---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 9567"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "9567"
heading: "Establishment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/9567"
units:
  - "Chapter 76 — Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination"
  - "Subchapter I — Education Sciences Reform"
  - "Part E — National Center for Special Education Research"
---

# §9567. Establishment

- (a) **Establishment—** There is established in the [Institute](/usc/20/9501.md?p=14) a National Center for Special Education Research (in this part referred to as the “Special Education Research Center”).
- (b) **Mission—** The mission of the Special Education Research Center is—
  - (1) to sponsor research to expand knowledge and understanding of the needs of infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities in order to improve the developmental, educational, and transitional results of such individuals;
  - (2) to sponsor research to improve services provided under, and support the implementation of, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ([20 U.S.C. 1400](/usc/20/1400.md) et seq.); and
  - (3) to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in coordination with the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
- (c) **Applicability of this subchapter—** Parts A and F, and the standards for peer review of applications and for the conduct and evaluation of research under sections [9533(a)](/usc/20/9533.md?p=a) and [9534](/usc/20/9534.md) of this title, respectively, shall apply to the [Secretary](/usc/20/9501.md?p=21), the [Director](/usc/20/9501.md?p=9), and the Commissioner in carrying out this part.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 175, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title II, § 201(a)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2799.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), (3), is title VI of Pub. L. 91–230, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 175, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1400 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1400 of this title and Tables.