Sec. 174. Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and evaluation
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Section 174 ( 20 U.S.C. 9564 ) is amended— in the section heading by striking and inserting technical assistance ; evaluation in subsection (a)— by striking Director and inserting Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner ; by striking contracts and inserting grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements ; and by inserting not more than before 10 regional ; in subsection (c)— by striking The Director and inserting the following: The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner ; by striking contracts under this section with research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education, and inserting grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section with public or private, nonprofit or for-profit research organizations, other organizations, or institutions of higher education, ; by striking or individuals, ; by striking , including regional entities and all that follows through 107–110)) ; and by adding at the end the following:
For purposes of this section, the term eligible applicant means an entity described in paragraph (1). ; by striking subsections
(d)through
(j)and inserting the following: Each eligible applicant desiring a contract grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner may reasonably require. To ensure that applications submitted under this paragraph are reflective of the needs of the regions to be served, each eligible applicant submitting such an application shall seek input from State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region that the award will serve, and other individuals with knowledge of the region’s needs. Such individuals may include members of the regional advisory committee for the region under section 206(a). Each application submitted under paragraph
(1)shall contain a plan for the activities of the regional educational laboratory to be established under this section, which shall be updated, modified, and improved, as appropriate, on an ongoing basis, including by using the results of the laboratory’s interim evaluation under subsection (i)(3). A plan described in subparagraph
(A)shall address— the priorities for applied research, development, evaluations, and wide dissemination established under section 207; the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, on an ongoing basis, using available State and local data, including the relevant results of the region’s assessment under section 206(e); and if available, demonstrated support from State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region, such as letters of support or signed memoranda of understanding. In conducting a competition for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under subsection (a), the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall give priority to eligible applicants that will provide a portion of non-Federal funds to maximize support for activities of the regional educational laboratories to be established under this section. In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall— make such an award for not more than a 5-year period; ensure that regional educational laboratories established under this section have strong and effective governance, organization, management, and administration, and employ qualified staff; and ensure that each such laboratory has the flexibility to respond in a timely fashion to the needs of the laboratory’s region, including— through using the results of the laboratory’s interim evaluation under subsection (i)(3) to improve and modify the activities of the laboratory before the end of the award period; and through sharing preliminary results of the laboratory’s research, as appropriate, to increase the relevance and usefulness of the research. To ensure coordination and prevent unnecessary duplication of activities among the regions, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall— share information about the activities of each regional educational laboratory with each other regional educational laboratory, the Department, the Director, and the National Board for Education Sciences; ensure, where appropriate, that the activities of each regional educational laboratory established under this section also serve national interests; ensure each such regional educational laboratory establishes strong partnerships among practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and others, so that such partnerships are continued in the absence of Federal support; and enable, where appropriate, for such a laboratory to work in a region being served by another laboratory or to carry out a project that extends beyond the region served by the laboratory. Each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall, on an ongoing basis, coordinate its activities, collaborate, and regularly exchange information with the comprehensive centers (established in section 203) in the region in which the center is located, and with comprehensive centers located outside of its region, as appropriate. In conducting competitions for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall— by making information and technical assistance relating to the competition widely available, actively encourage eligible applicants to compete for such an award; and seek input from the chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers, educators, parents, superintendents, and other individuals with knowledge of the needs of the regions to be served by the awards, regarding— the needs in the regions for applied research, evaluation, development, and wide-dissemination activities authorized by this title; and how such needs may be addressed most effectively. The individuals described in subparagraph (A)(ii) may include members of the regional advisory committees established under section 206(a). Before the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner awards a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section, the Director shall establish measurable performance indicators for assessing the ongoing progress and performance of the regional educational laboratories established with such awards that address— the requirements of the performance management system described in section 185; and the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e). The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall adhere to the Institute’s system for technical and peer review under section 114(h) in reviewing the applied research activities and research-based reports of the regional educational laboratories. In determining whether to award a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section to an eligible applicant that previously established a regional educational laboratory under this section, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall consider the results of such laboratory’s summative evaluation under subsection (i)(2). Each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall— conduct applied research, development, and evaluation activities with State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and, as appropriate, schools funded by the Bureau; widely disseminate such work, consistent with section 114(j); and develop the capacity of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and, as appropriate, schools funded by the Bureau to carry out the activities described in paragraphs
(1)and (2). To carry out the mission described in subsection (f), each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall carry out the following activities: Conduct, widely disseminate, and promote utilization of applied research, development activities, evaluations, and other scientifically valid research. Develop and improve the plan for the laboratory under subsection (d)(2) for serving the region of the laboratory, and as appropriate, national needs, on an ongoing basis, which shall include seeking input and incorporating feedback from the representatives of State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region, and other individuals with knowledge of the region’s needs. Such representatives and other individuals may include members of the regional advisory committee for the region established under section 206(a). Ensure research and related products are relevant and responsive to the needs of the region, including by using the relevant results of the region’s assessment under section 206(e). Each regional educational laboratory established under this section may establish a governing board to improve the management of activities that the laboratory carries out under this section. A Board established under paragraph
(1)shall coordinate and align its work with the work of the regional advisory committee for the region established under section 206. The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall— provide for ongoing summative and interim evaluations described in paragraphs
(2)and (3), respectively, of each of the regional educational laboratories established under this section in carrying out the full range of duties described in this section; and transmit the results of such evaluations, through appropriate means, to the appropriate congressional committees, the Director, and the public. The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall ensure each regional educational laboratory established under this section is evaluated by an independent entity at the end of the period of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that established such laboratory, which shall— be completed in a timely fashion; assess how well the laboratory is meeting the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (e)(5) ; and consider the extent to which the laboratory ensures that the activities of such laboratory are relevant and useful to the work of State and local practitioners and policymakers. The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall ensure each regional educational laboratory established under this section is evaluated at the midpoint of the period of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement that established such laboratory, which shall— assess how well such laboratory is meeting the performance indicators described in subsection (e)(5) ; and be used to improve the effectiveness of such laboratory in carrying out its plan under subsection (d)(2). The Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall continue awards made to each eligible applicant for the support of regional educational laboratories established under this section prior to the date of enactment of the Strengthening Education through Research Act , as such awards were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Strengthening Education through Research Act , for the duration of those awards, in accordance with the terms and agreements of such awards. Not later than the end of the period of the awards described in paragraph (1), the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall— hold a competition to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section to eligible applicants, which may include eligible applicants that held awards described in paragraph (1); and in determining whether to select an eligible applicant that held an award described in paragraph
(1)for an award under subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph, consider the results of the summative evaluation under subsection (i)(2) of the laboratory established with the eligible applicant’s award described in paragraph (1). ; by striking subsection (l); by redesignating subsections (m), (n), and
(o)as subsections (l), (m), and (n), respectively; in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by inserting and local after achieve State ; by amending subsection (m), as so redesignated, to read as follows: Each regional educational laboratory established under this section shall submit to the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner an annual report containing such information as the Commissioner may require, but which shall include, at a minimum, the following: A summary of the laboratory’s activities and products developed during the previous year. A listing of the State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools the laboratory assisted during the previous year. Using the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (e)(5), a description of how well the laboratory is meeting educational needs of the region served by the laboratory. Any changes to the laboratory’s plan under subsection (d)(2) to improve its activities in the remaining years of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: Of the amounts appropriated under section 194(a), the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall reserve 16.13 percent of such funds to carry out this section, of which the Commissioner shall use not less than 25 percent to serve rural areas (including schools funded by the Bureau which are located in rural areas). . The table of contents in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 ( Public Law 107–279 ; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended by striking the item relating to section 174 and inserting the following: Sec. 174. Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and evaluation. .
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Sec. 174
Regional educational laboratories for research, development, dissemination, and evaluation
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-279
Stat.116 Stat. 1940
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