Department of Education Organization Act
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The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1980.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Voting
In the Senate, 69 voted in favor and 22 voted against separating education from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[2] In the House of Representatives, 215 voted in favor and 201 voted against.[3] President Carter signed the bill on October 17, 1979.[4]
Following the establishment of the Department of Education, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Mission. Education Department. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Allen, Ira R (September 25, 1979). "New Education Division Facing Trouble In House". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. United Presss International.
- ^ "Department of Education Approved by House". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , via Google News. Associated Press. September 28, 1979.
- ^ a b "Education Department Created". The Palm Beach Post, via Google News. United Press International. October 18, 1979.
[edit] 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 text 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
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