Sec. 114. Priorities
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Section 115 (20 U.S.C. 9515) is amended to read as follows: The Director shall, not less often than every 6 years, propose to the Board priorities for the Institute after— first engaging with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and engaging with practitioners, education system leaders, and policymakers; subsequent to the consultation and engagement under paragraph (1), reviewing public comments submitted in accordance with subsection (b); and subsequent to reviewing public comments under paragraph (2), identifying priority topics under subsection (c).
Before submitting to the Board proposed priorities for the Institute, the Director shall— make such priorities available to the public for comment for not less than 60 days (including by electronic means such as posting in an easily accessible manner on the Institute’s website and through publishing such priorities in the Federal Register); ensure that the public comments were considered in developing the priorities submitted by the Director to the Board; and provide to the Board a copy of each such public comment submitted.
After reviewing public comments submitted in accordance with subsection (b), the Director shall identify priority topics that may require long-term research or that are focused on understanding and solving particular education problems and issues, including those associated with the goals and requirements of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 , the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.), which may include— supporting high-quality teaching and learning, including through school and system design and instructional strategies, in order to provide students, particularly each subgroup of students, access to high-quality educational opportunities and to improve educational outcomes, particularly student academic achievement; and increasing the identification and development of evidence-based practices or policies, including the use of science of learning and human development for meeting students’ needs and supporting improved outcomes.
Not later than 90 days, to the greatest extent practicable, after the date the Board receives proposed priorities under subsection (a), the Board shall, under a majority vote of a quorum of the Board, approve or disapprove the priorities, including any necessary revision of those priorities. The Board shall ensure that priorities of the Institute and the National Education Centers are consistent with the mission of the Institute. The Director shall make the final priorities approved by the Board under subsection
(d)widely available to the public, including by electronic means such as posting in an easily accessible manner on the Department’s website. .
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