---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 6674"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "6674"
heading: "Technical assistance and national evaluation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/6674"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter II — Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers, Principals, or Other School Leaders"
  - "Part B — National Activities"
  - "Subpart 4 — programs of national significance"
---

# §6674. Technical assistance and national evaluation

- (a) **In general—** From the funds reserved under [section 6671(3) of this title](/usc/20/6671.md?p=3) for a fiscal year, the [Secretary](/usc/20/7801.md?p=46)—
  - (1) shall establish, in a manner consistent with [section 9602 of this title](/usc/20/9602.md), a comprehensive center on students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability that meets the purposes of [subsection (b)](#b); and
  - (2) may—
    - (A) provide technical assistance, which may be carried out directly or through grants or contracts, to [States](/usc/20/6602.md?p=2) and [local educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) carrying out activities under this part; and
    - (B) carry out evaluations of activities by [States](/usc/20/6602.md?p=2) and [local educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) under this part, which shall be conducted by a third party or by the Institute of Education Sciences.
- (b) **Purposes—** The comprehensive center established by the [Secretary](/usc/20/7801.md?p=46) under [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) shall—
  - (1) identify or develop free or low-cost [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) assessment tools for identifying students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability, including dyslexia impacting reading or writing, or developmental delay impacting reading, writing, language processing, comprehension, or executive functioning;
  - (2) identify [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) literacy instruction, strategies, and accommodations, including assistive [technology](/usc/20/7801.md?p=50), designed to meet the specific needs of such students;
  - (3) provide families of such students with information to assist such students;
  - (4) identify or develop [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) [professional development](/usc/20/7801.md?p=42) for teachers, [paraprofessionals](/usc/20/7801.md?p=37), principals, other [school leaders](/usc/20/7801.md?p=44), and [specialized instructional support personnel](/usc/20/7801.md?p=47-A) to—
    - (A) understand early indicators of students at risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability, including dyslexia impacting reading or writing, or developmental delay impacting reading, writing, language processing, comprehension, or executive functioning;
    - (B) use [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) screening assessments for early identification of such students beginning not later than kindergarten; and
    - (C) implement [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) instruction designed to meet the specific needs of such students; and
  - (5) disseminate the products of the comprehensive center to regionally diverse [State educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=49), [local educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A), regional educational agencies, and schools, including, as appropriate, through partnerships with other comprehensive centers established under [section 9602 of this title](/usc/20/9602.md), and regional educational laboratories established under [section 9564 of this title](/usc/20/9564.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2244, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title II, § 2002, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1951.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6674, Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2304, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1651, related to participation agreements with, and financial assistance for, Troops-to-Teachers Program participants, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 541(d)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1735.

Another prior section 6674, Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2304, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3634, related to plan for program to be assisted, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.