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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 247 (e) DISSEMINATION OF EXEMPLARY AND PROMISING PROGRAMS. — In order to ensure that programs identified as exemplary or promising are available for adoption by the greatest numoer of teachers, schools, local and State education agencies, and Bureau-funded schools, the Assistant Secretary shall utilize the capabilities of— (1) the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouses; (2) electronic networking; (3) the regional educational laboratories; (4) the National Diffusion Network; (5) entities established under the Goals 2000 Community Partnerships Program; (6) department-supported technical assistance providers; (7) the National Library of Education; and (8) other public and private nonprofit entities, including existing education associations and networks, that have the capability to assist educators in adopting exemplary and promising programs. (f) EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER CLEARING- HOUSES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The Assistant Secretary shall establish a system of 16 clearinghouses having, at a minimum, the functions and scope of work as the clearinghouses had on the day preceding the date of the enactment of this title. The Assistant Secretary shall establish for the clearinghouses a policy for the abstraction from, and inclusion in, the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouses system for books, periodicals, reports, and other materials related to education. (2) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.—In addition to those functions carried out by the clearinghouses on the day preceding the date of the enactment of this title, such clearinghouses may— (A) periodically produce interpretive summaries, digests, and syntheses of the results and findings of education-related research and development; and (B) contain and make available to users information concerning those programs designated as exemplary and promising under subsection (d). (3) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES. —The Assistant Secretary shall assure that the functions and activities of such clearinghouses are coordinated with the activities of the Institutes, the regional educational laboratories, learning grant institutions, other clearinghouses supported by the Department of Education, the National Diffusion Network, and other appropriate entities within the Office and such Department. (4) SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.— To assure that the information provided through such clearinghouses is fully comprehensive, the Secretary shall— (A) require that all reports, studies, and other resources produced directly or by grant or contract with the Department of Education are made available to clearinghouses; (B) establish cooperative agreements with the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Interior, and other Federal departments and agencies to assure that all education-related reports, studies, and other resources produced directly or by grant from or contract

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