Title 20 — Education
Part C · Chapter 76 — Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination
§ 9544. Performance of duties
Statutory text
Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
In carrying out the duties under this part, the Statistics Commissioner,1 may award grants, enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, and provide technical assistance.
Gathering information
Sampling
The Statistics Commissioner may use the statistical method known as sampling (including random sampling) to carry out this part.
Source of information
The Statistics Commissioner may, as appropriate, use information collected—
from States, local educational agencies, public and private schools, preschools, institutions of higher education, vocational and adult education programs, libraries, administrators, teachers, students, the general public, and other individuals, organizations, agencies, and institutions (including information collected by States and local educational agencies for their own use); and
by other offices within the Institute and by other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities.
Collection
The Statistics Commissioner may—
enter into interagency agreements for the collection of statistics;
arrange with any agency, organization, or institution for the collection of statistics; and
assign employees of the Statistics Center to any such agency, organization, or institution to assist in such collection.
Technical assistance and coordination
In order to maximize the effectiveness of Department efforts to serve the educational needs of children and youth, the Statistics Commissioner shall—
provide technical assistance to the Department offices that gather data for statistical purposes; and
coordinate with other Department offices in the collection of data.
Duration
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under this section 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 Statistics Commissioner for an additional period of not more than 5 years.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
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.
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–279 title I § 154 · 116 Stat. 1940
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9544
(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 154, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1960.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 154, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1960.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 154. PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES. (a) Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements.— In carrying out the duties under this part, the Statistics Commissioner, may award grants, enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, and provide technical assistance. (b) Gathering Information.— (1) Sampling.— The Statistics Commissioner may use the statistical method known as sampling (including random sampling) to carry out this part. (2) Source of information.— The Statistics Commissioner may, as appropriate, use information collected— (A) from States, local educational agencies, public and private schools, preschools, institutions of higher education, vocational and adult education programs, libraries, administrators, teachers, students, the general public, and other individuals, organizations, agencies, and institutions (including information collected by States and local educational agencies for their own use); and (B) by other offices within the Institute and by other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities. (3) Collection.—The Statistics Commissioner 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 Center to any such agency, organization, or institution to assist in such collection. (4) Technical assistance and coordination.— In order to maximize the effectiveness of Department efforts to serve the educational needs of children and youth, the Statistics Commissioner shall— (A) provide technical assistance to the Department offices that gather data for statistical purposes; and (B) coordinate with other Department offices in the collection of data. (c) Duration.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under this section 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 Statistics Commissioner for an additional period of not more than 5 years.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision