20 U.S.C. § 9546 — Dissemination

Page 1716 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 9545 1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. (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 The Statistics Center may furnish tran- scripts or copies of tables and other statistical records and make special statistical compila- tions and surveys for State and local officials, public and private organizations, and individ- uals. (2) Compilations The Statistics Center shall provide State educational agencies, local educational agen- cies, 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 spe- cial statistical compilations and surveys as the relevant congressional committees may request. (c) Joint statistical projects The Statistics Center may engage in joint sta- tistical projects related to the mission of the Center, or other statistical purposes authorized by law, with nonprofit organizations or agen- cies, and the cost of such projects shall be shared equitably as determined by the Sec- retary. (d) Fees (1) In general Statistical compilations and surveys under this section, other than those carried out pur- suant to subsections (b) and (c), may be made subject to the payment of the actual or esti- mated 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 ex- cess sums when necessary. (e) Access (1) Other agencies The Statistics Center shall, consistent with section 9573 of this title, 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 pos- sible, electronically), to data collected by the Statistics Center for the purposes of research and acquiring statistical information. (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 156, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1961.) § 9547. Cooperative education statistics systems The Statistics Center may establish 1 or more national cooperative education statistics sys- tems for the purpose of producing and maintain- ing, with the cooperation of the States, com- parable and uniform information and data on early childhood education, elementary and sec- ondary education, postsecondary education, adult education, and libraries, that are useful for policymaking at the Federal, State, and local levels. (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 157, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1962.) § 9548. State defined In this part, the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 158, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1962.)