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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974
" (4) The Assistant Secretary shall serve as the non-voting presiding officer of the Council. "(5)(A) The Council shall meet at the call of the presiding officer, except that it shall meet— " (i) at least four times during each calendar year; and "(ii) in addition, whenever three voting members request in writing that the presiding officer call a meeting. " (B) Six members of the Council shall constitute a quorum of the Council. "(6) The provisions of section 448(b) of part D of this title shall not apply to the Council established under this subsection. "(7) The Council shall review general policies for the operation of the Center and shall be responsible for establishing standards to insure that statistics and analyses disseminated by the Center are of high quality and are not subject to political influence. " (d)(1) The Assistant Secretary shall, not later than March 1 of each year, submit to the Congress an annual report which— " (A) contains a description of the activities of the Center during the then current fiscal year and a projection of its activities during the succeeding fiscal year; " (B) sets forth estimates of the cost of the projected activities for such succeeding fiscal year; and " (C) includes a statistical report on the condition of education in the United States during the two preceding fiscal years and a projection, for the three succeeding fiscal years, of estimated statistics related to education in the United States. "(2) The Center shall develop and enforce standards designed to protect the confidentiality of persons in the collection, reporting, and publication of data under this section. This subparagraph shall not be construed to protect the confidentiality of information about institutions, organizations, and agencies receiving grants from or having contracts with the Federal Government. "(e) I n order to carry out the objectives of the Center, the Assistant Secretary is authorized, either directly or by grant or contract, to carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (b), and for that purpose the Assistant Secretary is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with public and private institutions, agencies, organizations and individuals. " (f)(1)(A) The Center is authorized to furnish transcripts or copies of tables and other statistical records of the Office of Education, the Assistant Secretary, and the National Institute of Education to, and to make special statistical compilations and surveys for. State or local officials, public and private organizations, or individuals. The Center shall furnish such special statistical compilations and surveys as the Committees on Labor and Public Welfare and on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Education and Labor and on Appropriations of the House of Representatives may request. Such statistical compilations and surveys, other than those carried out pursuant to the preceding sentence, shall be made subject to the payment of the actual or estimated cost of such work. In the case of nonprofit organizations or agencies, the Assistant Secretary may engage in joint statistical projects, the cost of which shall be shared equitably as determined by the Assistant Secretary: Provided, That the purposes of such projects are otherwise authorized by law. " (B) All funds received in payment for work or services enumerated under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in a separate account which may be used to pay directly the costs of such work or services, to repay
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