They oversee a department with a US$228 billion budget that enforces many civil rights laws and ensures compliance with federal laws such as the Every Student Succeeds Act. In the U.S., education ...

Congress passed the Department of Education Organization Act in October 1979, and the department began carrying out its duties the following May. Carter created the U.S. Department of Energy and ...

Congress passed the Department of Education Organization Act in 1979. Some Democrats and the American Federation of Teachers opposed the idea, due to fears about excessive federal meddling in ...

President Donald Trump might not be able to fulfill his oft-repeated campaign promise to obliterate the U.S. Department ... special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Act reported ...

The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of age. Department of Education Organization Act of 1979 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) was created by the ...

The modern day Education Department was created with the passage of the Department of Education Organization Act in Congress in 1979. It combined multiple federal agencies across the government ...

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Congress passed the Department of Education Organization Act in October 1979, and the department began carrying out its duties the following May. Carter created the U.S. Department of Energy and is ...

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When Donald Trump takes office Jan. 20, his agenda includes disbanding the federal Department of Education. What is his ...

The U.S. Department of Education ... IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and the Child Nutrition Act, affecting school lunches for low-income students. The Economic Policy Institute ...