The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 was an act passed by the Bush administration in November 2002. Among other motions, the act created the Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the United States Department of Education. There are many formal names for the bill, which include:
In 2011, a technical amendment was made to the bill to introduce the Budget Control Act of 2011, which increased the debt ceiling of the US federal government.[1]
On April 2, 2014, Rep. Todd Rokita introduced the Strengthening Education through Research Act (H.R. 4366; 113th Congress) into the United States House of Representatives.[2] The bill would amend and reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and would authorize the appropriation of $615 million for fiscal year 2015 and $3.8 billion over the 2015-2019 period to support federal educational research, statistical analysis, and other activities.[3]