I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3801
To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics,
evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 27, 2002
Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. FLETCHER, Mrs.
BIGGERT, Mr. KELLER, and Mr. TANCREDO) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force
A BILL
To provide for improvement of Federal education research,
statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—EDUCATION SCIENCES
REFORM
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 102. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this title is as follows:
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Table of contents.
PART A—ACADEMY OF EDUCATION SCIENCES
Sec. 111. Establishment.
Sec. 112. Organization.
Sec. 113. Functions.
Sec. 114. Delegation.
Sec. 115. Office of the Director.
Sec. 116. Priorities.
Sec. 117. National Board for Education Sciences.
Sec. 118. Commissioners of the National Education Centers.
Sec. 119. Knowledge Utilization Office.
PART B—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH
Sec. 131. Establishment.
Sec. 132. Commissioner for Education Research.
Sec. 133. Duties.
Sec. 134. Annual report.
Sec. 135. Standards for conduct and evaluation of research.
PART C—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
Sec. 151. Establishment.
Sec. 152. Commissioner for Education Statistics.
Sec. 153. Duties.
Sec. 154. Performance of duties.
Sec. 155. Reports.
Sec. 156. Dissemination.
Sec. 157. Cooperative education statistics systems.
Sec. 158. State defined.
PART D—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION EVALUATION
Sec. 171. Establishment.
Sec. 172. Commissioner for Education Evaluation.
Sec. 173. Duties.
PART E—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 181. Definitions.
Sec. 182. Interagency data sources and formats.
Sec. 183. Prohibitions.
Sec. 184. Confidentiality.
Sec. 185. Availability of data.
Sec. 186. Performance management.
Sec. 187. Authority to publish.
Sec. 188. Vacancies.
Sec. 189. Staff.
Sec. 190. Authorization of appropriations.
PART A—ACADEMY OF EDUCATION
SCIENCES
SEC. 111. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the Depart-
ment an Academy of Education Sciences (hereafter in this
title referred to as the ‘‘Academy’’), to be administered
by a Director (as provided in section 115) and a board
of directors (as provided in section 117).
(b) MISSION.—In order to provide parents, edu-
cators, students, researchers, policymakers, and the gen-
eral public with reliable information about the condition
and progress of education in the United States, edu-
cational practices that improve academic achievement, and
the effectiveness of Federal education programs, the Acad-
emy shall ensure that all research, evaluation, statistics,
and dissemination activities supported by Federal funds
through the Academy—
(1) conform to high standards of quality, integ-
rity, and accuracy; and
(2) are objective, secular, neutral, and nonideo-
logical and are free of partisan and political influ-
ence and racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias.
SEC. 112. ORGANIZATION.
The Academy consists of the following:
(1) The Office of the Director (as set out in
section 115).
(2) The National Board for Education Sciences
(as set out in section 117).
(3) The Knowledge Utilization Office (as set
out in section 119).
(4) The National Education Centers, which
include—
(A) the National Center for Education Re-
search (as set out in part B);
(B) the National Center for Education
Statistics (as set out in part C); and
(C) the National Center for Education
Evaluation (as set out in part D).
SEC. 113. FUNCTIONS.
The Academy, directly or through grants, contracts,
or cooperative agreements, shall—
(1) conduct and support scientifically valid re-
search activities, including basic and applied re-
search, statistics activities, scientifically valid edu-
cation evaluation, development, and dissemination;
(2) disseminate the findings and results of sci-
entifically valid education research;
(3) promote the application of knowledge gained
from scientifically valid research activities;
(4) strengthen the national capacity to conduct
scientifically valid research in education; and
(5) promote the coordination of scientifically
valid research in education within the Department
and the Federal Government.
SEC. 114. DELEGATION.
(a) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding
section 412 of the Department of Education Organization
Act (20 U.S.C. 3472), the Secretary shall delegate to the
Director all functions for carrying out this title.
(b) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may assign
the Academy responsibility for administering other activi-
ties, if those activities are consistent with—
(1) the Academy’s priorities, as approved by the
Board under section 116; or
(2) the Academy’s mission, if the activities are
not consistent with such priorities.
SEC. 115. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR.
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The President, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the Director of
the Academy.
(b) TERM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall serve for
a term of 6 years, beginning on the date of con-
(9) To submit to the Director, the Secretary,
and the appropriate congressional committees, not
later than July 1 of each year, a report that—
(A) assesses the effectiveness of the Acad-
emy in carrying out its priorities and mission,
especially as they relate to carrying out scientif-
ically valid research, conducting unbiased eval-
uations, and collecting and reporting accurate
education statistics; and
(B) includes any recommendations regard-
ing any actions that could be taken to enhance
the ability of the Academy to carry out its pri-
orities and mission.
(10) To carry out other duties and responsibil-
ities consistent with the priorities and mission of the
Academy.
(c) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be composed as
follows:
(1) VOTING
MEMBERS.—Fifteen voting mem-
bers appointed by the President, with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
(2) NONVOTING EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The
following nonvoting ex officio members:
(A) The Director of the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development.
(B) The Director of the Census.
(C) The Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
(D) The President of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences.
(3) APPOINTED MEMBERSHIP.—
(A) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—Members 
ap-
pointed under paragraph (1) shall include indi-
viduals from each of the following groups:
(i) Educators, including classroom
teachers, principals, and other school ad-
ministrators.
(ii) Parents.
(iii) Business leaders.
(iv) Highly qualified experts in cog-
nitive psychology, statistics, evaluation, re-
search, and psychometrics.
(B) TERMS.—Each member appointed
under paragraph (1) shall serve for a term of
4 years, except that—
(i) the initial terms of the members
appointed under such subparagraphs shall
(as designated by a random selection proc-
ess at the time of appointment) be for
staggered terms of—
(I) 4 years for each of five mem-
bers;
(II) 3 years for each of five mem-
bers; and
(III) 2 years for each of five
members; and
(ii) no such member shall serve for
more than the lesser of—
(I) 8 consecutive years; or
(II) 2 consecutive terms.
(4) CHAIR.—The Board shall elect a chair-
person from among the members of the Board.
(5) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board
shall serve without pay for such service. Members of
the Board who are officers or employees of the
United States may not receive additional pay, allow-
ances, or benefits by reason of their service on the
Board.
(6) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the
Board shall receive travel expenses, including per
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
Code.
(7) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Board shall
have an Executive Director who shall be appointed
by the Board.
(8) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet not less
than four times each year. The Board shall hold ad-
ditional meetings at the call of the chairperson or
upon the written request of at least six members of
the Board.
(9) QUORUM.—A majority of the voting mem-
bers of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
(d) STANDING COMMITTEES.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Board may estab-
lish standing committees to advise, assist, consult
with, and make recommendations to the Director
and the Commissioners of the National Education
Centers. Each standing committee shall serve one of
the National Education Centers.
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—Each standing committee
shall include a majority of voting members of the
Board whose expertise is needed for the functioning
of the committee. The membership of each standing
committee—
(A) shall include highly qualified experts in
cognitive psychology, statistics, evaluation, re-
search, and psychometrics;
(B) may include ex officio members of the
Board as well as experts who are not members
of the Board; and
(C) may include policymakers and expert
practitioners with knowledge of, and experience
using, the results of research, evaluation, and
statistics.
(3) DUTIES.—Each standing committee shall—
(A) at the discretion of the Board or the
standing committee, review and comment on
any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement
entered into (or proposed to be entered into) by
the applicable National Education Center;
(B) prepare for the Board an annual eval-
uation of the operations of the applicable Na-
tional Education Center;
(C) review and comment on the relevant
Commissioner’s plan for activities to be under-
taken by the applicable National Education
Center for each fiscal year; and
(D) periodically report to the Board re-
garding the activities of the committee.
SEC. 118. COMMISSIONERS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION
CENTERS.
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The National Education Cen-
ters shall each be headed by a Commissioner appointed
by the Director. In appointing Commissioners, the Direc-
tor shall seek to promote continuity in leadership of the
National Education Centers and shall consider individuals
recommended by the Board, acting in consultation with
the Director.
(b) PAY.—The Commissioners shall each receive the
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each Commissioner shall be
highly qualified in the field of education research, statis-
tics, or evaluation.
(d) SERVICE AND REMOVAL.—Each Commissioner
shall report to the Director and may be removed by the
Director.
SEC. 119. KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION OFFICE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within
the Academy a Knowledge Utilization Office.
(b) DUTIES.—The Knowledge Utilization Office
shall—
(1) disseminate information on scientifically
valid research on education to the public, the media,
voluntary organizations, and other constituencies, es-
pecially with respect to information relating to—
(A) the core academic areas of reading,
mathematics, and science; and
(B) education technology;
(2) manage the National Library of Education
described in subsection (d), and other sources of dig-
ital information on education research;
(3) make such information accessible in a user-
friendly, timely, and efficient manner (including
through use of the Internet) to schools, educators,
parents, administrators, policymakers, entities re-
sponsible for carrying out technical assistance
through the Department, and the general public.
(c) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In carrying out sub-
section (b), the Knowledge Utilization Office shall—
(1) ensure that information disseminated under
this section is completed in a cost-effective, non-
duplicative manner (including through the continu-
ation of individual clearinghouses authorized under
the Educational Research, Development, Dissemina-
tion, and Improvement Act of 1994 (title IX of the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act; 20 U.S.C. 6001
et seq.) (as such Act existed on the day before the
date of enactment of this title)), to the extent appro-
priate;
(2) prominently describe the type of scientific
evidence that is used as a part of information dis-
semination; and
(3) clearly explain the scientifically appropriate
and inappropriate uses of each of the types of evi-
dence that is used to support the findings of the in-
formation disseminated.
(d) NATIONAL LIBRARY OF EDUCATION.—There is
established within the Knowledge Utilization Office a Na-
tional Library of Education that shall collect and archive
information, including products and publications devel-
oped through, or supported by, the Academy, and other
relevant and useful education-related research informa-
tion, projects, and publications that are consistent with
scientifically valid research and are developed by the De-
partment, other Federal agencies, or entities (including
entities supported under title II).
PART B—NATIONAL CENTER FOR
EDUCATION RESEARCH
SEC. 131. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Academy a National Center for Education Research (in
this part referred to as the ‘‘Research Center’’).
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Research Center
is to provide national leadership in—
(1) expanding fundamental knowledge and un-
derstanding of education, particularly to improve the
teaching and learning of reading, writing, mathe-
matics, science, and other academic subjects;
(2) using accepted practices of scientific inquiry
to obtain knowledge, comprehension, or under-
standing of the validity of educational theories, prac-
tices, or conditions; and
(3) promoting scientifically valid research find-
ings that can provide the basis for improving aca-
demic instruction and learning in the classroom.
SEC. 132. COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH.
The Research Center shall be headed by a Commis-
sioner for Education Research (in this part referred to as
the ‘‘Research Commissioner’’) who shall—
(1) have substantial knowledge of programs as-
sisted by the Research Center, including a high level
of expertise in the field of research and research
management;
(2) be paid at the rate of basic pay for level IV
of the Executive Schedule; and
(3) serve for a term of not more than 6 years.
SEC. 133. DUTIES.
(a) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Research Center shall—
(1) maintain published peer review standards
and standards for the conduct and evaluation of all
research, development, and dissemination carried out
under the auspices of the Research Center pursuant
to the provisions of this part;
(2) carry out specific, long-term activities con-
sistent with the priorities and mission of the Acad-
emy;
(3) develop a research plan in consultation with
the Director, based upon the activities described in
paragraph (2), which shall be carried out pursuant
to paragraph (4), and as appropriate, be updated
and modified;
(4) award contracts, grants, or cooperative
agreements in consultation with the Director and in
accordance with section 135(b), at an amount and
for a length of time determined to be appropriate to
carry out scientifically valid research that—
(A) uses objective and measurable indica-
tors, including timelines, that are used to assess
the progress and results of such research;
(B) meets the standards of research and
peer review described in section 115(e); and
(C) includes both basic research and ap-
plied research, which shall include research con-
ducted through field-initiated studies and may
include ongoing research initiatives;
(5) promote the use of scientifically valid re-
search within the Federal Government, including ac-
tive participation in interagency research initiatives;
(6) ensure that research conducted by the Re-
search Center is applicable to education practice and
policy;
(7) synthesize and disseminate, through the
Knowledge Utilization Office, the findings and re-
sults of education research conducted or supported
by the Research Center; and
(8) prepare and submit an annual report, as de-
scribed in section 134, which shall be made available
to the public through such means as the Internet.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Research Center may award
a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement under sub-
section (a)(4) only if the recipient of the contract, grant,
or cooperative agreement is an organization or institution
(whether public or private, for-profit or nonprofit), an in-
stitution of higher education, a consortium thereof, or an
individual (including national research and development
centers and regional education laboratories for research,
development, dissemination, and technical assistance (as
such centers and laboratories existed on the day before
the date of enactment of this title)) with the ability or
capacity to carry out scientifically valid research.
(c) EVALUATIVE SUMMARIES OF RESEARCH PRIOR-
ITIES.—In addition to the duties described in subsection
(a), the Research Center shall conduct an evaluative sum-
mary that—
(1) shall be completed not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this title and annually
thereafter; and
(2) shall be submitted to the Director and the
Board to provide assistance on developing and im-
plementing the research plan described in subsection
(a)(3).
(d) EVALUATIVE SUMMARY.—Each evaluative sum-
mary conducted under subsection (c) shall—
(1) include a detailed description of the findings
of the main research and development activities of
the Research Center (and the national research and
development centers and regional education labora-
tories for research, development, dissemination, and
technical assistance (as such centers and labora-
tories existed on the day before the date of enact-
ment of this title));
(2) describe how such findings are consistent
with scientifically valid research;
(3) describe the implications of such findings
for educational practice and school reform;
(4) describe any development, reform, and other
assistance activities that have utilized such findings
and the effects of such efforts;
(5) include a classification of all major research
conducted within each priority area, including all re-
search conducted using Federal funds in relation to
scientifically valid research; and
(6) include an analysis of the major program
activities of the Research Center in the categories of
basic research, applied research, and development,
and of whether such activities meet scientifically
based research standards.
(e) TRANSITION.—
(1) INITIAL EXTENSION.—The Research Cen-
ter, in consultation with the Director, may extend
any cooperative agreement, grant, or contract made
to a national research and development center (as
such center existed on the day before the date of en-
actment of this title), for a period of not more than
2 years.
(2) SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION.—After the expi-
ration of the 2-year period described in paragraph
(1), the Research Center, in consultation with the
funded during the prior fiscal year, including, at a
minimum, the amount, duration, recipient, purpose,
and goal of the award and its relationship to the pri-
orities and mission of the Academy, the products
completed, and an evaluation of the activities, which
shall be available in a user-friendly electronic data-
base.
(3) A description of how the activities of the
Research Center use scientifically valid research con-
sistent with the provisions of this part and have oth-
erwise contributed to the mission of the Research
Center as described under section 131(b).
(4) Such additional comments, recommenda-
tions, and materials as the Director considers appro-
priate.
SEC. 135. STANDARDS FOR CONDUCT AND EVALUATION OF
RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this part, the Re-
search Commissioner, in consultation with the Director,
shall—
(1) ensure that all research conducted under
the direction of the Research Center follows scientif-
ically based research standards;
(2) develop such other standards as may be
necessary to govern the conduct and evaluation of all
research, development, and dissemination activities
carried out by the Research Center to assure that
such activities meet the highest standards of profes-
sional excellence;
(3) review the procedures utilized by the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, the National Science
Foundation, and other Federal departments or agen-
cies engaged in research and development and ac-
tively solicit recommendations from research organi-
zations and members of the general public in the de-
velopment of the standards described in paragraph
(2); and
(4) require research to comply with Federal
guidelines relating to research misconduct.
(b) AWARDING OF FUNDS.—In the case of research
that is carried out under this part through grants, con-
tracts, or cooperative agreements, the Research Center, in
consultation with the Director, at a minimum, shall—
(1) use a process of open competition in award-
ing or entering into all such grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements;
(2) use a system of peer review of highly quali-
fied individuals with an in-depth knowledge of the
subject to be investigated—
(A) for reviewing and evaluating all appli-
cations for grants and cooperative agreements
and bids for contracts that exceed $100,000;
and
(B) for evaluating and assessing the per-
formance of all recipients of grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts;
(3) develop the procedures to be used in evalu-
ating applications for grants, cooperative agree-
ments, and contracts and specify the criteria and
factors which shall be considered in making such
evaluations; and
(4) evaluate the performance of each recipient
of an award of a grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement at the conclusion of the award.
PART C—NATIONAL CENTER FOR
EDUCATION STATISTICS
SEC. 151. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Academy a National Center for Education Statistics (in
this part referred to as the ‘‘Statistics Center’’).
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Statistics Center
shall be—
(1) to collect and analyze education information
and statistics under this title in a manner that
meets the highest methodological standards;
(2) to report education information and statis-
tics under this title in a timely manner; and
(3) to collect, analyze, and report education in-
formation and statistics under this title in a manner
that—
(A) is objective, secular, neutral, and non-
ideological and is free of partisan and political
influence and racial, cultural, gender, or re-
gional bias; and
(B) is relevant and useful to practitioners,
researchers, policymakers, and the public.
SEC. 152. COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS.
The Statistics Center shall be headed by a Commis-
sioner for Education Statistics (in this part referred to
as the ‘‘Statistics Commissioner’’) who—
(1) shall have substantial knowledge of statis-
tical methodologies and activities undertaken by the
Statistics Center;
(2) shall be paid at the rate of basic pay for
level IV of the Executive Schedule; and
(3) shall serve a term of not more than 6 years.
SEC. 153. DUTIES.
(a) GENERAL DUTIES.—The duties of the Statistics
Center are to collect, report, compare, and disseminate
statistical data related to education in the United States
and in other nations, including—
(1) collecting, acquiring, compiling (where ap-
propriate, on a State-by-State basis), and dissemi-
nating full and complete statistics on the condition
and progress of education, at the preschool, elemen-
tary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels in
the United States, including data on—
(A) successful State and local education re-
form activities that result in increased academic
achievement and narrowing of achievement
gaps;
(B) student achievement in the core aca-
demic areas of reading, math, and science at all
levels of education;
(C) secondary school completions, drop-
outs, and adult literacy and reading skills;
(D) educational access to, and opportunity
for, postsecondary education, including data on
financial aid to postsecondary students;
(E) teaching, including data on profes-
sional development, including a comparison of
courses taken in the core academic areas of
reading, math, and science with courses in
noncore academic areas;
(F) instruction, the conditions of the edu-
cation workplace, and the supply of, and de-
mand for, teachers;
(G) the incidence, frequency, seriousness,
and nature of violence affecting students, school
personnel, and other individuals participating in
school activities, as well as other indices of
school safety including information regarding—
(i) the relationship between victims
and perpetrators;
(ii) demographic characteristics of the
victims and perpetrators; and
(iii) the type of weapons used in inci-
dents, as classified in the Uniform Crime
Reports of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation;
(H) the financing and management of edu-
cation, including data on revenues and expendi-
tures;
(I) the social and economic status of chil-
dren, including their academic achievement; and
(J) the existence and use of educational
technology and access to the Internet in ele-
mentary schools and secondary schools;
(2) conducting and publishing reports on the
meaning and significance of the statistics described
in paragraph (1);
(3) collecting, comparing, cross-tabulating, and
reporting, to the extent feasible, information by gen-
der, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, limited
English proficiency, and disability when such
disaggregated information would facilitate edu-
cational and policy decisionmaking;
(4) assisting public and private educational
agencies, organizations, and institutions in improv-
ing and automating statistical and data collection
activities; and
(5) acquiring and disseminating data on edu-
cational activities and student achievement (such as
the Third International Math and Science Study) in
the United States compared with foreign nations.
(b) TRAINING PROGRAM.—The Statistics Commis-
sioner may establish a program to train employees of pub-
lic and private educational agencies, organizations, and in-
stitutions in the use of standard statistical procedures and
concepts and may establish a fellowship program to ap-
point such employees as temporary fellows at the Statis-
tics Center in order to assist the Statistics Center in car-
rying out its duties.
SEC. 154. PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES.
(a) 
GRANTS, 
CONTRACTS, 
AND
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out the duties under this
part, the Statistics Center, in consultation with the Direc-
tor, may award grants, enter into contracts and coopera-
tive agreements, and provide technical assistance.
(b) GATHERING INFORMATION.—
(1) SAMPLING.—The Statistics Center may use
the statistical method known as sampling (including
random sampling) to carry out this part.
(2) SOURCE OF INFORMATION.—The Statistics
Center may, as appropriate, use information
collected—
(A) from States, local educational agencies,
public and private schools, preschools, institu-
tions of postsecondary education, libraries, ad-
ministrators, teachers, students, the general
public, and other individuals, organizations,
agencies, and institutions (including informa-
tion collected by States and local educational
agencies for their own use); and
(B) by other offices within the Academy
and by other Federal departments, agencies,
and instrumentalities.
(3) COLLECTION.—The Statistics Center may—
(A) enter into interagency agreements for
the collection of statistics;
(B) arrange with any agency, organization,
or institution for the collection of statistics; and
(C) assign employees of the Statistics Cen-
ter to any such agency, organization, or institu-
tion to assist in such collection.
(4) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
COORDINA-
TION.—In order to maximize the effectiveness of De-
partment efforts to serve the educational needs of
children and youth, the Statistics Center shall—
(A) provide technical assistance to the De-
partment of Education offices that gather data
for statistical purposes; and
(B) coordinate with other Department of
Education offices in the collection of data.
SEC. 155. REPORTS.
(a) PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF REPORTS.—The
Statistics Center, in consultation with the Director, shall
establish procedures, in accordance with section 187, to
ensure that the reports issued under this section are rel-
evant, of high quality, useful to customers, subject to rig-
orous peer review, produced in a timely fashion, and free
from any political influence.
(b) REPORT ON CONDITION AND PROGRESS OF EDU-
CATION.—Not later than June 1, 2002, and each suc-
ceeding June 1 thereafter, the Statistics Center shall, in
consultation with the Director and the Board, submit to
the President and the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a statistical report on the condition and progress of
education in the United States.
(c) STATISTICAL REPORTS.—The Statistics Center
shall issue regular statistical reports to the President and
the appropriate congressional committees on such edu-
cation topics as appropriate.
SEC. 156. DISSEMINATION.
(a) GENERAL REQUESTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Statistics Center may
furnish transcripts or copies of tables and other sta-
tistical records and make special statistical compila-
tions and surveys for State and local officials, public
and private organizations, and individuals.
(2) COMPILATIONS.—The Statistics Center
shall provide State and local educational agencies
opportunities to suggest the development of par-
ticular compilations of statistics, surveys, and anal-
yses that would assist those educational agencies.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL
REQUESTS.—The Statistics
Center shall furnish such special statistical compilations
and surveys as the relevant congressional committees may
request.
(c) JOINT STATISTICAL PROJECTS.—The Statistics
Center may engage in joint statistical projects related to
the mission of the Center, or other statistical purposes au-
thorized by law, with nonprofit organizations or agencies,
and the cost of such projects shall be shared equitably,
as determined by the Statistics Commissioner.
(d) FEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Statistical compilations and
surveys under this section, other than those carried
out pursuant to subsections (b) and (c), may be
made subject to the payment of the actual or esti-
mated cost of such work.
(2) FUNDS RECEIVED.—All funds received in
payment for work or services described in this sub-
section may be used to pay directly the costs of such
work or services, to repay appropriations that ini-
tially bore all or part of such costs, or to refund ex-
cess sums when necessary.
(e) ACCESS.—
(1) OTHER AGENCIES.—The Statistics Center
shall, consistent with sections 159 and 184, cooper-
ate with other Federal agencies having a need for
educational data in providing access to educational
data received by the Statistics Center.
(2) INTERESTED PARTIES.—The Statistics Cen-
ter shall, in accordance with such terms and condi-
tions as the Center may prescribe, provide all inter-
ested parties, including public and private agencies,
parents, and other individuals, direct access, in the
most appropriate form (including, where possible,
electronically), to data collected by the Statistics
Center for the purposes of research and acquiring
statistical information.
SEC. 157. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION STATISTICS SYSTEMS.
The Statistics Center may establish one or more na-
tional cooperative education statistics systems for the pur-
pose of producing and maintaining, with the cooperation
of the States, comparable and uniform information and
data on early childhood education, elementary and sec-
ondary education, postsecondary education, adult edu-
cation, and libraries, that are useful for policymaking at
the Federal, State, and local levels.
the Evaluation Center’s evaluation activities on
an annual basis.
(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Each eval-
uation conducted by the Evaluation Center pursuant
to paragraph (1) shall adhere to the highest possible
standards of quality for conducting scientifically
valid education evaluation with respect to research
design, statistical analysis, and the dissemination of
findings as described in this title.
(b) ADMINISTRATION
OF
EVALUATIONS
UNDER
TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDU-
CATION ACT OF 1965.—The Evaluation Center shall ad-
minister all operations and contracts associated with eval-
uations authorized by part E of title I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491
et seq.) and administered by the Department of Education
as of the date of enactment of this title.
PART E—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 181. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘secondary
school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, and ‘‘State edu-
cational agency’’ have the meanings given those
terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(2) The term ‘‘applied research’’ means
research—
(A) to gain knowledge or understanding
necessary for determining the means by which
a recognized and specific need may be met; and
(B) that is specifically directed to the dis-
covery of new knowledge that has as an objec-
tive the improvement of basic academic skills.
(3) 
The 
term 
‘‘basic 
research’’ 
means
research—
(A) to gain fundamental knowledge or un-
derstanding of phenomena and observable facts,
without specific application toward processes or
products; and
(B) for the advancement of knowledge in
the field of education.
(4) The term ‘‘Academy’’ means the Academy
of Education Sciences.
(5) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Education.
(6) The term ‘‘development’’ means the system-
atic use of knowledge or understanding gained from
the findings of scientifically valid research that may
prove useful in areas (such as the preparation of
materials and new methods of instruction and prac-
tices in teaching), that may lead to the improvement
of the academic skills of students, and that are
replicable in different educational settings.
(7) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the Academy of Education Sciences.
(8) The term ‘‘dissemination’’ means the com-
munication and transfer of the results of scientif-
ically valid research, statistics, and evaluations, in
forms that are understandable, easily accessible, and
usable, or adaptable for use in, the improvement of
educational practice by teachers, administrators, li-
brarians, other practitioners, researchers, policy-
makers, and the public, through the provision of
technical assistance, electronic transfer, and other
means.
(9) The term ‘‘field-initiated research’’ means
basic research or applied research in which topics
and methods of study are generated by investigators
(including teachers and other practitioners) and that
conforms to standards of scientifically valid research.
(10) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001(a)).
(11) The term ‘‘scientifically based research
standards’’—
(A) means the application of rigorous, sys-
temic, and objective procedures to obtain reli-
able and valid knowledge relevant to education
activities and programs; and
(B) includes research that—
(i) 
employs 
systematic, 
empirical
methods that draw on observation or ex-
periment;
(ii) involves rigorous data analyses
that are adequate to test the stated
hypotheses and justify the general conclu-
sions drawn;
(iii) relies on measurements or obser-
vational methods that provide valid data
across evaluators and observers, across
multiple measurements and observations,
and across studies by the same or different
investigators;
(iv) uses experimental or quasi-experi-
mental designs in which individuals, enti-
ties, programs, or activities are assigned to
different conditions with appropriate con-
trols to evaluate the effects of the condi-
tion of interest through random assign-
ment experiments or other designs (to the
extent such designs contain within-condi-
tion or across-condition controls);
(v) ensures experimental studies are
presented in sufficient detail and clarity to
allow for replication or, at a minimum, of-
fers the opportunity to build systematically
on the findings of the research; and
(vi) has been accepted by a peer-re-
viewed journal or has been approved by a
panel of independent experts through a
comparably rigorous, objective, and sci-
entific review.
(12) The term ‘‘scientifically valid education
evaluation’’—
(A) means an evaluation that—
(i) adheres to the highest possible
standards of quality, with respect to re-
search design, statistical analysis, and the
dissemination of findings;
(ii) provides an adequate under-
standing of the programs being evaluated
and examines program implementation,
program impacts, and the relationships be-
tween these factors; and
(iii) provides impact and analysis of
the results achieved by the program; and
(B) includes only those evaluations that—
(i) use quantitative methodologies (in-
cluding experimental designs using random
assignment), and quasi-experimental meth-
odologies, of the highest quality;
(ii) when quantitative experimental
designs are not feasible in order to study
program impacts, use the strongest pos-
sible quasi-experimental alternative, basing
it on longitudinal data; and
(iii) in order to study program imple-
mentation, use a combination of qualitative
and quantitative methods.
(13) The term ‘‘scientifically valid research’’ in-
cludes applied research, basic research, and field-ini-
tiated research the rationale, design, and interpreta-
tion of which are soundly developed in accordance
with scientifically based research standards for
quantitative and qualitative research under this title.
(14) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Education.
(15) The term ‘‘State’’ includes (subject to sec-
tion 158 in part C) each of the 50 States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands.
(16) The term ‘‘technical assistance’’ means—
(A) assistance in identifying, selecting, or
designing solutions, based on scientifically valid
research, leading to improved educational prac-
tices and classroom instruction; and
(B) assistance in interpreting, analyzing,
and utilizing statistics and evaluations.
SEC. 182. INTERAGENCY DATA SOURCES AND FORMATS.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Director,
shall ensure that the Department and the Academy use
common sources of data in standardized formats.
SEC. 183. PROHIBITIONS.
(a) NATIONAL DATABASE.—Nothing in this title may
be construed to authorize the development of a nationwide
database of individually identifiable information on indi-
viduals involved in studies or other collections of data
under this title.
(b) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND USE OF FEDERAL
FUNDS.—Nothing in this title may be construed to au-
thorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government
to mandate, direct, or control the curriculum, program of
instruction, or allocation of State or local resources of a
State, local educational agency, or school, or to mandate
a State, or any subdivision thereof, to spend any funds
or incur any costs not provided for under this title.
(c) ENDORSEMENT
OF
CURRICULUM.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of Federal law, no funds pro-
vided under this title to the Academy, including any office,
board, committee, or center of the Academy, may be used
by the Academy to endorse, approve, or sanction any cur-
riculum designed to be used in an elementary school or
secondary school.
(d) REVIEW OF REPORTS BY OTHER AGENCIES.—
No report issued by the Academy, including any office,
board, committee, or center within the Academy, shall be
subject to review by a Federal office or agency outside
of the Academy.
(e) FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), no
funds provided under this title to the Secretary or
to the recipient of any award may be used to de-
velop, pilot test, field test, implement, administer, or
distribute any federally sponsored national test in
reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless
specifically and explicitly authorized by law.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not
apply to international comparative assessments de-
veloped under the authority of section 153(a)(5) or
section 404(a)(6) of the National Education Statis-
tics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9003(a)(6)) (as such
section existed on the day before the date of enact-
ment of this title) and administered to only a rep-
resentative sample of pupils in the United States
and in foreign nations.
SEC. 184. CONFIDENTIALITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—All collection, maintenance, use,
and dissemination of data by the Academy, including each
office, board, committee, and center of the Academy, shall
conform with the requirements of section 552a of title 5,
United States Code, and the confidentiality requirements
of section 159 of this title.
(b) STUDENT INFORMATION.—The Director shall en-
sure that all individually identifiable information about
students, their academic achievements, and their families,
and information with respect to individual schools, re-
mains confidential in accordance with section 552a of title
5, United States Code, and section 159 of this title.
SEC. 185. AVAILABILITY OF DATA.
Subject to sections 159 and 184, data collected by
the Academy, including any office, board, committee, or
center of the Academy, in carrying out the priorities and
mission of the Academy shall be made available to the
public, including through use of the Internet.
SEC. 186. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.
The Director shall ensure that all activities conducted
or supported by the Academy or a National Education
Center make customer service a priority. The Director
shall ensure a high level of customer satisfaction through
the following methods:
(1) Establishing and improving feedback mech-
anisms in order to anticipate customer needs.
(2) Disseminating information in a timely fash-
ion and in formats that are easily accessible and us-
able by researchers, practitioners, and the general
public.
(3) Utilizing the most modern technology and
other methods available, including arrangements to
use data collected electronically by States and local
educational agencies, to ensure the efficient collec-
tion and timely distribution of information, including
data and reports.
(4) Establishing and measuring performance
against a set of indicators for the quality of data
collected, analyzed, and reported.
(5) Continuously improving management strate-
gies and practices.
(6) Making information available to the public
in an expeditious fashion.
SEC. 187. AUTHORITY TO PUBLISH.
(a) PUBLICATION.—The Academy, including each of-
fice, board, committee, and center of the Academy, may
prepare and publish (including through oral presentations)
such research-based information and research reports as
needed to carry out the priorities and mission of the Acad-
emy, irrespective of whether the Academy has obtained
clearance or approval for such preparation and publication
by the Secretary or any other officer of the Department.
(b) PEER REVIEW.—All published information and
reports of the Academy, including each office, board, com-
mittee, and center of the Academy, shall be subjected to
rigorous peer review before being published or otherwise
made available and shall include the names of the peer
reviewers.
(c) ADVANCE COPIES.—The Academy, including each
office, board, committee, and center of the Academy, shall
provide the Director and Secretary an advance copy of any
information to be published at least 30 days before the
publication.
SEC. 188. VACANCIES.
Any member appointed to fill a vacancy in any office,
board, committee, or center of the Academy occurring be-
fore the expiration of the term for which the member’s
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the
remainder of that term. A member may serve after the
expiration of that member’s term until a successor has
taken office. A vacancy in an office, board, committee, or
center of the Academy shall be filled in the manner in
which the original appointment was made. This section
does not apply to employees appointed under section 189.
SEC. 189. STAFF.
(a) STAFF.—Each official who is the head of the
Academy or any office, board, committee, or center of the
Academy may appoint and fix the pay of such staff as
that official determines to be necessary to carry out the
functions of the Academy or the office, board, committee,
or center, respectively, subject to subsection (b) and the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap-
pointments in the competitive service, and the provisions
of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such
title relating to classification and General Schedule pay
rates.
appointed to serve an additional period of not longer
than 3 years.
SEC. 190. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this title (other than sections 160 and
161) $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.
(b) NATIONAL
ASSESSMENT
OF
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRESS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out sections 160 and 161 (relating to the National
Assessment of Educational Progress and the National As-
sessment Governing Board) $95,423,000 for fiscal year
2003 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
4 succeeding fiscal years.
(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available under
this section shall remain available until expended.
TITLE 
II—REGIONAL 
EDU-
CATIONAL 
TECHNICAL 
AS-
SISTANCE
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Regional Educational
Technical Assistance Act’’.
SEC. 202. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this title is as follows:
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Table of contents.
Sec. 203. Regional research and assistance.
Sec. 204. Regional governing boards.
Sec. 205. Regional plans.
Sec. 206. Technical assistance and dissemination.
Sec. 207. Authority and duties.
Sec. 208. Other powers and duties.
Sec. 209. Funding.
Sec. 210. Coordination.
Sec. 211. Annual evaluation.
Sec. 212. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 213. General provisions.
SEC. 203. REGIONAL RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE.
The Secretary of Education (in this title referred to
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall—
(1) establish, oversee, and coordinate a nation-
wide network of regional entities (which may include
State educational agencies or local educational agen-
cies and public or private nonprofit organizations or
institutions or consortia thereof) authorized to pro-
vide comprehensive applied research, development,
and technical assistance to States, local educational
agencies, schools, tribes, community-based organiza-
tions, and other appropriate entities in, at a
minimum—
(A) the core academic areas of reading,
math, and science; and
(B) education technology ; and
(2) in identifying the 10 regional areas of the
United States to be served, use the geographic re-
gions established under section 941(h)(2) of the
Education Research, Development, Dissemination,
and 
Improvement 
Act 
of 
1994 
(20 
U.S.C.
6041(h)(2)).
SEC. 204. REGIONAL GOVERNING BOARDS.
Each regional entity established under section 203(1)
shall be governed by a board, to be known as a regional
governing board, which shall be established by the Gov-
ernors, in consultation with the chief school officers, in
the States in the region, and which shall include at least
one member from each State in the region. The member-
ship of such board shall include—
(1) parents;
(2) practicing educators (such as classroom
teachers, principals, and administrators), who shall
be selected jointly by the Governors and the chief
school officers in the States in the region; and
(3) policymakers and expert practitioners with
knowledge of, and experience using, the results of
research, evaluation, and statistics.
SEC. 205. REGIONAL PLANS.
Each regional entity shall—
(1) develop a plan for identifying and serving
the needs of all States within the region by con-
ducting a survey of the educational needs, strengths,
and weaknesses within the region, including through
a process of open hearings to solicit the views and
needs of public and private schools, public charter
schools, teachers, administrators, parents, local edu-
cational agencies, librarians, businesses, State edu-
cational agencies, and other customers within the re-
gion;
(2) transmit the plan developed under para-
graph (1) to the Secretary, the Director of the Acad-
emy of Education Sciences, and the National Board
for Education Sciences, to assist in making decisions
regarding the national priorities within education re-
search (as described in section 116 of the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002);
(3) ensure that the activities supported by the
entity shall maintain the highest levels of quality;
(4) in consultation with the Secretary, guide
and direct recipients of awards under section 206 in
satisfying the terms and conditions of their awards;
(5) ensure that each recipient of an award
under section 206 has effective governance, organi-
zation, management, and administration (including
sound financial and fiscal practices) and employs
highly qualified staff; and
(6) ensure that each recipient of an award
under section 206 carries out its duties in a manner
consistent with section 203(1).
SEC. 206. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DISSEMINATION.
Based on the plan required under section 205, each
regional entity shall award competitive contracts to carry
out comprehensive technical assistance and dissemination.
Such contracts shall provide for the following:
(1) Training and technical assistance to State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, pub-
lic and private schools, public charter schools, tribes,
community-based organizations, and other appro-
priate entities, that are consistent with—
(A) the administration and implementation
of programs under the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301
et seq.); and
(B) scientifically valid education research
on teaching methods and assessment tools for
use by teachers and administrators in, at a
minimum—
(i) the core academic areas of mathe-
matics, science, and reading; and
(ii) education technology.
(2) The dissemination of scientifically valid re-
search, information, products, and publications to—
(A) schools, educators, parents, and policy-
makers within the applicable region in which
the entity is located; and
(B) the Knowledge Utilization Office.
(3) The provision of education products based
on scientifically valid research in a form usable—
(A) to promote school improvement and
academic achievement; and
(B) to narrow achievement gaps.
SEC. 207. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES.
(a) CONTRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—
In awarding competitive contracts under section 206, each
regional entity may enter into contracts with organizations
or institutions (whether private or public, for-profit or
nonprofit), State educational agencies, local educational
agencies, or institutions of higher education (or consortia
of such entities), or individuals, with the demonstrated
ability or capacity to carry out technical assistance or
demonstration activities, which may include entities that
carried out activities (before the date of enactment of this
title) under any of the following provisions of law (or their
predecessor provisions):
(1) shall ensure its activities meet the high
standards of quality and the needs of the applicable
region;
(2) shall ensure the services and activities are
provided using the highest quality and most cost-ef-
fective strategies possible; and
(3) shall ensure that recipients of the awards
coordinate their activities.
SEC. 209. FUNDING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) From funds made available under section
212 for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide
to each regional entity that submits an application
under subsection (b), an amount comparable to the
level of funding received by such region (or similar
region), under prior regional assistance programs
(as described under section 207(a)(1)), of which not
more than 2 percent may be used for administrative
purposes.
(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Academy of Education Sciences and
the National Board for Education Sciences, may al-
locate any funds in excess of funds appropriated in
fiscal year 2001 to regions based on the needs of
such regions as described in the regional plans devel-
oped under section 205(1).
(b) APPLICATION.—Each regional entity seeking
funds under this part shall submit to the Secretary for
approval an application, which shall contain—
(1) a description of how the regional entity will
carry out the activities in accordance with this part;
(2) an assurance that the regional entity will
give priority in awarding contracts to entities pro-
viding services to the schools and local educational
agencies described in section 207(c); and
(3) such additional information as the Secretary
may reasonably require.
SEC. 210. COORDINATION.
In order to assure coordination and prevent unneces-
sary duplication of activities among the regions, the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) share information about the activities of
each region with each other region and with the Di-
rector of the Academy of Education Sciences and
the National Board for Education Sciences;
(2) create a strategic plan for the development
of activities undertaken by the each regional entity
to increase collaboration and resource-sharing in
such activities; and
(3) where appropriate, employ methods through
which the activities undertaken by each of the re-
gional entities also serves national interests.
SEC. 211. ANNUAL EVALUATION.
The Secretary shall provide for an annual inde-
pendent evaluation of the regions in carrying out this part,
the results of which shall be transmitted to the National
Board for Education Sciences and the relevant congres-
sional committees. The evaluation shall include an analysis
of the services provided under this part, the extent to
which the regional entities have met the objectives of the
plans submitted under section 205(1), and whether such
services have met the needs of local educational agencies
and schools in the region, including those local educational
agencies and schools described in section 207(c).
SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $67,500,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.
SEC. 213. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
The provisions of part E of the Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002 apply to this title, except that any
responsibilities assigned solely to the Director of the Acad-
emy of Education Sciences shall be the responsibility of
the Secretary.
TITLE III—AMENDATORY
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. REDESIGNATIONS.
(a) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Section 408 of the National
Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9007) is
transferred and redesignated as section 159 of this Act
and is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Center’’ each place such term
appears and inserting ‘‘Director’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘statis-
tical purpose’’ and inserting ‘‘research, statistics, or
evaluation purpose under this title’’; and
(3) so that paragraph (1) of subsection (b)
reads as follows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE.—No Federal depart-
ment, bureau, agency, officer, or employee may,
for any reason, require the Director, any Com-
missioner of a National Education Center, or
any other employee of the Academy to disclose
individually identifiable information that has
been collected or retained under this title.
‘‘(B) IMMUNITY.—Individually identifiable
information collected or retained under this title
shall be immune from legal process and shall
not, without the consent of the individual con-
cerned, be admitted as evidence or used for any
purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.
‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—This paragraph does
not apply to requests for individually identifi-
able information submitted by or on behalf of
the individual identified in the information.’’.
(b) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD.—
Section 412 of the National Education Statistics Act of
1994 (20 U.S.C. 9011) is transferred and redesignated
as section 160 of this Act.
(c) NATIONAL
ASSESSMENT
OF
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRESS.—Section 411 of the National Education Sta-
tistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) is transferred and
redesignated as section 161 of this Act.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 101 is amended by inserting after the item re-
lated to section 158 the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 159. Confidentiality.
‘‘Sec. 160. National Assessment Governing Board.
‘‘Sec. 161. National Assessment of Educational Progress.’’.
SEC. 302. REPEALS.
The following provisions of law are repealed:
(1) The National Education Statistics Act of
1994 (title IV of the Improving America’s Schools
Act of 1994; 20 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.).
(2) Parts A through E and J through N of the
Educational Research, Development, Dissemination,
and Improvement Act of 1994 (title IX of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act) (20 U.S.C. 6051 et
seq.).
(3) Paragraph (4) of section 202(b), section
208, and paragraph (2) of section 401(b) of the De-
partment of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C.
3412(b)(4), 3419, 3461(b)(2)).
SEC. 303. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT.—The
table of contents in section 1(b) of the Goals 2000: Edu-
cate America Act (20 U.S.C. 5801 note) is amended by
striking the items relating to parts A through E of title
IX (including the items relating to sections within those
parts).
(b) DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
ACT.—The table of contents in section 1 of the Depart-
ment of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401
note) is amended by striking the item relating to section
208.