Department of Education Organization Act

Department of Education Organization Act

Long title	An act to establish a Department of Education, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 96th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub.L. 96–88
Statutes at Large	93 Stat. 668
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 210 by Abraham A. Ribicoff Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979
Major amendments
No Child Left Behind Act of 2002

The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1979.

Congress established the United States Department of Education (ED) with the Department of Education Organization Act. Under the law, ED's mission is to:

In the Senate, 69 voted in favor and 22 voted against separating education from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In the House of Representatives, 215 voted in favor and 201 voted against. President Carter signed the bill on October 17, 1979.

Following the establishment of the Department of Education, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services.

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