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Educational data consortium with other Federal agencies.

Funds, limitation.

Effective date. 20 USC 1221e. 1 note. 84 Stat. 168; 86 Stat. 326. 20 USC 1231f.

PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

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appropriations which initially bore all or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when necessary. "(2)(A) The Center shall participate with other Federal agencies having a need for educational data in forming a consortium for the purpose of providing direct joint access with such agencies to all educational data received by the Center through automated data processing. The Library of Congress, General Accounting Office, and the Committees on Labor and Public Welfare and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Education and Labor and Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall, for the purposes of this subparagraph, be considered Federal agencies. " (B) The Center shall, in accordance with regulations published for the purpose of this paragraph, provide all interested parties, including public and private agencies and individuals, direct access to data collected by the Center for purposes of research and acquiring statistical information. "(3) The Commissioner and the National Institute of Education are directed to cooperate with the Center and make such records and data available to the Center as may be necessary to enable the Center to carry out its functions under this subsection. " (g)(1) The amount available for salaries and expenses of the Center shall not exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $14,000,000 for the fiscal ^ear ending June 30, 1977. " (2) The amount available for grants and contracts by the Assistant Secretary under subsection (e) shall not exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $30,000,300 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. "(3) Sums appropriated for activities and expenses of the Center which are not limited by paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be appropriated apart from appropriations which are so limited, as separate line items.". (b)(1) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective on the tenth day after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Section 427 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "AUTHORIZATION TO FURNISH INFORMATION

Transfer of records.

20 USC 1221e. 1 note.

Ante, p. 5 5 6. 20 USC 1231f note. Supra,

Survey. 20 USC 880b10 note. Ante, p. 509.

"SEC. 427. The Commissioner is authorized to transfer transcripts or copies of other records of the Office of Education to State and local officials, public and private organizations, and individuals.". (3)(A) All functions and authority vested in the Commissioner of Education which, immediately prior to the date upon which the amendments made by subsection (a) become effective, are related to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistics about, and reports on the condition of, education in the Nation as determined by the Assistant Secretary are transferred, on such date to the National Center for Education Statistics established under section 406 of the General Education Provisions Act. (B) The functions and authority of the Commissioner of Education under section 427 relating to statistics prior to the date upon which the amendments made by subsection (a) become effective, together with all funds deposited in any account under such section, are transferred, on such date to the National Center for Education Statistics. (4) The National Center for Education Statistics shall conduct the survey required by section 731(c)(1)(A) of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

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