7 U.S.C. § 3317: Program evaluation studies

Summary

The Secretary must regularly review agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs. These reviews must provide information to help make the programs work better and reach their goals. The Secretary can support and promote similar reviews at State experiment stations, cooperative extension services, and colleges and universities by creating and funding cooperative evaluation programs and centers or institutes.

Title 7, §3317

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(a)The Secretary shall regularly conduct program evaluations to meet the purposes of this chapter and the responsibilities assigned to the Secretary and the Department of Agriculture in this chapter. Such evaluations shall be designed to provide information that may be used to improve the administration and effectiveness of agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs in achieving their stated objectives.

(b)The Secretary is authorized to encourage and foster the regular evaluation of agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs within the State agricultural experiment stations, cooperative extension services, and colleges and universities, through the development and support of cooperative evaluation programs and program evaluation centers and institutes.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in subsec. (a), see note set out under section 3102 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.

§3317 Program Evaluation Studies