Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§9576 Authority to Publish

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

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director may prepare and publish research, statistics (as allowed under part C), and evaluation reports from the Institute without needing approval from the Secretary or other Department offices. The Director must give the Secretary and other relevant offices an advance copy before publication. All such work done by or supported through the Institute must go through rigorous peer review before being released to the public. These rules do not cover information about current or proposed budgets, appropriations, or legislation; information the law or the Constitution bars from release, classified national security material, or information covered by section 552(b) of title 5; or reviews by U.S. officers done to prevent unauthorized disclosure of those kinds of information.

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Title 20, §9576

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(a)Publication

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)Advance copies

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)Peer review

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)Items not covered

Nothing in subsections (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

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110