I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 700 
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency-Education to fund directed development projects to sup-
port targeted breakthroughs in teaching and learning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2013 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out the Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency-Education to fund di-
rected development projects to support targeted break-
throughs in teaching and learning. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ARPA–ED’’ Act. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ADVANCED RESEARCH 
PROJECT AGENCY-EDUCATION. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—From the amounts 
appropriated for section 14007 of division A of the Amer-
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ican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–5), the Secretary of Education may reserve up to 30 
percent to— 
(1) establish and carry out the Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency-Education (in this Act re-
ferred to as ‘‘ARPA–ED’’) to— 
(A) identify and promote advances in 
learning, fundamental and applied sciences, and 
engineering that may be translated into new 
learning technologies; 
(B) develop, test, and evaluate new learn-
ing technologies and related processes; and 
(C) accelerate transformational techno-
logical advances in education; 
(2) convene an advisory panel under subsection 
(d); and 
(3) carry out the evaluation and dissemination 
requirements under subsection (e). 
(b) APPOINTMENTS.— 
(1) DIRECTOR.—ARPA–ED shall be under the 
direction of the Director of ARPA–ED, who shall be 
appointed by the Secretary. 
(2) QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUALS.—The Secretary 
shall appoint, for a term of not more than 4 years, 
qualified individuals who represent scientific, engi-
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neering, professional, and other personnel with ex-
pertise in carrying out the activities described in this 
section to positions in ARPA–ED, at rates of com-
pensation determined by the Secretary, without re-
gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
except that such rates of compensation shall not to 
exceed the rate for level I of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5312 of such title. 
(c) FUNCTIONS OF ARPA–ED.—Upon consultation 
with the advisory panel convened under subsection (d), the 
Secretary shall select public and private entities to carry 
out the activities described in subsection (a)(1) by— 
(1) awarding such entities grants, contracts, co-
operative agreements, or cash prizes; or 
(2) entering into such other transactions with 
such entities as the Secretary may prescribe in regu-
lations. 
(d) ADVISORY PANEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convene 
an advisory panel to advise and consult with the 
Secretary, Director, and the qualified individuals ap-
pointed under subsection (b)(2) on— 
(A) ensuring that the awards made and 
transaction entered into under subsection (c) 
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are consistent with the purposes described in 
subsection (a)(1); and 
(B) ensuring the relevance, accessibility, 
and utility of such awards and transactions to 
education practitioners. 
(2) APPOINTMENT
OF
MEMBERS.—The Sec-
retary shall appoint the following qualified individ-
uals to serve on the advisory panel: 
(A) Education practitioners. 
(B) Experts in technology. 
(C) Specialists in rapid gains in student 
achievement and school turnaround. 
(D) Specialists in personalized learning. 
(E) Researchers, including at least one 
representative from a comprehensive center es-
tablished under 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9602) 
or the regional laboratories system established 
under section 174 of the Education Sciences 
Reform Act (20 U.S.C. 9564). 
(F) Other individuals with expertise who 
will contribute to the overall rigor and quality 
of ARPA–ED. 
(3) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Ad-
visory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not 
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apply to the panel convened under this subsection 
and any appointee to such panel shall not be consid-
ered an ‘‘employee’’ under section 2105 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(e) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall obtain 
independent, periodic, and rigorous evaluation of— 
(A) the effectiveness of the processes 
ARPA–Ed is using to achieve the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1); 
(B) the relevance, accessibility, and utility 
of the awards made and transactions entered 
into under subsection (c) to education practi-
tioners; and 
(C) the effectiveness of the projects carried 
out through such awards and transactions, 
using evidence standards developed in consulta-
tion with the Institute of Education Sciences, 
and the suitability of such projects for further 
investment or increased scale. 
(2) DISSEMINATION AND USE.—The Secretary 
shall disseminate information to education practi-
tioners, including teachers, principals, and local and 
State superintendents, on effective practices and 
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technologies developed under ARPA–ED, as appro-
priate, through— 
(A) the comprehensive centers established 
under 203 of the Educational Technical Assist-
ance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9602); 
(B) the regional laboratories system estab-
lished under section 174 of the Education 
Sciences Reform Act (20 U.S.C. 9564); and 
(C) such other means as the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate. 
(f) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS.—Notwith-
standing section 437(d) of the General Education Provi-
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232(d)), the Secretary shall estab-
lish such processes as may be necessary for the Secretary 
to manage and administer ARPA–ED, which are not con-
strained by other Department-wide administrative require-
ments that may prevent ARPA–ED from carrying out the 
purposes described in subsection (a)(1). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Education. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of ARPA–ED. 
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(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
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