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For the earlier incarnation with the same name, established in 1867, see Office of Education.
The United States Department of Education (ED or DoED), also referred to as the ED for (the) Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Recreated by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88) and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979, it began operating on May 4, 1980.[2]
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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education building | |
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Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
Headquarters | 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 38°53′11.45″N 77°1′7.86″W |
Employees | 5,000 (2007) |
Annual budget | US$32 billion (2009)[1] US$56 billion (est. 2010) US$71 billion (est. 2011) US$68.1 billion (2012) US$69.8 billion (2013) ARRA Funding: US$102 billion (2009)[1] US$51 billion (est. 2010) US$23 billion (est. 2011) US $19.4 billion (2012) |
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Child Department | |
Website | www.ed.gov |
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The Department of Education Organization Act divided the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Education is administered by the United States Secretary of Education. It is by far the smallest Cabinet-level department, with about 5,000 employees.