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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 4031 Center for Education Statistics (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Center"). (b) COMMISSIONER AND ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS.— (1) COMMISSIONER.—The Center shall be headed by a Commissioner of Education Statistics (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Commissioner") who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall— (A) have substantial knowledge of programs assisted by the Center; (B) be paid in accordance with section 5315 of title 5, United States Code; and (C) serve for a term of four years, with the terms to expire every fourth June 21, beginning in 1995. (2) ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS.— The Commissioner may appoint such Associate Commissioners as the Commissioner determines are necessary and appropriate. SEC. 404. DUTIES OF THE CENTER. 20 USC 9003. (a) DUTIES. —The duties of the Center are to collect, analyze, and disseminate statistics and other information related to education in the United States and in other nations, including— (1) collecting, acquiring, compiling (where appropriate, on a State by State basis), and disseminating full and complete statistics on the condition and progress of education, at the preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United States, including data on— (A) State and local education reform activities; (B) student achievement at all levels of education; (C) secondary school completions, dropouts, and adult literacy; (D) educational access to and opportunity for postsecondary education, including data on financial aid to postsecondary students; (E) teaching, including data on course-taking, instruction, the conditions of the education workplace, and the supply of, and demand for, teachers, which may include data on the proportions of women and men, cross-tabulated by race or ethnicity, teaching in subjects in which such individuals have been historically underrepresented; (F) the learning and teaching environment, including data on libraries; (G) the incidence, frequency, seriousness, and nature of violence affecting students, school personnel, and other individuals participating in school activities, as well as other indices of school safety; (H) the financing and management of education, including data on revenues and expenditures; and (I) the social and economic status of children; (2) conducting and publishing reports and analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; (3) conducting longitudinal studies, as well as regular and special surveys and data collections, necessary to report on the condition and progress of education; (4) collecting, analyzing, cross-tabulating, and reporting, to the extent feasible, so as to provide information by gender, race, socioeconomic status, limited-English proficiency, and

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