Sec. 11021. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education
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The Department of Education Organization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 220 the following new section: There shall be in the Department an Advanced Research Projects Agency-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— 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; 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 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); make appointments of up to 20 scientific, engineering, professional, and other mission-related employees, for periods of up to 4 years (which appointments may not be renewed) without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service; prescribe the rates of basic pay for the personnel described in paragraph
(4)at rates not in excess of the maximum rate of basic pay authorized for senior-level positions under section 5376 of title 5, United States Code, notwithstanding any provision of that title governing the rates of basic pay or classification of employees in the executive branch, but those personnel shall not receive any payment for service (such as an award, premium payment, incentive payment or bonus, allowance, or other similar payment) under any other provision of that title; and pay any employee appointed pursuant to paragraph
(4)payments in addition to that basic pay, except that the total amount of those payments for any calendar year shall not exceed the lesser of— $25,000; or the difference between the employee’s annual rate of basic pay under paragraph
(4)and the annual rate for level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United States Code, based on the rates in effect at the end of the applicable calendar year (or, if the employee separated during that year, on the date of separation); 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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