The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1980.
Purpose
Congress established the United States Department of Education (ED) on May 4, 1980, in the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88 of October 1979). Under this law, ED's mission is to:
- Strengthen the Federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual;
- Supplement and complement the efforts of states, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the states, the private sector, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community-based organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of education;
- Encourage the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in Federal education programs;
- Promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through Federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information;
- Improve the coordination of Federal education programs;
- Improve the management of Federal education activities; and
- Increase the accountability of Federal education programs to the President, the Congress, and the public.[1]
Notes
External links
- United States Department of Education Official Website
- How is the Department of Education Organized
- ERIC Digests - Offers full-text access to public domain ERIC Digests produced by the U.S. Department of Education
- The U.S. Department of Education's Council on Higher Education Accreditation A searchable database of schools and accreditating institutions.
- About ED - Overview of the U.S. Department of Education
- Department of Education Organization Act, full text of the act as originally enacted from ERIC
- 20 USC Sec. 3402, full test of the act as currently in force
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