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 102 STAT. 334

PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

"(3) The Commissioner shall establish a special study panel to make recommendations concerning the determination of eduReports. cation indicators for study and report under paragraph (2). Not more than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, the Commissioner shall submit the report of the panel to the approTermination priate committees of the Congress. The panel shall cease to exist date. 6 months after the date of such submission.". (h) DROPOUT AND RETENTION STUDY AND REPORTS.—Section 406(g) 20 USC I22le-i. of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (3) (as added by subsection (g)) the following new paragraph: "(4)(A) The Center shall conduct an annual national survey of dropout and retention rates as an education indicator "(B) The Commissioner shall appoint a special task force to develop and test an effective methodology to accurately measure dropout and retention rates. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, the task force shall submit a report of its recommendations, including procedures for implementation of such recommendations, to the Commissioner and the appropriate committees of the Congress. "(C) On the second Tuesday after Labor Day of 1989 and on each such Tuesday thereafter, the Center shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress of the dropout and retention rate prevailing on March 30 of each such year.". (i) FINANCIAL AID STUDIES.—Section 406(g) of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (4) (as added by subsection (h)) the following new paragraph: "(5)(A) As of March 30, 1990, and not less than every 3 years thereafter, the Center shall conduct a national study and survey of financial aid in accordance with the provisions of section Reports. 1303(c) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986. The Center shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress concerning the findings of such study " "(B) Concurrent with each survey, the Center.shall conduct longitudinal studies of freshman and graduating students concerning access, choice, persistence progress, curriculum and attainment. Such studies shall evaluate such students at 3 points over a 6-year interval.", (j) DECENNIAL ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.—Section 406(g) of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (5) (as added by subsection (i)) the following new paragraph: Reports. "(6) On April 1, 1993, and every 10 years thereafter, the Center shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress concerning the social and economic status of children who reside in the areas served by different local educational agencies. Such report shall be based on data collected during the most recent decennial census.", (k) NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY.—Section 406(g) of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (6) (as added by subsection (j)) the following new paragraphs: "(7) The Center shall conduct a study of a statistically relevant sample of students enrolled in elementary and secondary school and postsecondary education training concerning educational progress, intellectual development, and economic

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