Sec. 4. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Education
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Title II of the Department of Education Organization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3411 et seq. ), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: There shall be in the Department an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Education (referred to in this section as ARPA–ED ). ARPA–ED is established under this section for the purposes of pursuing breakthrough research and development in educational technology and providing the effective use of the technology to improve achievement for all students, by— integrating STEM related content areas including science, technology, computer science, engineering design, mathematics and computational thinking; identifying and promoting revolutionary advances in fundamental and applied sciences and engineering that could be translated into new learning technologies; developing novel learning technologies, and the enabling processes and contexts for effective use of those technologies; developing, testing, and evaluating the impact and efficacy of those technologies; developing educational technology innovations including data analytic tools that help State educational agencies and local educational agencies with reporting required under Federal accountability mandates; accelerating transformational technological advances in areas in which the private sector, by itself, is not likely to accelerate such advances because of difficulties in implementation or adoption, or technical and market uncertainty; coordinating activities with nongovernmental entities to demonstrate technologies and research applications to facilitate technology transfer; and encouraging educational research using new technologies and the data produced by the technologies.
The Agency shall work closely and collaboratively between agencies in order to maximize the Federal effort and investment to the Project. The Agency shall work with the National Science Foundation’s Cyber Learning Program. The Secretary is authorized to— appoint a Director, who shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of ARPA–ED, as described in subsection (b), and such additional functions as the Secretary may prescribe; establish processes for the development and execution of projects and the solicitation of entities to carry out the projects in a manner that is— tailored to the purposes of ARPA–ED and not constrained by other Department-wide administrative requirements that could detract from achieving program results; and designed to heighten transparency, and public- and private-sector involvement, to ensure that investments are made in the most promising areas; award grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and cash prizes, and enter into other transactions (in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may establish regarding other transactions); obtain independent, periodic, rigorous evaluations, as appropriate, of— the effectiveness of the processes ARPA–ED is using to achieve its purposes; and the effectiveness of individual projects assisted by ARPA–ED, using evidence standards developed in consultation with the Institute of Education Sciences, and the suitability of ongoing projects assisted by ARPA–ED for further investment or increased scale; and disseminate, through the comprehensive centers established under section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 ( 20 U.S.C. 9602 ), the regional educational laboratories system established under section 174 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9564), or such other means as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, information on effective practices and technologies developed with ARPA–ED support.
The Secretary may use funds made available for ARPA–ED to pay the cost of the evaluations under subsection (c)(6). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any advisory committee convened by the Secretary to provide advice with respect to this section shall be exempt from the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and the definition of employee in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, shall not be considered to include any appointee to such a committee.
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, cash prizes, or other assistance or arrangements awarded or entered into pursuant to this section that are designed to carry out the purposes of ARPA–ED do not duplicate activities under programs carried out under Federal law other than this section by the Department or other Federal agencies. .
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