{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s9561","title_num":"20","num":"§ 9561.","heading":"Establishment","status":null,"guid":"idd36e74d5-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 171, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1962.)","seq_in_title":1938,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch76/schI/ptD","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch76","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 76—","heading":"EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, INFORMATION, AND DISSEMINATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch76/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch76/schI/ptD","level":"part","num":"Part D—","heading":"National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id83a4d47d-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561\"><num value=\"9561\">§ 9561.</num><heading> Establishment</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id83a4d47e-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Establishment</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">There is established in the Institute a National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id83a4d47f-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Mission</heading><chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The mission of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance shall be—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83a4d480-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561/b/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> to provide technical assistance;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83a4d481-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561/b/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> to conduct evaluations of Federal education programs administered by the Secretary (and as time and resources allow, other education programs) to determine the impact of such programs (especially on student academic achievement in the core academic areas of reading, mathematics, and science);</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83a4d482-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561/b/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> to support synthesis and wide dissemination of results of evaluation, research, and products developed; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id83a4d483-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561/b/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> to encourage the use of scientifically valid education research and evaluation throughout the United States.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id83a4d484-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s9561/c\"><num value=\"c\" class=\"bold\">(c)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">In carrying out the duties under this part, the Director may award grants, enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, and provide technical assistance.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id83a4d485-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/107/279/tI/s171\">Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 171</ref>, <date date=\"2002-11-05\">Nov. 5, 2002</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/116/1962\">116 Stat. 1962</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}