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The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...
The United States secretary of education is a member of the president's Cabinet and is the fifteenth in the United States presidential line of succession. [4] This secretary deals with federal influence over education policy, and heads the United States Department of Education. [5]
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Public Education, and the head of such an agency may be a minister of education or secretary of education.
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Education by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of September 9, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 12 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do not have nominees, and 1 appointment has been made that does not ...
The Under Secretary of Education role was established as the second-highest-ranking position in the United States Department of Education when the agency was established in 1979. With the addition of a Deputy Secretary position in 1991, the Under Secretary became the third highest.
United States Department of Education officials (2 C, 53 P) Pages in category "United States Department of Education" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
(Special Education and Rehabilitative Services) Mark Schultz June 1, 2020 Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration: Mark Schultz [14] TBD (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote) Assistant Secretary of Education (Postsecondary Education) Robert L. King [15] August 22, 2019 (Confirmed July 11, 2019, 56–37) [16] Assistant ...
The Department of Education Organization Act was signed into law in 1979 under the administration of 39th President Jimmy Carter, resulting in the creation of the cabinet-level U.S. Department of Education and renaming the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the modern day U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [8]