S3392-118

Reported

To reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 4, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Government Operations, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Research in Education Act or the AREA Act.
  • Section id22fc29613785420897504876ac881c92: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section id4b6d2f404de64f288474f0b39fdbdfe7: 3. Short title; table of contents for public law Section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (Public Law 107–279; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended to read as follows:...
  • Section ide7d46eecc07c404ebaf7896f9ac1db76: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Education Sciences and Technical Assistance Act of 2002. The table of contents for this Act is...
  • Section idb8a79b56942c4b7eb2941e4eaaa41092: 101. References Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Government Operations, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, To reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Government Operations Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: rs

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: rs

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 22, 2024

Reported by Mr. Sanders, with an amendment

Dec 4, 2023

Mr. Sanders (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Education
36 mentions across 24 clauses
+26 positive -8 negative ?2 uncertain

Comprehensive centers, Education practitioners, Education researchers

Education researchers, Special education researchers face effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Education practitioners, Graduate students and early career researchers, Higher education institutions, Historically Black colleges and universities, Minority-serving institutions, Nonprofit organizations, Regional educational laboratory operators, Schools serving disadvantaged students, Technical assistance providers, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Underrepresented research institutions, Women and minority researchers

Negative-direction: Comprehensive centers, Grant recipients, Regional comprehensive centers, Regional educational laboratories

Government
30 mentions across 29 clauses
+4 positive -22 negative ?4 uncertain

Bureau of Indian Education, Department of Education, Evaluation and Evidence Use Center

Institute of Education Sciences, National Assessment Governing Board face effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Bureau of Indian Education, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations

Negative-direction: Department of Education, Evaluation and Evidence Use Center, Evaluation and Evidence Use Commissioner, IES Director, National Board for Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Research Commissioner, Special Education Research Commissioner, Statistics Commissioner

State & Local Government
13 mentions across 11 clauses
+12 positive ?1 uncertain

Education policymakers, Local educational agencies, Public agencies

General Public
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Children with disabilities, General public, Students and families

83/161
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Government Operations Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"freely associated states" §idac29a2efd2e34cab8eea7c819ec5e1a7

the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau

"eligible entity" §ide85de20bef1b4188bc7192166dea5417

a public agency or private entity that— has demonstrated the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research

"freely associated states" §id51427226-4372-44c4-a266-1d7bea4666d8

the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.(C)Outlying areaThe term outlying area has the meaning given such term in section 1121(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

"eligible entity" §idb2ae4b3f-e759-4d3d-af21-a8face33c245

a public agency or private entity that— has demonstrated the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research

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