§ 3423d. — Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC3423d]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER II--ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT
Sec. 3423d. Office of English Language Acquisition, Language
Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English
Proficient Students
(a) Establishment
There shall be, in the Department, an Office of English Language
Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited
English Proficient Students through which the Secretary shall carry out
functions relating to bilingual education.
(b) Director
(1) In general
The Office shall be headed by a Director of English Language
Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for
Limited English Proficient Students, appointed by the Secretary, to
whom the Secretary shall delegate all delegable functions relating
to bilingual education. The Director shall also be assigned
responsibility for recommending improvements and providing technical
assistance to other Federal programs serving language-minority and
limited-English-proficient students and their families and for
assisting the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement in identifying research priorities which
reflect the needs of language-minority and limited-English language
proficient students.
(2) Organization
The Office shall be organized as the Director determines to be
appropriate in order to carry out such functions and
responsibilities effectively.
(3) Inclusion
The Secretary shall ensure that limited-English-proficient and
language-minority students are included in ways that are valid,
reliable, and fair under all standards and assessment development
conducted or funded by the Department.
(Pub. L. 96-88, title II, Sec. 216, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title III,
Sec. 372(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3978; amended Pub. L. 107-110,
title X, Sec. 1072(b), (c)(2)(B), (d), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2089.)
Codification
Another section 216 of Pub. L. 96-88 was renumbered section 218 and
is classified to section 3425 of this title.
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-110, Sec. 1072(c)(2)(B), substituted ``Office of
English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic
Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students'' for ``Office of
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs'' in section
catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-110, Sec. 1072(b), substituted ``Office of
English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic
Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students'' for ``Office of
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs''.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107-110, Sec. 1072(d), substituted
``Director of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and
Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students'' for
`Director of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs''.
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107-110 effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with
respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see
section 5 of Pub. L. 107-110, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 6301 of this title.
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
The Office of Educational Research and Improvement was established
by section 3419 of this title. Section 3419 was repealed and a new
section 3419 establishing the Institute of Educational Sciences was
enacted by Pub. L. 107-279, title IV, Sec. 402(2), Nov. 5, 2002, 116
Stat. 1985.
