2014 US Code
Title 20 - Education (Sections 1 - 10013)
Chapter 70 - Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools (Sections 6301 - 8962)
Subchapter I - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged (Sections 6301 - 6578)
Part B - Student Reading Skills Improvement Grants (Sections 6361 - 6383)
Subpart 3 - William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs (Sections 6381 - 6381k)
Sec. 6381j - Research
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 70 - STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS SUBCHAPTER I - IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED Part B - Student Reading Skills Improvement Grants subpart 3 - william f. goodling even start family literacy programs Sec. 6381j - Research |
Contains | section 6381j |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-10, title I, §1241, as added Pub. L. 107-110, title I, §101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1566. |
Statutes at Large References | 112 Stat. 1059 115 Stat. 1566 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 89-10, Public Law 103-382, Public Law 105-220, Public Law 107-110 |
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The Secretary shall carry out, through grant or contract, research into the components of successful family literacy services, in order to—
(1) improve the quality of existing programs assisted under this subpart or other family literacy programs carried out under this chapter or the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act [20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.]; and
(2) develop models for new programs to be carried out under this chapter or the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.
(b) Scientifically based research on family literacy(1) In generalFrom amounts reserved under section 6381a(b)(2) of this title, the National Institute for Literacy, in consultation with the Secretary, shall carry out research that—
(A) is scientifically based reading research; and
(B) determines—
(i) the most effective ways of improving the literacy skills of adults with reading difficulties; and
(ii) how family literacy services can best provide parents with the knowledge and skills the parents need to support their children's literacy development.
(2) Use of expert entityThe National Institute for Literacy, in consultation with the Secretary, shall carry out the research under paragraph (1) through an entity, including a Federal agency, that has expertise in carrying out longitudinal studies of the development of literacy skills in children and has developed effective interventions to help children with reading difficulties.
(c) DisseminationThe National Institute for Literacy shall disseminate, pursuant to section 6367 of this title, the results of the research described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section to State educational agencies and recipients of subgrants under this subpart.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, §1241, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, §101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1566.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is title II of Pub. L. 105–220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059, as amended, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§9201 et seq.) of chapter 73 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9201 of this title and Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 1241 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 2801 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.
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