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20 U.S.C. § 7981 — Evaluations
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**(a) Reservation of funds** Except as provided in subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsections”. (b) and (e), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve not more than 0.5 percent of the amount appropriated for each program authorized under this chapter to carry out activities under this section. If the Secretary elects to make a reservation under this subsection, the reserved amounts—
(1) shall first be used by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to—
(A) conduct comprehensive, high-quality evaluations of the programs that—
(i) are consistent with the evaluation plan under subsection (d); and
(ii) primarily include impact evaluations that use experimental or quasi-experimental designs, where practicable and appropriate, and other rigorous methodologies that permit the strongest possible causal inferences;
(B) conduct studies of the effectiveness of the programs and the administrative impact of the programs on schools and local educational agencies; and
(C) widely disseminate evaluation findings under this section related to programs authorized under this chapter—
(i) in a timely fashion;
(ii) in forms that are understandable, easily accessible, usable, and adaptable for use in the improvement of educational practice;
(iii) through electronic transfer and other means, such as posting, as available, to the websites of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, the Institute of Education Sciences, or the Department, or in another relevant place; and
(iv) in a manner that promotes the utilization of such findings; and
(2) may be used by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Ed
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**(a) Reservation of funds** Except as provided in subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsections”. (b) and (e), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve not more than 0.5 percent of the amount appropriated for each program authorized under this chapter to carry out activities under this section. If the Secretary elects to make a reservation under this subsection, the reserved amounts—
(1) shall first be used by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to—
(A) conduct comprehensive, high-quality evaluations of the programs that—
(i) are consistent with the evaluation plan under subsection (d); and
(ii) primarily include impact evaluations that use experimental or quasi-experimental designs, where practicable and appropriate, and other rigorous methodologies that permit the strongest possible causal inferences;
(B) conduct studies of the effectiveness of the programs and the administrative impact of the programs on schools and local educational agencies; and
(C) widely disseminate evaluation findings under this section related to programs authorized under this chapter—
(i) in a timely fashion;
(ii) in forms that are understandable, easily accessible, usable, and adaptable for use in the improvement of educational practice;
(iii) through electronic transfer and other means, such as posting, as available, to the websites of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, the Institute of Education Sciences, or the Department, or in another relevant place; and
(iv) in a manner that promotes the utilization of such findings; and
(2) may be used by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences—
(A) to evaluate the aggregate short- and long-term effects and cost efficiencies across—
(i) Federal programs assisted or authorized under this chapter; and
(ii) related Federal early childhood education programs, preschool programs, elementary school programs, and secondary school programs, under any other Federal law;
(B) to increase the usefulness of the evaluations conducted under this section by improving the quality, timeliness, efficiency, and use of information relating to performance to promote continuous improvement of programs assisted or authorized under this chapter; and
(C) to assist recipients of grants under such programs in collecting and analyzing data and other activities related to conducting high-quality evaluations under paragraph (1).
**(b) Subchapter I** The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall use funds authorized under [section 6302(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6302/e&num=0&edition=prelim) to carry out evaluation activities under this section related to subchapter I, and shall not reserve any other money from such subchapter for evaluation.
**(c) Consolidation** Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or [section 6302(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6302/e&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences—
(1) may consolidate the funds reserved under subsections (a) and (b) for purposes of carrying out the activities under subsection (a)(1); and
(2) shall not be required to evaluate under subsection (a)(1) each program authorized under this chapter each year.
**(d) Evaluation plan** The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall, on a biennial basis, develop, submit to Congress, and make publicly available an evaluation plan, that—
(1) describes the specific activities that will be carried out under subsection (a) for the 2-year period applicable to the plan, and the timelines of such activities;
(2) contains the results of the activities carried out under subsection (a) for the most recent 2-year period; and
(3) describes how programs authorized under this chapter will be regularly evaluated.
**(e) Evaluation activities authorized elsewhere** If, under any other provision of this chapter, funds are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with respect to a program, the Secretary may not reserve additional funds under this section for the evaluation of that program.
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**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.
**(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.
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This subpart may be cited as the “Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001”.
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Not later than March 31, 1995, and every two years after such date, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate an evaluation report on the effectiveness of applicable programs in achieving such programs’ legislated intent and purposes during the two preceding fiscal years. Such report shall—
(1) contain program profiles that include legislative citations, multiyear funding histories, and legislated purposes;
(2) contain recent information on the progress being made toward the achievement of program objectives, including listings of program performance indicators, data from performance measurement based on the indicators, and information on the costs and benefits of the applicable programs being evaluated;
(3) address significant program activities, such as initiatives for program improvement, regulations, and program monitoring and evaluation;
(4) list the principal analyses and studies supporting the major conclusions in such report;
(5) be prepared in concise summary form with necessary detailed data and appendixes, including available data to indicate the effectiveness of the programs and projects by the race, sex, disability and age of beneficiaries of such programs and projects; and
(6) include the results of the program evaluations conducted in accordance with [section 7981 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7981&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Local educational agency grants** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in part A—
(1) $15,012,317,605 for fiscal year 2017;
(2) $15,457,459,042 for fiscal year 2018;
(3) $15,897,371,442 for fiscal year 2019; and
(4) $16,182,344,591 for fiscal year 2020.
**(b) State assessments** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in part B, $378,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.
**(c) Education of migratory children** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in part C, $374,751,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.
**(d) Prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in part D, $47,614,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.
**(e) Federal activities** For the purpose of carrying out evaluation activities related to subchapter I under [section 7981 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7981&num=0&edition=prelim), there are authorized to be appropriated $710,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.
**(f) Sense of Congress regarding adjustments to authorizations of appropriations provided in this chapter for future budget agreements** It is the sense of Congress that if legislation is enacted that revises the limits on discretionary spending established under [section 901(c) of title 2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section901/c&num=0&edition=prelim), the levels of appropriations authorized throughout this chapter should be adjusted in a manner that is consistent with the adjustments in nonse
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**(a) State plan**
(1) **In general** — Each State educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this subpart shall submit, for approval by the Secretary, a plan—
(A) for meeting the educational needs of neglected, delinquent, and at-risk children and youth;
(B) for assisting in the transition of children and youth between correctional facilities and locally operated programs; and
(C) that is integrated with other programs under this chapter or other Acts, as appropriate.
(2) **Contents** — Each such State plan shall—
(A) describe the program objectives and outcomes established by the State that will be used to assess the effectiveness of the program in improving the academic, career, and technical skills of children in the program;
(B) provide that, to the extent feasible, such children will have the same opportunities to achieve as such children would have if such children were in the schools of local educational agencies in the State;
(C) describe how the State will place a priority for such children to attain a regular high school diploma, to the extent feasible;
(D) contain an assurance that the State educational agency will—
(i) ensure that programs assisted under this subpart will be carried out in accordance with the State plan described in this subsection; and
(ii) ensure that the State agencies receiving subgrants under this subpart comply with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements; and
(E) provide assurances that the State educational agency has established—
(i) procedures to ensure the timely re-enrollment of each student who has been placed in the juvenile justice system in secondary school or in a re-entry program that best meets the needs of the student, including the transfer of credits t
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of the program under this section is to provide local educational agencies with flexibility to consolidate eligible Federal funds and State and local education funding in order to create a single school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and otherwise disadvantaged students.
**(b) Authority**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary is authorized to enter into local flexibility demonstration agreements—
(A) for not more than 3 years with local educational agencies that are selected under subsection (c) and submit proposed agreements that meet the requirements of subsection (d); and
(B) under which such agencies may consolidate and use funds in accordance with subsection (d) in order to develop and implement a school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and otherwise disadvantaged students.
(2) **Flexibility** — Except as described in subsection (d)(1)(I), the Secretary is authorized to waive, for local educational agencies entering into agreements under this section, any provision of this chapter that would otherwise prevent such agency from using eligible Federal funds as part of such agreement.
**(c) Selection of local educational agencies**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may enter into local flexibility demonstration agreements with not more than 50 local educational agencies with an approved application under subsection (d).
(2) **Selection** — Each local educational agency shall be selected based on such agency—
(A) submitting a proposed local flexibility demonstration agreement under subsection (d);
(B) demonstrating that the agreement meets the requirements of such subsection; and
(C) agreeing to meet the continued demonstration requirements under su
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**(a) States** Based upon the reports provided to a State educational agency under [section 6841 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6841&num=0&edition=prelim), each such agency that receives a grant under this part shall prepare and submit every second year to the Secretary a report on programs and activities carried out by the State educational agency under this part and the effectiveness of such programs and activities in improving the education provided to English learners.
**(b) Secretary** Every second year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report—
(1) on programs and activities carried out to serve English learners under this part, and the effectiveness of such programs and activities in improving the academic achievement and English proficiency of English learners;
(2) on the types of language instruction educational programs used by local educational agencies or eligible entities receiving funding under this part to teach English learners;
(3) containing a critical synthesis of data reported by eligible entities to States under [section 6841(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6841/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) containing a description of technical assistance and other assistance provided by State educational agencies under [section 6821(b)(2)(D) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6821/b/2/D&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) containing an estimate of the number of certified or licensed teachers working in language instruction educational
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to promote and initiate a coordinated program, to be known as the “Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program”, of evidence-based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary schools and secondary schools nationwide to identify gifted and talented students and meet their special educational needs.
**(b) Program authorized**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary (after consultation with experts in the field of the education of gifted and talented students) shall make awards to, or enter into contracts with, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, the Bureau of Indian Education, institutions of higher education, other public agencies, and other private agencies and organizations to assist such agencies, institutions, or organizations, or the Bureau, in carrying out programs or projects to fulfill the purpose described in [section 7291(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7291/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim), including the training of personnel in the identification and education of gifted and talented students and in the use, where appropriate, of gifted and talented services, materials, and methods for all students.
(2) **Application** — Each entity seeking assistance under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each application shall describe how—
(A) the proposed identification methods, as well as gifted and talented services, materials, and methods, can be adapted, if appropriate, for use by all students; and
(B) the proposed programs can be evalua
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**(a) Application requirements** An eligible entity desiring a grant under this subpart for activities described in this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, including, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) A plan to significantly improve the academic outcomes of children living in a neighborhood that is served by the eligible entity—
(A) by providing pipeline services that address the needs of children in the neighborhood, as identified by the needs analysis described in paragraph (4); and
(B) that is supported by effective practices.
(2) A description of the neighborhood that the eligible entity will serve.
(3) Measurable annual objectives and outcomes for the grant, in accordance with the metrics described in subsection (h), for each year of the grant.
(4) An analysis of the needs and assets of the neighborhood identified in paragraph (1), including—
(A) the size and scope of the population affected;
(B) a description of the process through which the needs analysis was produced, including a description of how parents, families, and community members were engaged in such analysis;
(C) an analysis of community assets and collaborative efforts (including programs already provided from Federal and non-Federal sources) within, or accessible to, the neighborhood, including, at a minimum, early learning opportunities, family and student supports, local businesses, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education;
(D) the steps that the eligible entity is taking, at the time of the application, to address the needs identified in the needs analysis; and
(E) any barriers the eligible entity, public agencies, and other community-based organizations have faced
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Requirements** — In carrying out its missions, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance may—
(A) conduct or support evaluations consistent with the Center’s mission as described in [section 9561(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9561/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) evaluate programs under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ([20 U.S.C. 6301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(C) to the extent practicable, examine evaluations conducted or supported by others in order to determine the quality and relevance of the evidence of effectiveness generated by those evaluations, with the approval of the Director;
(D) coordinate the activities of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance with other evaluation activities in the Department;
(E) review and, where feasible, supplement Federal education program evaluations, particularly those by the Department, to determine or enhance the quality and relevance of the evidence generated by those evaluations;
(F) establish evaluation methodology; and
(G) assist the Director in the preparation of the biennial report, as described in [section 9519 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9519&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Additional requirements** — Each evaluation conducted by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—
(A) adhere to the highest possible standards of quality for conducting scientifically valid education evaluation; and
(B) be subject to rigorous peer-r
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