 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
     Part B--William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs
 
Sec. 6369b. Research


(a) In general

    The Secretary shall carry out, through grant or contract, research 
into the components of successful family literacy services, to use--
        (1) to improve the quality of existing programs assisted under 
    this part or other family literacy programs carried out under this 
    chapter or the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act [20 U.S.C. 
    9201 et seq.]; and
        (2) to develop models for new programs to be carried out under 
    this chapter or the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.

(b) Scientifically based research on family literacy

                           (1) In general

        From amounts reserved under section 6362(b)(2) of this title, 
    the National Institute for Literacy, in consultation with the 
    Secretary, shall carry out research that--
            (A) is scientifically based reading research (as defined in 
        section 6661a of this title); and
            (B) determines--
                (i) the most effective ways of improving the literacy 
            skills of adults with reading difficulties; and
                (ii) how family literacy services can best provide 
            parents with the knowledge and skills they need to support 
            their children's literacy development.

                      (2) Use of expert entity

        The National Institute for Literacy, in consultation with the 
    Secretary, shall carry out the research under paragraph (1) through 
    an entity, including a Federal agency, that has expertise in 
    carrying out longitudinal studies of the development of literacy 
    skills in children and has developed effective interventions to help 
    children with reading difficulties.

(c) Dissemination

    The National Institute for Literacy shall disseminate, pursuant to 
section 6661g of this title, the results of the research described in 
subsections (a) and (b) of this section to States and recipients of 
subgrants under this part.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1211, as added Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, 
Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 205], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 
2681-410; amended Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title XVI, 
Sec. 1604(m)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-333.)

                       References in Text

    The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, referred to in subsec. 
(a), is title II of Pub. L. 105-220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059, as 
amended, which is classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 9201 et 
seq.) of chapter 73 of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9201 of this 
title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title XVI, 
Sec. 1604(m)(3)], added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated 
(c).
    Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title XVI, Sec. 1604(m)(1)], 
substituted ``subsections (a) and (b)'' for ``subsection (a)''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title XVI, 
Sec. 1604(m)(2)], redesignated subsec. (b) as (c).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6362 of this title.
