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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, 93 Stat. 668, October 17, 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
- About ED - Overview of the U.S. Department of Education
- How the Department of Education Is Organized
- Copy of the original Department of Education Act (P.L. 96-88; 93 Stat. 668), History of Federal Education Policy website
- 20 USC Sec. 3402, full test of the act as currently in force
- ERIC Digests - Offers full-text access to public domain ERIC Digests produced by the U.S. Department of Education
United States federal executive departments Categories:- United States Department of Education
- United States federal education legislation
- 1979 in law
- United States federal government administration legislation
- 96th United States Congress
- 1980 in education
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