Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§9576 Authority to publish

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 76— - EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, INFORMATION, AND DISSEMINATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM › Part Part F— - General Provisions › § 9576

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can prepare and publish research, statistics, and evaluation reports from any part of the Institute, including oral presentations, to carry out the Institute’s mission without needing the Secretary’s approval. Before publishing, the Director must give the Secretary and other relevant offices an advance copy. All such work must pass a thorough peer review before being released to the public. This authority does not cover three things: (1) current or proposed budgets, appropriations, or legislation; (2) information barred by law or the Constitution, classified national security material, or material covered by section 552(b) of title 5; and (3) items that United States officers must review to prevent unauthorized disclosure of (1) or (2).

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Title 20, §9576

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(a)The Director may prepare and publish (including through oral presentation) such research, statistics (consistent with part C), and evaluation information and reports from any office, board, committee, and center of the Institute, as needed to carry out the priorities and mission of the Institute without the approval of the Secretary or any other office of the Department.

(b)The Director shall provide the Secretary and other relevant offices with an advance copy of any information to be published under this section before publication.

(c)All research, statistics, and evaluation reports conducted by, or supported through, the Institute shall be subjected to rigorous peer review before being published or otherwise made available to the public.

(d)Nothing in subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection”. (a), (b), or (c) shall be construed to apply to—

(1)information on current or proposed budgets, appropriations, or legislation;

(2)information prohibited from disclosure by law or the Constitution, classified national security information, or information described in section 552(b) of title 5; and

(3)review by officers of the United States in order to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information described in paragraph (1) or (2).

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 9576

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73