To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Nov 5, 2002 Became Public Law No: 107-279.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2002
- Passed HouseApr 30, 2002
- Passed SenateOct 15, 2002
- To the PresidentOct 25, 2002
- Became lawNov 5, 2002Public Law 107-279
Summary
(Sec. 118) Authorizes the Institute to make agreements carry out research projects of common interest with entities such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
(Sec. 120) Requires grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for activities under this Act to be awarded on a competitive basis, at a minimum, and, when practicable, through a peer review process.
Part B: National Center for Education Research - (Sec. 131) Establishes in the Institute a National Center for Education Research, headed by a Research Commissioner.
(Sec. 133) Requires the Research Center to: (1) maintain published peer-review standards and standards for conduct and evaluation of all research and development carried out under Center auspices; (2) propose to the Director a research plan; (3) carry out specific, long-term research activities consistent with Institute priorities and mission; (4) implement the plan to carry out scientifically valid research that uses objective and measurable indicators to assess progress and results, meets certain peer review procedures standards of research, and includes both basic research and applied research; (5) promote the use of scientifically valid research within the Federal Government, including active participation in interagency research initiatives; (6) ensure that research conducted by the Center is relevant to education practice and policy; (7) synthesize and disseminate the findings and results of research conducted or supported by the Center; and (8) assist the Director in preparing the biennial report.
Directs the Center to carry out research on: (1) successful State and local education reform activities, including increasing student achievement; (2) impacts and uses of technology in education; and (3) improved methods of mathematics and science teaching for use in elementary and secondary classrooms, including in low-performing schools, to meet ESEA requirements.
Directs the Research Commissioner to support at least eight national research and development centers. Requires support of research in: (1) adult literacy; (2) assessment, standards, and accountability research; (3) early childhood development and education; (4) English language learners; (5) improvement of low-achieving schools; (6) innovation in education reform; (7) State and local policy; (8) postsecondary education and training; (9) rural education; (10) teacher quality; and (11) reading and literacy.
(Sec. 134) Directs the Research Commissioner to ensure that Center research meets certain guidelines, and review and develop other necessary research standards. Requires the Director to establish a peer review system for evaluating applications for grants and contracts exceeding a specified amount, and the research products of the recipients. Directs the Commissioner to develop procedures for evaluating applications for research grants and contracts and recipient performance.
Requires the Commissioner to ensure that at least 50 percent of funds made available for research for each fiscal year be used for long-term research programs of at least five years.
Part C: National Education Center for Education Statistics - (Sec. 151) Establishes in the Institute a National Center for Education Statistics, headed by a Statistics Commissioner.
(Sec. 153) Requires the Statistics Center to collect, report, analyze, and disseminate statistical data related to education in the United States and in other nations, including specified types of data.
Authorizes the Statistics Commissioner to establish: (1) a training program for employees of public and private educational agencies, organizations, and institutions in the use of standard statistical procedures and concepts; and (2) a fellowship program to appoint such employees as temporary fellows to assist the Statistics Center.
(Sec. 157) Authorizes the Statistics Center to establish one or more national cooperative education statistics systems to produce and maintain, with the cooperation of the States, comparable and uniform information and data on early childhood education, elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, adult education, and libraries that are useful for policymaking at the Federal, State, and local levels.
Part D: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance - (Sec. 171) Establishes in the Institute a National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (EERA), headed by an EERA Commissioner.
(Sec. 172) Sets forth the duties of the EERA Commissioner. Requires the Director to continue, for their duration, current awards for the support of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses and contracts for regional educational laboratories.
Establishes within the EERA Center the National Library of Education.
(Sec. 173) Requires the Director, through the EERA Commissioner, to: (1) conduct or support evaluations consistent with the Center's mission; (2) evaluate programs under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (and administer all operations and contracts associated with evaluations authorized by part E of title I of ESEA); (3) coordinate Center activities with other evaluation activities in the Department; and (4) review and supplement Federal education program evaluations.
(Sec. 174) Requires the Director to make contracts with regional entities to establish a networked system of ten regional educational laboratories for applied research, development, dissemination, and technical assistance to other appropriate entities in: (1) the core academic areas of reading, mathematics, and science; (2) English language acquisition; (3) education technology; and (4) replicating and adapting promising educational methods and practices. Requires the same ten geographical regions as served by the regional educational laboratories to be served under this part. Directs the EERA Commissioner to coordinate activities among the regions. Includes collaboration with the National Education Centers among required activities of regional educational laboratories.
Part E: General Provisions - (Sec. 181) Sets forth general provisions relating to title I of this Act, including definitions, interagency data sources and formats, prohibitions, confidentiality, availability of data, performance management, authority to publish, Board vacancies, scientific or technical employees, voluntary service, fellowships, rulemaking, authorization of appropriations.
(Sec. 183) Prohibits construing anything in this title to authorize: (1) the development of a nationwide database of individually identifiable information on individuals involved in studies or other collections of data under this title; (2) a Federal officer or employee 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 local government to spend any funds or incur any costs not provided for under this title.
Prohibits the use of any funds provided under this title: (1) by the Institute (or any of its offices, boards, committees, or centers) to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an elementary school or secondary school; or (2) by the Secretary or any award recipient 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, with specified exceptions.
(Sec. 192) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the rights, remedies, limitations, or defense under Federal copyright law.
(Sec. 193) Authorizes the President to remove the Institute Director, each member of the Institute Board, and the Commissioner for Education Statistics prior to the expiration of their appointed terms. Authorizes the Institute Director to remove each of the Commissioners of the respective Centers prior to the expiration of their appointed terms.
Title II: Educational Technical Assistance - Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 - (Sec. 203) Provides for comprehensive centers for technical assistance and professional development in education.
Authorizes the Secretary to award at least 20 grants to local entities or consortia to establish comprehensive centers to provide technical assistance and professional development in reading, mathematics, science, and technology, especially to low-performing schools and districts. Directs the Secretary, in awarding such grants, to ensure that at least one such center is established in each of the ten regions served by the current regional educational laboratories.
(Sec. 204) Directs the Secretary to provide for ongoing independent evaluations by the EERA Center of the comprehensive centers receiving assistance under this title, and transmit the results to the appropriate congressional committees and the Director.
(Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary, until the comprehensive centers are established, to continue awards for the support of the Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia, the Regional Technology in Education Consortia, and the Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers.
(Sec. 206) Sets forth provisions for regional advisory committees and assessments.
(Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary to establish priorities for the regional educational laboratories and comprehensive centers, taking into account the regional assessments and other relevant regional surveys of educational needs.
(Sec. 208) Authorizes the Secretary to make competitive grants to State educational agencies for statewide, longitudinal data systems for using individual student data, consistent with ESEA.
Title III: National Assessment of Educational Progress - National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act - (Sec. 303) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2008 for: (1) the National Assessment Governing Board; and (2) the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Title IV: Amendatory Provisions - (Sec. 401) Redesignates and transfers to this Act confidentiality protections from the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (which are currently applicable only to the National Center for Education Statistics) in a revised form to cover all individually identifiable information that has been collected or retained under this Act. Transfers from such Act to this Act provisions relating to the National Assessment Governing Board and the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
(Sec. 402) Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to provide for the Institute of Educational Sciences and its Director.
(Sec. 403) Repeals: (1) the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (title IV of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994); (2) parts A through E and K through N of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (title IX of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act); and (3) specified provisions under the Department of Education Organization Act.
(Sec. 406) Amends ESEA to revise impact aid provisions for certain heavily impacted local educational agencies (LEAs), under the program of payments for eligible federally connected children. Requires that procedures under specified Federal regulations be applied in determining whether an LEA with an enrollment of less than 350 students has a per-pupil expenditure that is less than the average per-pupil expenditure of a comparable LEA in the same State.
Directs the Secretary to deem the LEA serving the Bonesteel-Fairfax school district, 26-5, in Bonesteel, South Dakota, to be eligible in FY 2003 for a basic support payment for heavily impacted LEAs.
Requires an application filed by Central School District, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, for such a payment for federally connected students for FY 2003, to be treated as timely and processed by the Secretary if it is received within 30 days after enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 27, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Ernie Fletcher | Original | Feb 27, 2002 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Feb 27, 2002 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Feb 27, 2002 |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Original | Feb 27, 2002 |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | Original | Feb 27, 2002 |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Original | Feb 27, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2002Markup Mar 20, 2002Reported Apr 11, 2002 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2002Markup Mar 13, 2002Reported Mar 13, 2002 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 9, 2002Discharged Oct 15, 2002 |
Actions 26
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2002Signed by President.
- Nov 5, 2002Became Public Law No: 107-279.
- Oct 25, 2002Presented to President.
- Oct 16, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 16, 2002Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
- Oct 16, 2002Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H7964-8009; text as House agreed to Senate amendments: CR H7984-7997)
- Oct 16, 2002Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 15, 2002Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 15, 2002Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10480-10481)
- Oct 15, 2002Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- May 9, 2002Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 30, 2002Mr. Castle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 30, 2002Considered under suspension of the rules.
- Apr 30, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3801.
- Apr 30, 2002Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1729-1739)
- Apr 30, 2002Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 30, 2002The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 3801.
- Apr 11, 2002Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 107-404.
- Apr 11, 2002Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 239.
- Mar 20, 2002Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 20, 2002Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 13, 2002Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 13, 2002Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 11, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Feb 27, 2002Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7984–H7998Text printed H7984–H7997Amendments H7984 | John A. Boehner R-OH, Michael N. Castle R-DE | Oct 16, 2002 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10480, S10481Amendments S10459 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA (amendment), Jack Reed D-RI (amendment), Jeff Bingaman D-NM (amendment), John Edwards D-NC (amendment), Judd Gregg R-NH (amendment), Michael B. Enzi R-WY (amendment), Patty Murray D-WA (amendment), Thomas A. Daschle D-SD | Oct 15, 2002 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1729–H1743Text printed H1729–H1739 | Dale E. Kildee D-MI, George Miller D-CA, John A. Boehner R-OH, Michael N. Castle R-DE, Nick Smith R-MI, Patsy T. Mink D-HI, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Ron Kind D-WI, Rush Holt D-NJ, Tim Roemer D-IN | Apr 30, 2002 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 3, 2002H.R. 3801, Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 20, 2002</p>
- Apr 3, 2002H.R. 3801, Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 20, 2002
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-533 | REAUTHORIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT51 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jun 25, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-904 | DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003728 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 6, 2002–May 15, 2002 |
CRS reports 10
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 2
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47481 | The Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA): A Primer | Report | Mar 20, 2023 |
| R43398 | The Education Sciences Reform Act Archived | Report | Jul 5, 2017 |
Also cite it 8
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48425 | U.S. Department of Education: Background and Statutorily Established Officers, Positions, and Offices | Report | Feb 14, 2025 |
| IF10551 | A Summary of Federal Education Laws Administered by the U.S. Department of Education | Resource | Dec 12, 2024 |
| IF11021 | National and International Educational Assessments | Resource | Nov 2, 2018 |
| R45401 | National and International Educational Assessments: Overview, Results, and Issues | Report | Nov 2, 2018 |
| R41119 | General Education Provisions Act (GEPA): Overview and Issues Archived | Report | Mar 18, 2010 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 4885 | To provide a complete substitute. | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA | Amendment SA 4885 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2969 | A bill to provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Nov 12, 2002 |
| HR 5585 | To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Oct 9, 2002 |
| HR 5598 | To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Oct 15, 2002 |
Titles 15
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Regional Educational Technical Assistance Act
- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Reported to House for portions of this bill
- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
- Regional Assistance Act of 2002
- National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act
- Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill
- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
- National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act
- Regional Assistance Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Passed Senate for portions of this bill
- National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act
- Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002
- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Enacted for portions of this bill
- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
- Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002
- National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Adult education
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Authorization
- Automation
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Competitive bidding
- Computer-assisted instruction
- Computers in education
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Department of Education
- Dropouts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disadvantaged children
- Educational accountability
- Educational finance
- Educational innovations
- Educational planning
- Educational research
- Educational statistics
- Educational surveys
- Educational technology
- Educational tests
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- English language
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to research
- Fees
- Government contractors
- Government internships
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publications
- Government publicity
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Illiteracy
- Impact aid
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Libraries
- Literacy programs
- Mathematics
- Oklahoma
- Performance measurement
- Preschool education
- Presidential appointments
- Reading
- Regional educational laboratories
- Research and development
- Research and development contracts
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Right of privacy
- Rural education
- Scholarships
- School districts
- School violence
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- South Dakota
- Student aid
- Student records
- Surveys
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
- Teachers
- Teaching
- Victims of crimes
- Weapons
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Oct 17, 2002Engrossed Amendment Senate
- May 9, 2002Referred in Senate
- Apr 30, 2002Engrossed in House
- Apr 11, 2002Reported in House
- Feb 27, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
