20 USC § 9567a - Commissioner for Special Education Research

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s9567a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 9567a - Commissioner for Special Education Research"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "9567a"
section_name: "Commissioner for Special Education Research"
chapter_number: 76
chapter_name: "EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, INFORMATION, AND DISSEMINATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "National Center for Special Education Research"
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, § 176, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title II, § 201(a)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2799.)"
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# § 9567a. Commissioner for Special Education Research

The Special Education Research Center shall be headed by a Commissioner for Special Education Research (in this part referred to as the “Special Education Research Commissioner”) who shall have substantial knowledge of the Special Education Research Center’s activities, including a high level of expertise in the fields of research, research management, and the education of children with disabilities.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 176, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title II, § 201(a)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2799.)