---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 9603"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "9603"
heading: "Evaluations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/9603"
units:
  - "Chapter 76 — Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination"
  - "Subchapter II — Educational Technical Assistance"
---

# §9603. Evaluations


The [Secretary](/usc/20/9501.md?p=21) shall provide for ongoing independent evaluations by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance of the [comprehensive centers](/usc/20/9501.md?p=6) receiving assistance under this subchapter, the results of which shall be transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees and the [Director](/usc/20/9501.md?p=9) of the [Institute](/usc/20/9501.md?p=14) of Education Sciences. Such evaluations shall include an analysis of the services provided under this subchapter, the extent to which each of the [comprehensive centers](/usc/20/9501.md?p=6) meets the objectives of its respective plan, and whether such services meet the educational needs of [State educational agencies](/usc/20/9501.md?p=1-A), [local educational agencies](/usc/20/9501.md?p=1-A), and schools in the region.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–279, title II, § 204, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1979.)