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.

[ Bilingual Education Act ]
[ Department of Education Organization Act ]
[ Early Childhood Education Act ]
[ Elementary and Secondary Education Act ]
[ Equal Access Act ]
[ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ]
[ Higher Education Act of 1965 ]
[ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ]
[ Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 ]
[ National Defense Education Act ]
[ No Child Left Behind Act ]
[ Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act (Title IX) ]
[ Reading First ]