---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 9583"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "9583"
heading: "Removal"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/9583"
units:
  - "Chapter 76 — Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination"
  - "Subchapter I — Education Sciences Reform"
  - "Part F — General Provisions"
---

# §9583. Removal

- (a) **Presidential—** The [Director](/usc/20/9501.md?p=9), each member of the [Board](/usc/20/9501.md?p=4), and the Commissioner for Education Statistics may be removed by the President prior to the expiration of the term of each such appointee.
- (b) **Director—** Each Commissioner appointed by the [Director](/usc/20/9501.md?p=9) pursuant to [section 9517 of this title](/usc/20/9517.md) may be removed by the [Director](/usc/20/9501.md?p=9) prior to the expiration of the term of each such Commissioner.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 193, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1974.)