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 PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 333

out the purposes of this section. Periodically, the Commissioner shall issue a regular schedule of publications. "(5) In addition to the condition of education report under Reports. . subsection (d), the Commissioner is authorized to make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the President or either House of Congress or when considered appropriate by the Commissioner. '(6) The Commissioner is authorized to use information collected by other offices in the Department of Education and by other executive agencies and to enter into interagency agreements for the collection of statistics for the purposes of this section. The Commissioner is authorized to arrange with any agency, organization, or institution for the collection of statistics for the purposes of this section and may assign employees of the Center to any such agency, organization, or institution to assist in such collection. "(1) The Commissioner is authorized to use the statistical method known as sampling to carry out this section. Data may be collected from States, local educational agencies, schools, libraries, administrators, teachers, students, the general public, and such other individuals, persons, organizations, agencies, and institutions as the Commissioner may consider appropriate. "(8) To assure the technical quality and the coordination of statistical activities of the Department, the Commissioner shall provide technical assistance to Department offices that gather data for statistical purposes. Such assistance may include a review of and advice on data collection plans, survey designs and pretests, the management of data, and the quality of reporting of data. "(9) The Commissioner is authorized to— "(A) select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Center, subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code (governing appointments in the competitive service), and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates); and "(B) notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to obtain services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at a rate not to exceed the equivalent daily rate payable for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title.". (f) REPORTS ON EDUCATION INDICATORS.—Section 406(g) of the Act 20 USC I22le-l. is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(g)"; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so designated in paragraph (1) of this section) the following new paragraph: "(2) In addition to other duties of the Commissioner under this section, it shall be the responsibility of the Commissioner to issue regular public reports to the President and Congress on dropout and retention rates, results of education, supply and demand of teachers and school personnel, libraries, financial aid and on such other education indicators as the Commissioner determines to be appropriate.". (g) SPECIAL STUDY PANEL ON EDUCATION INDICATORS.—Section

406(g) of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (2) (as added by subsection (F)) the following new paragraph:

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