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The Pennsylvania Department of Education is the executive department of the state charged with publicly funded preschool, K-12 and adult educational budgeting, management and guidelines. As the state education agency , its activities are directed by the governor appointed Pennsylvania 's Secretary of Education.
Department of Education Organization Act: Created the United States Department of Education. Pub. L. 96–88: 1979 (No short title) Amended the Higher Education Act to allocate education funding reductions equally between the states. Pub. L. 96–96: 1980 Education Amendments of 1980 Pub. L. 96–374: 1980 (No short title)
In Pennsylvania, intermediate units are regional educational service agencies, established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.Intermediate units are public entities and serve a given geographic area's educational needs and function as a step of organization above that of a public school district, but below that of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 334 F. Supp. 1257 (E.D. Pa. 1971), was a case where the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was sued by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC), now The Arc of Pennsylvania, over a law that gave public schools the authority to deny a free education to children who had reached the age of 8, yet had ...
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 forerunner to the Pennsylvania Department of Education was created in 1834. The State Board of Education, which adopts regulations for the department, was created in 1963. German subculture
The Office of Non-Public Education is responsible for overseeing and supporting private schools. Through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it serves as a liaison between the Department of Education and the nonpublic school community, providing guidance and support to nonpublic schools. [43]
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 12,864 students between its 22 schools, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. The district encompasses approximately 42.3 square miles (110 km 2). As of the 2000 census, it served a resident population of 108,000.