116 STAT. 1940 PUBLIC LAW 107-279—NOV. 5, 2002 Public Law 107-279 107th Congress An Act Nov. 5, 2002 To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, [H.R. 3801] information, and dissemination, and for other piu-poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Table of contents. TITLE I—EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Definitions. PART A—THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES Sec. 111. Establishment. Sec. 112. Functions. Sec. 113. Delegation. > Sec. 114. Office of the Director. Sec. 115. Priorities. Sec. 116. National Board for Education Sciences. Sec. 117. Commissioners of the National Education Centers. Sec. 118. Agreements. Sec. 119. Biennial report. Sec. 120. Competitive awards. PABT B—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH Sec. 131. Establishment. Sec. 132. Commissioner for Education Research. Sec. 133. Duties. Sec. 134. 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 AND REGIONAL ASSISTANCE Sec. 171. Establishment. Sec. 172. Commissioner for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Sec. 173. Evaluations. Sec. 174. Regional educationeJ laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and technical assistance. PART E—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 181. Interagency data sources and formats.
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