20 USC § 9623 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s9623"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 9623 - Definitions"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "9623"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 76
chapter_name: "EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, INFORMATION, AND DISSEMINATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–279, title III, § 304, formerly § 302, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1982; renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 107–279, title IV, § 401(b), Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1983.)"
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# § 9623. Definitions

In this subchapter:

**(1)** The term “Director” means the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences.

**(2)** The term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–279, title III, § 304, formerly § 302, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1982; renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 107–279, title IV, § 401(b), Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1983.)