advisory council on research and development

advisory council on research and development Sec. 808. Section 2 of the Cooperative Research Act of 1954 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(e) (1) The Commissioner shall establish in the Office of Education an Advisory Council on Research and Development, consisting of fifteen members appointed, without regard to the civil service laws, by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Commissioner shall appoint one such member as Chairman. Such members shall include persons recognized as authorities in the field of educational research and development or in related fields. “(2) The Advisory Council shall advise the Commissioner with respect to matters of general policy arising in the administration of this Act.”