d32a76c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69eb8f86-8deb-4771-bbd7-14be96daedf0"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba1d52e6-66fb-4ebb-8a73-e6a29157aff9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc03da0e8-b7e5-4741-99f0-996289d23231"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23D527D79DE34EEE9F0BE72B777BFFCE"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (20), as redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28BC517E22BE42FD8E0768CAE5EE9953" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32cccb24-e576-47dc-9952-3068b584c66b"><enum>(21)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b29ec78-cfb8-48dc-af01-fdd650df0222"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employee or officer of—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddef5ad46-337f-45ed-83d1-d1a2c3ad0150"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an elementary school or secondary school;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc68a6813-8683-4ded-a9be-d7e42c026b57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a local educational agency serving an elementary school or secondary school; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9526fc43-4689-47bf-ab8b-53f473b1d888"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">another entity operating the elementary school or secondary school; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00f649ed-86d3-4819-a7e3-d140837bdcc0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">responsible for the daily instructional leadership and managerial operations of the elementary school or secondary school.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7762a16f-0be7-4425-9fcc-a565f7004da1"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (23), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking <quote>scientifically based research standards</quote> and inserting <quote>the principles of scientific research</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><part commented="no" id="idfbef5f1a-0016-4276-a8c3-d901ab95de0c" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Institute of Education Sciences</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab9184c8-2d0c-4288-8b29-95b734e9c3de" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9511">20 U.S.C. 9511(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C20516A062F4351953F34B55E31F2CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>including adult education,</quote> after <quote>postsecondary study,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7ef3d27-6e0e-4e3f-903c-e5c8fa387edc"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FA8C08171F84A41BB6D39956807BC7D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea4ce2d7-5692-41cb-a47a-84eba875fe2c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fe09612-d41c-4f99-b0b0-646b85290c00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(including in technology areas)</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69d3811d-7f52-4d00-affc-245412636cb3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>disability,</quote> after <quote>gender,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3a1be6c-730a-47bf-a175-6eb184482055" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id137b8d46-1eb2-4e23-9753-a620b5f49a2b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id386bd973-ad01-42d5-9827-8f989a3d35c9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(including evaluations of impact and implementation)</quote> after <quote>education evaluation</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id206b2054-643c-42b8-bf7f-3f4fd5dbe5a7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and utilization</quote> before the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6794568f-529b-44ae-aca6-6550fdce5432"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida52f12c0-7504-4cd4-b973-5f4b7a4ac922"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, consistent with section 114(j),</quote> after <quote>disseminate</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e9725a7-7f7a-42f9-820f-81c4318ab218"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and scientifically valid education evaluations carried out under this title</quote> before the semicolon.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34e9504e-1b1f-4b21-91ee-5f11002ec241" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56875542-ca52-45cb-b2d8-f6ba60bb267b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a8dce90-25f1-45ed-91d0-0e6a8db09c9d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4debbe50-e4d4-46b7-a496-6cea7a05edb0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46ca7596-0076-4162-bd76-4d98ef7e3a10"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6728dfd2-cdc4-4ecf-90fb-dd73a68be371"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id363fab08-82ca-487d-9461-33c337c28028" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id557fdf37-7a12-44aa-a793-85535065884c"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65709a0e-70db-4146-a6e1-db41dc23fd00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the procurement process; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id950a701a-8ab1-49bf-8b2d-505b66887f01"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d5c2838-f34e-4f79-840a-2d3918190261" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43270760-b9a9-4244-a593-264f4f364130"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b7810ac-ad87-4b49-ad5e-b5f25e55f82d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67a0942e-c317-4386-aefc-2226b7dc320a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51162559-ffb6-4204-924a-c7d8a2a6bf39"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1ac5de3-0129-4b24-b60a-b3008319a2ec" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7192e2c9-cf04-436b-b44a-3b426e24a26a"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b44b0a6-e30d-48f1-9d0e-1f19e8ece0c9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdd6167e-4466-4c94-b8be-160b2f1d15ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida91b3203-a049-4dc0-ae15-679263af62f0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, other than a Director appointed under paragraph (2)</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43662c52-dd21-4840-ad33-2007031c5716"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a4652ae-54c1-49a2-bd27-60fe3c861020"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff5ac03d-7d80-471b-94a3-a3917e8f1c8d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>, and the use of evidence</quote> after <quote>statistics activities</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8d541a4-13dd-4210-b1fc-3e409c1f7198"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0cd6c90-3cc5-420c-9327-986b5248a5a5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and maintain</quote> after <quote>establish</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7eeb9969-3275-4176-bf44-428a2bb5f658"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and subsection (h)</quote> after <quote>section 116(b)(3)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cbc7e31-53c5-4a6b-8368-a49f6231c57c"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by inserting <quote>disability,</quote> after <quote>gender,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f2fd672-fc82-4496-aa50-92e2ef0ad375"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2dffe24e-a816-4313-8461-e83976dcf0f0"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5535362b-8f62-4a85-98a3-815288308a2e" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda9e9c7e-669e-4982-b20e-af00203a053f"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13a40e13-df9b-414b-9abb-0090ce49c88b"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (10) and (11); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe6db27b-bad5-4740-afe8-29650d5eb0a6"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (10);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ef3abd7-e9f7-4b3f-a91f-9ad73b5178bf"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1624fd2c-1fc1-484f-a009-b0d4bf1b568d"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (g), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0051b767-4858-4bd0-a131-6358b67b0822" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd516818c-5f94-48aa-958a-067f980cbd25"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, including, in the case of special education research, an understanding of special education, for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8230be0f-b92b-4ee3-9200-37ee0f7609c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reviewing and evaluating each application for a grant or cooperative agreement under this title that exceeds $100,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6121777c-8345-4351-a7ed-47879326ea47"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cfb39e5-c0a1-4840-8fb0-5578a4d4522e"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd04932fa-010f-472b-83a3-9eabd7ef0338"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the products and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc24c75fb-fb16-4be9-99dc-9dcb62b5c708"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0216dda4-e343-441c-b0d4-21836c713ace"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0248a3b5-6396-492e-a498-049631b61515" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id629cf9bb-e35c-4a7d-a42e-825b5166fd87"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d492b62-8156-4c71-8fd0-cafd197609dc"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b795cb1-007f-438e-866c-397ce0b31e94"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the information, products, and publications of the Institute are—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b300554-dabb-4b4c-9d47-29d00b099db0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepared and widely disseminated—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b1a25b5-1312-4bad-9f9f-c10f0f3049bb"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a timely fashion; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2d2d7d3-e463-4f49-8e2d-18ba7b0f68b9"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8feb2fbd-8a80-48e3-b8d7-f570fb4e9cfa"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b2e5a11-5215-4ba5-b241-95bb9863e164"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93821d09-871d-4124-b063-0a59ef213d29"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddea158a8-7d5a-47dd-bee7-d77679ce5d77" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddabc981f-d91b-48ac-8161-492bbc77eef4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdc6299d-8072-4fbc-be5f-45642475bdd0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3921fe3-5cb9-46d7-b330-abb95bf425b1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6009d277-b50f-42f2-9443-88cb6ce11ae8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such as</quote> and inserting <quote>including</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d234679-518d-47e8-94ae-cfad4bbb0283"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2520009-1bef-478c-bcb8-b77067fd815c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>ensuring that all students have the ability to obtain a high-quality education, particularly by</quote> before <quote>closing</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5523237D39C4432BB4B27C9595C031E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>low-performing children</quote> and inserting <quote>low-performing students</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91207c18-818c-4b17-81a4-c6809ace542c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>especially achievement gaps between</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id069e7a4f-e3d2-4fc6-9e61-5de06a9894a8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>nonminority children</quote> and inserting <quote>nonminority students, students with disabilities and students without disabilities,</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ddc5237-2255-4290-9086-5d2f85df48b4"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and between disadvantaged children and such children's</quote> and inserting <quote>and disadvantaged students and such students'</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44fa2539-2d21-47b3-b27c-eab47304d953"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4aa5473c-84e6-4787-9608-f13f7c4b76a1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideece31c1-26b0-4fd6-90bf-f3c4f7bf8c31"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a899aed-dafd-451c-9662-c4069eac5682" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69d951eb-9d97-4f99-9997-fc595229f40e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving access to and the quality of early childhood education;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0cdd04d-43d0-4cef-a0f1-0d0f5e15b827"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving education in elementary schools and secondary schools, particularly among low-performing students and schools; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6aad258-9a11-45df-bf4e-538c34f1932e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving access to, opportunities for, and completion of postsecondary education and adult education.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf868809b-8205-4825-b7ec-a28ed03ab365"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1), 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id012c86cd-65e3-4a1e-8da1-a07b3fdc5563" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>116.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99d23431-2e1b-4caa-ba69-3217f63cc93e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1eba39f-d3d0-4489-84b9-ff7f9a0240ee"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida00e9cde-c689-4b6a-a788-20a77dcfb879"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>under section 114(h)</quote> after <quote>procedures</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb266d81a-24df-41db-a53d-11ab19ad45b6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by inserting <quote>disability,</quote> after <quote>gender,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide93d25d1-2835-4a50-b337-1181d783a3d0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8951c697-bef2-4afd-8190-497fa2ee6fa0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef318595-860d-4f8b-a3a5-4fbf353f7fcb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>consistent with</quote> and inserting <quote>consistent with section 114(j) and</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f83e3af-43ad-448e-b9c3-6fb7750565d2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bddb666-6c49-4a20-b97d-9e834cda0935"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>the Institute’s</quote> after <quote>enhance</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0363c94b-a8f9-4bb0-abcd-d0fc00f245a5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadb8c764-70cc-4634-8365-ed015112700c"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73a5abd3-e925-4a8b-8c3f-7cd2477c45a3" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1207e35-b70b-4353-aea6-eee6334a2302"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38ff1df1-f497-4612-aed2-bf41329fd450"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5c15843-f423-41d7-a552-7329c3e327d2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd554f259-8491-4243-80b6-4e4d041356cb"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>Board,</quote> before <quote>National Academy</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b35b6eb-fa49-4f7e-b572-75bbce1d59b7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84597f86-bf62-4967-8bd5-89e1ab2e6dde"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f43afb9-5791-4873-9481-4586181b59c2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide16232c6-98bc-4aba-9deb-cc6ebbe34a8a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>, which may include those researchers recommended by the National Academy of Sciences</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb232602f-d6c6-4f42-b4c0-5e1ed336b727"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida83deb64-19fa-4b2c-9b74-84aa0885a848"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (i), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bdc6678-085a-4866-b7ac-41525a2e21de" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb231f0b-f10e-444b-8b7b-a758a3413b46"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0a87420-0b2d-46a0-9089-54c80ced133d"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), as redesignated by subclause (II)—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f96bfea-2e8f-4708-a449-b5619947a72b"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>school-based professional educators,</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13D623AF97F64E8299F3F133305F4753"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>State leaders in adult education,</quote> after <quote>executives,</quote>;</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a36c21e-dfb1-4cba-b872-8868c3372022"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>local educational agency superintendents,</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613016c5-726b-4a50-9279-c7d9e2187cf5"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>principals,</quote>;</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc48b582-9cd0-432f-ac5d-c52b8e29982b"><enum>(ee)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or local</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29df31b4-7986-4ce5-9fe2-edefa0cea7b0"><enum>(ff)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or Bureau-funded school boards</quote>;</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45283c52-af63-4581-965b-9d29a419fe9f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ec696d6-74a8-41fc-a3d3-b14d40bf095c"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7bf747cb-e15d-418b-8fdc-a041ce987b3a"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (i);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id366b5ea6-c508-4a35-9d55-947b5681a851"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (i);</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd07d6860-920f-4e15-9acc-03ae5c34f643"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), as redesignated by subclause (III), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae627808-49dd-4927-b710-88f2aafb703b"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99e81eac-c564-4cd8-8599-c21a17bfd632" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28d2287e-37d6-40ff-bede-ac8c1e015bb7"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87630394-d6a6-4c0e-9752-699e1f49cebb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (C); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72cc722a-bd0c-4f7e-bff4-9742aaf72a6f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ae15c28-cc11-4f10-a086-fd2b4d7e257b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1230e158-902e-4ebe-a670-b15330880fc4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9548dd53-a412-4f08-beb8-131ddc02db1b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated by clause (i), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0af256b-a3a2-422f-bd2f-d6054ad53b40" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddefeeab1-6099-4b94-961c-e67a2441eedb"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the exercise of its duties under subsection (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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1a4ee34-f8ae-4c30-a6f2-1138e856d89f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by clause (i), 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7e4b403-5e91-4234-9044-70c26c070f7f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c741271-aad7-408e-9b63-05e07da01201" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa2186de-ea71-4751-9e40-d5ab4d1d1cf9"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0c30ba2-07a3-44c5-93d8-6cd18fdf94e8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc72b7a2d-8d04-481c-977e-12d0127ec770"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec58720a-0ee0-41de-be24-4beb4b0b0ab0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb9ab6ca-8582-473b-9419-1ce5722e5925"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3089b6c0-cd2b-416d-a3ec-45d51f7ad805"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Board</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4243ec5-be27-4d14-baaa-ce9e2f6395ce" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebb100b3-f434-4b26-b78d-6d32af059412"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9073405e-bd52-4cb6-b6af-f2cbbb7ff0c8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>not later than July 1 of each year, a report</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 report once every 5 years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id222c7158-cafd-4235-b882-6aac97fa953a"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d41b4bf-ac3c-4de8-a117-119bb39521ee" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc42f06d6-65c3-498b-90ea-3d432116706d"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation report described in paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b8048ab-a8b8-4fa7-94c4-45e36e3ba504"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to paragraph (3), an evaluation of the activities authorized for each of the National Education Centers, which—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b226c1e-d224-4164-b8b9-24009e99d6ee"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses the performance management system described in section 185; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bdf9715-e7ee-4c5e-badb-48f2972a2772"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is conducted by an independent entity;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0669e874-5307-4aa6-9917-e0f6622235ac"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d13fbb0-ad16-40f0-81a4-66cde8255c2b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5a82745-38fc-43e9-ac5f-fd5b847feaf9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39F1C1A672724D3389B743B30C01D557"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interim findings made widely available to the public (including by electronic means such as posting in an easily accessible manner on the Institute’s website) 3 years after the independent entity has begun reviewing the work of the Institute.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7832aaa2-a262-44d0-88f1-5ec88c27c4c6"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb473dfb3-1c9d-4c78-bd7c-671507a1f57c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c339fb8-4c7d-4446-be52-ec624538469d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 such Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id771827d8-474f-4160-9bc8-6146fb6e8ea2"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (f).</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6fa534d-d052-4147-abb2-6baa584efdb5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>117.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec09bc43-bdfe-48ea-b3f3-9de22d40865f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ed40f6a-836e-45dc-94c9-f59ff4349eaa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b), each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85126161-3a3a-4978-a059-637cb3f171b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ca343ef-da34-4d4c-b104-c31ed49bc742"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b), each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id210c3c8d-b470-446f-a1ca-a457cbff6cfd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, statistics,</quote> after <quote>research</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fe08dd9-5770-4657-8b69-9b3bdc194585"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b), each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282652c3-bac6-41af-9fd2-943482a21054"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6dc463f4-d52e-4827-893d-22a966f7a57d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida34474cf-2095-419c-8b67-4783af1c6c17"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking <quote>, except the Commissioner for Education Statistics,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2411b53b-92ed-46ad-baba-96aa816c32a8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>118.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca42ecfa-b854-4d36-81e9-70a7f63031bf"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id802d207f-696c-4ec1-aff7-3f05c9c5883e" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4da0255b-d147-4ef5-908d-e39e6fade5b0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>119.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcaba3c0d-ae38-4ab4-88bf-64a744b44020"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 119. Transparency.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73326b45-3adc-4b4f-9299-8c1896d961a3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>119.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" id="idebb9e33e-d3cb-4494-8356-be3a956fdc35" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Center for Education Research</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1863b02c-3fc6-4ce5-af07-2d2308beeefa" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc27989e7-2243-4908-bf7e-16299a168c00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14e9fba1-7ae9-48b3-b396-ce7306fa103c" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48a48bde-c79c-4dfd-bced-02b03a35886e"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59a70378-e357-4e5f-bcd0-a625174713a2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id545a6c4f-00ec-47d1-b539-72a75b7af3f2"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11b2e589-a7c4-49d9-bf82-2acfc6c0b5a4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e5ac928-59d3-4cc1-ab64-cad29cb0d6cc" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d78f781-88cb-4e8d-8087-58b788c2c5f4"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c2fea06-2cda-4e11-8036-e84b725e3f13" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6aa545a7-d859-48b3-84ce-e029d5099bac"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf171d377-0317-48a1-9b29-deb794fb2a27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>peer-review standards and</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ea37981-8595-4321-9236-ac6ba52bec80"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4b3b585-4b41-4d09-9548-1893b4781f37"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide669a95d-917d-4732-906b-e024986a5724"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7526a35b-6ff0-4e81-955c-d1ecbc9fa244"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cb9ef2c-e508-44ae-8e18-18d5b1928903"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id728700ab-adcb-484e-bde3-6d720277b508"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35ef4c3a-590f-45a0-9cd0-035a9d9ab1bb"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), as redesignated by subparagraph (E)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadbcccc6-3728-4d5c-b06a-d26cf5bf2272"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Board</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id907635d0-8e08-4a38-b562-b8bc689a0a81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9933177-f797-49a0-8b62-5f56997e4317"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>and which may include research on social and emotional learning, and the acquisition of competencies and skills, including the ability to think critically, solve complex problems, evaluate evidence, and communicate effectively,</quote> after <quote>gap,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2378e24-fc3b-4750-acd3-abb0d19ab5a3"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (7), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c966e97-71b2-4a53-89fb-91fbbd34dc1d" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcf433d9-3cee-4276-a6bb-18f38e2ae94b"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida451be64-3124-49d6-8373-04ce9c3fdd93"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb06790a0-3057-44d0-8a1f-d79641041038"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (9), as redesignated by subparagraph (K), and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4c1e511-b227-4409-8b7e-cfa3560129e3"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4570637d-17e0-4a15-affc-ab48ad643f80"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), as redesignated by subparagraph (K), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide411daa8-03d2-4778-bd52-7d76e64a470d"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e8025d5-c1e6-4991-88db-9de002c2899f" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaffbd761-b83a-4613-9c22-d09b6b2484d5"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id195dfcb8-0142-418c-82a8-f46d85ce7f0b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7aed9ae3-917d-4565-a352-0aa7397c5a33" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a24c5c6-f43a-4242-ad37-e8d0bd317f75"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id860647cb-9643-4399-a719-3c5239b4b093"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30da03a1-66a0-46ff-a464-db50eb256fe4"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida165d69b-be38-421c-b6d6-83bdabdb0549"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2b66c5e-0c25-4f8c-8d5e-485166a98a22"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cf9b69c-0153-487d-be3d-1a9bc3e9899a"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb587c7f-4481-496e-8ff9-ad5ce4703e8b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id629e4a82-cda2-4855-9f90-d74011c2014a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (b), the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02c23dcd-60ea-4749-922e-6e50a4c8151a"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc73b9a81-4c91-4c54-a12f-86c778131491"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3549b90-47d7-4b1b-9b0e-f14ed6190fe6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d2a476a-3665-4a38-a4fa-73ba8694c61a"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca2b359d-c956-494e-8887-dc758b7a334f"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Research Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Research Commissioner may require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id819736dd-9447-4637-8315-946d5e36525a"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</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></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56abdbd9-8707-4f5c-845b-8c167f83c653"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b8fa902-e1ad-4619-954f-146b95eca82b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id937f442f-29e1-48cd-b0b1-5c4c61b2dc1c" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf74c6b51-4e6f-4b7d-9da8-01f6ae2b376b"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9721252c-f6d2-482c-9466-29c2085f9e8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (5);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide249a383-1c16-4bb1-bc2e-bb3634fc2944"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f81041a-bb92-4c82-999c-13f9b4736871"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44e86d75-1ff1-4019-9348-0022a5abfdf1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE01ABF67BD7143A4A44A37581DE0B89B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>5 additional</quote> and inserting <quote>2 additional</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DDD45ABC0F240469B176F259C6D6E95"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>notwithstanding section 134(b),</quote> and inserting <quote>notwithstanding section 114(h),</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20A3B25BC3EB4B78A4ECA52A242BFDA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f16edaa-0c60-4083-85c5-b04b5c7a1a93"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideba2721c-2a18-4005-ba5c-41db91a6bad0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaead99bd-5d0a-438c-b683-9597443e22be" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18c819aa-cef4-47a7-86ed-32f9fbe37d7f"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbee03f2c-18b6-4f97-8f71-8bf6d6013e8d"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>paragraphs (4) and (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id138fdeb9-0204-46b4-8f54-b8069fd3b764"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id300dff1c-59a1-4951-993d-1490fed11a3f" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b89b376-8803-4a1b-bc4f-fe54ea5cd44e"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, socioeconomic background, and other population characteristics as determined by the Research Commissioner, so long as any reported information does not reveal individually identifiable information.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4528ec5-2972-4e90-8f2e-fd260e03c90a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79b3bafb-251f-4814-a6c3-f2f036b85efe"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c4e3d18-102d-41d6-b171-8666cabc69bb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>based</quote> and inserting <quote>valid</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf42d07bf-a996-42ad-b886-5cd20a8e8d75"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70d01d34-545e-4452-9c6c-bed3d2dfdec3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3749dd26-d657-4534-aae7-1c6738585c9a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></section></part><part commented="no" id="id3e538685-fd48-4ab6-ae95-7b6f847e688c" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Center for Education Statistics</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6e52815-00ad-40e9-a543-ef1d245581bc" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>151.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id070b17a3-740a-48e6-8d62-5e2fe1e61fd4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and consistent with the privacy protections under section 183</quote> after <quote>manner</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1a897c2-bc90-48f5-b6d9-2224d5b8bb63"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e8e90d0-1d41-48e6-a58f-e2d595291774"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9746087-8621-4ac3-840e-d6ca8d9a82be"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9597cdae-bc04-4c1a-9171-f61763e47587" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38307ea0-dda9-4961-a117-b1eb2773144f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2bbc12a-34cd-4922-b7b2-b913a5b78887" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>152.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd252cd45-5c29-4309-ba6d-075c1f35b889"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b3e6716-9ae4-45d2-bd58-76695335e817"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b49daf7-351e-4a4d-8b4d-c337c66098ce"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb382da91-2f33-4096-addd-68aeb3956cc7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1da238b-9a07-4f4c-bc23-7d9d97616703" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a4dbfa1-32fa-41dc-b299-48c44e2cee15"><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 section 200.19(b)(1)(i)(A) 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 section 200.19(b)(1)(v)(A) 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60f333a1-9d08-4fbc-a03d-b1e7a2c3e4d9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and opportunity for,</quote> and inserting <quote>opportunity for, and completion of</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca9fb6a5-ecf1-4733-896c-d0d53aa8ebdd"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac33e8ac-1756-49d3-8ffc-9fefe9d2623e" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaad73449-fa38-479a-9694-4cf17c0279a7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teaching and school leadership, including information on teacher and school leader 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77714055-8d86-4598-8f88-df619dad0a4e"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G), by inserting <quote>and school leaders</quote> before the semicolon;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4146bae1-a7ca-4547-95d0-bff0a6db711b"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59336563-5210-4c51-aa31-54e073bc4138"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (K) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id795e206e-d516-4090-9b0e-003ee2f6f75e" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3cf05a57-a73b-45aa-8a0c-895b07c5e94d"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e8540fb-6be2-4467-ab2e-37bc1d7cb33d"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (L), by striking <quote>and opportunity for,</quote> and inserting <quote>opportunity for, and quality of</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cd5e2db-53b9-4646-8fad-c21823f7bc32"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (M), by striking <quote>such programs during school recesses</quote> and inserting <quote>summer school</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9a554b4-a169-40a9-a613-5b9b76129290"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (N)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6E44CF185CB41FE98790202BD61A1FB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62D06691913D4CA195B6F1B67E571954"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id745CC94CC8704FE3903EF8776B42AD34"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (O), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC395C692D2D64E20B0A07C1E28EBB7D0"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91359CBFAAE844C39BADB396A54930D6" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA56E31AF3716434E999C977674A31563"><enum>(P)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access to, and opportunity for, adult education and literacy activities;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6514689-ebb5-48d1-8d46-2331104fa1ed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD9EE2EC77FA45E3A73476D88C23B287"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B9D42ADCFAB41E9AC92C73C9DF22EEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>limited English proficiency</quote> and inserting <quote>English learner status</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9dfaa92-b3c4-4344-a7cd-61167d5a8483"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f1f7038-38c5-4dff-ac53-3574d0718ac4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id056F7A8ED16C4E0CA8981E8E4B102D16"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>determining voluntary standards and guidelines to assist</quote> and inserting <quote>providing technical assistance to</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA52A1517E40645EEA6FB54845B0E748D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>promote linkages across States,</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c97673f-89b1-4052-8074-a5f2956ad7af"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc488f9d0-a456-4e7e-b894-b78969786908"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Third</quote> and inserting <quote>Trends in</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7cd0a93d-8c8f-4116-84db-b23ecb1c1d34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and the Program for International Student Assessment</quote> after <quote>Science Study</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06945bd0-9967-4108-9b9d-6b6261053255"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking the semicolon and inserting the following: <quote>and ensuring such collections protect student privacy consistent with section 183; and</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3921ef3-9ae4-4425-8cc7-3822d64014f4"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282cada9-f654-4d01-b2b7-32f4b3413c97" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59a63602-523e-425b-9553-e9376469ce4a"><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).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8159af3c-c284-4d3d-b604-9f523acb3a6a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (9);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide21ce568-cead-4343-aafc-392ae4a16c47"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8df475f4-944d-4e3d-a67b-a7c2311042a8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63fe55bb-ba8e-4efb-bc57-ef4102e84489" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba353189-09da-4a8a-a3f4-2bfcc2e71686"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Statistics Commissioner shall develop a plan in consultation with the Director and implement a plan for activities of the Statistics Center that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d5e4963-e60b-46cd-a5c5-c0a25dea6f87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0e07b83-4407-4c52-a8f9-b74abc0d0c50"><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 Statistic Center’s most recent evaluation report under section 116(d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaeaa7f87-0f21-42df-84d9-e527f30a8827"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d12bc44-866e-41b4-895e-0876d35eba1d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>153.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf31275e-3b2c-47a7-ab31-d768670b431b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35085ea8-87f5-4ad3-9891-38d2f3a0a1a1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>In carrying</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide49ae3e9-3fda-453e-9ecb-64ec7a330991" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcefa2203-4eb6-4436-a23a-fd9c1537be51"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CFDEB620FA44BCF9F42A37A2E486CF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>to eligible applicants</quote> after <quote>technical assistance</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc49db7ca-ec64-4e0f-b96e-7a14511fddc2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67894bf6-285a-44e7-b647-723913b93549" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e4e0333-a123-45f8-8d37-7b91cd13c39d"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6f3c360-a491-4e74-8242-75770f26be19"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63a5d9d4-93f3-479e-b333-d8c2ddf77932"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7a6e328-7570-4fb6-a64a-bf4e316a64fe"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf73c0f87-f4c8-49c3-92f3-8bb8ba428a09"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking <quote>vocational and</quote> and inserting <quote>career and technical education programs,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4694fe96-8695-42a1-9126-7ebf48d61a9e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50ce6f39-1aaa-431c-b34b-1f007170d123" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>154.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e2a072b-d229-4048-a2dc-a8064857d015"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(consistent with section 114(h))</quote> after <quote>review</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6603aca-88a7-4603-b766-7d68c8e6972f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>2003</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5e3772a-e365-4b17-ad6c-fe91a8d4e28a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>155.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc3578ff-8bb3-4a11-88ca-b372a3524bd5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a44e444-b1e5-4c1f-80a6-e986f0b8ed7c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddee5a851-81b3-46e2-aa50-6add4d3095ac"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6718d211-9f7b-48c0-af3a-91f8fa38bada"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78818358-ff95-4add-8b2e-64bd5bbc8160"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and consistent with section 183</quote> after <quote>may prescribe</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd674df76-2f0e-49c1-b848-72fc072cabb8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c82a47c-dc13-4afa-add6-5cd89dd92298"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida20e74e3-cfeb-45d3-8adf-23d824df4451" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f5b8264-3b76-4b2a-80ea-05e14c619329"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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) if the data requested would be unnecessary for or unrelated to the proposed research design or research intent, or if the request would introduce risk of a privacy violation or misuse of data.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BD4703A05C3486CAF1E1A4B6A8DEFED"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements described under the second sentence of paragraph (1) and the second sentence of paragraph (2) and the authority under paragraph (3) shall not apply to public use data sets.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id290757be-ac30-403b-ae5e-c4b5b0a872cc" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>156.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative education statistics partnerships</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73b0b43e-64da-4107-9c9c-99b3a92eb74f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39606a73-98f0-4793-aaa0-cf6f99abcb72"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29e66da9-7cd8-4946-b8a1-58c3b17deaf8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>national cooperative education statistics systems</quote> and inserting <quote>cooperative education statistics partnerships</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6afe003a-48fe-4bd4-beb8-09241a8e52ae"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>producing and maintaining, with the cooperation</quote> and inserting <quote>reviewing and improving, with the voluntary participation</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52fa7eaf-78b7-41cb-9c75-6452209c2db5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ff462f1-fd6a-4091-9290-6146248dec05"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>adult education, and libraries,</quote> and inserting <quote>and adult education</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd11f438-f822-47c3-bb0b-174be328ca61"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0784be0-31e9-4692-8f3b-687d3cb1161d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 157. Cooperative education statistics partnerships.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id0fc31bf8-f309-4e78-bbb1-5855c24f7d64" level-type="subsequent"><enum>D<?LEXA-Enum D?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf827252b-f5ef-44fe-beda-248c04b57e14" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>171.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f7d1cf7-4aef-4410-94e0-a604a8c2e593"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68af8a2a-dde0-4399-b523-e2fb27c02597"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb70fa487-ff2d-4ae1-9972-2d459f82b033"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6b0ccbd-e813-420c-857d-1613262295cb"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), 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>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id312f9b90-1982-467b-8d0f-24bcb215feb5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6576a210-82f0-4466-ad8c-94826688f885"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c).</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id783e0e50-3650-427b-94a7-f31d11ca0ba1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>172.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99c85963-299d-4420-bdf0-d2ee50a65a91"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77b821ff-eda2-47b2-9799-a3984ea61e39"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613efde0-3da6-437e-b955-614e65cdd35c"><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, and 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87dd79c1-4dfe-4315-a4ff-4fb04c888f57"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7813A93FFA3491E8DA3C09330616069"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, consistent with section 114(j)</quote> after <quote>timely, and efficient manner</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B76468C2BFB421D81632C612DDAB8AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that shall include all topics covered in paragraph (2)(E)</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57507c7a-6b60-4649-b6bf-1dd168a2dadf"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ac44f34-5a03-4f50-88e7-0adbf8d0ede8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>development and dissemination</quote> and inserting <quote>development, dissemination, and utilization</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ccffdff-59c0-43fa-886e-130bd8551a4d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the provision of technical assistance,</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaaf1288d-f510-4a7f-b122-bbde013486f3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E94DBF39C1C4F59B30C27B26CACB828"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFC045E05EB443F083391A74B9527166"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabe28687-0423-4987-9782-f1e01b3663d5"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id773882cf-2551-4da4-9ecc-080b2594e0bb"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Board</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb26250de-beb9-4e4c-a8f4-b2f5e5869743"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>preparation of a biennial report,</quote> and inserting <quote>preparation and dissemination of each evaluation report</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c0506ca-0078-434f-88f9-366c475ec68b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>119; and</quote> and inserting <quote>116(d).</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2563d701-5c9b-46a6-8c70-26fb527e9c43"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (7);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc302650-0260-4d41-b208-cab05693f722"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcacd5b44-59d3-4b29-b0d5-dd2ed815ba22"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>all</quote> before <quote>information disseminated</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd5ed8ed-5712-424f-8ac1-0c77dfd02c73"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, which may include</quote> and all that follows through <quote>of this Act)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56e066ef-3f35-4f9d-a9f3-7e748a15e883"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C6E7515E60247FC9CB99CD65F4A9B82"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5fb7db9-14ba-4562-9849-ee0618ffb8cb"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id947237a3-f729-4b1a-b387-2e26a264a389" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9c24118-fc68-4090-9559-ccdb2b80fdb4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb224544b-a132-4f19-8b1f-2644a1d0ff63"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is consistent with the priorities and mission of the Institute and the mission of the Center described in section 171(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7638c580-40c1-492a-80eb-e61bb5ecc4b9"><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 Center’s most recent evaluation report under section 116(d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14521916-483d-453f-a4a5-7349b72bfb82"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0007ffed-24b7-44bd-a4af-82aad380c0ae"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida97f0983-480a-4ade-8201-b62e9bb1505e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the duties under this part, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad2bfbbc-4260-466e-ab8e-b10780e61644"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible applicants to carry out the activities under this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc97e57db-bfad-4f71-b9fd-719a960a3878"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd820d00c-452d-4f60-a91e-bdadce7a03f5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5c42a24-6bd1-4ac0-9b71-297815d404e6"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e736847-5835-4199-bcef-ca9de5399674"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c0263a5-81f0-4635-a746-00140a51cd04"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38216eb9-9ec6-45c3-9abd-227e8d44de41"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 carried out under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefa3cb37-f3c9-4067-9725-2c4d81bd9b30"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fae2620-3cc2-42a7-8d4b-6ac2a2b6af29"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a5ee075-4721-4c39-990f-4f9935eea189"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98ef4567-9507-41b5-9859-fb4bd83ee128"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>all</quote> before <quote>products</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a2861c0-6de8-4dc1-b609-bd740fd811ab"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59e4f72d-cee3-4541-a957-d5372724013d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>173.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3150fc8a-6856-40de-a9e8-4e6f124f81d4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide29364c8-ecbd-4e9f-9c0e-63d7f743c6ea"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4bbace09-1965-4b76-a06b-89cf92ecca3a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbec717ca-9210-4f53-8087-7fa8199515b9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9bcb78c-6a25-417d-90c3-f93e4fe70b72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id299c4393-39ea-49b7-9dcd-4ee91ef1fb19"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (C);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5769FB76EC8B43E3A8C9870C53CEEFB2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d4b2205-0a52-493a-9ea9-734c8ca34e56"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraphs (E) and (G);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB638851A25CF401DBC5C3712BFF2CFFC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (D);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03b11de0-722a-423b-a33e-186d4c06e67c"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by clause (vii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75cfb4e7-87c5-496d-99f9-373b9707ea15"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (D), as redesignated by clause (vii), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1b60793-3802-4df0-944a-0a3800d327ae" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf88696d7-32c5-4457-87a9-3858daf02a27"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb95d1e8-c6a2-41ed-a0f2-b6f8aca7ebc1"><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 out by the Director; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c5f1fae-0e32-4231-8a89-2a7055175fe1"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent feasible—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2001cb2c-9ec2-46eb-be32-a96448e7ea3a"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34626956-488c-4944-a8f9-d93785fd2460"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35bdf2ed-b1bb-4072-b3e2-e2da51afc224"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct implementation evaluations that promote continuous improvement and inform policymaking;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03ca4069-f695-4c0c-b45d-800c21091987"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id879550aa-b46a-4ed5-b24a-9edccf5acd7e"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ef17ee5-c31b-4bc3-a058-64ceae62b4f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bc781d1-d6d4-48f8-824f-c29c4fd3d397"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1e00a86-350b-4cb3-841f-34b5d2da0e57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>under section 114(h); and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefb290b1-fd26-4828-bcd1-47933eedae07"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida66bf8fd-4cf2-4ad3-8902-e0153e190b3f" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98c56804-3fbd-46b5-9367-db186550f2b9"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ff1d459-9173-4a95-a926-0c62ca1b03cf"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>contracts</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bf6dee9-06ea-49ab-925d-6106e2580e26" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>174.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and evaluation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f69d127-e94c-4d78-bc8f-ac854bcb2ea5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea5ff3e9-2007-4be3-8d47-26cf8b401bfb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4192f1f9-a3da-448d-97d0-69b077cecfa9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9edd239-81a6-4956-a7ba-b098ceec5c52"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (e)(8), the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id248e9206-f576-4bb2-ab81-a7302c29ac01"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>contracts</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0001736a-556d-4cfb-91e7-122682a80328"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e640721-9d78-49a2-8565-b6cb65ccc149"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Director</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95c873e1-202a-4c70-8104-8f98d15d22cc" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28f5c3e1-bfc9-4f06-af66-18d9c49a0424"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56edb363-21dd-498a-b521-13f1d9d27698"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaed3b82d-2fd5-4929-8745-aa894d491d8f"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or individuals,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07a092fd-b6e4-49f6-8ff1-3189c43babe5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, including regional entities</quote> and all that follows through <quote>107–110))</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd516792a-018b-4c3f-8560-94334869878d"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e137d04-b05a-4645-a648-f90da1e9d36f" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4dc74f1d-35e9-4aa7-bbc0-1391cc513c9a"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8355cb7-d85f-471d-a596-04db6dc4c3d5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (d) through (j) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e2ca4c2-ae85-42c6-9e01-6cb34d6e8723" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52234ca0-faa0-4708-96f4-4c75d8a291a2"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3449cc8-91fc-4bac-a6f0-b60440067d2f"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id732d320d-0d32-4f7f-ae79-a19fe3856b3c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible applicant desiring a 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id018ced99-a670-4249-adf1-10d35e77ff17"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabb4cc75-7197-4328-aed2-d816f06c42d4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefca475d-5d24-479d-bc5d-7fb2d1a2c90c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34ed51c7-3b8b-43fc-9fd1-3c382093a0c4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan described in subparagraph (A) shall address—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6bb25249-6c5d-4c76-bef1-adede0997c7d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the priorities for applied research, development, evaluations, and wide dissemination established under section 207;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f745779-9aca-4bcc-a1e4-acd4b981f635"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, on an ongoing basis, using available State and local data; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3398ac38-dc63-4738-9df1-519607caa63c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8861b467-48a7-47dd-a5c8-999defb9415e"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-Federal support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee1b3500-bfef-4153-b317-a282cdd02f42"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1886bfe4-5bd3-4d8b-9c6f-eb9a3e8c3809"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assurances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id177f5dfd-fd4a-495b-be7c-245b737513b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make such an award for not more than a 5-year period;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f87373a-7161-4a52-a3cd-789b2580d34f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d1c4f36-f9c7-4f32-ac2f-709d114b8d31"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe00ca7d-a1f5-481a-a8fc-850259dda6df"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05e64e09-f5a3-462a-9fff-46ca89f94263"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6259eb64-f2d6-4c53-aec3-4fbcde5a282c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure coordination and prevent unnecessary duplication of activities among the regions, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb87aab7-96e2-4841-a2c9-6c88df6d445a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id875dad97-51d3-4850-a367-418772cfc474"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure, where appropriate, that the activities of each regional educational laboratory established under this section also serve national interests;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86069e8e-d1f4-422d-a656-c453c68433c4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id185f1a53-3376-4b37-bc16-08838a4a8419"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id709a1297-7625-4d1b-a626-cb508d539919"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaboration with technical assistance providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 laboratory is located, and with comprehensive centers located outside of its region, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4357ba43-0dc1-4e80-9db1-8318c565fff9"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting competitions for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id334dbe12-0902-45bc-bcb2-daff5b0ae159"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by making information and technical assistance relating to the competition widely available, actively encourage eligible applicants to compete for such an award; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f5171bc-2fd0-49fb-894b-d082b5b5e70d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67e4f0b0-7443-4029-bca1-2753eedbcf4c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the needs in the regions for applied research, evaluation, development, and wide-dissemination activities authorized by this title; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7614300-40a3-4316-9e3a-f81c7bc93557"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how such needs may be addressed most effectively.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1745d328-da52-4878-a90a-bd0285c8e9a5"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id083bd8ef-a2ca-40ae-8e48-a28667663abb"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31b31674-32c4-4bbd-90ed-34d5fb3a5bea"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether to award a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74DF9650F7A043C681E9DEAE089925F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to an eligible applicant that previously established a regional educational laboratory under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62435F56B03C486B8BC2935515D8BD99"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the results of such laboratory’s summative evaluation under subsection (i)(2), or, if not available, any interim evaluation findings under subsection (i)(3); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD94B90BEA0C64F4DA0121D2B7F92E87A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that only such laboratories determined effective in their relevant interim or summative evaluations, as described in subsection (i), are eligible to receive a new grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC55968C26A33437E9B73A74E572928EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any eligible applicant, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall ensure that such applicant has—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e319966031c443bbe9f6338f7f0002d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a history of effectiveness in conducting high-quality applied research; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04524fadbbe24e3e913b21fabc0abd3f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the capacity to meet the measurable performance indicators established under paragraph (5).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A81CD8A000F46DD985F2D67656612C9"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Flexibility in laboratory number</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a8b6d8dfbd44bdcb3021b05cc6b8876"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner, in consultation with the regional educational laboratory advisory boards described in subsection (h), may determine that establishing 10 regional educational laboratories is unnecessary, as required in subsection (a), and grant an alternative number of awards or reorganize such laboratories, which may include not basing the awards on the regions described in subsection (b), if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44d78c5a9270445f8f4c5f2f0acccc35"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an insufficient number of regional educational laboratories are meeting the needs of the regions described in subsection (b), as determined by the Commissioner;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaefb8c1d9bd841c8874ae3db7a372b0c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an insufficient number of laboratories are meeting the measurable performance indicators established under paragraph (5), as determined by the Commissioner and the most recent interim or summative evaluation under subsection (i); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09e43bd385744753b5c4e5241d37eec1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an insufficient number of eligible applicants have the capacity to meet the measurable performance indicators established under paragraph (5), as determined by the Commissioner.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd60da3981e445cf8b98634cd5024860"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner uses the determination authority described in subparagraph (A), there shall be no more than 10 regional educational laboratories established.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedd20745-ecb7-4720-bc89-24bc66815058"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9a8673a-58b3-42a2-a6d4-9484a40a9711"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct applied research, development, data analysis, and evaluation activities with State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and, as appropriate, schools funded by the Bureau;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99209510-0090-4096-8b53-a64d7b91c1a4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">widely disseminate such work, consistent with section 114(j); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1e6db4c-2a5b-416e-a9b3-37cd75e7f9c4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb9f04e3-b701-4447-a76a-588f13eeb859"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id933ddc47-2b36-465b-8ede-9762fba48edb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conduct, widely disseminate, and promote utilization of applied research, development activities, evaluations, data analysis, and other scientifically valid research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf90038a7-ecf8-4838-bcd7-afc02a5cf37c"><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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd64b96b5-56fc-401c-8f88-e936c1ad9cf0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensure research and related products are relevant and responsive to the needs of the region.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f857002-592e-4e84-8f02-3d24563bb8f1"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regional educational laboratory advisory board</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66c4947c6a5e4705bb6fdc5c996161b3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each regional educational laboratory established under this section may establish an advisory board that shall support the priorities of such laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcad3a321f4a5433185fc9790087cad1e"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each advisory board established under paragraph (1) shall advise the regional educational laboratory—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id387cd3d2f9ca49429a98a71342facfda"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">concerning the activities described in subsection (g);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ae4f0dbe653422593d7ca001f21d755"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on strategies for monitoring and addressing the educational needs of the region, on an ongoing basis, and as appropriate, national needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0421b55aa7e444c784936316a4874715"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on maintaining a high standard of quality in the performance of the laboratory’s activities, especially in meeting the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (e)(5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53cfc199dcb04572ba08feb79c82b572"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on carrying out the laboratory’s duties in a manner that promotes progress toward improving student academic achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e1938f311d84a3d80353f40013c89d3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the activities undertaken by the comprehensive center in the region, other centers, as appropriate, and other laboratories to align the work of such entities, reduce redundancy, and increase collaboration and resource-sharing in such activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd217697d5e404c54b407936ab5f851c9"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on joint activities with other comprehensive centers or laboratories that would meet the needs of multiple regions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb810ce2f16c940bf99b0f27b83ca52e2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb8b2778f26c4c6c90b1eb633a15674f"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each advisory board shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa24bbcde5bd4932bf835df49e1fd531"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not exceed 25 members;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id114b424e28bc4e809414599829358dd1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include the chief State school officer, or such officer’s designee, or other State official, of States within the region of the laboratory who have primary responsibility under State law for elementary and secondary education in the State;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f767e99c2df491e9dc6aeb589b4cad9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include representatives of local educational agencies, including rural and urban local educational agencies, that represent the geographic diversity of the region;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id591f6b1b5111435787457855c2c2c008"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include researchers; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB6113DE0DAF48EE88812BDB42560253"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include not less than 1 representative from an advisory board of a comprehensive center serving the region, if applicable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefdda9d3f8d24e2fbd24fda92ee1f4cf"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The membership of each regional educational laboratory advisory board may include the following:</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c6122c680cc4987a822da55194dbb7c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representatives of institutions of higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8cc5005321748f1afc4661ef2ac237e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Parents.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59dd439ffb0047449116e7f433092907"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Practicing educators, including classroom teachers, school leaders, administrators, school board members, and other local school officials.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06dfa18fc05746829c23d25c505c152e"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representatives of business.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id783c78b429cf45b5815a1277d5734d16"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policymakers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf78e065f10f74450b24d9e21c08eb625"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In choosing individuals for membership on a regional educational laboratory advisory board, the regional educational laboratory shall consult with, and solicit recommendations from, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner, the chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers, local educational agencies, and other education stakeholders within the applicable region.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb0f2e42833a43c79a315aeeb5dc9673"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of members on each regional educational laboratory advisory board who are selected under clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (3)(A), in the aggregate, shall exceed the total number of members who are selected under paragraph (3)(B), collectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc54ca187-53a4-474c-b95c-bdd04f49fc21"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc5faf32-a9b9-4e93-b64d-ec5596864908"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fa20edd-2a01-488b-b9f8-43b320a468d2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcaeb8a63-274d-43bd-94fd-bfc5f007057f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transmit the results of such evaluations, through appropriate means, to the appropriate congressional committees, the Director, and the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda9d240f-5d39-495f-88cf-80cd7f378ccb"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, and such evaluation shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa266a9d-be39-44e6-8fe2-4c7dad84c941"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be completed in a timely fashion;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbab32d00-0e2f-4a19-9cc1-e685b632f8e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess how well the laboratory is meeting the measurable performance indicators established under <internal-xref idref="H5144045D20064E799C3EDD631A2308A9" legis-path="(e)(5)">subsection (e)(5)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9dd487d-f437-4180-8de8-6990e28fc319"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4845a905-c544-4c2d-9608-31a3b5947d33"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, and such evaluation shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2b7e064-eb21-4554-a69c-a714edc8b070"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess how well such laboratory is meeting the performance indicators described in <internal-xref idref="H5144045D20064E799C3EDD631A2308A9" legis-path="(e)(5)">subsection (e)(5)</internal-xref>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf099b241-8b09-4af7-9ef6-8160f27f3c88"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be used to improve the effectiveness of such laboratory in carrying out its plan under subsection (d)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id296219f4-37c9-4488-9356-d2a34379761b"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuation of awards; Recompetition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87d2ba7b-577a-4f2e-81de-43f21f2cab8d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 such Act, for the duration of those awards, in accordance with the terms and agreements of such awards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5eddae1-c53b-4f07-93d6-ecda1cc635f7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf61595d-587d-427f-a482-e42f2e7986bf"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida68f0f9d-6e0b-4049-b9b0-e8477d260729"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32d391ba-82b6-4a36-8f62-3b4f4dcd9fcc"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (l);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id302dd176-6297-4375-9251-d735eb2bc66f"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (m), (n), and (o) as subsections (l), (m), and (n), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77b2cffa-d1c9-44dc-93fe-cf279fbbc7ca"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l), as redesignated by paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>and local</quote> after <quote>achieve State</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc801eabd-8e2f-4ffe-b85a-3ec62ad5d640"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (m), as redesignated by paragraph (6), and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbed33860-ef71-4bfa-b2d2-24b3eb990ad1"><enum>(m)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29b514d7-4597-46b1-a0ff-f8e6e62e07a6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the laboratory’s activities and products developed during the previous year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d337068-56bf-4832-b66f-b4bef0099132"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A listing of the State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools the laboratory assisted during the previous year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bbbcd7d-c865-4776-8826-f9442ed0d22f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide876a4b2-e129-48d8-be6f-65f99dfc94ef"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce3117dd-329b-4459-b80f-dee5d909d466"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7489bd5-5a53-43bb-ae4a-dce8fb830943" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0083c2b4-09cb-4804-bd25-c7ddacd38016"><enum>(o)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations reservation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95b8c51f-dc0b-48a9-9bfb-ee5a9ac9c9fb"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 bold="off" level="section">Sec. 174. Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and
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</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="idfe182bbd-3e87-4e79-b2c1-71508958944f" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E<?LEXA-Enum E?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Center for Special Education Research</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99d57cec-b708-4958-ba9a-6824fd8e68ad" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>175.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcee452b8-c448-4675-8d87-a62f5c395cce"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and children</quote> and inserting <quote>children, and youth</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37728ec6-6ff6-432a-8d7b-d1a615c90fee"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0b76f4d-2a48-4a7d-abd0-26f64f926391"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0021f63f-6ee8-41d8-a335-51d9fe3daeb9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e63124d-8329-432d-af41-2824fc01fd17" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5334acf1-3645-458b-9aea-985ff8d3d012"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad58e5b7-244c-4224-a72d-a3fe55aed3ad"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide80f1837-555c-447f-b236-b9b40d75da03" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>176.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67094a8d-250f-4b2e-8967-c75f4719518c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>177.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id519066bc-5e32-4a6d-a9bd-e07d14f83b15"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6eac9784-b10a-4512-9c22-9bd49af9de6e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>and youth</quote> after <quote>children</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7028e1fa-21f2-4632-ae4a-b2265a88c1c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2988a2b-cd0b-4acd-aff0-29bb21148b6b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BC0C3178F434ACB84F20604C6BE7874"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>scientifically based</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB4B799A13224BE88FDCE1E804BF7E8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>are based on scientifically valid research and</quote> after <quote>interventions that</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9873525-1260-40f8-9aef-4f5f6b94e6e0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc63dc3da-eb9d-44c9-a399-635b1327a879"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0a20ecc-d76b-43bc-8ff8-9acfa1d603f7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (10), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd44241bd-8515-408d-ac16-208e22f80b1f" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc52495dd-14a8-4102-a048-35bd8c678640"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8866b70f-8aaa-45b5-9a8d-e325fdf501c9"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (14), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>and professional development</quote> after <quote>preparation</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a8102c5-1582-489f-acc0-6fb069195d6a"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (16), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>help parents</quote> and inserting <quote>examine the methods by which parents may</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60fb8ae8-80c4-42fc-b56b-876b535f8c39"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (16), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f1e08b1-fc0c-4f0b-9ae1-677faf61f145" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8f3c216-79b9-456c-ac19-e41dd288b5f3"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb2995ad-9fd7-4186-9fe9-d70bded4a03e"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (18), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74f71a9e-34e8-4bb4-9bbb-5c90cb8fd496"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (19), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60df0b52-3aea-48b8-a232-7c3e5bab5826" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73e92538-9e76-4996-94f8-00772b7c8ab3"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the needs of children with disabilities who are English learners, are gifted and talented, or have other unique learning needs; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9074a33-3d69-4e78-9995-018e08d2d600"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb24b2483-afc3-4848-a789-39926545ce96" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide51546e4-d372-4eff-9e09-6c5970d7a1c4"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61289bae-92c7-4df9-b1bc-5fab68578824"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id701ab6a9-4456-4e9c-a5c5-4ae0e6ff909c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1f1077f-b4d1-428f-824d-9c2888fe690c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>for the activities of the Special Education Research Center</quote> after <quote>a research plan</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e425360-6b74-4f5a-a36b-59f622a67129"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Services, that—</quote> and inserting <quote>Services, and, subject to the approval of the Director, implement the research plan. The research plan shall be a plan that—</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbfe17d7-79e1-4e4c-8618-df043dc097ef"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>described in section 175(b)</quote> after <quote>Center</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f30d4fe-49e8-494e-9b5b-8e96e1f5deb1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23744273-a090-4f1e-a00b-899ab9d96993"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id472a8c0a-3375-4543-acab-59c5db04c382"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (5);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0305d373-4b28-4fb2-aaf5-6ad55ff9057f"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (6) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (7), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e88922b-e35e-4286-b3d6-5b7773cc7532"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a77f44a-4979-4f0a-b954-87637fdb708d" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69e5d0f4-4412-45db-ac43-5eb12e20feb1"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60f54bd7-e9e3-46c5-a07e-b946b704a736"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and types of children with</quote> and inserting <quote>, student subgroups, and types of</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95ec2b73-ef3c-46fc-a393-054398b471f4"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e7f8708-eca8-43ea-9f2c-a363e7935b8a"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b4ef812-2ddc-41a5-981b-70557c66f1bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2415300b-c0fb-4a2e-ad61-c3270d6177f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Special Education Research Commissioner</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5da5cecf-2005-42ec-aa45-e10baf538606"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22ee551d-1a59-407d-b00e-a5e7ad97ff03" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c8417bc-8cf4-4991-90a0-7ace6869ea76"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7d75a94-77c1-4800-a274-d78bcad1d6e2"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id401866d9-a805-4460-86fe-09ae9b0cb679"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80dc0ec4-8b04-435a-bde9-745074e4c7ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id884785c1-0f16-4474-8f52-eb92d979ce58" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26d8a72d-e540-4d8e-8aaf-0fb5b9f6d074"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 or entered into, 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 or entered into under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ab4c913-3060-456f-891f-dd12022c8cdc"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fe7d14e-64e6-407f-a6d1-50e22575f2f8" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2a291c7-5acd-4de9-8ebc-54987e54509e"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3e2eff4-e475-44d1-b821-3b418d4cde6d"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>part such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010.</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id720b5c23-1856-4d62-942b-02be6c8104b6" style="OLC"> <text>part—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95ba82f5-209b-40ff-b2a8-86d6b5fee7f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2016, $54,000,000;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b787da4-6de8-408c-a14f-16a6466e6e5e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2017, $55,242,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5318d58e-448f-4f3d-87f5-1dc50d9210a5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2018, $56,512,566;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd27c95c3-dd42-43e1-953f-e4d3710fae36"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2019, $57,812,355;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32b5cfbd-2b59-4bb2-b290-fb37d26b01c3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2020, $59,142,039; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff1e764b-ac61-4165-946d-038eea2f8275"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2021, $66,922,118.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></part><part commented="no" id="idf5649ea5-4598-4a43-8a53-7e31235e3da5" level-type="subsequent"><enum>F<?LEXA-Enum F?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id783ec632-381b-4155-b80d-8cefe468f92e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>181.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0185546-7b65-4820-b286-7ff19555b506"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>specific academic achievement or content standards or assessments,</quote> after <quote>the curriculum,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3a175cf-4268-4a9e-a2ca-48a5b3436319"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), 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> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0bc20fe-48d5-4fa4-a6f2-d7d3c9fd6939" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>182.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68e03697-8047-45a3-9334-778f62904204"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ba5617f-100c-4abb-84ed-1ad51430f756"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>their families, and information with respect to individual schools,</quote> and inserting <quote>and their families</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96997cd1-4ab6-4cf1-b7e6-d45ad1a24bb1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided080719-53df-4fa7-9558-0e475e2d8da8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2093e8f9-e5c9-4999-aac3-9a033a183e03"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and Director</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida7c565d8-a517-438f-bfba-5edeb9704486" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>183.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 in an easily accessible manner on the Institute’s website</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ab1e01e-8b77-4304-b6fd-79782590f618" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>184.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e54e9f2-f5c7-461d-be04-9efa2cad5a33" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca83d6c5-e2ed-45b9-9619-bbc161f4311f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>185.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b834b50-9f50-4c16-a278-254e96173193"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ae51099-dfb7-4179-8026-f526087bd4c2"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09d8aca6-610a-426c-919b-5ee25185a58f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing and improving formal feedback mechanisms to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea3512d4-0909-4076-9873-dc0c87007067"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">anticipate and meet stakeholder needs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80a53a89-59fc-49a2-a5a9-1b383d11fb6f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporate, on an ongoing basis, the feedback of such stakeholders into the activities authorized under this title; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8912720-22b5-4b2a-b03d-ae81fe142dc7"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a613485-9797-420e-a05d-64d6948b881a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>185.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>any information to be published under this section before publication</quote> and inserting <quote>any publication under this section before the public release of such publication</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id815613c7-1b02-47ec-8d8c-fc1b62a735d8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>186.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeals</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86ab1a8a-0540-493c-ad1e-78b170118fe0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcdf920d-6093-47a1-a5c2-eada3c4418a2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebe65bbf-8f17-49d9-80b2-1a499e423c7f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>187.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4b0c2b9-ecf4-4586-81b5-d177d845f453"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36a922b1-4e1d-454e-ba07-8eb840d8d317"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>historically Black colleges and universities</quote> and inserting <quote>minority-serving institutions</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2873cd9-57e1-42a2-a7a7-07f1e2a39b77" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>188.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdb57fb1-c87b-4f74-ba9c-01c2bea0e0d8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50e3f842-e9a5-43c2-b293-1e88f5f6d39b" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided16c129-711f-43ff-9798-1a4a3213a053"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4ec54b7-3587-46ba-b4b6-26ddf1194ab4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2016, $337,343,000;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12149d0d-c30a-47b0-9cc0-feeb177f3e2a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2017, $345,101,889;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0596020-d205-40cc-a2d6-84a8828342e9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2018, $353,039,232;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d3e51d7-620b-4ebb-b57c-82b2394ec708"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2019, $361,159,135;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1631a9ef-9678-470a-a2eb-576a3e08b5b3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2020, $369,465,795; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42e777c0-934d-4814-ba8c-f08e210d21b9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2021, $376,225,846.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb13461fb-76c8-4a8d-a26c-020c53f0aa87"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84b2f9f1-5583-44b0-a4c0-c1cc16afb83b" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e5d4e51-97fa-4be5-8b5d-69e210d88c13"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reservations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida59d2e66-032b-47d6-af2c-a87cca503af4"><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 2015 shall be provided to the National Center for Education Statistics, as authorized under part C; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide544c650-bd14-4178-85ac-e3a58659af12"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than the lesser of 2 percent of such appropriated amounts 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><part commented="no" id="id7CA432F5EB3740F89042B9AC7E125D11" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>G<?LEXA-Enum G?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id462E93586C0F4269B8816FE5450613EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>191.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming amendments to other laws</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2969D3C83184D799EC9C640B8D8BBDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(25) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2302">20 U.S.C. 2302(25)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>using scientifically based research standards, as defined in section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>in accordance with the principles of scientific research, as defined in section 102</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BD17684C5EC4FF8BC99929AFB63EA24"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9529(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7909">20 U.S.C. 7909(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 153(a)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 153(a)(6)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EE1CB9265254647ACE84F95A41AF63A"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals with Disabilities Education Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 681(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1481">20 U.S.C. 1481(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 178(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 177(c)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></part><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">EDUCATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id552a4ed9-fba9-49c9-b381-0567a6d28edd" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id636f99d2-78de-48ac-9658-e4933cc80612" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44ceec8c-ba07-47a5-b84d-0d9cbdb7779e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9815c2c-3d92-416c-83e2-14b6cb369803"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b5cd94d-3c05-449c-bc43-5f89e30b87d8" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c8cf281-8584-4234-af2e-aa9fbd793797"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ea22e19-9cb0-4598-99fc-b069255a79c4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idddda9820-f686-44c8-8a69-569f9716787f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad2f031b-4dcc-4dba-a910-0be45d1df600" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a796935-942b-4d86-ad63-e973e0001a6a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf60be63d-e2b9-4781-b327-8df7e95d2e20"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (3) and except as provided in subsection (b)(5), the Secretary shall award 17 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible applicants to establish comprehensive centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01b64fcf-6594-47fc-9ec3-ed9db3826046"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id481bbdab-3262-41f5-9022-ce351ff45fe9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5165f26d-b2b4-484b-9d2b-67018482df25"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6041">20 U.S.C. 6041(h)</external-xref>) (as such provision existed on the day before the date of enactment of this Act);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bb26366-130e-4227-a811-4d7c409f35fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may establish additional comprehensive centers—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59b9721c-8966-4d2e-842f-7650826922fe"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for one or more of the regions described in subparagraph (A); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4552aca-f75f-4e9b-bf5b-e8f2b4db40fc"><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; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id419e6752934f4c898a8cadad480459f2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may make such arrangements as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education and States or local educational agencies serving significant numbers of American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian students have access to services provided under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3a4481b-349a-4c90-ba49-b54dc07dd683"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e71773d-6c06-4e1d-ac03-174c73974983"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45dbcdd8-fdc1-4283-9385-13d1f2988e9b"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsiveness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id256f5eaa-02bf-4d32-b014-74055b8ab253"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6bd8a0bb-9db9-4595-8d68-9b3450bdadff"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0aff4b19-fbda-4fb9-a9b6-86560ab436ef"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, contracts, or cooperative agreements</quote> after <quote>Grants</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075d3cc5-b8a3-4ce0-af66-8a2a37922905"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa3cfd55-2fcc-42c3-a137-b075594435ab"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, or individuals,</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecd96a27-488b-421d-ab70-96718fc4e622"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0da7dcff-3e7e-404e-9c57-a9a77199a1c8"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, including regional</quote> and all that follows through <quote>107–110))</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bad2b89-b110-4d2c-9934-7c79dc112506"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bfa7f34-4dc5-48ee-add2-7f89b1792159"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting competitions for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf94056a-fbe5-4ee6-ade5-c49ab0916b53"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by making widely available information and technical assistance relating to the competition, actively encourage eligible applicants to compete for such awards; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52721bba-9e8d-431d-b99f-571f9f53eb7a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id312c158a-779d-47cd-8081-18f663832a02"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the needs in the regions for technical assistance authorized under this title; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c32509a-a769-4a96-929f-4cf17428f7d3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how such needs may be addressed most effectively.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee5530cb-d6b3-4841-bfe2-47a2c2e0c6d2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 paragraphs (1) through (3) of the performance management system described in section 185.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1760e7b-f298-405c-80b5-94c878e1ff2e"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether to award or enter into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C5466AB08A04706A82201EBB59C0F24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to an eligible applicant that previously established a comprehensive center under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF98E187217148259A77C762DF806A7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the results of such center’s summative evaluation under section 204(b) or, if not available, any interim evaluation results under section 204(c); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd89be19ad9b249f5ac938c3e9b506ffa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that only centers determined effective in the centers' relevant interim or summative evaluations, as described in section 204, are eligible to receive a new grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id607cec3850c249d29015e55d1b05af00"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any eligible applicant, the Secretary shall ensure that such applicant has—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47f66a1ea1c246a0b7303c7f00c92620"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a history of effectiveness in providing high-quality technical assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7332e4bf4ac24481808608b4509f7b15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the capacity to meet the measurable performance indicators established under paragraph (3).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7159fceb57cb448e84e06cec183c3059"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Flexibility in comprehensive center number</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a7627983260426fbae5cd69368c4918"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the comprehensive center advisory boards described in subsection (f), may determine that establishing 17 comprehensive centers under this section is unnecessary, as required in subsection (a)(1), and grant an alternative number of awards or reorganize such centers, which may include organizing the centers around content area instead of by the regions described in subsection (a)(3), if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ad272eb84e642df965ab190ddba74d7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an insufficient number of such comprehensive centers are meeting the needs of the regions described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), as determined by the Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a77a2da6c2a4785b92a5a091d6b6f11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an insufficient number of such comprehensive centers are meeting the measurable performance indicators established under paragraph (3), as determined by the Secretary and the most recent interim or summative evaluation under section 204; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf83c7864905468e9bfd8f5a462dcbfc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an insufficient number of eligible applicants have the capacity to meet the measurable performance indicators established under paragraph (3), as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id299c2ca8e2814738b7bbdbbc2b75ef40"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not use the determination authority described in subparagraph (A) to establish more than 17 comprehensive centers under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9de3c164-5c8a-4aa0-ba47-2f3c28683a30"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuation of awards</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdf69828-ff12-48bb-bd7c-e1ad2b71f717"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 such Act, for the duration of those awards, in accordance with the terms and agreements of such awards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b446311-1a83-4eec-80ef-d2f2487dc32c"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5dcd1f1-ec0e-44cf-8266-6879475aeaf5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6eb2292-135c-442f-8c33-42c7a7cd46d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf3cf1b5-d0d7-486e-895c-b9bd066ea066"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible applicant defined</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38645594-2409-4534-9557-64033b6bcca8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f9f238a-6831-40a0-b150-f0816b113988"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd1a7dcf-2b7e-4a21-96af-368f54b155d1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86d93ab0-533f-4006-a093-d97f308a21f0"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc67d7ab1-5682-4ee5-9082-08f1e3740cb5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72BC2D9933414DB496779204A5F15BC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region that the award will serve; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3AB1F6D255741F8A14B5695C5FFB726"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other individuals with knowledge of the region’s needs.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe843c3f-8885-46d0-876f-111a57c029cc"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcd5e5e6-4678-449f-bf9b-95793feab109"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb6f425a-a97c-4b08-b589-9e269366543c"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan described in subparagraph (A) shall address—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e283ae0-325f-44db-af69-23137fdf7162"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the priorities for technical assistance established under section 207;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf871b8e9-a0a8-408c-80ad-f05f92fc9c82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, on an ongoing basis, using available State and local data, including how the needs of schools identified for improvement and schools and local educational agencies with a high percentage or number of low-income students will be prioritized and served; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8c23e8a-ffcc-412c-9c7a-8075f1f702ed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a77c095-7a7f-411a-9f34-49a124e9bb58"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-Federal Support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90e12008-603b-4c7b-b1df-d5e34fa17610"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc675d60e-29b9-4aba-802b-f04e2052bdbc"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (e), (g), and (h);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DCE4311901048F38E2FF8ACB99FB34A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1879aad-3124-4d53-8eaa-fb8dd68589f6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56524d65-5c37-4988-8636-748c9344eda6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5169359d-7f8c-40e4-ba0c-57d3b2dbd19a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id710ac430-8834-488e-b7db-9b5c3397fa5d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24C3BEB24BE742D2BE576C69314D4F37"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and other Federal education laws</quote> before the semicolon;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f88d82c-2c2b-4cf6-ab84-ab8f28f7b411"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3390269d-e9e2-47cd-9782-0660b3f05f64"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>and assessment tools</quote> and inserting <quote>, assessment tools, and other educational strategies</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided3f22ce-72eb-40d2-83b8-f7e40a43d37f"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f2f3a0f-f8e5-40d0-a60b-b558da8a2a32"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III), by inserting <quote>, including innovative tools and methods</quote> before the semicolon; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33a677c3-b920-438b-9eed-20a4a8938682"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided0b3f43-1343-4efc-b0b8-91a56ff5dea8" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3321d329-2e2c-49f2-9e1e-afbdad4050c2"><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>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e41540a-0fdf-45ac-a5b3-a9cd62846f59"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5367f0da-de41-48df-b625-816748797b80"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, consistent with section 114(j),</quote> after <quote>disseminating</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e67f149-4bed-4897-a55c-da273a685944"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(as described</quote> and all that follows through <quote>is located</quote>; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44e9682e-2b96-43b7-b9e6-97871624fef4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0873e3d7-c86b-4e84-9223-7d27190ca130"><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.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba02bfd1-c0d5-46ba-afb2-6486c1373181"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71e2e746-1e8c-41bb-a4d6-6f57ef42b7af"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, on an ongoing basis,</quote> after <quote>this section shall</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fc12a1a-652a-453b-a3b0-6ced74d7097a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in which the center is located</quote> and inserting <quote>served by the center or other regional educational laboratories or comprehensive centers, as appropriate</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0c74164-6551-46db-b5a9-56a28dcb2d44"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id897f4736-8ebc-4944-b6f9-8522861c1e77" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf9d0b102cb544f3ac5f30c39cae8963"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comprehensive center advisory board</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81dea3759b254ad18bbd3ca06f969c74"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each comprehensive center established under this section may establish an advisory board that shall support the priorities of such center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4d6adaee519487d9ff175d3beb030c6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each advisory board established under paragraph (1) shall advise the comprehensive center—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbf87c5850694708bba888bfd8f70aa8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">concerning the activities described in subsection (e);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd5177eb8fcb4e2f9d0dfcfe42269765"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on strategies for monitoring and addressing the educational needs of the region being served on an ongoing basis and, as appropriate, national needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24bdf66c53fd4b7e83cd43e2d330c0dc"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on maintaining a high standard of quality in the performance of the center's activities, especially in meeting the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (b)(3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida887da2f03a247fc86b45eae47b44a69"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on carrying out the center's duties in a manner that promotes progress toward improving student academic achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb99ad781a2b04362b9a77203c37a9f2f"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the activities undertaken by regional educational laboratories of the region being served, other regional educational laboratories, as appropriate, and other comprehensive centers to align the work of the laboratories and centers, reduce redundancy, and increase collaboration and resource-sharing in such activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8afcbb3ed6c14024a36fba722f02f0c6"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on joint activities, with other comprehensive centers or regional educational laboratories from other regions, that would meet the needs of multiple regions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10896356bc1049f6b18c21ce3d0b4373"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c4985f26d4d4d5ea5e3bf732b7e83bb"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each advisory board shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a58791b3cd74548bd146b1869c424cf"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not exceed 25 members;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe5228740f5d4e4a85cf349196212e9f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include the chief State school officer, or such officer’s designee, or other State official, of States within the region served by the comprehensive center who have primary responsibility under State law for elementary and secondary education in the State;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida284cc6b2d1042ed811482d80f992615"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include representatives of local educational agencies, including rural and urban local educational agencies, that represent the geographic diversity of the region;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29c2dfee3acc4cba931308bb9acaca09"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include researchers; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6425f2332378466d9b0f78ed2a0dcfb6"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include not less than 1 representative from the advisory board of a regional educational laboratory in the region being served by the comprehensive center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52676b6d04a94c56ab61e8941728a913"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The membership of each comprehensive center advisory board may include the following:</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb8a6ff15eeb4181992ebc1be187c64a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representatives of institutions of higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19a3e758c76648a29a903ab13620bea6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Parents.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45e3fd61ab514de1971ced48292883d8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Practicing educators, including classroom teachers, school leaders, administrators, school board members, and other local school officials.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075281858a3a4e2995232b8a934a89b5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representatives of business.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57153bd65aa846b394fcd80a32a67ed2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policymakers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3766704734f2414e97d98ce79d3dcc8e"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In choosing individuals for membership on a comprehensive center advisory board, the comprehensive center shall consult with, and solicit recommendations from, the Secretary, chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers, local educational agencies, and other education stakeholders within the applicable region.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10347cd27bc7497baaff926afdbbe5de"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of members on each board who are selected under clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (3)(A), in the aggregate, shall exceed the total number of members who are selected under paragraph (3)(B), collectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a91a1e0-d56c-436d-afbc-547b46a8fec6"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdcb7bde-44d4-49c7-b1d5-997ecae81870"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the center’s activities and products developed during the previous year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5ee8940-e673-4db8-8c03-5998968a3e64"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A listing of the State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools the center assisted during the previous year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id515d13c2-0d4a-4a20-8200-295e8b9224f8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0853d903-9b58-4086-ac43-4db7ca2fa6a2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29a107ac-d411-46bb-906e-a5fadc6c9548" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id020f8eb5-1f1f-43a4-b05e-3786b0d070b6" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10f87393-a7ef-47c7-ae2a-f665c81e59d4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluations</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb90b493-0108-4cfc-867c-43a49709bb53"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83683ac2-ba21-41e9-bd9a-304b3044249f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3ca2066-3898-4490-aed2-7ee01fed3c77"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7f12c94-ad60-40db-acb1-2ee6e65b5472"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Summative evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2689ee86-7ab0-4ebf-8b3e-a1e669f56ae7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be completed in a timely fashion;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c70b42b-0d77-4e83-84ee-f819ef9e4aaa"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess how well the center is meeting the measurable performance indicators established under section 203(b)(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id780a2c13-794f-4b46-b8c9-0ea7c069e4cf"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7521bcba-57fe-45f9-bba4-b3f5dbd69d71"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interim evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65ac4c2e-5ac6-4a65-b755-46cd618cdc00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess how well such center is meeting the measurable performance indicators established under section 203(b)(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95682824-fd6c-4178-9188-970fa8d2af7d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdaf0d11-0858-41fd-93d5-fb317ecea35b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing technical assistance providers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9aed381-2c69-4240-8170-98aa91116b81"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide410ca3b-cf59-433e-b73b-bd3c96d3a495"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ba223e4-b86b-471d-945f-5c7ec4fe7e8a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regional advisory committees</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24FB56B62AE4492A9FE5C472DEE29E61"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 206 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9605">20 U.S.C. 9605</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A04ABCE85DF436C8458F061A7FEEFC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 206.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9dd2053-2c23-4874-80ed-5212b9c9ba56" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ed0f2d0-bcc4-49f5-b02b-57815e8e21fb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>Director and</quote> before <quote>Secretary shall establish</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621997d5-207b-45e1-9d21-53a88831ba36"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2908573-1ba0-4848-b85a-85b09c54bd5d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of this title</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92567b30-50c8-4b60-8710-ead3efbd6995"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to address, taking onto account the regional assessments conducted under section 206 and other</quote> and inserting <quote>, respectively, using the results of</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id314905d6-f81c-4c68-b130-65624cb51cf9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd20d3127-37d9-4fc4-a805-22da05032965" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1990b123-b9f0-481a-aae6-1162d54f25c9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a881e50-e4eb-495f-acc9-a0bac28b75f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb538079c-e518-45f5-93a0-f6a75dd73a2b"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6fb4d6f-cfd8-4be3-aa8c-1e1e2dd07dd1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (g), respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68ec58e8-386f-488c-9bd5-c3cb5dd4c420"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (b), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9268aaa-557d-4c93-bb8d-5ab09a649565" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideba330ee-8d1e-4bae-a76b-ffa1032436d8"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0590b18d-1bab-437d-91a5-45fa73bcb83c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be used to assess the ongoing progress and performance of State educational agencies receiving a grant under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2dd9c882-2cb2-4c1a-b3c1-460ef1a3c092"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcaac9a3e-dd93-418e-840e-cbb0aa4c3001"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae111c77-dd81-4cc6-b77d-3dd305835d5b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>, promotes linkages across States,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce56fa7c-91b1-415d-9ec0-2a42077d63c0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24f92345-fdee-42ed-9e2a-238dd4687bdf"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>supports school improvement and</quote> after <quote>data that</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee53fdfb-9a80-41c7-aab6-9fd1dc028cf9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and other reporting requirements and close achievement gaps; and</quote> and inserting <quote>and other reporting requirements, close achievement gaps, and improve teaching and school leadership;</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf692be7-d01d-45c7-a29a-2e022954a9b8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and close achievement gaps; and</quote> and by inserting <quote>, close achievement gaps, and improve teaching and school leadership; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id206c6b2a-e067-434a-a186-256493857077"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id053b4214-4ec5-41ff-82b0-ea9e103b179c" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd818ee94-1bd9-4cd8-8b27-dd0ff3db769a"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b2f951a-7aa2-4cd0-8198-27fac7d9d884"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7fd7040-8bcf-43de-9e7b-a30f3fa633cd" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53486dd1-5f3f-433c-8988-03e5c0b3e055"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, longitudinal 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47b9c9a1-6b73-47b8-80e1-0e1fcaffe232"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ab3b0a0-a525-40f3-a5ee-38e6975f8aff"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gives priority to State educational agencies that leverage the use of statewide, longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement and growth, including such State educational agencies that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f41b876-1f7d-4a14-b6a8-326d1dabbee9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are carrying out the activities described in section 153(a)(5);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ad8901e-a58d-4d44-b9ed-f42169c88c11"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">define the roles of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and others in providing timely access to data under the statewide, longitudinal data systems, consistent with privacy protections in section 183; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id571b42ba-0a30-457e-b3e0-6898be1948ed"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93c3542d-38b0-4feb-8ce9-c2fd3346fa1a"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22ad9707-61ef-49df-a02f-ebef346a86e3" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8020855b-3ad1-43d2-bd24-3c4dc90e260d"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id357e55e6-107d-47c8-a235-71b4b83cf5f7"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (2), and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba5fcb55-b105-4e92-816a-cadf79ec2955" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa8c3fbe-ba92-426e-9a5d-c4db3c8798d2"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3fec059-58a6-4d2d-b4c6-040e46cd5ee5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">First report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58606216-60c4-4163-adf8-fbdfc3eb2576"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on progress in the development and use of statewide, longitudinal data systems described in this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24a21d3c-df2f-4ef4-929f-aa9bcb16fc6e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on best practices and areas for improvement in such development and use; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa7273fb-e012-49d2-8eb5-0499454693d7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96ffd5de-5797-4bae-8a60-2cf26572f21c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc8d57a8-53a2-4e99-8519-dbc63bfa404f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1209f4f4-d0db-4727-95ab-3e6bd4e0dc28"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cf1c89a-0e0c-4f79-81c7-527d5b58753c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ef09fee-1959-4cbe-97ea-eddb2ff7d9f3" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bb991c5-01dc-4aa4-b7be-988248d9a5b8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86eff2e3-a109-431f-a2f6-e322559197ac"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2016, $82,984,000;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2a8e783-2195-4e8c-a11d-70f711a0f551"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2017, $84,892,632;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6682383e-a220-4515-9e6b-d5ed558abdb9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2018, $86,845,163;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide05014e3-723e-4769-988c-d1c446f1cc9f"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2019, $88,842,601;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621af3c6-1836-477f-86d6-e0f082eb5e61"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2020, $90,885,981; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3eaede96-4755-4237-b3d1-4cb3d50ee434"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2021, $92,548,906.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcde018a1-6169-47b8-a8e4-c6fe4677771a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b10aee6-000c-4dc7-9013-760c322c749c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3aa1710c-c531-4fce-a955-55c209024fa4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f42b9ff-41ee-4241-985f-8b601c3a553e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(L)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e36470f-3bb9-4e26-b606-db4e29fbc359"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>principals</quote> and inserting <quote>leaders</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb75011f5-0106-447f-b82c-2ab54379ea0c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>principal</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>leader</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9dc8439-d893-4478-825e-524c675228df"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca09fd73-e1ed-42b2-8572-01727c3a3601"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42d65879-6d5f-436c-8b2d-e5c2638d797b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida206025d-76d9-4dc1-abcd-7d451bed9c1b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>the Assessment Board after consultation with</quote> before <quote>organizations</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08c3ce36-7c4f-46b9-ab59-c2522635070f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d62beaf-aac1-4c77-ad45-98eb1c4cf583"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide70f54ac-af21-45c5-aacd-524309dbdb60"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, the Assessment Board</quote> after <quote>particular vacancy</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fcec217-6914-40db-8402-d9829afbb121"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54b5619d-f21a-4565-bc49-3052e9281ad2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f98d92a-e226-46dc-8158-03d8284f85b9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such organization</quote> and inserting <quote>the Assessment Board</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5b2ac53-69c0-4303-b2a9-8cc6687886b9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2934898a-13e3-4ce7-ae20-3f754f5e94c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0516615d-8867-411e-8b9a-c99e05b4fa25"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>in consultation with the Commissioner for Education Statistics,</quote> before <quote>select</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87065b11-0957-4701-a565-148f677f5e7f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and grades or ages</quote> before <quote>to be</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b3c386e-606e-402b-b615-f0d9929e452e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, and determine the year in which such assessments will be conducted</quote> after <quote>assessed</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id724d1dbe-9b3c-446a-9816-6154221e34b5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>school leaders,</quote> after <quote>teachers,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide98d50ad-d852-43e1-a878-dcaac82a3892"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>design</quote> and inserting <quote>provide input on</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id633e6357-76ed-48f3-bd63-bb7c2037a79c"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (I);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13638147-3317-4c49-a4fa-92b53d20316b"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8bec95a-965a-47dd-b848-1c1689707199"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (I), the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id177b4bc6-77f0-495e-9b3e-d40890adc166" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66cedbab-4f19-4b9c-ad72-c616ee1fe317"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02c64e78-b599-4bdd-9197-d37357a8fee3"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (K), as redesignated by subparagraph (E)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39380524-95a7-412f-bd4c-8976016a0465"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>plan and execute the initial public release of</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id228b0f4b-3518-4c9b-9f96-cc6b54cab3ba"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>release the initial</quote> before <quote>National</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83f5fad1-3194-49b6-b73c-4758cb4740b6"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter following subparagraph (K), as redesignated by subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>subparagraph (J)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (K)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22aeed3b-0ba8-4119-9afc-5f7300f399fb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9df7229-1a00-42b6-b48c-49d3c08a9861"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f7afb4d-74a3-4ca1-9dda-a5080cee667f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3056E89A480C4D07A54605A93E0722CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id058ce30c-fd50-42c2-b9ed-3e66f81627f0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>and consistent with section 302(e)(1)(A)</quote> after <quote>resources allow</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72ac5bb9-de28-4108-8172-c025899d8e9e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DADAEB55D9545ADA7545783DF18318C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>limited English proficiency</quote> and inserting <quote>English learner status</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5BE390A890A4D7585B85E6E93487549"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (G);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided0719c7-7c83-4f97-93ab-8bc1f9782e5c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8584f422-1b9f-49ff-b885-9828fdbca950"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4dd5d0e4-718a-4a68-994f-ccd772183bd9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1e3c8d2-7e86-48f5-a391-0e7058b0c6fe"><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>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A61DAD100F4483893BDBA93DC7639ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(C), by striking <quote>limited English proficiency</quote> and inserting <quote>English learner status</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bb9a4b4-c2a8-4963-8b5a-99d4839d29c3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae4dabc0-0169-4718-8f24-c5317a262575"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>of Education</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id091f02ac-20e2-4a35-abfb-b08edb313ee1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c4bd96e-0bd4-46f1-bac2-06676e1193a8"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49a6e519-6abd-40b5-8aed-9a5fdc6f32c4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>of the House of Representatives</quote> after <quote>Workforce</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cdbdb91-c014-41ff-9c4a-983c867f821e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Chairman of the Senate</quote> before <quote>Committee on Health</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7d2c8af-eb86-4cc9-ab9e-df3c33b27469"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>of the Senate</quote> after <quote>Pensions</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide99e64bb-68b8-4b92-b4ba-d71a52947c1a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64f74fe2-4e06-407d-b570-129be97c98a5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8b10d25-6e57-48b6-98cc-a773f9316a5c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>or age</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8c92280-5644-4ad2-967b-fb99c0ec4a68"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1372e339-7106-451d-a41a-ee78cf3b9871"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6071aebd-d879-4ae4-a5f5-91b8053469bf"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>shall</quote> and all that follows through <quote>be</quote> and insert <quote>shall be</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76e98a40-3a65-4409-b549-a3e88be9150d"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9231cf81-f8d8-4b10-b120-77920aca418e"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), as redesignated by subclause (II), by striking <quote>, or the age of the students, as the case may be</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbda79ae7-97a9-4f69-b1d3-9b66dfbbfcd7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E5106734E63427DA0284B68879D9D07"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id478735FDC4E54AE7AC9D30C44115D17D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, providing for the active participation of teachers, school leaders, curriculum specialists, local school administrators, parents, and concerned members of the general public</quote> after <quote>approach</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2059bf35-4d08-448e-939e-c0765b1e55e0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>Assessment</quote> before <quote>Board</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2448bc79-b46c-4788-88a9-b4f505bf19ba"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33fdb6f4-778a-415c-8481-0e6b5843c40b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id949ff3d4-1303-437e-ba7e-fd90fc2b86eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Education</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id177a3a32-cd19-4d10-9221-15cee8a2826d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92CFA46594C04B27B730836B670710B3" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0242752BDD2C40D2BBA78F0C0F51F394"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF38A906230634401948F6F57714354F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd729df6c-5d75-4fa2-a4a6-2c3ce2d4fc26"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf436301a-dcb7-4e3c-9c75-cc25e36e60e3"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE344864612D4564AF2535DF1D97D721"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc439e552-1624-4934-8f5c-053aa3e24047" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1a9bdb1-a196-451e-9a18-294cc689396a" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11c6785f-9cec-4a1b-9f5e-8e368fb5c360"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id581f9bda-ddf4-4eee-9a9f-678e647eb0be"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2016—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbc02aa0-9414-4970-bf68-c97d5596f98c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,235,000 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf56f617a-bdd2-4feb-92ca-a686835ad3cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$129,000,000 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f5a64a3-119a-4faf-85d9-5bad99abc519"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2017—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbbc20aa-b78d-494c-84ab-d5bdd4d3f2d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,424,405 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95372462-7d28-4d0a-8ea7-aa6d3a23ed6b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$131,967,000 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e8fb64a-b20a-4c04-b227-cc4af582f85b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2018—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1afb240a-1c6b-42c2-83c5-04282bc6a132"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,618,166 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a030918-5d2a-42bd-a362-d54927863636"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$135,002,241 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id182d5d07-4d47-41d9-8d35-9b1cd8d28786"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2019—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdbe3899-130e-412e-8b84-468c3c37b15d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,816,384 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8450d179-7063-4c31-b0a7-7d4d51ece7a3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$138,107,293 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id456e617f-1424-4bec-92f8-df55dffd1a9f"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2020—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94cb8f4c-bba8-4772-9b3d-e36aaa51898c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,019,161 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91dfcadb-ea0b-4aee-aa9e-8a2612c20ceb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$141,283,760 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9e5a10c-e12c-429d-9c08-8b4d1da29d30"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2021—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2353ad92-65b8-4ae6-a6fc-a914f92990c2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,184,183 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd74e88de-5448-44c9-9bda-2399a7663dfc"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$143,868,805 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 display-inline="yes-display-inline">EVALUATION PLAN</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F1690EC15FD4B88A643038D57335540" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and evaluation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fc5de6e-107b-432f-adee-24a0fb13c1cd"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc749ce29-b78f-4039-bd06-769d1cf11e03"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Flexible authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a6f0bc6-bb4b-4a17-96f5-bdc1ce741aff"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reservation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law in 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>) related to evaluation, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf51bc7be-acb6-4eab-ad3d-8446019f1674"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may, for purposes of carrying out the activities described in paragraph (2)(B)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0db0be72-563c-4bbc-b0bd-47577f84c9a7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20f4265b-ff7f-4213-ae4e-9f87b9f383b4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5553a4d5-0a09-4b2e-8fbb-f7d2bb04184e"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd020fb1c-c5c8-4e04-9575-7770153015a4"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc74fbd13-9c8a-4c5a-bf03-761a5433f0e9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in reserving the amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id493097ff-a2dd-4ebf-84ae-19040807bbce"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall reserve not more than 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b787dad-8da6-44e4-91f2-9e4ef5dc6e70"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fea7157-2b1a-427f-b0be-cf7978ab4e9f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If funds are reserved under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cb9c141-b473-4748-8ada-9dc8edc4b021"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd180d3e8-351b-4377-8f20-df4f5553cc07"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61392765-9125-4532-9495-53becd3de1bc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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(c)(1)(C)</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id743bda50-616c-4ad8-958c-697f9b49682c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id825e39f1-a871-429d-952f-a93692b76368"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa688d43-4693-4ade-a826-8ab9e87196d7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use the funds reserved under paragraph (1) to—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b7e3d65-f9a2-4664-9839-094aaf6aa749"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ae68847-7c7f-40fe-ad8f-ee72822f7178"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaacc6dc8-5c47-417a-9409-7ab6a529678a"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf86d551-e620-44b0-a885-4c136b0be82f"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3d319c7-bfaa-4eb4-a9bf-9b128c443dbd"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96042c89-c17c-47ad-8879-4566c8e4909a"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab47872a-7675-42d9-9763-d050f017aa4d"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7daa1c87-5f6a-4e5c-afe6-5704ee978838"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18fcebc5-ebf7-4318-9a8d-eac8cf5fab30"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains the results of the activities carried out under subsection (b)(2)(B) for the most recent 2-year period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf7e0b5b-952f-438b-9acf-4f084a1b795d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE68D00DDB9D4511BBF842D81E7D61BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Senate December 17, 2015.Julie E. Adams,Secretary