Английская Википедия:Department of Education Organization Act
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The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1979, which created the Department of Education. The new department was split off from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which the Act also renamed the Department of Health and Human Services.[1]
Purpose
Under the Department of Education Organization Act, the department's mission is to:[2]
- 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;
- Increase the accountability of federal education programs to the president, the Congress, and the public.
Voting
In the Senate, 69 voted in favor and 22 voted against separating education from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[3] In the House of Representatives, 215 voted in favor and 201 voted against.[4] President Carter signed the bill on October 17, 1979.[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 text of the act as currently in force
- ERIC Digests Шаблон:Webarchive - Offers full-text access to public domain ERIC Digests produced by the U.S. Department of Education
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite newsШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Mission. Education Department. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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