20 USC § 9541 - Establishment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s9541"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 9541 - Establishment"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "9541"
section_name: "Establishment"
chapter_number: 76
chapter_name: "EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, INFORMATION, AND DISSEMINATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "National Center for Education Statistics"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 151, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1957.)"
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# § 9541. Establishment

**(a)** **Establishment** There is established in the Institute a National Center for Education Statistics (in this part referred to as the “Statistics Center”).

**(b)** **Mission** The mission of the Statistics Center shall be—

**(1)** to collect and analyze education information and statistics in a manner that meets the highest methodological standards;

**(2)** to report education information and statistics in a timely manner; and

**(3)** to collect, analyze, and report education information and statistics in a manner that—

**(A)** is objective, secular, neutral, and nonideological and is free of partisan political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias; and

**(B)** is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 151, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1957.)