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Title 20 — Education

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

§ 9567. Establishment

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established in the Institute a National Center for Special Education Research (in this part referred to as the “Special Education Research Center”).

(b)

Mission

The mission of the Special Education Research Center is—

(1)

to sponsor research to expand knowledge and understanding of the needs of infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities in order to improve the developmental, educational, and transitional results of such individuals;

(2)

to sponsor research to improve services provided under, and support the implementation of, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); and

(3)

to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in coordination with the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

(c)

Applicability of this subchapter

Parts A and F, and the standards for peer review of applications and for the conduct and evaluation of research under sections 9533(a) and 9534 of this title, respectively, shall apply to the Secretary, the Director, and the Commissioner in carrying out this part.

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. Pub. L. 107–279 title I § 175 · 116 Stat. 1940

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9567

    (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 175, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title II, § 201(a)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2799.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 175, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title II, § 201(a)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2799.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), (3), is title VI of Pub. L. 91–230, , 84 Stat. 175, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1400 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1400 of this title and Tables.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 175, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title II, § 201(a)(2), , 118 Stat. 2799.)

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