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20 U.S.C. § 9547 — Dissemination
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**(a) General requests**
(1) **In general** — The Statistics Center may furnish transcripts or copies of tables and other statistical records and make special statistical compilations and surveys for State and local officials, public and private organizations, and individuals.
(2) **Compilations** — The Statistics Center shall provide State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education with opportunities to suggest the establishment of particular compilations of statistics, surveys, and analyses that will 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 authorized by law, with nonprofit organizations or agencies, and the cost of such projects shall be shared equitably as determined by the Secretary.
**(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 estimated cost of such work.
(2) **Funds received** — All funds received in payment for work or services described in this subsection may be used to pay directly the costs of such work or services, to repay appropriations that initially bore all or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when necessary.
**(e) Access**
(1) **Other agencies** — The Statistics Center shall, consistent with [section 9573 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9573&num=
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**(a) General requests**
(1) **In general** — The Statistics Center may furnish transcripts or copies of tables and other statistical records and make special statistical compilations and surveys for State and local officials, public and private organizations, and individuals.
(2) **Compilations** — The Statistics Center shall provide State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education with opportunities to suggest the establishment of particular compilations of statistics, surveys, and analyses that will 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 authorized by law, with nonprofit organizations or agencies, and the cost of such projects shall be shared equitably as determined by the Secretary.
**(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 estimated cost of such work.
(2) **Funds received** — All funds received in payment for work or services described in this subsection may be used to pay directly the costs of such work or services, to repay appropriations that initially bore all or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when necessary.
**(e) Access**
(1) **Other agencies** — The Statistics Center shall, consistent with [section 9573 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9573&num=0&edition=prelim), cooperate 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 Center shall, in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Center may prescribe, provide all interested 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.
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**(a) National database** Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to authorize the establishment of a nationwide database of individually identifiable information on individuals involved in studies or other collections of data under this subchapter.
**(b) Federal Government and use of Federal funds** Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to authorize 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 subchapter.
**(c) Endorsement of curriculum** Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, no funds provided under this subchapter to the Institute, including any office, board, committee, or center of the Institute, may be used by the Institute to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an elementary school or secondary school.
**(d) Federally sponsored testing**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), no funds provided under this subchapter to the Secretary or to the recipient of any award may be used to develop, 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 developed under the authority of [section 9543(a)(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9543/a/6&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 9003(a)(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml
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### Statutory Notes
Section 9001, Pub. L. 103–382, title IV, § 402, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4029; Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(6)(L), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(r), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2092, set forth findings and purpose and defined terms.
Section 9002, Pub. L. 103–382, title IV, § 403, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4030, established National Center for Education Statistics, to be headed by Commissioner of Education Statistics. See sections 9541 and 9542 of this title.
Section 9003, Pub. L. 103–382, title IV, § 404, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4031, set forth duties of Center. See [section 9543 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9543&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 9004, Pub. L. 103–382, title IV, § 405, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4032, related to performance of duties. See [section 9544 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9544&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 9005, Pub. L. 103–382, title IV, § 406, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4033, related to reports. See [section 9545 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9545&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 9006, Pub. L. 103–382, title IV, § 407, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4033, established Advisory Council on Education Statistics.
Section 9007, Pub. L. 103–382, title IV, § 408, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4034; Pub. L. 107–56, title V, § 508, Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 368; Pub. L. 107–279, title IV, § 401(a), Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1982, related to confidentiality of persons in collection, reporting, and publication of data. See [section 9573 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9573&nu
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 9545
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(A) provide technical assistance to the De-
partment offices that gather data for statis-
tical purposes; and
(B) coordinate with other Department of-
fices in the collection of data.
(c) Duration
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the grants, contracts, and cooperative agree-
ments 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.
(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 154, Nov. 5, 2002, 116
Stat. 1960.)
§ 9545. Reports
(a) Procedures for issuance of reports
The Statistics Commissioner,1 shall establish
procedures, in accordance with section 9576 of
this title, to ensure that the reports issued
under this section are relevant, of high quality,
useful to customers, subject to rigorous peer re-
view, produced in a timely fashion, and free
from any partisan political influence.
(b) Report on condition and progress of edu-
cation
Not later than June 1, 2003, and each June 1
thereafter, the Statistics Commissioner,1 shall
submit to the President and the appropriate
congressional committees a statistical report on
the condition and progress of education in the
United States.
(c) Statistical reports
The Statistics Commissioner shall issue reg-
ular and, as necessary, special statistical re-
ports on education topics, particularly in the
core academic areas of reading, mathematics,
and science, consistent with the priorities and
the mission of the Statistics Center.
(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 155, Nov. 5, 2002, 116
Stat. 1960.)
§ 9546. Dissemination
(a) General requests
(1) In general
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