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Title 20 — Education

Part C · Chapter 76 — Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination

§ 9541. Establishment

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established in the Institute 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 in a manner that meets the highest methodological standards;

(2)

to report education information and statistics in a timely manner; and

(3)

to collect, analyze, and report education information and statistics in a manner that—

(A)

is objective, secular, neutral, and nonideological and is free of partisan political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias; and

(B)

is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–279 title I § 151 · 116 Stat. 1940

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9541

    (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 151, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1957.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 151, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1957.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 151. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Establishment.— There is established in the Institute 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 in a manner that meets the highest methodological standards; (2) to report education information and statistics in a timely manner; and (3) to collect, analyze, and report education information and statistics in a manner that— (A) is objective, secular, neutral, and nonideological and is free of partisan political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias; and (B) is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 151, , 116 Stat. 1957.)

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